EEE 202 TEST 2 REVIEW QUESTIONS WELL ANSWERED LATEST UPDATE 2026
decaying exponential - Answers A second-order linear RLC circuit has an overdamped response.
Therefore, its solution must consist ONLY of ____________________ functions
a complex number used to represent a sinusoidal voltage or current in a circuit. - Answers Give a
precise definition of the word phasor
False. W = (1/2) CV2, it is proportional to the square of the voltage - Answers T or F: the energy
stored in a capacitor is directly proportional to the voltage across it
Charge, voltage, stored energy, electric field between plates, electric displacement vector between
plates - Answers List ALL quantities associated with a capacitor that cannot change instantaneously
(there are at least four)
current - Answers list at least one quantity that CAN change instantaneously for a capacitor.
Current, magnetic field intensity, magnetic induction field, stored energy - Answers List ALL quantities
associated with an inductor that cannot change instantaneously (there are at least four)
Voltage - Answers list at least one quantity that CAN change instantaneously for inductors
decaying exponential - Answers In a first-order transient circuit, the voltages and currents always
include ________________________ functions of time
constant - Answers In a first-order circuit with constant sources, the voltages and currents are always
______________at t = ∞
sinusoidal at the same frequency w - Answers In a first-order circuit with sinusoidal sources all at a
frequency, the voltages and currents are always _ _________________________ as we approach t =
∞
the Thévenin equivalent resistance seen from the capacitor terminals - Answers The time constant in
an arbitrary first-order circuit possibly containing many resistors and sources and containing one
capacitor of value C is always C multiplied by ______________________________________________
the Thévenin equivalent resistance seen from the inductor terminals - Answers The time constant in
an arbitrary first-order circuit possibly containing many resistors and sources and containing one
inductor of value L is always L divided by
_____________________________________________________
one - Answers How many initial conditions are needed in a circuit containing one capacitor or one
inductor?
homogeneous - Answers An arbitrary constant always multiplies which type of solution of an
inhomogeneous linear differential equation: homogeneous, particular, or both?
False. First-order circuitsalways show simple exponential decays. Only underdamped second or higher
order circuits canshow "ringing" (damped oscillations). - Answers T or F: first order circuit can show
"ringing."
False. Must be underdamped. (Of course no real circuit is ever exactly critically damped.) - Answers T
or F: A critically-damped 2nd order circuit can show "ringing."
decaying exponentials, constants, and damped sinusoids (sinusoids multiplied by decaying
exponentials) - Answers The voltages and currents in a 2nd order circuit with constant sources might
(depending on the amount of damping) contain what three (or four) types of functions of time?
underdamped - Answers A 2nd order circuit shows a transient response that has two zero crossings
after the start of the transient. This circuit must be ___________.
The voltage across a capacitor and the current through an inductor - Answers In analyzing the
transient behavior of a 2nd order circuit, we generally use the fact that what two things cannot
change instantaneously?
angular time frequency; rad/s - Answers The quantity K in the expression A sin (Kt) is the
_________________ (give name) and necessarily has units of ________
decaying exponential - Answers A second-order linear RLC circuit has an overdamped response.
Therefore, its solution must consist ONLY of ____________________ functions
a complex number used to represent a sinusoidal voltage or current in a circuit. - Answers Give a
precise definition of the word phasor
False. W = (1/2) CV2, it is proportional to the square of the voltage - Answers T or F: the energy
stored in a capacitor is directly proportional to the voltage across it
Charge, voltage, stored energy, electric field between plates, electric displacement vector between
plates - Answers List ALL quantities associated with a capacitor that cannot change instantaneously
(there are at least four)
current - Answers list at least one quantity that CAN change instantaneously for a capacitor.
Current, magnetic field intensity, magnetic induction field, stored energy - Answers List ALL quantities
associated with an inductor that cannot change instantaneously (there are at least four)
Voltage - Answers list at least one quantity that CAN change instantaneously for inductors
decaying exponential - Answers In a first-order transient circuit, the voltages and currents always
include ________________________ functions of time
constant - Answers In a first-order circuit with constant sources, the voltages and currents are always
______________at t = ∞
sinusoidal at the same frequency w - Answers In a first-order circuit with sinusoidal sources all at a
frequency, the voltages and currents are always _ _________________________ as we approach t =
∞
the Thévenin equivalent resistance seen from the capacitor terminals - Answers The time constant in
an arbitrary first-order circuit possibly containing many resistors and sources and containing one
capacitor of value C is always C multiplied by ______________________________________________
the Thévenin equivalent resistance seen from the inductor terminals - Answers The time constant in
an arbitrary first-order circuit possibly containing many resistors and sources and containing one
inductor of value L is always L divided by
_____________________________________________________
one - Answers How many initial conditions are needed in a circuit containing one capacitor or one
inductor?
homogeneous - Answers An arbitrary constant always multiplies which type of solution of an
inhomogeneous linear differential equation: homogeneous, particular, or both?
False. First-order circuitsalways show simple exponential decays. Only underdamped second or higher
order circuits canshow "ringing" (damped oscillations). - Answers T or F: first order circuit can show
"ringing."
False. Must be underdamped. (Of course no real circuit is ever exactly critically damped.) - Answers T
or F: A critically-damped 2nd order circuit can show "ringing."
decaying exponentials, constants, and damped sinusoids (sinusoids multiplied by decaying
exponentials) - Answers The voltages and currents in a 2nd order circuit with constant sources might
(depending on the amount of damping) contain what three (or four) types of functions of time?
underdamped - Answers A 2nd order circuit shows a transient response that has two zero crossings
after the start of the transient. This circuit must be ___________.
The voltage across a capacitor and the current through an inductor - Answers In analyzing the
transient behavior of a 2nd order circuit, we generally use the fact that what two things cannot
change instantaneously?
angular time frequency; rad/s - Answers The quantity K in the expression A sin (Kt) is the
_________________ (give name) and necessarily has units of ________
