Electrical Engineering Quiz
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Explain the emergence of electrical engineering as an identifiable occupation.

It emerged as an identifiable occupation in the latter half of the 19th century after the commercialization of the electric telegraph, the telephone, and electrical power generation, distribution, and use.

What are the different fields into which electrical engineering is now divided?

Computer engineering, systems engineering, power engineering, telecommunications, radio-frequency engineering, signal processing, instrumentation, photovoltaic cells, electronics, and optics and photonics.

Name some of the specializations within electrical engineering.

Hardware engineering, power electronics, electromagnetics and waves, microwave engineering, nanotechnology, electrochemistry, renewable energies, mechatronics/control, and electrical mate.

How does electrical engineering overlap with other engineering branches?

<p>Many of these disciplines overlap with other engineering branches, spanning a huge number of specializations.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are some of the key areas of study within electrical engineering?

<p>The study, design, and application of equipment, devices, and systems which use electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is network analysis in electrical engineering and electronics?

<p>Network analysis is the process of finding the voltages across, and the currents through, all network components.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the purpose of equivalent circuits in network analysis?

<p>The purpose of equivalent circuits is to simplify the network by reducing the number of components, often by replacing physical components with other notional components that have the same effect.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What are the assumptions made in network analysis techniques?

<p>The techniques assume linear components, except where stated.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Describe a technique for simplifying a network by reducing the number of components.

<p>One technique involves combining impedances in series to directly reduce the number of components.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What might a particular technique do to transform the form of a network?

<p>A particular technique might change the form into one in which the components can be reduced in a later operation.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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