Overview

This chapter is presented to help jog your memory on some of the material that was on the EE portion of the FUNDAMENTALS OF ENGINEERING (FE or old EIT) examination that is relevant to the PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION. Also, in this portion are included some new terminology that was not in use several years ago (like the voltage drop across an ammeter is now referred to as "burden voltage"). In addition, some topics and helpful hints have been added that may not have been reviewed on the old EIT exam (like dependent voltage and current sources, that many engineers may need to review).

This BASIC FUNDAMENTALS chapter covers material that is basic to many problems on the professional examination. The two main sections reviewed are circuits (and associated topics) and electrostatic and magnetic fields. Many of the subjects in this review are in overlapping categories and it is hoped the author will be forgiven for his placement of topics.

CIRCUITS:

In addition to standard circuit analysis problems involving Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws, a more extensive coverage is needed. In reviewing dozens of examinations problems in this category, certain types of problems appear frequently. They are:

Transient Analysis

Impedance Matching

Meters & Waveforms

Resonance & Bandwidth.

CIRCUIT ANALYSIS

Conventional dc and ac circuit analysis problems involving the use of Kirchhoff's voltage and current laws along with Thevenin's and Norton's theorems are already well integrated into one's thinking. Several circuits practice problems will follow; first, however, a short presentation of a...