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Additional Course Information
Topical Outline: Each offering of this course must include the following topics (be sure to include information regarding lab,
practicum, and clinical or other non-lecture instruction).
The following performance will be expected of any student completing this course with a passing grade. There is no
absolute time limit on the performance of these objectives, unless noted, but the grade received by the student will
depend, in part, on the relative speed and precision of the student's performance in these tasks. Where subjective
evaluations are indicated, the instructor will make these judgments based on his or her knowledge of the
skills required to place a graduate with the expectation of successful on-job performance.
The student will be expected to perform the following tasks in written examination or laboratory demonstration:
• Clearly define work, force, energy, charge, voltage, current
• Write and use the basic formulae relating work, force, distance, charge, voltage, and time
• Correctly convert between all commonly used SI prefixed multipliers
• Demonstrate the ability to use a calculator to solve problems involving scientific and engineering units and
metric prefixes
• Determine/read correct meter scale for measurement of voltage, resistance, and current.
• Draw a basic circuit and correctly label the components of the circuit
• Draw the correct symbols for resistors, batteries, capacitors, inductors, connected and non-connected
conductors.
• Correctly convert between color-codes and resistor values
• Distinguish between linear and non-linear resistances when give a series of paired voltage-current
measurements
• Write and demonstrate correct use of Ohm's Law
• Define resistance in terms of voltage and current
• Calculate resistance when given conductance
• Calculate conductance when given resistance
• Calculate the equivalent resistance of series-connected resistors
• Calculate the current, voltage, and power for each resistor in a series circuit given the voltage source and the
value of each resistor
• Demonstrate understanding of Kirchoff's Voltage Law by solving problems requiring use in a series circuit
Indicate understanding of the relativity of voltage measurements by calculating voltages in a series circuit when
the reference point is moved
• Determine of the effect of the size of a resistance on the voltage drop across the resistance in a series circuit
• Calculate the equivalent resistance of parallel-connected resistors
• Calculate the voltage, current, and power for each resistor in a parallel circuit given the voltage source and the
value of each resistor
• Calculate the voltage, current, and power for each resistor in a parallel circuit given a current source and the
conductance of each resistor
• Write a description of the effect of the size of a resistor on the current through the resistor in a parallel circuit
• Discuss meter loading as a function of the input resistance of a meter
• Given no more than 12 resistors in a series-parallel circuit with no delta or wye connections, and given the
source voltage or current, solve for the voltage across and the current through each resistor
Write and correctly solve the voltage divider formula for three resistors in series
Course Learning Outcomes:
Learning Outcomes – Upon successful completion of this course, students will:
1. Apply safety techniques while working on and troubleshooting various circuits and components;
