SCHOOL OF TECHNOLOGY
College of Engineering
1ST SEMESTER, A.Y. 2024 – 2025
TRAINING KIT: A HANDS-ON
LEARNING RESOURCE FOR CIRCUIT
DESIGN
Individual Problem Set
Arabella Resaba
CPE-2A
EE-CIR 1
December 17, 2024
Engr. Favis Joseph Balinado, PECE
KVL
PROBLEM SET (10)
1. Write the KVL equation for the entire circuit loop.
2. Use KVL to calculate the total current (Itotal) in the circuit.
3. Calculate the voltage drop across R1 using KVL.
4. Use KVL to find the voltage across the parallel branch (R2 and R3).
5. Verify KVL for the loop including R1 and R2.
6. Find the current through R2 using KVL.
7. Calculate the current through R3 using KVL.
8. Verify KVL for the loop including R1 and R3.
9. Write the KVL equation for the loop that includes R2 and R3 and verify it.
10. What happens to the loop voltages if R3 is removed?
MESH ANALYSIS
PROBLEM SET (10)
1. Identify the meshes in the circuit and label the mesh currents.
2. Write the KVL equation for Mesh 1, which includes V1, R1, and R2.
3. Write the KVL equation for Mesh 2, which includes R2 and R3.
4. Solve the system of linear equations derived in Questions 2 and 3 to find the mesh
currents I1 and I2.
5. Calculate the current through R2.
6. Find the voltage drop across R2.
7. Calculate the voltage drop across R1.
8. Verify Kirchhoff's Voltage Law for Mesh 1 using the calculated values.
9. Calculate the voltage drop across R3 using Mesh 2 current.
10. Verify KVL for Mesh 2 using calculated values.
NODAL ANALYSIS
PROBLEM SET (10)
1. Identify and label all nodes in the circuit.
2. Write the Kirchhoff’s Current Law (KCL) equation for Node VA.
3. Solve the equation from Problem 2 to find VA.
4. Calculate the current I1 through R1 (1kΩ resistor).
5. Calculate the current I2 through R3 (11kΩ resistor).
6. Calculate the current I3 through R2 (10kΩ resistor).
7. Verify that the sum of currents at Node VA equals zero.
8. Calculate the power dissipated in R1.
9. Find the voltage difference across R3.
10. How does changing R2 to 5kΩ affect VA?
THEVENIN’S THEOREM
PROBLEM SET (10)
1. What is the Thevenin equivalent resistance (Rth) as seen from the terminals of R2?
2. What is the open-circuit voltage (Voc) across the terminals of R2?
3. What is the Thevenin equivalent voltage and resistance across R3?
4. What is the current through R2if R2is reconnected to the Thevenin equivalent circuit?
5. What is the power dissipated across R2in the Thevenin circuit?
6. If R2is replaced with a 5kΩ resistor, what will the voltage across it be?
7. What is the maximum power that can be transferred to R2?
8. What is the total current supplied by V1in the original circuit?
9. What is the Thevenin equivalent as seen from R1's terminals?
10. What is the total power delivered by V1in the original circuit?
SUPERPOSITION THEOREM
PROBLEM SET (10)
1. Using superposition, what is the current through R1when only V1=12V is active?
2. What is the voltage across R2due to V1alone?
3. What is the current through R3due to V1alone?
4. What is the current through R2due to V1alone?
5. If there were a second voltage source V2=10V across R3, what would be the current
through R3due to V2alone?
6. What is the total current through R3when both V1and V2are active?
7. What is the voltage across R1due to V1alone?
8. If V2=10V is active, what is the voltage across R2?
9. If V2=10V is active, what is the voltage across R2?
10. If R2were removed, how would the current through R3change due to V1?
NORTON’S THEOREM
PROBLEM SET (10)
1. Calculate the Norton current (IN) across R3.
2. Calculate the Norton resistance (RN).
3. Find the open-circuit voltage (Voc) across R3.
4. Calculate the load current (IL) through R3.
5. Verify the total current through the circuit.
6. Determine the total power dissipated in R3.
7. Calculate the equivalent resistance of the circuit when R3is removed.
8. If R3=5kΩ, calculate the voltage across R3.
9. Calculate the Norton equivalent circuit if R3=15kΩ.
10. Determine the total power supplied by V1to the circuit.
DELTA WYE
PROBLEM SET (10)
1. Convert the Delta (R3, R4, R5) to its equivalent Wye configuration. Find the equivalent
resistances Ra, Rb, and Rc.
2. Determine the total resistance of the circuit after converting the Delta to Wye.
3. Calculate the total current flowing through the circuit if the source voltage V1=5 V.
4. Find the voltage drop across R1
5. Determine the power dissipated by R1.
6. Calculate the current flowing through R2.
7. .Determine the voltage drop across R3in the original Delta configuration.
8. Verify the equivalent resistance of the Delta network by finding the total resistance
across terminals.
9. If R2 changes to 15 kΩ, find the new total resistance of the circuit.
10. Determine the power supplied by the voltage source V1=5 V.
SERIES
PROBLEM SET (10)
1. Find the total resistance of the series circuit.
2. Calculate the current flowing through the circuit.
3. What is the voltage drop across R1?
4. Find the voltage drop across R2.
5. What is the voltage drop across R3?
6. Verify that the sum of the voltage drops equals the total voltage supplied by the source.
7. Calculate the power dissipated by R1.
8. Find the power dissipated by R2.
9. What is the power dissipated by R3?
10. Calculate the total power dissipated in the circuit.
PARALLEL
PROBLEM SET (10)
1. Find the total resistance of the parallel circuit.
2. Calculate the current through R2.
3. Determine the total current supplied by the 12 V power source
4. Find the current through R1.
5. Calculate the power dissipated by R3?
6. If R2 is removed, what is the new total resistance?
7. What is the total current if R2 is removed?
8. Find the voltage drop across R3 if the circuit is replaced with a 6V source.
9. What happens to the total resistance if a R4 is added in parallel?
10. Calculate the current through R4 with the original 12 V source.
KCL
PROBLEM SET (10)
1. Label the current flow in the circuit.
2. Write the KCL equation for the entire circuit loop.
3. Use KCL to calculate the total current (Itotal) in the circuit.
4. Find the potential difference across each resistor.
5. Solve for the values for each current flowing through the node.
6. Label the branches in the circuit.
7. Outline the loops in the circuit.
8. Write KCL equations based on current conservation.
9. Choose loops (Loop 1 and Loop 2) and write KVL equations representing voltage rises
and drops.
10. Find the values of the current flow.