Branch, Loop and Node Analyses Online Test – Multiple Choice Questions and Answers 1. In assigning the direction of branch currents, the directions are not critical the directions are critical they must point into a node they must point out of a node 2. The first row of a certain determinant has the numbers 10 and 6. The second row has the numbers 3 and 5. The value of this determinant is 18 32 33 50 3. The expansion method for evaluating determinants is good for second- and third-order determinants good for only one determinant more flexible than the cofactor method better than any other method 4. The first row of a certain determinant has the numbers 3 and 5. The second row has the numbers 7 and 2. The value of this determinant is 29 31 –29 –31 5. The branch current method uses the superposition theorem and Thevenin’s theorem Kirchhoff’s voltage and current laws Thevenin’s theorem and Ohm’s law Kirchhoff’s current law and Ohm’s law Loading … Question 1 of 5