Chapter 1
1.1 One millivolt is one millionth of a volt.
● (a) True
● ✅ (b) False
1.2 The prefix micro stands for:
● (a) 10
● (b) 10^3
● (c) 10^-3
● ✅ (d) 10^-6
1.3 The voltage 2,000,000 V can be expressed in powers of 10 as:
● (a) 2 mV
● (b) 2 kV
● ✅ (c) 2 MV
● (d) 2 GV
1.4 A charge of 2 C flowing past a given point each second is a current of:
● ✅ (a) 2 A
● (b) False
1.5 The unit of current is:
● (a) coulomb
● ✅ (b) ampere
● (c) volt
● (d) joule
1.6 Voltage is measured in:
● (a) walls
● (b) amperes
● ✅ (c) volts
● (d) joules per second
1.7 A 4-A current charging a dielectric material will accumulate a charge of 24
C after 6 s.
● ✅ (a) True
● (b) False
Problems
1.8 The voltage across a 1.1-kW toaster that produces a current of 10 A is:
● (a) 11 kV
● (b) 1100 V
● ✅ (c) 110 V
● (d) 11 V
1.9 Which of these is not an electrical quantity?
● (a) charge
● ✅ (b) time
● (c) voltage
● (d) current
1.10 The dependent source in Fig. 1.22 is:
● (a) voltage-controlled current source
● (b) voltage-controlled voltage source
● (c) current-controlled voltage source
● ✅ (d) current-controlled current source
Charge and Current
1.11 How many coulombs are represented by these amounts of electrons?
● (a) 6.482 × 10^-7
● ✅ (b) 1.24 × 10^18
● (c) 2.46 × 10^-9
● (d) 1.628 × 10^20
1.12 Determine the current flowing through an element if the charge flow is
given by q(t)=(3t+8)q(t) = (3t + 8)q(t)=(3t+8) mC.
● ✅ (a) 3 mA
● (b) 3 + 8 mA
● (c) 3
● (d) 8 mA
1.13 Find the charge q(t)q(t)q(t) flowing through a device if the current is
i(t)=3i(t) = 3i(t)=3 A, q(0)=1q(0) = 1q(0)=1 C.
● ✅ (a) q(t)=3t+1q(t) = 3t + 1q(t)=3t+1 C
● (b) q(t)=3tq(t) = 3tq(t)=3t C
● (c) q(t)=3q(t) = 3q(t)=3 C
● (d) q(t)=1q(t) = 1q(t)=1 C
1.14 The charge entering the positive terminal of an element is q=10sin(4t)q
= 10 \sin(4t)q=10sin(4t) mC, and the voltage across the element is
u=2cos(4t)u = 2 \cos(4t)u=2cos(4t) V. Find the power delivered to the
element at t=0.5t = 0.5t=0.5 s.
● ✅ (a) 0 W
● (b) 10 W
● (c) 20 W
● (d) 30 W
Chapter 2
1. **The reciprocal of resistance is:**
- (a) voltage
- (b) current
- ✔ (c) conductance
- (d) coulombs
2. **An electric heater draws 10 A from a 120-V line. The resistance of the heater is:**
- (a) 0.83 ohms
- (b) 1200 ohms
- ✔ (c) 12 ohms
- (d) 10 ohms
3. **The voltage drop across a 1.5-kW toaster that draws 12 A of current is:**
- (a) 18 kV
- ✔ (b) 125 V
- (c) 120 V
- (d) 10.42 V
4. **The maximum current that a 2W, 80 kΩ resistor can safely conduct is:**
- (a) 160 kA
- (b) 40 kA
- ✔ (c) 5 mA
- (d) 25 mA
5. **A network has 12 branches and 8 independent loops. How many nodes are there in the network?**
- (a) 19
- (b) 17
- ✔ (c) 5
- (d) 4
6. **The current \( I \) in the circuit of Fig. 2.63 is:**
- ✔ (a) 0.8 A
- (b) 0.2 A
- (c) 0.2 A
- (d) 0.8 A
7. **The current \( I_o \) in Fig. 2.64 is:**
- ✔ (a) 16 A
- (b) 4 A
- (c) 2 A
- (d) 10 A
8. **In the circuit of Fig. 2.65, \( V \) is:**
- (a) 30 V
- (b) 14 V
- (c) 10 V
- ✔ (d) 6 V
9. **Which of the circuits in Fig. 2.66 will give you \( V_{ab} = 7V \)?**
- (a) Circuit (a)
- (b) Circuit (b)
- (c) Circuit (c)
- ✔ (d) Circuit (d)
10. **In the circuit of Fig. 2.67, a decrease in \( R_3 \) leads to a decrease of:**
- (a) current through \( R_1 \)
- ✔ (b) voltage across \( R_2 \)
- (c) voltage across \( R_3 \)
- ✔ (d) power dissipated in \( R_3 \)
- (e) none of the above
These questions and answers are from Chapter 2 of the book . Let me know if you'd like further
clarification!
Chapter 3
Here are the multiple-choice questions from Chapter 3 of *Fundamentals of Electric Circuits* with the
correct answers indicated:
1. **What is a supernode in circuit analysis?**
- (a) A node connected to the reference node.
- ✔ (b) Two nonreference nodes connected by a voltage source.
- (c) A node with only one branch.
- (d) A node with a current source.
2. **Which law is used in mesh analysis?**
- (a) Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL)
- ✔ (b) Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law (KVL)
- (c) Ohm's Law
- (d) Thevenin's Theorem
3. **In nodal analysis, if a voltage source is connected between two non-reference nodes, it forms:**
- (a) A simple node
- (b) A mesh
- ✔ (c) A supernode
- (d) A branch
4. **What is the main difference between mesh analysis and nodal analysis?**
- (a) Mesh analysis uses current sources while nodal analysis uses voltage sources.
- (b) Nodal analysis applies Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law, while mesh analysis uses Kirchhoff’s Current Law.
- ✔ (c) Nodal analysis uses Kirchhoff’s Current Law, while mesh analysis uses Kirchhoff’s Voltage Law.
- (d) They are equivalent in all cases.
5. **For a mesh that contains a current source, what technique is applied?**
- (a) Voltage division
- (b) Supernode
- ✔ (c) Supermesh
- (d) Thevenin’s theorem
6. **In nodal analysis, if a circuit has fewer node equations than mesh equations, what is the preferred
method?**
- ✔ (a) Nodal analysis
- (b) Mesh analysis
- (c) Thevenin’s method
- (d) None of the above
7. **Which tool is used in circuit simulation to check the analysis covered in this chapter?**
- (a) MATLAB
- (b) Thevenin’s theorem
- (c) PSpice
- ✔ (d) Both a and c
8. **In the circuit of Fig. 3.46, applying KCL at node 2 gives:**
- ✔ (a) \(\frac{v_2 - v_1}{4} + \frac{v_2 - 12}{8} + \frac{v_2}{6} = 0\)
- (b) \(\frac{v_1 - v_2}{4} + \frac{v_2 - 12}{8} + \frac{v_2}{6} = 0\)
- (c) \(\frac{v_1 - v_2}{4} + \frac{v_1}{8} + \frac{v_1}{6} = 0\)
- (d) \(\frac{v_2}{4} + \frac{v_1}{8} + \frac{v_1}{6} = 0\)
9. **In the circuit of Fig. 3.47, \(v_1\) and \(v_2\) are related as:**
- ✔ (a) \(v_1 = 6i + 8 - v_2\)
- (b) \(v_1 = -6i + 8 + v_2\)
- (c) \(v_1 = 6i - 8 + v_2\)
- (d) \(v_1 = -6i - 8 - v_2\)
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