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Electronics Paper 1, May/June 2012  
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Question 1

AIM: To determine the equivalent resistance of a circuit.


                                    Figure  2

  1. Connect the circuit as shown in Figure 1.
  2. Ask the Supervisor to check the circuit connection.
  3. Copy Table 2 into your answer booklet.

Table 1


Voltmeter reading (V)

Ammeter reading (mA)

3.0

 

4.5

 

6.0

 

7.5

 

9.0

 

12.0

 

  1.  Close switch S1.
  2.  Adjust the power supply to obtain a reading of 3 V.
  3.  Read and record the readings of the ammeter and voltmeter as in Table 2.
  4.  Repeat steps (e) and (f) for the other voltage values in Table 2.
  5.  Plot a graph of voltage (V) on the y-axis against current (I) on the x-axis.
  6.  Determine the slope (L2) of the graph.
 Evaluate: 100 (1- )% .
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OBSERVATION

The candidates were expected to connect the circuit as shown, measure and
record the ammeter reading(mA) in Table 1 plot a graph of voltage against
current, determine the slope,L2 and make some evaluation.

The expected answers were:
(c)                                            Table 2

Voltmeter reading (V)

Ammeter reading (mA)

3.0

60 (57-63)

4.0

70 (67-74)

6.0

110 (105-116)

8.0

150 (143-158)

9.0

170 (162-179)

12.0

220 (209-232)

                  

(j)      Evaluation of percentage difference between the slopes – No differences in values.
As reported by the Chief Examiner, the readings obtained by many of the candidates that answered this question showed that they did not know that the experiment bothered on Ohm’s law theory, hence their poor performance in it.


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