ELCR 1020 Syllabus

1                 Explain the principles of magnetism.

2                 Demonstrate the application of magnetic principles.

3                 Define alternating current.

4                 Describe sign waves generated by alternating current.

5                 Measure AC voltage and current values.

6                 Describe the preparation of a basic AC generator.

2                 Determine the wavelength of an AC sine wave.

3                 Determine the phase angle of an AC sine wave.

4                 Name three types of AC waves other than a sine wave.

5                 Describe harmonic frequencies.

1                 Define inductance.

2                 Define induction by alternating current.

3                 Define self inductance.

4                 Define self induced voltage (VI).

5                 Draw a vector diagram showing phase relationships.

6                 Define the unit of energy and calculate the strength of an induced voltage.

7                 Determine the reactance of a coil if given the inductance and the frequency.

8                 Define capacitive reactance and compute its value in Ohm's Law when the
    capacitance and operating frequency are known.

10                Calculate the phase angle for series and parallel circuits.

11                Identify capacitors and capacitor symbols.

12                Name the unit of measurement for capacitors.

13                Demonstrate the effect of capacitors in series and parallel.

14                Calculate voltage drops across a capacitor in a capacitive voltage divider.

15                Define and calculate admittance, susceptance, and conductance.

16                Calculate the charge and discharge time of an RC circuit.

17                Determine E, I, R, XL, X, Z, Q, PF, and true and apparent power for AC R-UC circuits
    using measurements and calculations.

18                Analyze both series and parallel AC circuits and determine their current and voltage
    values.

1                 Measure and calculate parameters for series and parallel R-C circuits.

2                 Draw a vector diagram showing R-C circuit phase relationships.

3                 Measure and calculate series-parallel resonant circuit parameters.

4                 Draw a vector diagram showing R-L circuit phase relationships.

1                 Measure and calculate series resonant circuit parameters.

2                 Measure and calculate parallel resonant circuit parameters.

3                 Measure and calculate series-parallel resonant circuit parameters.

1                 Measure and calculate low-pass filter circuit parameters.

2                 Measure and calculate high-pass filter circuit parameters.

3                 Measure and calculate band-pass filter circuit parameters.

4                 Measure and calculate band-reject filter circuit parameters.

1                 Use an oscilloscope for non-sinusoidal waveform voltage and frequency
    measurements.