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--- 184_projects:level_up_r_24 [2023/12/19 21:38] – created dmcpadden
+++ 184_projects:level_up_r_24 [2024/02/14 22:02] (current) – tdeyoung
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-===== Project: NASA Consult Test Part 1 =====
+===== Project: Circuit Test Part 1 =====
-Lieutenant Maverick Mitchell has been impressed with your work over at JPL and has been considering hiring your team as permanent consultants. Maverick was all ready to sign the hiring paperwork, but just got word that NASA director Dr. Sinnay Tobb requires some extra vetting. Dr. Tobb has passed along the following tasks to test your mettle. Complete the levels and show that you're ready to be permanent consultants!
+==== Kick Off Questions ====
+  - What are the loop & node rules? What physical principles do they relate to?
+  - The equation for power can be written in 3 different ways - what are the 3 ways & how do you get them?
+  - Conceptually, what is current? Why do we usually say "current through a resistor"?
+  - Conceptually, what is voltage? Why do we usually say "voltage across a resistor"?
+==== Main Problem ====
+Your boss thinks FTOE needs to hire additional staff in order to get the hawkion accelerator working again.  Someone named Solomon Tobb has applied for a job, but she's unsure of his qualifications.  She's written up a screening test to evaluate his knowledge of circuit analysis, but she didn't have time to write the answer key so she's asked you to do it.  The test has several levels, and she'd like you to complete as much of the solution key as you can.
 === Level 1: Basic Combos ===
-For the circuits below, say that $V_{bat} = 5 V$, $R_1 = 2 \Omega$, $R_2 = 3 \Omega$, and $R_3 = 4 \Omega$. For each circuit below,
+For the circuits below, say that $V_{bat} = 5 \;{\rm V}$, $R_1 = 2 \;\Omega$, $R_2 = 3 \;\Omega$, and $R_3 = 4 \; \Omega$. For each circuit below,
 a) What is the equivalent resistance of the circuit?
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-Conceptual Questions:
+==== Wrap Up Questions ====
   - What are the circuit rules that you used to solve these circuits? When did you use each of them?
   - How do you know if something is in series or parallel (or neither)? What happens to current & voltage in each of those cases?
-  - What are the loop & node rules? What physical principles do they relate to?
-  - The equation for power can be written in 3 different ways - what are the 3 ways & how do you get them?
   - What assumptions did you make when solving these circuits? (Hint: there are at least 3 big ones.)
+  - What order of magnitude is "normal" for voltage? (In other words, what are typical voltages you would encounter in the real world?)
+  - What order of magnitude is "normal" for current? (In other words, what are typical currents you would encounter in the real world?)
+  - What order of magnitude is "normal" for power? (In other words, what are typical powers you would encounter in the real world?)