UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AFRICA

SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING
CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT

TEST NO: MAJOR TEST 3

Semester Course

ELA1501

ELECTRONICS 1

Examiner: Mrs. L.B. Rabaza Moderator: Mrs. M.I. Masopoga

Moderator: Marks: 40
Weight of Assessment: 35%
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FOR YOU TO ANSWER A PARTICULAR QUESTION, MAKE A REALISTIC

ASSUMPTION, MOTIVATE IT AND THEN ANSWER THE QUESTION.

QUESTION 1 RC AND RL CIRCUITS, PARALLEL AND SERIES PARALLEL

CIRCUITS

1.1 Match the following terminology in column A with the correct definition
in column B. Write the question number and corresponding answer, for
example 1.1.1 A if the correct answer is A for question 1.1.1. (5)
Terminology Definition
1.1.1 Impedance A. The angle between the source voltage and total
current in reactive circuits.
1.1.2 Admittance B. The range of frequencies that is considered to be
passed from the input to the output of the circuit.
1.1.3 Bandwidth C. The frequency at which the output voltage of the
filter is 70.7% of the maximum output voltage.
1.1.4 Cutoff frequency D. A measure of the ability of a reactive circuit to
permit current and it is the reciprocal of the
impedance measured in siemens.
1.1.5 Phase angle The total opposition of sinusoidal current expressed in
ohms.

1.2 State whether the following statements are true or false

1.2.1 Inductive reactance (XL) in RLC circuit causes the total current to lag
source voltage. (1)
1.2.2 Resonant frequency is the frequency at which the resonant condition
occurs in a series or parallel RLC circuit. (1)
1.2.3 For parallel resonance, the current is maximum and impedance is
minimum and ideally equal to zero. (1)

1.3 Figure 1 is a network of series-parallel resistors. If the voltage across

terminals AB is 12 V, calculate:

1.3.1 The circuit resistance (RT). (6)

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1.3.2 The total current (IT) . (2)

1.3.3 Voltage drops across 1 Ω resistor . (2)
1.3.4 Total power dissipated by the circuit. (2)

15Ω

7Ω 10Ω

A 1Ω 30Ω B

12Ω 2Ω 4Ω

4Ω 6Ω

Figure 1
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QUESTION 2 TRANSFORMERS
2.1 A step-down transformer uses 110 V on the primary and 10 V on the
secondary. If the secondary is rated for a maximum of 1 A, what fuse rating
should be selected on the primary? (3)
2.2 Refer to Figure 2 and calculate the following.
2:1

30 V 300Ω

Figure 2

2.2.1 Secondary voltage (2)

2.2.2 Secondary current (2)

2.2.3 Primary current (2)

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QUESTION 3 DIODE AND DIODE APPLICATIONS

3.1 Study Figure 3 and answer the following question:

Figure 3

3.1.1 Draw the output waveform of the circuit. (1)

3.1.2 Calculate the peak output voltage if the peak input voltage is 5 V. (2)

3.1.3 Calculate the average value of the output voltage of the rectifier if the

peak input voltage is 5 V. (2)

3.2 Draw the simple circuits including limit resistors to show:

3.2.1 Forward biased pn junction diode. (2)

3.2.2 Reverse biased pn junction diode. (2)

3.3 Which bias condition produces majority carrier current? (1)

3.4 Which bias condition widenings the depletion region (1)

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TOTAL = [ 40]

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