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DC CIRCUITS Sample Problems

1. A positively charged dielectric has a charge of 2 coulombs. If 12.5 15. Three resistors of 10, 15 and 20 ohms each are connected in
x 10^18 free electrons are added to it, what will be the net charge parallel. What is the equivalent resistance?
on the said dielectric? A. 45 ohms B. 17.2 ohms C. 0.22 ohms D. 4.62 ohms
A. 4 C B. -2 C C. 8 C D. Zero
16. Two resistances of 10 and 15 ohms each respectively are
2. A battery can deliver 10 joules of energy to move 5 coulombs of connected in parallel. The two are then connected in series with a 5-
charge. What is the potential difference between the terminals of ohm resistance. What is the equivalent resistance?
the battery? A. 11 ohms B. 12 ohms C. 10 ohms D. 9 ohms
A. 2 V B. 50 V C. 0.5 V D. 5 V
17. An electric kettle was marked 500 W, 230 V found to take 15
3. A cloud of 2.5 x 10^19 electrons move past a given point every 2 minutes to bring 1 kilogram of water at 15 deg C to boiling point.
seconds. How much is the intensity of the electron flow? Determine the heat efficiency of the kettle.
A. 1 A B. 2 A C. 2.5 A D. 1.5 A A. 79.1 % B. 75.3 % C. 72.4 % D. 74.8 %

4. The current in an electric lamp is 5 amperes. What quantity of 18. A total of 0.8 kg of water at 20 deg C is placed in a 1-kW electric
electricity flows towards the filament in 6 minutes? kettle. How long a time in minute is needed to raise the temperature
A. 30 C B. 3600 C C. 72 C D. 1800 C of the water to 100 deg C?
A. 4.46 min B. 5.32 min C. 6.34 min D. 4.56 min
5. A constant current of 4 A charges a capacitor. How long will it take
to accumulate a total charge of 8 coulombs on the plates? 19. A circuit consisting of three resistors rated: 10 ohms, 15 ohms
A. 2 s B. 32 s C. 1/2 s D. 12 s and 20 ohms are connected in delta. What would be the resistances
of the equivalent wye-connected load?
6. The substation bus bar is made up of 2 inches round copper bars A. 0.30, 0.23 and 0.15 ohms B. 3, 4 and 5 ohms
20 ft long. What is the resistance of each bar if resistivity is 1.724 x C. 3.33, 4.44 and 6.66 ohms D. 5.77, 8.66 and 11.55 ohms
10^-6 ohm-cm.
A. 7.21 x 10^-5 ohm B. 13.8 x 10^-8 ohm 20. What is the value of a resistor with colors from left:
C. 5.185 x 10^-5 ohm D. 2.96 x 10^-5 ohm Orange, Blue, Gold and Silver?
A. 34 ohms + /-10% B. 36 ohms +/-10%
7. A one-meter rod of 2 cm diameter is drawn until its resistance is C. 3.4 ohms +/-10% D. 3.6 0hms +/-10%
100 times the initial resistance. Its length afterwards is?
A. 10 m B. 100 m C. 12.5 m D.5 m 21. A 12-v battery of 0.05 ohm resistance and another battery of 12
V and 0.075 ohm resistance supply power to a 2-ohm resistor. What
8. A certain wire has a resistance R. The resistance of another wire is the current through the load?
identical with the first except for having twice its diameter is A. 5.85 A B. 5.63 A C. 5.72 A D. 5.91 A
A. 4R B. 1/2 R C. 2R D. 1/4 R
22. Ten cells each of emf 1.5 volts and internal resistance of 0.2 ohm
9. What is the size in square millimeter is the cable of 250 MCM are joined in parallel and connected to an external circuit resistance
size? of 3 ohms. What is the current through the load?
A. 118.656 B. 126.675 C. 112.565 D. 32.348 A. 0.45 A B. 0.65 A C. 0.50 A D. 0.48 A

10. The resistance of a copper wire at 30 deg C is 50 ohms. If the 23. A resistance R is connected across two batteries A and B
temperature coefficient at 0 deg C is 0.00427, what is the resistance connected in parallel. The open circuit emfs and internal resistances
at 100 deg C? of the batteries are 12 V, 2 ohms and 8 V, 1 ohm, respectively.
A. 72.26 ohms B. 54.25 ohms C. 63.24 ohms D. 58.15 Determine the ohmic value of R if the power absorbed by R is 7.656
watts.
11. The resistance of 120 meters of wire is 12 ohms. What is its A. 10 ohms B. 12 ohms C. 9 ohms D. 8 ohms
conductance?
A. 0.0521 mho B. 0.083 mho C. 6 mhos D. 12 24. A charger, a battery and a load are connected in parallel. The
voltage across the charger is 12.5 volts and the battery has an emf of
12. A load of 10 ohms was connected to a 12-V battery. The current 12 volts and internal resistance of 0.1 ohm. The load consists of a 2
drawn was 1.18 amperes. What is the internal resistance of the ohms resistor. Find the current through the load.
battery? A. 6.61 A B. 6.25 A C. 6.42 A D. 6.50 A
A. 0.35 ohms B. 0.20 ohms C. 0.25 ohms D. 0.30
25. A lead storage battery is rated at 12 volts. If the internal
13. The potential at the terminals of the battery falls from 9 V on resistance is 0.01 ohm, what is the maximum power that can be
open circuit to 6 volts when a resistor of 10 ohms is connected delivered to the load?
across its terminals. What is the internal resistance of the battery? A. 1200 W B. 3600 W C. 7200 W D. 1800 W
A. 5 ohms B. 4 ohms C. 3 ohms
D. 2 ohm 26. A 120-V battery having an internal resistance of 0.5 ohm, is
connected through a line resistance of 9.5 ohms to a variable load
14. The hot resistance of an incandescent lamp is 10 ohms and the resistor. What maximum power will the battery deliver to the load
rated voltage is 50 V. Find the series resistance required to operate resistor?
the lamp from an 80 V supply. A. 36 watts B. 63 watts C. 630 watts D. 360 watts
27. A variable resistor R is connected in parallel with a fixed resistor
of 1.25 ohms. The combination is then connected across a 12 V
battery with internal resistance 0.25 ohm. Solve for the maximum 34. How many coulombs are represented by 1.628x10^20 electrons?
power that can be delivered to resistor R.
A. 130.20 watts B. 115.52 watts 35. Determine the current flowing through an element if the charge
C. 120.21 watts D. 142.42 watts flow is given by q(t) = (8t^2 + 4t – 2) C?

28. Determine the nodal voltages v1 and v2 for the circuit below. 36. Find the charge q(t) flowing through a device if the current is: i(t)
= 3 A, q(0) = 1 C

37. A current of 3.2 A flows through a conductor. Calculate how

much charge passes through any cross-section of the conductor in
20 seconds.

38. Determine the total charge transferred over the time interval of
0 ≤ t ≤ 10s when i(t) = ½ t A.

29. Using mesh analysis, determine i1 and i2 in the circuit below.

39. A lightning bolt with 8 kA strikes an object for 15 μ s. How much
charge is deposited on the object?

40. A rechargeable flashlight battery is capable of delivering 85 mA

for about 12 h. How much charge can it release at that rate?

41. A 60-W, incandescent bulb operates at 120 V. How many

electrons and coulombs flow through the bulb in one day?

30. Find the current through a 20Ω resistance, and current through a 42. A lightning bolt strikes an airplane with 30 kA for 2 ms. How
40Ω resistance. many coulombs of charge are deposited on the plane?

43. A 1.8-kW electric heater takes 15 min to boil a quantity of water.

If this is done once a day and power costs 10 cents per kWh, what is
the cost of its operation for 30 days?

44. A utility company charges 8.5 cents/kWh. If a consumer operates

a 40-W light bulb continuously for one day, how much is the
31. Find the current i and voltage v over the each resistor.
consumer charged?

45. A 1.2-kW toaster takes roughly 4 minutes to heat four slices of

bread. Find the cost of operating the toaster once per day for 1
month (30 days). Assume energy costs 9 cents/kWh.

46. A flashlight battery has a rating of 0.8 ampere-hours (Ah) and a

lifetime of 10 hours.
(a) How much current can it deliver?
32. Determine the current flowing through the 15 ohm resistor. (b) How much power can it give if its terminal voltage is 6 V?
(c) How much energy is stored in the battery in kWh?

47. A 30-W incandescent lamp is connected to a 120-V source and is

left burning continuously in an otherwise dark staircase. Determine
the current through the lamp.

48. A 12-V battery requires a total charge of 40 ampere-hours during

recharging. How many joules are supplied to the battery?

49. How much energy does a 10-hp motor deliver in 30 minutes?

33. Determine the voltage drops in each resistors. 50. The voltage across a 5-kΩ resistor is 16 V. Find the current
through the resistor.

51. Find the hot resistance of a light-bulb rated 60 W, 120 V.

52. A bar of silicon is 4 cm long with a circular cross section. If the

resistance of the bar is 240 Ω at room temperature, what is the
cross-sectional radius of the bar?

53. If an ammeter with an internal resistance of 100 Ω and a current

capacity of 2 mA is to measure 5 A, determine the value of the
resistance needed.
 20 volts and internal resistance of 0.1 ohm. The load consists of a 2
54. What is the value of a resistor with colors from left: ohms resistor. Find the current through the load.
Red, Blue, Gold and Silver? A. 10.25 A B. 8.5 A
A. 26 ohms, +- 10 % B. 26 ohms, +- 5 % C. 7.75 A D. 5.45 A
C. 2.6 ohms, +- 10 % D. 2.6 ohms, +- 5 %
67. How much energy does a 10-hp motor deliver in 40 minutes?
55. A circuit consisting of three resistors rated: 20 ohms, 15 ohms A. 10.8 MJ B. 7.5 MJ
and 20 ohms are connected in delta. What would be the resistances C. 17.9 MJ D. 20.5 MJ
of the equivalent wye-connected load?
A. 5.45, 5.45, 7.27 ohms B. 3.33, 5.45, 6.67 ohms 68. The substation bus bar is made up of 2 inches round copper bars
C. 1.15, 5.68, 4.25 ohms D. 4.48, 3.24, 8.34 ohms 30 ft long. What is the resistance of each bar if resistivity is 1.724 x
10^-6 ohm-cm.
56. Ten cells each of emf 1.5 volts and internal resistance of 0.25 A. 3.34x10^-5 ohms B. 7.78x10^-5 ohms
ohm are joined in parallel and connected to an external circuit C. 10.78x10^-6 ohms D. 1.06x10^-5 ohms
resistance of 4 ohms. What is the current through the load?
A. 0.373 amps B. 0.258 amps 69. A rechargeable flashlight battery is capable of delivering 85 mA
C. 0.125 amps D. 0.424 amps for about 10 h. How much charge can it release at that rate?
A. 1800 C B. 2050 C
57. A 20-W incandescent lamp is connected to a 120-V source and is C. 5000 C D. 3060 C
left burning continuously in an otherwise dark staircase. Determine
the current through the lamp. 70. Determine the total charge transferred over the time interval of
A. 0.08 amps B. 0.17 amps 0 ≤ t ≤ 10s when i(t) = ½ t A.
C. 0.25 amps D. 1.25 amps A. 5 C B. 10 C
C. 25 C D. 15 C
58. A utility company charges 8.5 cents/kWh. If a consumer operates
a 50-W light bulb continuously for one day, how much is the 71. A battery can deliver 20 joules of energy to move 5 coulombs of
consumer charged? charge. What is the potential difference between the terminals of
A. 7.5 cents B. 8.6 cents the battery?
C. 2.58 cents D. 10.2 cents A. 4 V B. 6 V
C. 10 V D. 100 V
59. A current of 3.2 A flows through a conductor. Calculate how
much charge passes through any cross-section of the conductor in 72. Find the hot resistance of a light-bulb rated 50 W, 120 V.
30 seconds. A. 170 ohms B. 288 ohms
A. 85 C B. 78 C C. 70 ohms D. 6000 ohms
C. 102 C D. 96 C
73. A 1.8-kW electric heater takes 10 min to boil a quantity of water.
60. How many coulombs are represented by 2.628x10^20 electrons? If this is done once a day and power costs 10 cents per kWh, what is
A. 42.11 C B. 35.86 C the cost of its operation for 30 days?
C. 54.85 C D. 48.33 C A. 75 cents B. 35 cents
C. 60 cents D. 90 cents
61. Determine the current flowing through an element if the charge
flow is given by q(t) = (8t^2 + 4t – 2) C? 74. If an ammeter with an internal resistance of 100 Ω and a current
A. 16t A B. 16t + 4 A capacity of 2 mA is to measure 5 A, determine the value of the
C. 16t + 2t – 2t A D. 0 A resistance needed.
A. 0.04 ohms B. 0.01 ohms
62. A lightning bolt strikes an airplane with 20 kA for 2 ms. How C. 0.05 ohms D. 0.075 ohms
many coulombs of charge are deposited on the plane?
A. 20 B. 30 75. Two bulbs B1 100 W, 200 V and B2 40 W, 200 V are connected in
C. 40 C D. 50 series across 200 V battery, the total circuit resistance will be
A. 1000 B. 540
63. A 1.5-kW toaster takes roughly 4 minutes to heat four slices of C. 2000 D. 1075
bread. Find the cost of operating the toaster once per day for 1
month (30 days). Assume energy costs 9 cents/kWh. 76. A lead storage battery is rated at 10 volts. If the internal
A. 15 cents B. 21 cents resistance is 0.01 ohm, what is the maximum power that can be
C. 27 cents D. 30 cents delivered to the load?
A. 1.5 kW B. 2.0 kW
64. The voltage across a 10-kΩ resistor is 16 V. Find the current C. 2.5 kW D. 3.0 kW
through the resistor.
A. 1.6 mA B. 3.2 mA 77. The current in an electric lamp is 5 amperes. What quantity of
C. 4.8 mA D. 6.4 mA electricity flows towards the filament in 2 minutes?
A. 10 C B. 2.5 C
65. A certain wire has a resistance R. The resistance of another wire C. 600 C D. 7 C
identical with the first except for having thrice its diameter is
A. 3R B. R/9 78. A bar of copper is 2 cm long with a circular cross section. If the
C. R/3 D. 9R resistance of the bar is 240 Ω at room temperature, what is the
cross-sectional radius of the bar?
66. A charger, a battery and a load are connected in parallel. The A. 0.75x10^-12 m^2 B. 1.44x10^-12 m^2
voltage across the charger is 20.5 volts and the battery has an emf of C. 3.44x10^-12 m^2 D. 2.11x10^-12 m^2
 91. A charger, a battery and a load are connected in parallel. The
79. Find the charge q(t) flowing through a device if the current is: i(t) voltage across the charger is 12.5 volts and the battery has an emf of
= 3 A, q(0) = 1 C 12 volts and internal resistance of 0.1 ohm. The load consists of a 5
A. 0 C B. t^3 + 3 C ohms resistor. Find the current through the load.
C. 3t + 1 C D. 3 C A. 6.61 A B. 6.25 A
C. 6.42 A D. 2.50 A
80. A lightning bolt with 8 kA strikes an object for 15 μ s. How much
charge is deposited on the object? 92. A positively charged dielectric has a charge of 4 coulombs. If 12.5
A. 120 C B. 23 C x 10^18 free electrons are added to it, what will be the net charge
C. 240 mC D. 120 mC on the said dielectric?
A. 2 C B. -2 C
81. A 12-V battery requires a total charge of 40 ampere-hours during C. 8 C D. Zero
recharging. How many joules are supplied to the battery?
A. 0.756 MJ B. 1.005 MJ 93. The current in an electric lamp is 5 amperes. What quantity of
C. 3.708 MJ D. 1.728 MJ electricity flows towards the filament in 3 minutes?
A. 30 C B. 900 C
82. What is the size in square millimeter is the cable of 200 MCM C. 72 C D. 1800 C
size?
A. 101.34 mm^2 B. 125.31 mm^2 94. The resistance of 120 meters of wire is 20 ohms. What is its
C. 214.75 mm^2 D. 88.75 mm^2 conductance?
A. 0.05 mho B. 0.083 mho
83. A load of 10 ohms was connected to a 12-V battery. The current C. 6 mho D. 12 mho
drawn was 1.18 amperes. What is the internal resistance of the
battery? 95. A cloud of 2.5 x 10^19 electrons move past a given point every 5
A. 0.25 ohms B. 0.17 ohms seconds. How much is the intensity of the electron flow?
C. 0.36 ohms D. 1.56 ohms A. 1 A B. 2 A
C. 0.8 A D. 1.5 A
84. The resistance of 120 meters of wire is 15 ohms. What is its
conductance? 96. A 220-V battery having an internal resistance of 0.5 ohm, is
A. 1.214 S B. 0.058 S connected through a line resistance of 9.5 ohms to a variable load
C. 0.067 S D. 2.035 S resistor. What maximum power will the battery deliver to the load
resistor?
85. The hot resistance of an incandescent lamp is 10 ohms and the A. 36 watts B. 1210 watts
rated voltage is 60 V. Find the series resistance required to operate C. 630 watts D. 360 watts
the lamp from an 80 V supply.
A. 3.33 ohms B. 1.11 ohms 97. A circuit consisting of three resistors rated: 10 ohms, 25 ohms
C. 4.44 ohms D. 0.67 ohms and 20 ohms are connected in delta. What would be the resistances
of the equivalent wye-connected load?
86. A total of 0.8 kg of water at 25 deg C is placed in a 1.5-kW A. 0.30, 0.23 and 0.15 ohms B. 4.55, 9.09, 3.64 ohms
electric kettle. How long a time in minute is needed to raise the C. 3.33, 4.44 and 6.66 ohms D. 5.77, 8.66 and 11.55 ohms
temperature of the water to 100 deg C?
A. 1.58 mins B. 0.87 mins 98. A lead storage battery is rated at 12 volts. If the internal
C. 2.79 mins D. 3.54 mins resistance is 0.01 ohm, what is the maximum power that can be
delivered to the load?
87. Two resistances of 10 and 15 ohms each respectively are A. 1200 W B. 3600 W
connected in parallel. The two are then connected in series with a C. 7200 W D. 1800 W
10-ohm resistance. What is the equivalent resistance?
A. 35 ohms B. 3.33 ohms 99. A resistance R is connected across two batteries A and B
C. 6.67 ohms D. 16 ohms connected in parallel. The open circuit emfs and internal resistances
of the batteries are 12 V, 2 ohms and 8 V, 1 ohm, respectively.
88. Three resistors of 10, 15 and 25 ohms each are connected in Determine the ohmic value of R if the power absorbed by R is 7.656
parallel. What is the equivalent resistance? watts.
A. 4.84 ohms B. 7.54 ohms A. 10 ohms B. 12 ohms
C. 2.05 ohms D. 50 ohms C. 9 ohms D. 8 ohms

89. A certain generator generates 1,500,000 joules per minute. 100. Three resistors of 10, 15 and 20 ohms each are connected in
What is the output in kW? series. What is the equivalent resistance?
A. 50 C. 25 A. 45 ohms B. 17.2 ohms
B. 500 D. 125 C. 45 ohms D. 4.62 ohms

90. Two copper conductors have equal length. The cross-sectional

area of one conductor is three times that of the other. If the
resistance of the conductor having smaller cross-sectional area is 20
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Ω, what is the resistance of the other?
A. 20/3 Ω C. 180 Ω
B. 60 Ω D. 20/9 Ω