ALL NATIONS UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, KOFORIDUA
DEPARTMENT ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION.
END OF SEM. EXAMINATION, WEEKEND DECEMBER 2015
BASIC ENGINEERING
Semester: 1 Maximum Marks: 60
COURSE CODE: GE 108 Duration – 3 hours
INDEX
PART A (Answer all) (2*10 = 20marks)
1. What value of resistance must be in parallel with a 4Ω resistor to provide a total
resistance of 3Ω
2. What is Protons and electrons function.
3. By what means can Electrons be disturbed?
4. What is the difference between the Voltage and potential difference?
5. Explain Passive element and give examples.
6. What is the Electrostatic Force and state the law of the Electrostatic?
7. Explain the Electrical properties.
8. State the ohm’s law and device the relations.
9. Differentiate between the Capacitor and Inductor.
10. What does the terms tolerance mean in the resistor color coding.
PART B
Answer any FOUR (4*10= 40marks)
1. i. What is the difference between the Voltage and potential difference and current? (4 marks)
ii. Explain the Balance and Unbalanced atom. (6marks)
2.
R1 R3
R2
(10marks)
Using the Mesh current to find I1,I2 and current through R2 , also find the voltages across the
resistors.
3. In detail explain the capacitive filters and also with a neat diagram show the types of the
filter. (10marks)
4. With a neat diagram describe the operation of the bipolar transistor. (10 marks)
5. i. Determine the decimal number represented by the following binary numbers.
(a) 101101 ( b)11111111 (c)110101 (d)00000000 (8marks)
ii. a. Calculate four inductors of the same value in parallel. L= 9 mH (2marks)