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Basic Electrical Engineering Final Examination
Direction: Solve the following problems in a separate sheet of paper. Shade the corresponding letter of
your answer in the answer sheet provided. Show your complete solution. NO SOLUTION WILL
INVALIDATE YOUR ANSWER.

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1. Find the resistance of 50 m of tungsten (ρ = 5.5 x 10-8 Ω-m) wire having a diameter of 0.8 mm at 20
degree centigrade.
a. 4.38 b. 5.47 c. 4.92 d. 5.91
2. If 750 m of 3.0 mm diameter wire have a resistance of 27.6 ohms, what length of similar wire 5.0 mm
diameter will have the same resistance?
a. 1,250 m b. 208 m c. 125 m d. 2,083 m
3. The resistance of the field winding of a DC machine is 0.25 Ω at 25 deg C. When operating at full-load,
the temperature of the winding is 75 deg C. The temperature coefficient of resistance of copper is
0.00427 per deg C at 0 deg C. Find the resistance of the field winding at full-load?
a. 0.298 Ω b. 0.315 Ω c. 0.512 Ω d. 0.271 Ω
4. A length of copper telephone line has a resistance of 24 ohms at 20 deg C. What is the resistance on
hot summer day when its temperature rises to 36 deg C?
a. 26.5 Ω b. 24.5 Ω c. 25.5 Ω d. 27.5 Ω
5. What is the value of Rx in Kohms to be connected in parallel to a 75 Kohms to reduce the value of total
resistance to 10 Kohms?
a. 11.7 Ω b. 15.7 Ω c. 7.5 Ω d. 12.7 Ω
6. A 115 v source of emf is attached to a heating element which is a coil of nichrome wire (ρ = 100 x 10-8
Ω-m) of cross-section 1.20 square mm. What must be the length of the wire if the resistive power loss
is equal to 700 watts?
a. 22.67 m b. 26.5 m c. 19.8 m d. 17.6 m
7. A series circuit consists of three resistors R1, R2, and R3 which are connected to a 240 v source. If the
voltage drop across R1 is 60 v when the current is 4 A and R2 = 1.5R3, what is the ohmic resistance
R3?
a. 15 Ω b. 18 Ω c. 27 Ω d. 28 Ω
8. Three resistors of 3, 6 and Z ohms, respectively are connected in parallel across a constant current
source of 10 A. Find the value of Z if this resistor draws 2 A current?
a. 3 b. 6 c. 4 d. 8
9. A 110 v dc motor draws a current of 30 A and is located 500 ft from the power source. What is the
supply voltage if the diameter of copper wire is 0.25 inch?
a. 119 b. 117 c. 121 d. 115
10. A battery is formed of five cells connected in series. When the external resistance is ohms, the current
is 1.5A and when the external resistance is 9 ohms, the current falls to 0.75 A. Find the external
resistance of each cell.
a. 0.5 ohm b. 1 ohm c. 0.2 ohm d. 0.3 ohm
11. The hot resistance of an incandescent is ohms and the rated voltage is 50 V. Find the resistance
required to operate the lamp from an 80 V supply.
a. 8 ohm b. 4 ohm c. 6 ohm d. 10 ohm
12. Three resistors of 10, 12 and “x” ohm respectively are connected in parallel across a constant current
source of 8 A. Determine “x” if the resistor draws 2.5 A.
a. 10 ohm b. 12 ohm c. 13 ohm d. 11 ohm
13. The resistance of 120 m of wire is 12 ohms. What is the conductance?
a. 0.0521 mho b. 0.083 mho c. 6 mho d. 12 mho
14. What is the size in square millimeter of a cable 250 MCM size?
a. 118.656 b. 126.675 c. 112.565 d. 132.348
15. A 500 MCM has 37 strands. Determine the diameter in mills of each strand.
a. 116.25 b. 120.24 c. 118.34 d. 110.35