1.

) State the laws for series and

parallel combination of
resistances. Were these law
verified in your experiment?
The law for parallel resistance is that the
total resistance in Parallel Circuits is not
equal to the sum of the resistors. This is due
to the fact that the total resistance present in
Parallel Circuit is always less than the
branching resistance and the addition of
more parallel resistance causes the total
resistance to lower. The law for the series
circuit is that the flow of the current is
similar within each individual component
present in the circuit. The Voltage present
located across the power supply is
equivalent to the combined voltages of the
separate loads in the said series. From these
stated laws, the group can agree that the
experiment performed verified the laws for
parallel resistance, and series resistance.

2.) You have four identical resistors,

each with a resistance of 5 ohms.
Determine all the possible
resistances that you may get using
all four resistors.
With the given four identical resistors with
the value of 5 ohms each, on one hand, a
Series circuit can have a resistance of 20
ohms. On the other hand, a Parallel circuit
can have a resistance of 1.25 ohms.
3.) The human body is a good
conductor, being almost 70%
water. A dry skin has a resistance
as high as 104-106 ohms. However,
when the skin is wet, resistance
drops to 1000 ohms or less. Why?
Relate this fact to the operation of
a lie detector.
The fact that the skin is wet in the given
situation, it allows more conductivity since
water allows charges to be free moving,

hence dropping the value of the resistance.

This fact can be correlated to a lie detector
since it is based on the persons change in
skin resistance. The changes in the persons
skin resistance can be attributed to sweating
due to a persons nervous response which is
then used as a basis that a person guilty, This
is why lie detector tests are not often used,
and is not reliable in figuring out whether a
person is guilty or not due to the number of
factors that can contribute to the reasons
why a person is sweating.

4.) Compare the human circulatory

system to an electric circuit.
The human circulatory system when
compared to an electrical circuit shows
many similarities. The human circulatory
system needs its components in order for it
to run smoothly. Our arteries, capillaries,
blood vessels and veins are the wires,
resistors and transistors present in an
electrical circuit. They work, as a team, to
ensure that blood reaches all the parts of the
body that needs blood, particularly
oxygenated blood. The heart in our
circulatory system is comparable to the
electric source, or a battery in a way that the
heart is the one responsible in pumping the
blood with enough force to distribute and
circulate, like the way an electric source
drives the current through the circuit.
5.) Are household circuits normally
wired in series of in parallel?
Why?
Circuits in houses are normally and
generally wired in a parallel fashion. This
circuit, for an example, allows you to turn
on the light on a particular room
independently of the others in the house.
This circuit also allows easier
troubleshooting in case a single connection
goes bad since it does not affect the function
of the others, meaning you the other
connections can still work even though one
is not.

6.) Biomedical application. Discuss

the working principle of a
ventricular defibrillator.

One of the most common tools used when a

person experience a Cardiac Arrest is the
Ventricular Defibrillator. These defibrillators
are made up of power sources, rectifiers,
capacitors, variable transformers, switches,
and the paddles, which are used in contact
with the skin. These components have their
unique functions. The rectifier converts the

voltage from the power source from AC to

DC voltage since it is more effective in a
way that it causes less myocardial damage.
The capacitor in a defibrillator is made out
of a pair of metal plates with an insulator in
the middle. This component stores the
electrical energy, varied by the surface area
of the plates. This component is deemed the
most important part of a defibrillator. When
a capacitor discharges, some of the energy is
lost in the circuit resistance, making the
expended energy lower. An inductor in the
output circuit enables the delivery of the
current at its best shape and duration.