Questions on Network analysis

1. In a parallel resonant circuit, the circuit current at resonance is maximum.

A. True

B. False

2. The rms value of wave in figure is

A. about 95 V

B. about 80 V

C. about 50 V

D. about 25 V

3. An RLC series circuit is underdamped. To make it overdamped, the value of R

A. has to be increased

B. has to be decreased

C. has to be increased to infinity

D. has to be reduced to zero

4. Henry is equivalent to
A. Volts/Ampere

B. Weber/Volt

C. Weber/Ampere
 D. Weber/Ampere2

5. In a minimum function
A. the degree of numerator and denominator are equal

B. the degree of numerator and denominator are unequal

C. the degree of numerator is one more than degree of denominator

D. the degree of numerator is one less than degree of denominator

6. When a current source I is suddenly connected across a two terminal relaxed RC circuit at time t = 0,
the voltage across the current source is shown in figure. The RC circuit is

A. a series combination of R and C

B. a parallel combination of R and C

C. a series combination of R and parallel combination of R and C

D. a pure capacitor

7. The driving-point impedance Z(s) of a network has a pole-zero locations as shown in the figure. If Z(0)
= 3, then Z (s) is

A.

B.
 C.

D.

8.
and i(t) is a unit step, then V(t) in the steady state is given by
A. 4/9

B. 4/3

C. 0

D.

9. For a transmission line open circuit and short circuit impedances are 20 and 5 . Then
characteristic impedance is
A. 100

B. 50

C. 25

D. 10

10. The terms RMS and average values apply only to sine waves.
A. True

B. False
11. The drift velocity of electrons is
A. very small as compared to speed of light

B. equal to speed of light

C. almost equal to speed of light

D. half the speed of light

12. Wave A = 100 sin t and wave B = 100 cos t. Then

A. rms values of the two waves are equal

B. rms values of A is more than that of B

 C. rms values of A is less than that of B

D. rms values of the two waves may or may not be equal

13.
Z(c) for the network shown in the figure is The value of C and R are, respectively

A. 1/6 F and 4

B. 2/9 F and 9/2

C. 2/3 F and 1/2

D. 1/2 F and 1

14. In an R-C series circuit excited by a voltage E, the charge across capacitor at t = 0+ is
A. 0

B. CE

C. CE (1 - e-t/RC)

D. none of the above

15. Two networks are cascaded through an ideal buffer. If td1 and td2 are delay times of network, the
overall delay time is
A. td1 + td2

B. t2d1 + t2d2

C. td1 + td2

D.

16. A series RC circuit has R = 5 and C = 10 F. The current in the circuit is 5 sin 20000t. The applied
voltage is
A. 252 sin (20000t + 45)

B. 252 sin (20000t - 45)

 C. 252 sin 20000t

D. 252 sin (20000t - 90)

17. A capacitor stores 0.15C at 5 V. Its capacitance is

A. 0.75 F

B. 0.75 F

C. 0.03 F

D. 0.03 F

18. A 0.5 F capacitor is connected across a 10 V battery. After a long time, the circuit current and
voltage across capacitor will be
A. 0.5 A and 0 V

B. 0 A and 10 V

C. 20 A and 5 V

D. 0.05 A and 5 V

19. For node 1 in figure, KCL equation is

A.

B.

C.

D. none of the above

20. In the circuit of figure, the switch is closed at t = 0. At t = 0+ the current through C is
 A. 4A

B. 2.5 A

C. 3.1 A

D. 0
21. A cable has an insulation resistance of 1010 ohms. If the length is doubled, the insulation resistance
will be
A. 2 x 1010

B. 0.5 x 1010

C. 1010

D. 4 x 1010

22.
, i(t) =
A. 3e-4t - e-5t

B. 3e-4t - 2e-3t

C. 2e-4t - 5e-2t

D. 3e-4t - e-t

23. In the figure shown, A1, A2, A3 are identical Ammeters. If A1 and A3 read 5 and 13 A respectively,
reading of A2 will be

A. 8

B. 13 A
 C. 18

D. 12 A

24. Which of the following pairs are correctly matched?

1. Brune's realisation : realisation with ideal transformer.
2. Cauer realisation : ladder realisation.
3. Bott Duffin realisation : with non ideal transformer.
Select the answer using the following codes:
A. 1, 2 and 3

B. 2 and 3

C. 1 and 3

D. 1 and 2

25. The synthesis of minimum function was suggested by

A. O'Brune

B. R. Richards

C. Bott and Duffin

D. none of the above

26. C = (2) (energy)/V2
A. True

B. False

27. A 3 phase balanced supply feeds 3 phase unbalanced load. Power supplied to the load can be
measured by using
1. 2 wattmeter
2. one wattmeter
3. 3 wattmeter
Which of the above statements is correct?
A. 1 and 2

B. 1 and 3

C. 2 and 3

D. 3 alone
28. Which of the following is correct for a driving point functions?
A. The real parts of all poles must be negative

B. The real parts of all poles and zeros must be negative

C. The real parts of all poles and zeros must be negative or zero

D. The real parts of all zeros must be negative

29. An infinite ladder is constructed with 1 and 2 resistors shown below.

A. 8.18 A

B. 0A

C. 9A

D. can't determined

30. In the circuit of figure the voltage across capacitor when switch is closed at t = is

A. 0V

B. 20 V

C. very large

D. 7.5 V
31. In the series circuit shown in figure, for series resonance, the value of the coupling coefficient, K will
be

A. 0.25
 B. 0.5

C. 0.1

D. 1

32. The degree of the nodes 1, 2, 3, 4 is

A. 2

B. 3

C. 2 for 1, 2, 3, and 3 for 4

D. all 3

33. In an RC series circuit R = 100 and XC = 10 . In this circuit

A. the current and voltage are in phase

B. the current leads the voltage by about 6

C. the current leads the voltage by about 84

D. the current lags the voltage by about 6

34. The impedance of an RC series circuit is 12 at f= 50 Hz. At f= 200 Hz, the impedance will be
A. more than 12

B. less than 3

C. more than 3 but less than 12

D. more than 12 but less than 24

35. A current is flowing through a conductor with non-uniform area of cross-section. Then
A. current will be different at different cross-sections.
 B. current will be the same at all the cross-sections.

C. current will be different but current density will be same at all the cross-sections

D. current will be the same but current density will be different at different cross-sections.
36.
A series RL circuit has . If a voltage 4 sint + 4t is applied, the steady state current will be
A. 4 sin (4t - 45)

B.

C.

D.

37. The electrical energy required to heat a bucket of water to a certain temperature is 2 kWh. If heat
losses, are 25%, the energy input is
A. 2.67 kWh

B. 3 kWh

C. 2.5 kWh

D. 3.5 kWh

38. The circuit in figure will act as ideal current source with respect to terminals A and B when frequency
is

A. 0

B. 1 rad/sec

C. 4 rad/sec

D. 16 rad/sec

39. The current rating of a cable depends on

A. length of cable
 B. diameter of cable

C. both length and diameter of cable

D. none of the above

40. In an ac circuit, the maximum and minimum values of power factor can be
A. 2 and 0

B. 1 and 0

C. 0 and -1

D. 1 and -1
41. The time constant of the circuit in figure shown.

A. RC

B.

C.

D.

42. In the circuit shown in given figure, the values of i(0+) and I(), will be respectively

A. zero and 1.5 A

B. 1.5 A and 3 A

C. 3 A and zero

D. 3 A and 1.5 A
43. A two branch parallel circuit has a 20 resistance and 1 H inductance in one branch and a 100 F
capacitor in the second branch. It is fed from 100 V ac supply, at resonance, the input impedance of
the circuit is
A. 500

B. 50

C. 20

D. 5

44.

The impedance matrices of two, two-port network are given by and . If these two
networks are connected in series, the impedance matrix of the resulting two-port network will be

A.

B.

C.

D. indeterminate

46. A sinusoidal voltage has peak to peak value of 100 V. The rms value is
A. 50 V

B. 70.7 V

C. 35.35 V

D. 141.41 V

47. A capacitor is needed for an ac circuit of 230 V, 50 Hz the peak voltage rating of the capacitor should
be
A. 230 V

B. 0.5 x 230 V

C. 2 x 230V
 D. 230/2V

48. The current wave shape shown in figure (1) is applied to a circuit element. The voltage across the
element is shown in figure (2). The element is

A. R

B. L

C. C

D. Semiconductor

49. In figure, the current supplied by battery immediately after switching on the circuit is

A. 1A

B. 4A

C. 10 A

D. 0

50. RMS value of i(t) = 10[1 + sin (- t)] is

A. 10

B. 10/2

C. l50

D. 102