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IMT 1030 - Electrical concepts AC/DC


Clock Hours: 278

Delivery Mode
on-ground

Course Description:
This course provides a foundational overview of electricity, including fundamental measures and terminology used to discuss electricity. After taking this course, students should be familiar with the fundamentals of electricity and the vocabulary used to describe it.

Student Learning Outcomes:
Course Competencies:

 

A. Electricity Concepts AC

Students will:

  1. Define alternating current
  2. Identify sources of AC voltages
  3. Identify an AC sine wave
  4. Define frequency and cycle
  5. Draw and read resistor symbols
  6. Apply capacitance principles
  7. Measure and test capacitors
  8. Draw and read capacitor symbols
  9. Apply, draw, and read inductance principles
  10. Measure AC voltage in single phase and three-phase sources
  11. Apply phase-relationship principles
  12. Determine when a series, parallel, or series-parallel circuit has a short and find the shorted component

B. Electricity Concepts DC

Students will:

  1. Identify and measure sources of electricity
  2. Apply magnetic principles
  3. Apply laws of resistance
  4. Measure resistance
  5. Apply resistance and wire size relationship
  6. Test battery
  7. Identify DC voltage sources, measure DC voltage, and apply DC voltage principles
  8. Describe the structure of an atom and explain the atomic composition of matter
  9. Define potential difference and the volt as the unit of measure for potential difference
  10. Define current and the ampere as the unit of measure for current
  11. Define conductor, insulator, and semiconductor and explain how electrons behave within them
  12. Describe a basic electrical circuit with load and the schematic diagram in which it represents
  13. Read resistor color codes and determine the value of a resistor from its color codes and other identifying marks
  14. Identify the five sections of a typical multi meter and describe their functions
  15. Measure DC current in electrical circuits using digital and analog multi meters
  16. Define continuity and perform continuity checks with both analog and digital multi meters
  17. State Ohm’s law and define the relationship between current, voltage, and resistance
  18. Solve problems for unknown quantities of current, voltage, and resistance using Ohm’s law
  19. Recognize a series circuit and define the relationship of current, resistance, and power in a series circuit
  20. Analyze series, parallel, and series-parallel circuits to determine if they are defective
  21. Determine when a series, parallel, or series-parallel circuit has a short and find the shorted component
  22. Determine when a series, parallel, or series-parallel has changed value and find the resistor that has a changed value