PURE EE – Qualifying Round

Name: Score: _______

EASY (10 items, 1 point each)
1. (10s) Determine the turns ratio of an ideal transformer required to match an 80 Ω source
to a 320 Ω load.
> 2:1
2. (5s) (True or False) Suppose we are given a wirewound core whose losses are neglected
and with a normal magnetization curve. If there is an increase in the current flowing
through the coil, it will result to a decrease in the flux density of the magnetic circuit.
> False, flux intensity increases
3. (10s) For illumination angle measurements, the solid angle subtended by a hemisphere
about its center is .
> 𝟐𝝅 𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒊𝒂𝒏𝒔
4. (20s) If open conductors are exposed to physical damage, they must be installed in which
type of conduit?
> Rigid nonmetallic conduit
5. (15s) This is a phenomenon in which the receiving end voltage becomes more than the
sending end voltage of a long transmission line. This is more prevalent when the
energized line is open circuited or having only a very light load.
> Ferranti effect
6. (15s) A certain miniature circuit breaker is rated 100 AT/125 AF. What does AT and AF
stand for?
> AT – Amp Trip, AF – Amp Frame
7. (5s) Determine the maximum number of electrons that the ‘L shell’ (2nd shell) of a carbon
atom can contain.
> 8 electrons
8. (20s) is a condition that happens when the prime mover cannot supply
enough power to the alternator to account for its load demand where the generator
absorbs real power instead of producing.
> Generator motoring/motorizing/motorization
9. (10s) A certain ideal transformer has a turns ratio of 1 and a 0.76 coefficient of coupling.
When 2.5 𝑉𝑎𝑐 is applied to the primary, determine the secondary voltage.
> 𝟏. 𝟗 𝑽
10. (20s) The is a Philippine government-owned and controlled
corporation created in 2001 by the Electric Power Industry Reform Act, that owns the
country’s power grid and assumed all of NAPOCOR’s substation and transmission assets.
> National Transmission Corporation (TransCo)
11. (5s) What is the magnetomotive force (mmf) of a wire with 850 turns carrying 3 A of
current?
> 2550 AT
AVERAGE (7 items, 3 points each)
1. (15s) An automatic control system or a closed-loop control system can also be called a
> feedback control system
2. (20s) Two parallel plate capacitors have plates of an equal area, dielectrics of relative
permittivities 𝜀𝑟1 and 𝜀𝑟2 , and plate spacing of 𝑑1 and 𝑑2 . Find the ratio of their capacities
if 𝜀𝑟1 / 𝜀𝑟2 = 7 and 𝑑1 / 𝑑2 = 0.35.
𝟕
> 𝑪𝟏 /𝑪𝟐 = = 𝟐𝟎: 𝟏
𝟎.𝟑𝟓
3. (15s) The primary of a 69/13.8 kV, 60 MVA transformer is wye-grounded. If no fault
occurs on both sides of the transformer circuit, determine the line current of the neutral
wire.
> 𝑰𝑵 = 𝟎 𝑨
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4. (15s) The of an insulator or dielectric medium is given by the maximum

potential difference which a unit thickness of the medium can withstand without breaking
down.
> dielectric strength
5. (30s) A 500:3 potential transformer is connected to a 550-V voltmeter to monitor the
transmission line voltage. If the voltmeter registers 414 V, what is the transmission line
voltage?
> 𝟔𝟗 𝒌𝑽
6. (30s) Write the logic equation of the combinational logic circuit presented.

> ̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅̅
̅̅̅̅̅̅
(𝑨 ∙ 𝑩) + (𝑪 ̅ + 𝑫) = 𝒁
7. (35s) A 220 𝑉, 60 Hz voltage is applied to a center tapped step-down transformer of 22:1
ratio with a resistive load consuming 20.2 𝑚𝑊 at 1 𝑘Ω resistance. If the transformer
utilization factor is found out to be 0.792, determine the VA rating of the transformer.
> 𝟐𝟓. 𝟓 𝒎𝑽𝑨
8. (45s) A motor has a thermal heating time constant of 40 minutes. When the motor runs
continuously of full scale, its final temperature rise is 85° 𝐶. If the motor runs
continuously on full load, what would be the temperature rise after 1 hour?
> 𝟔𝟔. 𝟎𝟑𝟑𝟗° 𝑪
DIFFICULT
1. (1m) Four identical alternators are each rated 36 𝑀𝑉𝐴, 13.8 𝑘𝑉 having a subtransient
reactance of 18% are working in parallel. Calculate the short-circuit MVA level at the
busbar.
> 800 MVA
2. (45s) A baseload power plant is a generating station that usually provides a continuous
supply of electricity throughout the year and caters the base demand of the grid. Give 3
examples of these kind of power plants. Credits will be given when all 3 answers are
correct.
> nuclear, coal/coal-fired, hydroelectric, geothermal, biogas, biomass, solar
thermal, ocean thermal power plants
2𝑠+1
3. (45s) A unity feedback system has an open loop transfer function . The closed loop
𝑠 2 +1
transfer function is .
𝟐𝒔+𝟏
>
𝒔𝟐 +𝟐𝒔+𝟏
4. (25s) The stability of a transmission line can be increased by adding a ______ or or
both.
> shunt capacitor, series capacitor
5. (1m) A long transmission line extends over to a mean length of 282 𝑘𝑚. The characteristic
impedance of the line is 378 Ω with a propagation constant of 8.04236 × 10−7 . Determine
the series impedance of the line.
> 𝟖𝟓. 𝟕𝟐𝟖 Ω/𝒑𝒉𝒂𝒔𝒆
6. (45s) For the first-order system
below, find the unit impulse
𝟏
response. > 𝒆−𝒕/𝑻
𝑻