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This document contains practice questions and exercises related to circuit analysis. It includes 5 multiple choice questions about voltage division, current division, using voltmeters and ammeters, and voltage across parallel resistors. It also includes word problems calculating resistance, current, power, and energy given various circuit configurations and component values. The document aims to help students practice analyzing series, parallel, and combination circuits.

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Engineering Utilities-REVIEW

This document contains practice questions and exercises related to circuit analysis. It includes 5 multiple choice questions about voltage division, current division, using voltmeters and ammeters, and voltage across parallel resistors. It also includes word problems calculating resistance, current, power, and energy given various circuit configurations and component values. The document aims to help students practice analyzing series, parallel, and combination circuits.

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Name: DONNA C. MELGAR Yr. & Sec.

:BSCE-3A

EXERCISES #1
Multiple choice:
1. Where voltage division problem arises
a) Series connected resistors
b) Parallel connected resistors
c) When resistors are equal
d) Both series and parallel resistors.

2. Where current division problem arises


a. Series connected resistors
b. Parallel connected resistors
c. When resistors are equal
d. Both series and parallel resistors.

3. ____________ helps in current measurement by placing it in ____________ with the


circuit element.
a) Voltmeter, Parallel
b) Ammeter, series
c) Voltmeter, series
d) Ammeter, parallel

4. 3 amps flow through a 1 ohm resistor. What is the voltage?


a)1/3 volts b) 0.3 volts c) 3 volts d) None of the above

5. Two resistors are in parallel with a voltage source. How do their voltages compare?
a) The voltage across both resistors is the same as the source.
b) The voltage across both resistors is half the voltage of the source.
c) One has full voltage, the other has none.
d) None of the above.

EXERCISE 2
1.An electric iron draws 2.5 A at 230 volts. Determine its resistance?
2. A 100 volts lamp has a hot resistance of 250 ohms. Solve the kWh of energy it will consume after 12
hours of using it.
3. A 3 ohm, 5 ohm and 4 ohm resistors are connected in series across a battery. If the voltage drop across
the 3 ohm resistor is 6 volts, find the total battery voltage.
4. A 1.5 volts dry cell draws a current of 30 A when short circuited. What will be the power drawn by a
0.25 ohm resistor connected across this dry cell?

ACTIVITY 1

1. Two 115 volts lamps A and B are connected in series across a 230 volts source. If lamp A is rated 75
watts and lamp B is rated 50 watts, determined the current drawn by the series connection.
2. Three resistor A, B and C are connected in parallel and take a total of 7.9 A. Resistor A takes 2.5 A and
has a resistance of 48 ohms, also the current in B twice as much as that through C. Calculate the
resistance of resistor B.
3. Calculate the current drawn by a 100 w, 250 v lamp when it is connected across a 220 v.
4. Three resistor of 2 ohms, 3 ohms and unknown resistor R are connected in parallel. The current through
R is 5 A and the equivalent resistance of the combination is 1 ohm. The total current is equal
to________?
5. A water heater has a resistance of 5.3 ohms and takes 43.5 A when in operation. If it is in service on the
average of 2 hours per day, how many kWh of energy will be expended in one month?

QUIZ 1

1. Three loads A, B and C are connected in parallel to a 230 volts source. Load A takes 9.2 KW, Load B
takes a current of 60 A, and load C is a resistance of 4.6 ohms. Calculate the equivalent resistance of the
three Parallel Loads.
2. Three resistor 2 ohms, 5 ohms and 10 ohms are joined in parallel and a total current of 24 A, is passed
through them. Find the current in 5 ohms resistance?
3. Two resistors R1 and R2 give a combined resistance of 4.5 ohms when in series and 1 ohms when in
parallel. If R1 >R2, solve for R1.
4. A series circuit consists of three resistors R1, R2 and R3 connected to a 240 Volts source. If the voltage
drop across the resistor R1 is 60 volts when the circuit current is 4 A and R2 = 1.5R3, What is the ohmic
resistance of resistor R2?
5. A search light takes 100 A at 80 volts. It is operated from a 220 volts supply. Find the value of the
resistor to be connected in series.

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