SEAT NO.

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Republic of the Philippines
PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION
Manila

BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Licensure Examination

Sept, 2010
8:00 a.m. – 12:00 nn.
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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING-PROFESIONAL SUBJECT

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 sheet provided. STRICTLY NO
ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil no. 1 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICES

1. Two 6 V, 2- batteries are connected in series aiding. This combination can be
replaced by a single equivalent current generator of A with a parallel
resistance of .
a. 3,2 b. 3,4 c. 3,1 d. 6,2

2. A coil has a resistance of 18  when its mean temperature is 20oC and of 20  when
its mean temperature is 50oC. Its mean temperature rise when its resistance is 21 
and the surrounding temperature is 15oC is
a. 65oC b. 50oC c. 15oC d. 35oC

3. A round wire has 250,000 CM. Find its are in sq mm.

a. 500 b. 125 c. 0.250 d. 62.5

4. The resistance of the field winding of a dc machine is 0.25  at 25 oC. When

operating at full-load, the temperature of the winding is 75 oC. The temperature
coefficient of resistance of copper is 0.00427/oC at 0 oC. Find the resistance of the
field winding at full-load.
a. 0.298  b. 0.315  c. 0.512  d. 0.271 

5. A circuit consisting of three resistors rated: 10 ohms 15 ohms and 20 ohms are
connected in DELTA. What would be the resistance of the equivalent WYE
connected load?
a. 0.30, 0.23 and 0.15 ohm b. 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 ohms
c. 3.33, 4.44 and 6.66 ohms d. 5.77, 8.66 and 11.55 ohms

6. The resistance of a wire is 126.48 ohms at 100C and 100 ohms at 30C. Determine
the temperature coefficient of copper at 0C.
a. 0.00427 b. 0.00615 c. 0.0256 d. 0.0356

7. The carrying capacity of aluminum wire when compared to a similar size of copper
wire, which has the same kind of insulation, is
a. 84% b.74% c.94% d.100%
8. Determine the power angle in the series circuit which consists of R = 25 ohms, L =
0.2 H across a power supply of 200 volt; 30 Hz?
A. 36.4 deg B. 52.4 deg C. 46.4 deg D. 56.4 deg

9. A conductor 50 mm long, moves at a velocity of 2.5 meters per second across a

magnetic field of 0.90 W/m2. What is the voltage generated?
A. 0.125 V B. 0.0648 V C. 0.1125 V D. 0.072 V

10. What is the wavelength of a carrier wave with a frequency of 100 megahertz?
A. 3.0 meters B. 1.5 meters C. 7.5 meters D. 6.0 meters

11. According to the Philippine Electrical Code at an ambient temperature of 30C, 8.0
mm2 copper conductors with the following insulation have the following ampacities:
TW insulation – 30 A; THW insulation - 45 A; for THHN insulation – 50 A. If each of
these insulated wires carry the same 40 amperes which will generate heat the
fastest?
A. TW insulated wire B. THW insulated wires
C. Each will generate heat at the same rate D. THHN insulated wire

12. An AC squirrel cage induction motor has a speed rating of 1,750 rpm. If the leads
were such that they could be reconnected for consequent winding, what would be the
resulting speed?
A. 3,500 rpm B. 1,780 rpm C. 875 rpm D. 3,450 rpm

13. A 132 kV line 3 phase system delivers 70.7 MVA of a balanced delta load of power
factor 70.7%. Determine the reactance necessary to attain unity power factor.
A Xc = 1,092 ohms B. Xc = 965 ohms
C. Xc = 1,142 ohms D. Xc = 1,045 ohms

14. The space between the magnetic and electric flux density is?
A. power B. corona C. lines of force D. Capacitance

15. A diesel generator set burns diesel with a heating value of 18,000 BTU per lb. The
diesel engine has an efficiency of 30% and the alternator has an efficiency of 95%.
Determine the fuel cost component of producing one KW-hr if diesel costs Php 2.80
per lb.
A. Php 0.15 B. Php 2.15 C. Php 3.28 D. Php 1.86

16. The load of a wye-connected transformer are:

Ia = 10 cis (-30)
Ib = 12 cis 215
Ic = 15 cis 82
What is the neutral current?
A. 1.04 cis 72.8 B. 0.92 cis 62.5 C. 2.21 cis (-30) D. 3.11 cis 72.8

17. What is the speed of an induction motor of six poles if the percent slip is 2.5%
A. 1462 rpm B. 1170 rpm C. 877 rpm D. 1755 rpm

18. A 34.5 KV feeder line is 5 miles long. The conductors are space 4 feet horizontally.
The conductor is 4/0 copper with GMR of 0.01688 ft. What is the reactance?
A. 2.36 ohms B. 6.72 ohms C. 3.46 ohms D. 5.16 ohms

19. A three phase induction motor is rated 50 hp, 220 volts and 1745 rpm and 78%
power factor. What is the percent slip at a load of 40 hp?
 A. 1756 B. 1805 C. 1725 D. 1650

20. A generating plant has a minimum and maximum outputs of 50 MW and 100 MW,
respectively. It generates an energy of 1,800,000 kWhrs for 24 hours at an average
power factor of 90%. What is the load factor of the plant?
a. 75% b. 65% c. 90% d. 80%

21. A load draws current from a voltage source. The equation of the current and voltage
are I = 10 cos t and V = 220 sin t. What is the power?
a. 2,200 watts b. 0 c. 1,556 watts d. 1,320 watts

22. A split-phase induction motor is defective, but if the motor is energized, and the rotor
is rotated by the hand, the motor runs. What is wrong with the motor?
a. one winding is open c. loose connection
b. capacitor is defective d. winding is burn out

23. Two currents, 5 + j2 and 3 – j2 enter a junction. What is the outgoing current?
a. 8 A b. 2 + j 4 A c. 8 + j4 A d. 2 – j4 A

24. The approximate surge impedance of a transmission line is

a. L / C b. LC c. L / C d. LC

25. Natural Uranium contains

a. 0.7% U235 b. 0.7% U235 c. 100% U235 d. 50% U235

26. A solenoid has 250 turns. What is the magnetomotive force when the current is 0.12
A?
a. 37.7 Gb b. 41.2 Gb c. 25.1 Gb d. 30 Gb

27. A 10 MVA, 13.8 kV/480 V, 5% impedance, wye grounded-delta secondary

transformer serves an industrial customer. The phase a conductor on the secondary
side accidentally touches a grounded point. What is the fault current?
a. 80,000 A b. 120,000 A c. 50,000 A d. 0

28. A dedicated computer in a given computer network wherein commonly used file and
store and access is called .
a. file server b. laptop computer c. microcomputer d. network server

29. In an unbalanced wye-connected system, the following are given:

Ia = 10 cis ( –32o) Vna = 132 cis 0o
o
Ib = 13 cis 212 Vnb = 130 cis 235o
o
Ic = 14 cis 86 Vnc = 133 cis 117o
What is the total power in watts?
a. 2820 b. 3650 c. 4325 d. 4271

30. A dc shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.07 . It draws 50 amperes at a

terminal voltage of 120 volts. Assume other miscellaneous losses of 2%. Determine
the efficiency of the motor.
a. 98% b. 96.5% c. 97.1% d. 95.1%

31. At a certain point in an electric network, the available fault MVA is 400. A 15 MVA,
34.5 kV, 2.5% impedance, wye-grounded transformer is installed at that location.
Determine the short circuit MVA at the secondary side of the transformer.
a. 600 MVA b. 625 MVA c. 240 MVA d. 500 MVA
32. The kH of KWHR meter is 3.2. The disc takes 32 seconds to complete one (1)
revolution. What is the load rating?
A. 0 B. 800 watts C. 360 watts D. 2.1 watts

33. The percent impedance of a line is 6% at 34.5 kV and 100 MVA base. What is the
ohmic impedance?
A. 2.32 B. 3 C. 0.72 D. 1.2

34. The third harmonics current flows from the generator line terminals through the
system and returns by way of comparatively low zero-sequence reactance path to
the neutral terminals will give rise to
a. overheating of generator only
b. overheating of generator and neutral resistors or earthing transformer
c. overheating of earthing transformer only
d. none of the above

35. The illumination of a room is being designed. The illumination intensity required is 50
footcandles. The maintenance factor is 70% and coefficient of utilization is 60%. If
the room is 20 ft by 15 ft, what is the total required lumens output of the lamp?
A. 35,000 lumens B. 10,500 lumens C. 6,300 lumens D. 12,800 lumens

36. At a 34.5 kV substation, the available fault current is 10 p.u. What is the available
fault MVA if the base MVA is 50?
a. 50 b. 100 c. 200 d. 500

37. A 69 KV/13.8 KV, 7.5 MVA transformer has 8% impedance. What is its impedance at
100 MVA base?
a. 0.6% b. 8% c. 800% d. 106.7%

38. The capacitance in the medium transmission line is.02

a. lumped
b. distributed over the entire length of line
c. a or b depending on the transmission voltage
d. variable non-linearly over line

39. The surge impedance of the long transmission line is given by

a. Zc L/ b. Zc = Z / Y
= C d. Zc = R / Y
c. Zc = Y / Z

40. The Metal clad is related to

a. Amplidyne b. Switchgear system
c. Synchros d. Relays

41. The short circuit current of an alternator when short circuited on all three phases
will be
a. zero as time goes to infinity
b. maximum when time goes to infinity
c. infinite when time goes to infinity
d. small as time goes to infinity but not zero

42. A 132 kV three phase, 50 Hz overhead line is 50 km long and has a capacitance to
earth for each line of 0.0157 micro-farad / km. What will be the inductance of the arc
suppression coil suitable for the system
 a. 12.9 henrys b. 4.3 henrys c. 5 henrys d. 2 henrys

43. Which of the following alloy is used for the core of the transformer?
a. Invar b. Nichrome c. Elinvar d. Perminvar

44. The requirement of the insulation in the transformer or Electrical machines design
is determined by
a. current b. voltage
c. rate of change of the current d. rate of change of voltage

45. Which of the following generating stations has the minimum running cost?
a. Hydro-electric station b. Nuclear power station
c. Thermal power station d. Diesel power plant

46. Which of the following motors is used for locomotive drive?

a. D.C shunt motor b. D.C. series motor
c. A.C. series motor d. Synchronous motor

47. The rating of the circuit breaker used for a system whose capacity has
been increased from 10,000 to 20,000 kVA will
a. increase
b. decrease
c. remain constant
d. remain same but size of the circuit breaker increases

48. The inductive interference between power and communication line can be
minimized by
a. increasing the distance between the conductors
b. transposition of the power line
c. transposition of the communication line
d. b and c both

49. When the stator neutral of a generator is grounded through a resistor, the stator
ground fault is detected through
a. an under-voltage relay connected across the relay
b. an over-voltage relay connected across the relay
c. an over current relay connected to the neutral CT
d. any ground fault relay

50. A bank of three single-phase transformers is star-star connected and has a %

reactance of 10%. The same bank is then converted to satisfy rated star-delta
connections. The per cent reactance of the transformer will now be
a. 10/ √ 3 % b. 10√ 3 % c. 10 % d. 20 %

**END**

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