IMR 2020 - Electricity Concepts DC

Clock Hours: 30

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Course Description:
This course introduces the student to metric notations, Ohm’s Law, Series, parallel and complex circuits. At the end of course student will be able to design, compute and test basic DC circuits.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Students will attain the necessary skills to:

Use prefixes to convert electrical quantities.
State Ohm’s law and define the relationship between current, voltage, and resistance.
Use Ohm’s law to solve for unknown quantities of current, resistance, or voltage.
Apply the power formula to calculate the power in a circuit
State the voltage, current, resistance, and power characteristics of a series circuit.
Solve for unknown circuit values in a series circuit.
Measure current, voltage drops, and resistance values in a series circuit.
Apply the concepts of relative polarity, series-aiding, and series-opposing voltages
Troubleshoot a series dc resistive circuit
State the voltage, current, resistance, and power characteristics of a parallel circuit.
Solve for unknown circuit values in a parallel circuit.
Measure current paths, voltages, and resistance values in a parallel circuit.
Troubleshoot a parallel dc resistive circuit
State and correctly apply Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws.
Recognize the series and parallel branches in series-parallel circuits.
Determine equivalent resistance in series-parallel circuits.
Solve a series-parallel circuit for unknown quantities of voltage, current, and resistance.
Troubleshoot series-parallel dc resistive circuits