HO CHI MINH CITY UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY – FACULTY OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING
INTRO TO ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING (ECE110)
MIDTERM EXAMINATION
Semester 2 (2018-2019)
Date: March 19, 2019
Duration: 60 minutes
Student’s Name Score
Student ID Number
Department of Electronics Engineering Lecturer
Nguyen Ly Thien Truong
INSTRUCTIONS:
Answer on this question sheet.
Lectures, class notes, books, laptops, iPads, iPhones, etc. are NOT allowed.
Arithmetic-only calculators are accepted.
Show all your work, e.g., your solution process, the equation(s) that you use, the values
of the variables used the equation(s), etc.
Include the unit of measurement in each answer.
Do NOT communicate with any other students.
Problem 1 (1.0 point)
1. Find the current I over the time interval of 0 to 8 seconds. (0.5 point)
q(t) (mC)
4
2
0 2 4 6 8 t (sec)
I=
2. What is the value of current I if there are 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟖 protons per second are moving to the left and
𝟑. 𝟏𝟎𝟏𝟖 electrons are moving to the right? (0.5 point)
+
-
−-
I
I=
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Problem 2 (2.0 points)
2
𝑉𝑅𝑀𝑆
1. Suppose that V = R.I, prove that 𝑃avg = (0.5 point)
𝑅
2. Find the average (avg) and root mean square (RMS) values of the following signal. (1.0 point)
V (mV)
4
2
⋯
0 6 8 t (ms)
2 4
Vavg = VRMS =
3. Calculate the average power Pavg in case the voltage signal in part 2 is applied to a 100
resistor. (0.5 point)
Pavg =
Problem 3 (1.0 point)
Wheatstone bridge circuit diagram is given as below. The unknown resistance Rx is to be measured;
resistances R1, R2 and R3 are known and R2 is adjustable. Prove that if the measured voltage VG is 0,
then R2/R1 = Rx/R3.
Show all your work.
VS + -
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Problem 4 (1.0 point)
Find the current I in the following network by using equivalent resistance transformation and
current divider rule (CDR).
10mA
Problem 5 (3.0 points)
+
Vx
-
1. How many nodes does the circuit above contain? Label all of them on the circuit. (0.5 point)
Number of nodes:
2. Find the voltage across the 8A current source by using Kirchhoff laws. (2.0 point)
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Vx =
3. Compute the power of 3V voltage source in SRS. Does the 3V voltage source generate or
dissipate electrical power? (0.5 points)
P3V =
Problem 6 (2.0 points)
1. Find the IV characteristic of the circuit below. (1.0 point)
R1 A
I
10Ω +
+ V1 R2 I
10 V 10Ω 5mA
V
-
-
B
I=
2. Compute I2 and the power of 2V voltage source in SRS when the circuit in part 1 is connected
as below. (1.0 point)
R1 A R3
10Ω 20Ω I2
+ V1 R2 + V2
I
10 V 10Ω 2V
- 5mA -
I2 =
P2V =
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