University of Tripoli

Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering

EE304

Test I

Fall 2013

Date: 05/12/2013

Time: 80 min

Q1 Choose the correct answer in the following

1. All the following are fundamental units except:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Meter
Kilogram
Second
Newton

2. The absolute temperature is:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Celsius
Kelvin
Fahrenheit
C

3. Incorrect adjustment of an instrument is considered as:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Gross error
Systematic error
Absolute error
Statistical error

4. A resister with a value equals 1 k 5%. The absolute error is:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

50
+5%
5%
5%

5. A measured current is 10.4 mA, while the true value is 10 mA. The percent accuracy is:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

4 mA
4%
0.96
96%

6. A PMMC instrument has a coil with all of these characteristics except:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Light weight
Low resistance
Passes dc current
Passes ac current

7. Voltmeter sensitivity is given by:

(a) /V
(b) V /
(c) V
1

(d) k
8. We connect a resistor with a coil in voltmeter such that we can:
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Increase measured current

Increase measured voltage
Increase resistance
Decrease resistance

9. In dc ammeters, we connect a shunt resistance with a coil which has:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

Small resistance
High resistance
Variable resistance
None of the above

10. The PMMC is called a polarized device because:

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)

It
It
It
It

has
has
has
has

poles and zeros

+ and terminal
positive polarity
a negative polarity

Q2 Two resistors have the following ratings:

R1 = 200 5%,

and

R2 = 100 10%

Determine the magnitude of resultant resistance and the limiting errors in percentage and in
ohm if the above resistors are connected in
(a) Series.
(b) Parallel
(c) If a current source of 50 mA with a 2 mA accuracy is connected to the mentioned electric circuits in part (a) and (b), calculate the maximum and minimum power dissipation
in the total resistance in each case.

Q3 A dc ammeter consists of an Ayrton shunt in parallel with a PMMC instrument that has
a 1.2 k coil resistance and 100 A F SD. The Ayrton shunt is made up of four 0.1
seriesconnected resistors.
(a) Calculate the ammeter range at each setting of the shunt.
(b) Determine the measured current at 0.75 F SD, 0.5 F SD, and 0.25 F SD for the lowest
range.