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TOPIC - Current, voltage, and resistance
- Recognizes and uses the schematic symbols for resistor and DC voltage source.
- Distinguishes between conductors and insulators.
- Determines the resistance and tolerance of a composite resistor from the
color coding symbols.
- Estimates the resistance of a wire.
- Measures voltages with a voltmeter.
- Measures currents with an ammeter.
- Measures resistance with an ohmmeter.
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TOPIC - Ohm's law, power, and energy
- States and correctly uses Ohm's law.
- Shows the relations between current flow direction and voltage polarity.
- Shows the I-V characteristics of a resistor.
- Determines the resistance from an I-V characteristic.
- Calculates the power delivered by a voltage source or dissipated by a
resistor.
- Determines the power flow based on the current direction and the voltage
polarity.
- Determines the power efficiency of an electrical system.
- Calculates the electrical energy.
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TOPIC - Series circuits
- Recognizes circuit elements connected in series, both from the physical
layout and from the schematics.
- Calculates the total resistance of resistors in series.
- Uses the Kirchhoff's voltage law and the voltage divider rule to analyze
series circuits.
- Represents voltage using double- and single- subscript notations to designate
polarity.
- Determines the internal resistance of voltage source.
- Recognizes and use the schematic symbol for ground.
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TOPIC - Parallel circuits
- Recognizes circuit elements connected in parallel, both from physical layout
and from the schematics.
- Calculates the total resistance of resistors in parallel.
- Uses the Kirchhoff's current law and the current divider rule to analyze
parallel circuits.
- Recognizes open and short circuits.
- Determines the current through a short circuit and the voltage across an open
circuit.
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TOPIC - Series-parallel networks
- Identifies elements and branches that are in series or in parallel in a
network.
- Computes voltage, current, and resistance of any element in a series-parallel
network.
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TOPIC - Magnetic circuits
- Determines the magnetic flux and flux density through a coil with a core.
- Shows the direction of the magnetic flux lines for an electromagnet.
- States and uses the Ampere's circuital law in solving magnetic circuit
problems.
- Draws an equivalent magnetic circuit for an electromagnetic
system.
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TOPIC - Capacitors and inductors
- Recognizes and uses schematic symbols for capacitors and inductors.
- Calculates the capacitance or self-inductance using the device dimensions.
- Determines the current and voltage behaviors of charging and discharging
capacitive or inductive circuits.
- Determines the I-V characteristics of a capacitive or an inductive element.
- Calculates the total capacitance of capacitors in series or in parallel.
- Calculates the total inductance of inductors in series or in parallel.
- Calculates the energy stored in a capacitor or in an inductor.
- Determines the DC characteristics of circuits with capacitors and
inductors.
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TOPIC - Sinusoidal alternating waveforms and phasors
- Represents mathematically the sinusoidal alternating waveform.
- Determines the amplitude, frequency, angular velocity, period, and phase
shift of an AC signal from the oscilloscope trace and from the mathematical
expression.
- Represents sinusoidal alternating waveforms using phasor notation.
- Performs arithmetic operations with phasors.
- Shows phase relations between two AC signals.
- Defines and calculates average and effective (or rms) values of an AC signal.
- Shows phase relations between current and voltage for inductors and
capacitors.
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TOPIC - AC networks
- Draws a phasor diagram for an AC network.
- Calculates the total impedance of an AC network.
- Represents an AC network with an equivalent circuit.
- Measures the phase difference between two AC signals using an
oscilloscope.
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TOPIC - AC power
- Calculates the apparent power, reactive power, and average power.
- Calculates the reactive power of inductive and capacitive circuits.
- Determines the power factor of an AC network.
- Uses power triangle to show the relationship between reactive, average, and
apparent powers.
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