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INSTRUCTION: select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by
shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED.
USE PENCIL NO. 1 ONLY.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A voltage source of 50cos 1,000t is in series with a 1-kilo ohm resistor and a 1-microfarad capacitor. What is the
circuit current?
A. -25 + j 25 mA B. -25 – j25 mA C. 25 – j25 mA D. 25 + j25 mA
2. A balanced wye – connected load of 30 + j10 ohms per phase is connected to a 3-phase 60-HZ 208 volts supply.
Determine the value of each capacitor in mF which will yield unity power factor.
A. 9.63 B. 8.39 C. 9.28 D. 8.84
3. The output voltage of an amplifier is 10 V at 5 kHz and 7.07 V at 25 kHz. What is the decibel change in the output
voltage?
A. - 3 B. 3 C. -1.5 D. 1.5
4. An alkaline cell is discharged at a steady current of 4 A for 12 hours, the average terminals voltage being 1.2 V. To
restore it to its original state of charge, a steady current of 3 A for 20 hours is required, the average terminal
voltage being 1.44 V. Calculate the Wh (watt-hour) efficiency in this particular case.
A. 66.7% B. 80% C. 76.6 % D. 86.7 %
5. A 10-microfarad capacitor is charged by a constant current source and its voltage is increased to 2 volts in 5
seconds. Calculate the value of the constant current source in microamperes.
A. 5 B.6 C. 4 D. 3
6. The equipment grounding conductor is required to be in the same metal enclosure as the circuit conductor to
protect against_______________.
A. Induced current in metal enclosure C. maintaining constant voltage
B. Surge current in metal enclosure D. increases impedance of the circuit
−10 −10
7. Two positive point charges of 12 × 10 C and 8 × 10 C are placed 10 cm apart. Find the work done in bringing
the two charges 4 cm closer.
A. 5.76 × 10−8 J B. 6.75 × 10−8 J C. 6.57 × 10−8 J D. 7.65 × 10−8 J
8. A circuit has load impedance Z = 50 + j80 ohms. Determine the parallel impedance required to correct the power
factor to unity.
A. 32 𝜇F B. 36 𝜇F C. 24 𝜇F D. 28 𝜇F
9. Floating battery systems are widely used for :
A. power stations C. telephone exchange installation
B. emergency lighting D. all of the above
10. A 4-pole, 220-V shunt motor has 540 lap-wound conductor. It takes 32 A from the supply mains and develops
output power of 5.595 kW. The field winding takes 1 A. The armature resistance is 0.09 Ω and the flux per pole
is 30 mWb. Calculate the torque developed in newton-metre.
A. 86.5 N-m B. 56.5 N-m C. 66.5 N-m D. 76.5 N-m
11. The wye connected three-phase voltage source has V sub c = 115 v rms with – 240 degrees angle. Find the line
to line voltage V sub bc.
A. -99-j173 v rms B. 199+j0 v rms C. 0 – j199 v rms D. 99 – j173 v rms
12. A 69 KV, three-phase short transmission line is 16 km long. The line has a per phase series impedance of 0.125 +
j0.4375 ohm per km. Determine the transmission efficiency when the line delivers 70 MVA, 0.80 lagging power
factor at 64 KV.
A. 98.75 % B. 96.36 % C. 94.67 % D. 95.90 %
13. What contains in each cell site of cellular telephone system?
A. Repeater C. Direct-;ink to branch
B. Touch tone processor D. Control computer
14. A 6-pole, three-phase, 60 HZ wound rotor induction motor delivers 25 hp at 1,150 rpm. If the rotational losses of
the motor are 300 watts, what is the rotor power input in kW?
A. 1.66 B. 18.95 C. 19.77 D. 22.74
15. A separately excited DC generator has a no-load voltage of 225 v when driven at 1, 600 rpm with field current
set to 15 A. Neglecting saturation, what is the generated voltage at 1,400 rpm with a field current constant at 15
A?
A. 203 B. 130 C. 197 D. 159
16. Determine the current drawn from a three-phase, 440 v line by a three-phase 15 hp motor operating at full-load,
90% efficiency and 80%, power factor lagging.
A. 35.2 A B. 16.3 A C. 18.4 A D. 20.4 A

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17. A copper conductor with a diameter of 0.10 inch has a resistance of 1 ohm per 1, 000 ft. What is the resistance
of 200 ft copper wire with a diameter of 40 mils?
A. 1.25 B. 1.5 C. 1.4 D. 1.35
18. A 500-V D.C. shunt motor draws a line-current of 5 A on light-load. If armature resistance is 0.15 ohm and field
resistance is 200 ohms, determine the efficiency of the machine running as a generator delivering a load current of
40 Amps.
A. 87.83 B. 88.73 C. 78.83 D.73.88
19. A synchronous generator and motor are rated 30,000 kVa, 13.2 kV, and both have subtransient reactance of 20
%. The line connecting the them has reactance of 10 % on the base of the machine ratings. The motor is
drawing 20,000 kW at 0.8 power factor leading and a terminal voltage of 12.8 kV when a symmetrical 3 phase
fault occurs at the motor terminals. Find the subtransient current in the generator, motor, and fault by using the
internal voltage of the machine.
A. 10,600 B. 13 000 C. 8500 D.11,500
20. A straight conductor 100 cm long and carrying 40 A lies perpendicular to a magnetic field of 1.5 T (Wb/sq.m.).
What is the mechanical power in watts required to move the conductor at a uniform speed of a 5 meter per
second?
A. 30 B. 3 C. 0.3 D. 300
1 2 3
21. A series circuit consists of three resistor R , R and R connected to a 240 v source. If the voltage drop across the
resistor R1 is 60 v when the circuit current is 4 A and R2 = 1.5 R3, what is the ohmic resistance of the resistor R2?
A. 18 B. 27 C. 15 D. 36
22. The lighting load for a dwelling expressed in terms of a unit load in volt amperes per square meter must be at
least ____________.
A. 28 B. 16 C. 12 D. 24
23. A balanced wye connected load of 8 + j6 ohms per phase is connected to a three-phase 480-v system. Find the
real power in KW?
A. 23 B. 13.8 C. 18.4 D. 10.6
24. The capacitive reactance Xc of a circuit varies inversely as the capacitance C of the circuit. If the capacitance of a
certain circuit is decreased by 25%, by what percentage will Xc change?
A. 25% increase B. 20% increase C. 66 2/3% increase D. 33 1/3% increase
25. If the current in a circuit doubles, the heat produced in the circuit conductor increases by a factor of _.
A. 9 B. 2 C. 4 D. 8
26. A hermetic motor compressor has a rated load current of 20 A. What is the allowable ampacity for branch circuit
conductor?
A. 40 A B. 30 A C. 20 A D. 25 A
27. A dc machine has 8 poles and a rated of 100 A. How much current will flow in each at rated condition if the
armature is simplex lap wound?
A. 25 A B. 12.5 A C. 6.25 A D. 50 A
28. Three single phase transformers each rated 37.5 KVA are bank in delta and supply a three-phase load of 85 KV at
0.85 p.f. lagging. Determine the KVA overloading of the remaining units if one transformer is removed.
A. 25 B. 20 C. 37.5 D. 30
29. Wavelength is the distance travelled by an electronic wave during the time of one cycle. Given a wavelength of
12 meters, what is the frequency?
A. 250 kHZ B. 25 kHZ C. 250 MHZ D. 25 MHZ
30. The power generated by some steam power plants drops in the summer because ___________.
A. There is no rain C. Many people go swimming in the lake
B. The water in the lake decreases D. The lake temperature increases
31. A 115 KV, 60 HZ, three-phase subtransmission line is 45 km in length. The resistance per phase is 0.2148
ohm/mile and the inductive reactance, is 0.441 ohm/mile. Calculate the subtransmission line efficiency when
the line is supplying a three-phase load of 220 MVA at a lagging power factor of 80% at 115 KV using short line
model.
A. 91.5% B. 88.9% C. 90.3% D. 90.4%
32. What is the equivalent resistance of three 90-ohm resistors in parallel?
A. 20 ohms B. 30 ohms C. 90 ohms D. 450 ohms
33. AN inductive load consisting of R and X in parallel feeding from a 204 KV rms supply, absorbs 288 KW at a lagging
power factor of 0.80. What is the value of R in ohms?
A. 18 B. 12.8 C. 13.8 D. 20
34. A three-phase, 115 KV, 60 HZ, transmission line has a per phase series impedance of Z = 0.05 + j0.45 ohm/km
and a per phase shunt admittance of Y = j3.4 x 10 raised to negative 6 siemens/km. The line is 12 km long. Using
the nominal Pi line model, determine the transmission line D constant.
A. 0.999 + j0.001248 B. 0.969 + j0.001199 C. 0.989 + j0.001224 D. 0.001212

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35. An emf induced in a coil due to a change in current in a neighbouring coil is known as______emf.
A. Speed B. Mutually induced C. Self-induced D. Series
36. A dc machine has a 4-pole, lap wound, 728 active conductors and running at 1, 800 rpm. The flux per pole is 30
mWb. The armature is designed to carry a maximum line current of 120 A. What is the maximum
electromagnetic power in KW developed by the armature?
A. 72.4 B. 65.5 C. 78.6 D. 58.9
37. When a steel reinforcing bar is used as concrete encased electrode, it is required to have a minimum length and
minimum diameter of ____________ in mm?
A. 5,000 and 13 B. 5,000 and 12 C. 6,000 and 13 D. 6,000 and 12
38. A balanced three-phase, three-wire system supplies two balanced wye connected loads. The first draws 6 KW at
0.80 lagging power factor while the other requires 12 KW at a power factor of 83.3% leading. If the current in
each line is 10 A rms, what is the supply voltage in KV rms?
A. 2,190 B. 1,969 C. 1,833 D. 1,855
39. A 9.6 KW, 240 volts shunt generator having an armature resistance of 0.10 ohm and a shunt field resistance of
240 ohm, delivers full load at rated voltage and 800 rpm. The machine is now run as a motor while taking 250 v.
Neglect the brush contact drop, what is the speed of the motor?
A. 857 B. 827 C. 786 D. 774
40. A balanced three-phase source supplies power to three loads. The loads are
Load 1: 24 KVA at 0.60 lagging power factor Load 2: 10 KW at 0.75 p.f. lagging Load 3: Unknown
If the line voltage at the load is 208 v rms. The magnitude of the total complex power is 35.52 kVA, and
the combined p.f. of the load is 88% lagging, find the unknown load.
A. 11.1 + j6.8 KVA B. 6.8 + j11.1 KVA C. 11.1 – j6.8 KVA D. 6.8 – j11.1 KVA
41. If a dielectric is placed in an electric field, the field strength ______________.
A. Decreases B. Increases C. Remains the same D. Becomes zero
42. A transformer has a core loss of 64 watts and a copper loss of 144 watts when it is carrying 20% overload
current. The load at which this transformer will operate at the maximum efficiency is ______ percent.
A. 80 B. 66 C. 120 D. 44
43. A sinusoidal current having peak value of 7.07 A is superimposed on dc of 5 A. If a hot-wire ammeter is used to
measure the combined current in the circuit, it will indicate ____ amperes.
A. 7.07 B. 10 C. 12.07 D. 2.07
44. For eliminating 7th harmonic from the emf wave of an alternator, the fractional-pitch must be ___.
A. 2/3 B. 5/6 C. 7/8 D. 6/7
45. A fully charged lead-acid cell has an open-circuit voltage of about _________ volts.
A. 2.1 B. 2.2 C. 2.3 D. 2.5
46. A certain amount of fuel can produce 10 quads of energy. In how many days will the fuel be totally consumed if
it is used to satisfy a demand of 10 raised to 13 BTU/day at a power plant with an overall efficiency of 20
percent?
A. 75 days B. 100 days C. 150 days D. 200 days
47. A three- phase, wye connected, 6.25 KVA, 220-volt synchronous generator has a reactance of 8.4 ohms per
phase. Using the rated KVA and voltage as base values, determine the per unit reactance.
A. 0.688 B. 0.627 C. 0.588 D. 0.527
48. A single phase, 10-km transmission line has 16.65 mH total inductance. If the distance between the conductors
is 1.0 m, what is the conductor radius?
A. 1 cm B. 2 cm C. 0.75 cm D. 1.50 cm
49. An iron ring, 100 cm mean circumference is made from an iron rod of round cross-section 10 sq.cm. It is wound
with 200 turns. What current wound be necessary to produce a flux of 1 mWb. Relative permeability of iron =
500.
A. 7.96 A B. 79.6 A C. 0.796 A D. 796 A
50. A room measuring 16 m by 8 m is to be illuminated by 8 lamps with an average illumination of 72 lm/sq.m. at
floor level. If 40 percent of the total light emitted is absorbed by the walls and ceiling, calculate the mean
spherical candle power required for each lamp.
A. 103 Cd B. 203 Cd C. 153 Cd D. 253 Cd

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