MURANG’A UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
UNIVERSITY ORDINARY EXAMINATION
2024/2025ACADEMIC YEAR
FIRST YEAR FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION FOR BACHELOR
OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEEING
EET- 101- BASIC ELECTRONICS
DURATION:2 HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES:
1. Answer question ONE any other two questions.
2. Mobile phones are not allowed in the examination room.
3. You are not allowed to write on this examination question paper.
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SECTION A – ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION ONE (30 MARKS)
a) i) Differentiate voltage from current (1 mark)
ii) If 2.25 x1022 electronics flow from a battery through a load of 10𝞨 for an hour
determine:-
ii) Charge discharged from the battery (3 marks)
iii) The current that can flow (2 marks)
iv) The p.d. of the battery (2 marks)
v) the e.m.f of the battery (internal resistance =0.05 𝞨) (2 marks)
b) Show that the equivalent inductance for inductors in series is L eq=L1+L2+ …..+Ln (2 marks).
c) Define the following terms:
i) Cell (0.5 marks)
ii) Batter (0.5 marks)
iii) Primary cells (0.5 marks)
Iv) Secondary cells (0.5 marks)
d) State the following theorems:-
i) Kirchhoff’s hours (1.5 marks)
ii) Norton’s theorem (1.5 marks)
e) Explain why a junction between p-type and n-type materials creates a contact potential
(3 marks)
f) A differentiation amplifier has an open-loop voltage gain of 240. The input signals are
V1=2.5V and V2 =2.4V. Calculate the output voltage of the amplifiers (3 marks)
g) Between what 2 values should a resistor with colour coding “Brown-Black-Brown-Silver”
lie? (4 marks)
h) Name 3 passive elements in an eclectic circuit (3 marks)
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SECTION B– ANSWER ANY TWO QUESTIONS IN THIS SECTION
QUESTION TWO (20 MARKS)
a) i) convert the following resistance value codes in Fig Q2a) below into conventional values
Redraw the diagram (3 marks)
“See Fig Q2a) in the Attached Copy of Diagrams)”
Determine (iii) I 2.5 marks)
(iii) I1 1.5 marks)
(iv) I2 1.5 marks)
(vi) Equivalent resistance required, Req (1.5 marks
a) i) What is the developed power in the Fig Q2a) above? (2 marks)
ii) What is the power delivered to 17R3 resistor (2 marks)
b) Determine the voltage drop, Vo shown in Figure above. (2 marks)
c) i) Determine the letter and digit code for a resistor having a value of 68Ksh ±10% (2 marks)
ii) Come up a colour code value to represent this value. (2 marks)
QUESTION THREE ( 20 MARKS)
a) State the following theorems:-
i) Thevenin’s theorem (1.5 Marks)
ii) Maximum power transfer (1.5 marks)
b) i) Find the Thevenin’s equivalent circuit by removing K020 and 30R branch (4 marks)
ii) What is the current thought this branch? (3 marks)
iii) From your calculations in (ii) above, are the maximum power transfer conditions met?
(2 marks) What is your suggestion? (2 marks)
iv) Convert this Thevenin’s circuit into Norton’s and show it with the help of sketches (3
marks)
c) Determine the power over the branch K020 & 30R above and compose with (3 marks)
QUESTION FOUR (20 MARKS)
d) I) Briefly explain the working principles a diode, (with help of sketched) marks (1.5 marks)
ii) What are the applications of diodes (1.5 marks)
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iii) What is the difference between a Zener diode and a diode? (Use symbols and sketches)
(2 marks)
e) i) What are the characteristics of an operational amplifier? (2 marks)
ii) What are the assumptions (2 marks)
From the Fig Q4 (b) below, given Ro =50𝞨, calculate: -
iii) vo (2.5 marks)
iv) Io and Po (1marks) + (1marks)
“See Fig Q4 b) in the Attached Copy of Diagrams)”
f) Given =200, for a BJT transistor in Fig Q4c) find: -
i) IE (2.5 marks)
ii) IB (1.5marks)
iii) VC (1.5marks)
iv)VE (1 marks)
“See Fig Q4 c) in the Attached Copy of Diagrams)”
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