DCGN 381 Introduction to Electrical Circuits, Electronics, and Power

Review for Exam #3

Multiple Choice Questions:
Question 1. Reactive power is measured in:
a) Watts

b) VA

c) VAR

d) none of these

Answer: c
Question 2. An ac source is connected to three loads Z1, Z2, and Z3 in parallel. Which of
the following statements is not true?
a) PT = P1 + P2 + P3

b) ST = S1 + S2 + S3

c) QT = Q1 + Q2 + Q3

d) ST = S1 + S2 + S3

Answer: b
Question 3. The average power absorbed by an inductor is zero.
a) True

b) False

Answer: a
Question 4. Determine the power factor if the load impedance is (20 j20) .
a) 45

b) 0

c) 0.7071 lagging

d) 0.7071 leading

e) none of these

Answer: d
Question 5. What kind of filter can be used to select a signal of a radio station?
a) lowpass

b) highpass

c) bandpass

d) band-reject

Answer: c
Question 6. A voltage source supplies a signal of constant amplitude, from 0 to 40 kHz,
to an RC lowpass filter. The load experiences the maximum voltage at:
a) dc
Answer: a

b) 10 kHz

c) 20 kHz

d) 40 kHz

Review Problems:
Problem 1. Determine the average and reactive power supplied by each source in the
circuit shown below.
8

3660 VRMS

j12

j6

2436.9 VRMS

Answer: PS1 = 112.45 W, QS1 = 48.34 VAR, PS2 = 7.80 W, QS2 = 33.2 VAR
Problem 2. The parallel connection of two 115 VRMS, 60-Hz loads operate at 2000 W
with a power factor of 0.95 lagging. If one load absorbs 1200 W at a power factor of
0.80 lagging, answer the following questions.
a) What are the average power absorbed and the power factor angle of the other
load?
b) What reactive element should be placed in parallel with the combined loads to
improve the power factor of the system to unity?
Answer:
a) 800 W, 16.87
b) 132 F capacitor rated at 700 VAR and 115 Volts
Problem 3. A 300 kW load supplied at 13 kVRMS operates 520 hours per month at a
power factor of 0.8 lagging. Calculate the cost per month based on this simplified tariff:
Energy charge: 6 cents per kWh
Power factor penalty: 0.1 percent of energy charge for every 0.01 that the pf falls
below 0.85.
Power factor credit: 0.1 percent of energy charge for every 0.01 that the pf
exceeds 0.85.
Answer: Cost per month = $9406.80

Problem 4. An industrial dryer is connected to a 60 Hz network. The unit consists of a

fan in parallel with a heater. The voltmeter and ammeter in the circuit below read 600 V
and 50 A respectively. Find the resistance of the heater assuming that it is a purely
resistive load. Include the required power rating of the heater.

Industrial Dryer
A

Fan
20 kW, pf = 0.8 lag

Heater
R=?

Answer: R = 60.2 rated at 6 kW

Problem 5. Answer the following questions for the two-port network shown below.
R1 = 1.3 k
+

vin (t)

R2 = 1.9 k

C = 518.2 nF

vout(t)

a) Determine the voltage transfer function H(j) = Vout/Vin .

Answer: H(j) = 0.5938/(1 + j(/2500))
b) Determine the cutoff frequency (o). Answer: o = 2500 rad/s
c) Determine the value of the transfer function at the cutoff frequency.
Answer: H(jo) = 0.4198, H(jo) = 45
d) Determine the maximum value of the magnitude response H(j)dB expressed in
decibels. Answer: ).5938

Problem 6. Design a series RLC circuit that will have an impedance of 10 at the
resonant frequency of n = 50 rad/s and a quality factor of 80. Determine the bandwidth
of the filter.
Answer: R = 10 ,

L = 16 H,

C = 25 F,

BW = 0.625 rad/s

Problem 7. The function of a stereo crossover network is to channel frequencies higher

than a given crossover frequency (c) into the high-frequency speaker (tweeter) and
frequencies below c into the low-frequency speaker (woofer). The approximate
equivalent circuit model is shown below where the stereo amplifier is modeled as an ideal
voltage source and each speaker is modeled as an 8 resistance. The inductor and
capacitor are selected such that the two filters have the same cutoff frequency, known as
the crossover frequency. If the crossover frequency is chosen to be 1200 Hz, find the
required values of L and C.
C

Tweeter

One channel
of a
Stereo
Amplifier

L
Woofer

Magnitude
High-pass filter

Low-pass filter
c

Radian Frequency

VS

Rtweeter = 8

Rwoofer = 8

Answer: L = 1.06 mH, C = 16.58 F