Reg. No.

B.E/B.Tech DEGREE EXAMINATIONS - APRIL/MAY 2021

SEMESTER - 02
B.E - ELECTRONICS AND COMMUNICATION ENGINEERING
Question Paper Code: 20212
191EE211 - NETWORK ANALYSIS AND SYNTHESIS
Regulations 2019
Maximum: 100 Marks Duration: Three Hours
(Information regarding tables, charts, data books, drawing sheets, graph paper, code books
etc., to be supplied to the candidates shall be mentioned here)

Part A (20 x 1 Mark = 20 Marks)

Answer ALL Questions. Each question carries ONE Mark

1. A network contains linear resistors and ideal voltage sources. If values of all the
resistors are doubled, then the voltage across each resistor is
(a) halved (b) doubled
(c) increase by four times (d) not changed
2. A resistor made of aluminium wire dissipates 25W of power at 50 V at 20◦ C. Calculate
the current in a second resistor made of copper and having the same resistance as
the first resistor and consuming four times the power of the resistor.
(a) 2A (b) 3A (c) 1A (d) 5A
3. If there are 15 nodes in a circuit, how many equations do we get?
(a) 13 (b) 14 (c) 15 (d) 12
4. Superposition theorem is NOT applicable to networks containing
(a) Nonlinear elements (b) Dependent Voltage Sources
(c) Dependednt current sources (d) Transformers
5. A 10 ohm resistor, a 1H inductor and 1µF capacitor are connected in parallel. The
combination is driven by a unit step current. Under the steady state condition, the
source current flows through
(a) the resistor (b) the inductor
(c) the capacitor only (d) all the three elements
6. A DC voltage source is connected across a series R-L-C circuit. Under steady-state
conditions, the applied DC voltage drops entirely across the
(a) R only (b) L only
(c) C only (d) R and L combination
 7. Consider a DC voltage source connected to a series R-C circuit. When the steady-
state reaches, the ratio of the energy stored in the capacitor to the total energy
supplied by the voltage source, is equal to
(a) 0.362 (b) 0.00 (c) 0.632 (d) 1.000

8. From the circuit shown in Figure 1, the initial charge in the 1F capacitor present in
the circuit shown is zero. The energy in joules transferred from the DC source until
steady state condition is reached equals .

Figure 1:

(a) 99 to 101 (b) 40 to 45 (c) 50 to 60 (d) 70 to 75

9. The time constant for the network shown in Figure 2 is

Figure 2:

(a) 2RC (b) 3RC (c) RC/2 (d) 2RC/3

10. The circuit shown in Figure 3 is in steady state, when the switch is closed at t=0.
Assuming that the inductance is ideal, the current through the inductor at t=0+
equals

Figure 3:

(a) 0A (b) 1A (c) 0.5A (d) 2A

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11. The driving point function is the ratio of polynomials in s. Polynomials are obtained
from the of the elements and their combinations.
(a) transform voltage (b) transform current
(c) transform impedance (d) transform admittance

12. The coefficients of the polynomials P (S) and Q (S) in the network function N (S)
are for passive network.
(a) real and positive (b) real and negative
(c) complex and positive (d) complex and negative

13. The short-circuit admittance matrix of a two-port network is

 −1 
0 2
1
2
0

. The two port network is

(a) non-reciprocal and passive (b) non-reciprocal and active
(c) reciprocal and passive (d) reciprocal and active

14. Two two-port networks are connected in parallel. The combination is to be repre-
sented as a single two-port network. The parameters of this network are obtained by
addition of the individual
(a) z parameter (b) h parameter
(c) y parameter (d) ABCD parameter

15. For a 2-port network to be reciprocal

(a) z11 = z22 (b) y21 = y12 (c) h21 = -h12 (d) AB – BC = 0

16. The condition AD - BC = 1 for a two-port network implies that the network is a
(a) reciprocal network (b) lumped element network
(c) losseless network (d) unilateral element network

17. If a network function has zeros only in the left-half of the s-plane, then it is said to
be
(a) A stable function (b) A non-minimum phase function
(c) A minimum phase functions (d) An all-pass functions

18. Which of the following kind of network has the same admittance and impedance
properties?
(a) L-C type (b) R-L type (c) R-C type (d) R-L-C type

19. Both odd and even parts of a Hurwitz polynomial P(s) have roots
(a) in the right-half of s-plane (b) in the left-half of s-plane
(c) on the o-axis only (d) on the jω-axis only

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20. A network function can completely be specified by:
(a) Real parts of zeros (b) Poles and zeros
(c) Real parts of poles (d) Poles, zeros and a scale factor

Part B (5 x 4 Marks = 20 Marks)

Answer ALL Questions. Each question carries 4 Marks

21. For the circuit shown in Figure 4, determine the mesh current i1 and the power
dissipated by the 1 resistor.

Figure 4:

22. A coil of inductance 10H and resistance 40 ohm is connected as shown in the Figure
5. After the switch S has been contact with point 1 for a very long time, it is moved
to point 2 at t=0. If at t = 0+ , the voltage across the coil is 120 V, Find the value
of resistance R.

Figure 5:

(s+2)(s+5)
23. Draw the poles and zeros for the given network function N(s) = s(s2 +6s+13)

24. In a linear two-port network, when 10 V is applied to Port 1, a current of 4 A flows

through Port 2 when it is short-circuited. When 5 V is applied to Port 1, a current of
1.25 A flows through a 1Ω resistance connected across Port 2. When 3 V is applied to
Port 1, calculate the current (in Ampere) through a 2Ω resistance connected across
Port 2.

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 7s+5
25. Synthesize Y(s) = 3s+9

Part C (5 x 12 Marks = 60 Marks)

Answer ALL Questions. Each question carries 12 Marks

26. Determine the nodal voltages as labelled in the Figure 6, making use of the super
node techniques as appropriate.

Figure 6:

Or

27. Use appropriate techniques to obtain both the Thévenin and Norton equivalents of
the network drawn in Figure 7

Figure 7:

28. Derive the resonant frequency (in Radians/Sec) for the given:

(i). R, L and C are connected in parallel.

(ii). A branch with R and C in series in parallel with L.

Or

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29. In the circuit shown in Figure 8 below the switch is closed to position 1 at time t
= 0 secs. Then at time t = 0.5 secs the switch is moved to position 2. Find the
expressions for the current through the circuit from 0 to 0. 5 msecs and beyond 0. 5
msecs.

Figure 8:

30. Express time domain behaviour from the pole-zero plot and derive the residue by
using pole zero plot.

Or
4s(s+3)
31. A current transform of a certain network is in the form I(s) = (s+1)(s2 +4s+5) .
Determine the time domain current i(t) using the pole zero plot.

32. Obtain the transmission parameter for the resistive circuit drawn in Figure 9

Figure 9:

Or

33. Find the four short-circuit admittance parameters for the resistive two-port shown
in Figure 10
(s2 +2)(s2 +4)
34. Obtain foster form I and form II of Z(s) = s(s2 +3)

Or

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 Figure 10:

35. Indicate with proper reasoning which of the following polynomials are Hurwitz:

(i). (s2 +4s+10)

(ii). (s4 +s3 +22 +3s+2)
(iii). (s4 +11s3 +392 +51s+20)

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