KENYA METHODIST UNIVERSITY

ASSIGNMENT/CAT

FACULTY : SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

DEPARTMENT : COMPUTER INFORMATION SYSTEMS

COURSE CODE : PHYS 201

COURSE TITLE : ELECTRICAL CIRCUITS

TRIMESTER : 3rd Trimester 2010

DEADLINE : 11th November 2010

(Penalty for Late submission is 10 marks off your total)

Total Marks (40)

Lecturer: Dr. N.O. Abungu

Email: abungu2004@yahoo.com

Send your assignment to my email address by the deadline. No need to send a hard copy.

Half of the total Marks for each question shall be deducted if any plagiarism or copying is
detected.

1. A telephone wire has a current of 20 µ A flowing through it. How long does it
take for a charge of 15 C to pass through the wire?
( 2 marks )

2. A lightning bolt carried a current of 2kA and lasted for 3 ms. How many
coulombs of charge were contained in the lightning bolt?
( 3 marks )

3. Find i and V0 in the circuit of Figure 3. (3

marks )
 Figure 3

4. Find the node voltages in the circuit of Figure 4.

( 3 marks )

Figure 4

5. The circuit in Figure 5 represents an unbalanced bridge. If the galvanometer

has a resistance of 40 Ω , find the current through the galvanometer.
( 3 marks )
 Figure 5

6. Calculate v0 and i0 in the op amp circuit in Figure 6. (3

marks )

Figure 6

7. For the circuit in Figure 7, calculate the voltage across each capacitor.
( 3 marks )

Figure 7
8. In the circuit shown in Figure 8, find i0 , v0 and i for all time, assuming that the
switch was open for a long time.
( 3 marks )

Figure 8

9. The switch in Figure 9 was open for a long time but closed at t = 0 .
Determine:

(a) i (0+ ) , v (0+ ) ( 1 mark )

di (0+ ) dv (0+ )
(b) , ( 1 mark )
dt dt

(c) i (∞) , v (∞ ) ( 1 mark )

Figure 9
10.Find i (t ) in the circuit of Figure 10. Assume that the circuit has reached
steady state at t = 0− .

( 3 marks )

Figure 10

11.Find current I in the circuit of Figure 11. (3

marks )

Figure 11

12.Solve for V0 in the circuit of Figure 12 using mesh analysis. (3

marks )
 Figure 12

13.In the circuit of Figure 13, and . Calculate the total :

(a) Apparent power, ( 1 mark )

(b) Real power ( 1 mark )

(c) Reactive power, and (1

mark )

(d) P.f, supplied by the source and sen by the source. (1

mark )

Figure 13