1.

In the transformers

A. high tension winding is used near the core C. low tension winding is used near the core

B. high tension winding is used away from the core D. low tension winding is used away from the core

2. Which of the following parameters can be neglected for a short line?

A. resistance B. inductance C. reactance D. capacitance

3. Find the frequency of a radio wave whose wavelength is 600 m.

A. 500 Hz B. 500 kHz C. 150 Hz D. 150 Hz

4. The curve representing Ohm’s law is

A. a parabola B. linear C. a sine function D. a hyperbola

5. A series connected circuit has R = 4  and L = 25 mH. Calculate the value of C that will produce a
quality.

A. 62.5 µF B. 6.25 µF C. 0.625 µF D. 25 µF

6. The overcurrent protective device is caused to operate by _______.

A. voltage surge B. current flow C. voltage drop D. impedance

7. What is the maximum number of bends permitted in rigid conducts between outlets.

A. 4 quarter bends B. 6 quarter bends C. 2 quarter bends D. 3 quarter bends

8. Which of the following insulators will be selected for high voltage application?

A. strain type B. disc type C. suspension type D. pin type

9. At a 115 kV substation, the PT ratio is 1,000 and the CT ratio is 1200/5. The potential going into the
wattmeter is 115 volts. What is the MW indicated when the wattmeter reads 800 watts?

A. 150 MW B. 192 MW C. 15 MW D. 19.2 MW

10. An inductive coil consumes active power of 500 W and draws 10 A from a 60 Hz ac supply of 110 V.
What is the coil inductance?

A. 26 mH B. 28 mH C. 30 mH D. 32 mH

11. If the torque angle continuously increases, system will become

A. stable B. unstable C. oscillatory stable D. asymptotic stable

12. The condition in Ohm’s law is that

A. ratio V/I should be constant C. the temperature should remain constant

B. current should be proportional to voltage D. the temperature should vary

13. Which of the following shall be included in the calculation of the reliability standard indices of the
distributor asset by the Philippine Distribution Code?

A. Outages that occur on the secondary lines of the distribution system

B. Planned outages where the costumers have been notified at least three (3) days prior to the loss of
power

C. Outages that occur on the primary lines of the distribution system

D. Outages that occur in the transmission line

14. If 25 ohms and 125 amperes are the base impedance and bae current, respectively for a given
system, what is the base KVA?

A. 781.25 B. 39.1 C. 390.625 D. 78.12

15. A type of electronics communication in which only one party transmits at a time.

A. Full duplex B. Half duplex C. Bicom D. Simplex

16. An equal number of electrons is placed on two metal spheres 3 cm apart in air. How many electrons
are on each sphere if the resultant force is 4 kN?

A. 1.47 x 1014 electrons B. 1.33 x 1014 electrons C. 1.25 x 1014 electrons D. 1.40 x 1014 electrons
17. Base load plants are designated to supply power at

A. low capital cost and low operating cost C. low capital cost and high operating cost

B. high capital cost and low operating cost D. high capital cost and high operating cost

18. Peak load plants are designated to supply power at

A. low capital cost and low operating cost C. low capital cost and high operating cost

B. high capital cost and low operating cost D. high capital cost and high operating cost

19. A symmetrical three-phase 240 V supplies a balanced delta connected load of 6 – j8 ohms per phase.
What is the line current?

A. -25 + j32 A B. 25 + j5.78 A C. -25 - j32 A D. 25 +j32 A

20. A 440 V, 60 Hz, 6 pole, 3 phase induction motor has rotor input power of 33 kW at rated voltage and
frequency. Under this condition, the rotor emf makes 126 complete cycles/minute. Find the rotor
resistance in ohm/phase if the rotor current is 60 A/phase.

A. 0.0118 B. 0.0107 C. 0.107 D. 0.118

21. If the effect of the earth is taken into account, then the capacitance of the line to ground.

A. decreases B. increases C. remains unchanged D. becomes infinite

22. The effective resistance of conductor is increased by

A. skin effect B. proximity effect C. corona effect D. both (a) and (b)

23. Surge impedance of transmission line is given by

A. √ C /L B. √ LC C.1 √ LC D.√ L/C

24. A 100 watts 230 volts gas fitted lamp has a mean spherical candle power of 92. Find its efficiency in
lumens per watt.

A. 9.56 B. 10.56 C. 11.56 D. 12.56

25. The overload KVA of each transformer of an open-delta bank is 11.55. If each transformer is related
37.5 kVA, then what is the kVA of the balanced 3Ø load?

A. 70 B. 80 C. 85 D. 90

26. In a 6-pole alternator how many mechanical degrees is the equivalent of 180 electrical degrees?

A. 60 B. 30 C. 120 D. 90

27. A two terminal pair of network of a transmission line can be represented by a

A. ∏-network B. T-network C. either (a) or (b) D. tree network

28. In television system, channels 2 and 13 are classified as

A. VHF B. UHF C. SHF D. EHF

29. An aluminum cable has 10 identical strands, a length of 1,500 , and a diameter of 2.50 mm each.
What is the resistance of the cable?

A. 86.3 Ω B. 0.863 Ω C. 56.3 Ω D. 0.563 Ω

30. An ACSR conductor has (n – 1) layers around its single center strand, the total number of strands will
be

A. 3n2 + 3n + 1 B. 3n2 - 3n - 1 C. 3n2 + 3n - 1 D. 3n2 - 3n + 1

31. Three resistor A, B, and C are connected in series to a 120-V supply. If the resistor A = 50 ohms and
the voltage across resistor B = 40 V when the current is ½ A. What is the resistance of resistor C in
ohm/s?

A. 105 B. 90 C. 110 D. 100

32. An induction motor with 6 poles, 60 Hz is operated with a slip of 3%. Calculate the rotor speed.

A. 1,684 B. 1,024 C. 873 D. 927

33. Which of the following methods of generating electric power from the sea water is more
advantageous?
A. water power B. ocean power C. tidal power D. none of these

34. When installing two grounding electrodes, the minimum distance between the is

A. 1.800 mm B. 2,000 mm C. 1,500 mm D. 2,400 mm

35. A 36 Ω resistor is connected in parallel with an unknown resistor R. Their combination is then
connected in series with a 12 Ω resistor. Find the value of R such that the power drawn by the parallel
combination of 36 Ω and R is equal to the power in the 12 Ω resistor.

A. 6 Ω B. 18 Ω C. 24 Ω D. 48 Ω

36. The current flowing in L and C at parallel resonance are

A. zero B. equal C. infinite D. different

37. What does PEMC in EPIRA strands for?

A. Philippine Energy Market Corporation C. Philippine Electricity Market Corporation

B. Private Energy Marketing Corporation D. Philippine Electrical Marketing Corporation

38. For two alternators operating in parallel, of the load shared by one of them is to be increased, its
field excitation is

A. to be strengthened keeping input torque the same

B. to be weakened keeping input torque the same

C. to be kept constant but input should be increased

D. to be kept constant but input should be decreased

39. A 7.5 MVA, 69/13.8 kV, 3-phase transformer has 8% impedance. What is the per unit impedance at
10 MVA base?

A. 0.24 B. 0.106 C. 0.06 D. 0.096

40. Open circuit test on transformers is conducted to determine

A. hysteresis loss B. copper loss C. core loss D. eddy current loss

41. Which of the following power plant is a conventional source energy?

A. Solar energy B. Geothermal energy C. Coal energy D. Wind energy

42. A transformer is rated 10 kVA, 440/110 V and 60 Hz when operated as a conventional 2 winding
transformer. This transformer is to be used as 550/440 V step-down autotransformer in a distribution
system. What is the new kVA rating of the transformer in this manner?

A. 20 B. 50 C. 80 D. 100

43. In a synchronous motor, the magnitude of stator back emf depends on

A. load on the motor C. both the speed and rotor flux

B. dc excitation only D. none of these

44. A dc ammeter has an internal resistance of 0.1 Ω. A shunt of 1.01 x 10 -3 Ω is connected to the
ammeter. What is the multiplier of the set up?

A. 10 B. 50 C. 80 D. 100

45. A single-phase, 10-km transmission line has 16.65 mH total inductance. If the distance between the
conductors is 1 m, what is the conductor radius?

A. 2 cm B. 1.5 cm C. 1 cm D. 0.75 cm

46. A 4-pole wave wound generator has 220 coils of 10 turns each. The resistance of each turn is 0.002
Ω. Find the resistance of armature winding.

A. 11 Ω B. 22 Ω C. 0.2 Ω D. 0.44 Ω

47. PDC in EPIRA means

A. Philippine Distribution Commission C. Philippine Distribution Corporation

B. Philippine Distribution Code D. Philippine Distribution Company

48. What is the maximum plug and cord rating of a 30 A branch circuit?
A. 24 A B. 30 A C. 26 A D. 28 A

49. 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

50. Alternators installed in a hydro power station, are of

A. low speed B. high speed C. medium speed D. very high speed

51. A sine wave has a frequency of 60 Hz. Its angular frequency is

A. 120 π B. 60 π C. 30 π D. 6 π

52. In a loss-free RLC circuit, the transient current is

A. oscillating B. square wave C. sinusoidal D. non-oscillating

53. What is the maximum flux in mWb of a transformer with 200 primary turn when connected to a 60
Hz, 200 V supply?

A. 10.35 B. 6.25 C. 50.5 D. 3.75

54. A 60 Hz, 4 pole, 3 phase induction motor has a slip of 25%. What is the slip speed in rpm?

A. 55 B. 40 C. 60 D. 45

55. A 15 hp, 460 V, 60 Hz, 6-pole, 3 phase induction motor has full-load slip of 4%. Find the full-load

torque in N-m.

A. 85 B. 88 C. 93 D. 90

56. At very low frequencies a series RC circuit behaves as almost purely

A. resistive B. inductive C. capacitive D. none of these

57. A power plant gets water from a dam from a height of 122.45 m at the rate of 1,000 cubic meters
per minute. If the output of the plant is 15, 000 kW, what is the plant efficiency

A. 80% B. 75% C. 70% D. 65%

58. A 500 KVA, 34.5/13.8 kV, 3-phase transformer is delta-wye connected. The primary and secondary
winding resistances are 35 ohms and 0.876 ohm per phase, respectively. Calculate the percent efficiency
a full-load and unity power factor if core loss 3 kW.

A. 97.8 B. 96.7 C. 96.4 D. 97.2

59. One of the advantages of distributing the winding in alternators is to

A. reduce harmonics C. improve voltage waveform

B. reduce the amount of copper D. decrease the value of the voltage

60. The effect of corona is

A. increased reactance B. increased inductance C. increases energy loss D. all of these

61. The ms value of pure cosine function is

A. 0.5 of peak value B. 0.707 of peak value C. same as peak value D. zero

62. Calculate the use factor of a power plant if the capacity factor is 35% as it operates 8,000 hours
during the year.

A. 38.32% B. 33.82% C. 36.82% D. 32.54%

63. How many commutator bars does a 6-pole dc generator with 4 coil elements per slot and 20 slots
per pole has?

A. 60 B. 120 C. 240 D. 480

64. A coil having a resistance of 10 Ω and an inductance of 4 H is switched across a 20 V dc source.

Calculate the rate of current change when the current reaches 50% of its final steady value.

A. 2.5 A/s B. 3.5 A/s C. 4.5 A/s D. 5.5 A/s

65. Calculate the torque in N-m developed by a 440-V dc motor having an armature resistance of 0.25 Ω
and running at 750 rpm when taking a current of 60 A.

A. 240 B. 325 C. 285 D. 342

66. In a 13.8 kV, 10 MVA base three-phase system, a phase to phase fault occurs. If the Thevenin’s
equivalent impedance of the system is 2.63%, what is the per unit fault current?

A. 19.01 pu B. 39.93 pu C. 57.03 pu D. 98.78 pu

67. A single-phase transmission line having a length of 15 miles is composed of two copper conductors
spaced 7 ft apart having a diameter of 0.575 inch. Determine the line to line capacitance in farad if the
system frequency is 60 Hz.

A. 4.9 x 10-12 B. 9.8 x 10-12 C. 11.8 x 10-9 D. 118 x 10-9

68. What is the equivalent IEEE device function number for directional power relay?

A. 21 B. 32 C. 37 D. 87

69. Energy radiated continuously in the form of lighting waves is called

A. luminous intensity B. lumen C. luminous flux D. illumination

70. Efficiency is secondary consideration in case of

A. base load plants C. both base load and peak load plants

B. peak load plants D. none of these

71. A capacitor is changed with 10,000 µC. if the energy stored is 1 joule, find the capacitance.

A. 5 µF B. 50 µF C. 500 µF D. 5,000 µF

72. To a series RLC circuit, a voltage of 10 C is applied. If Q of the coil at resonant frequency is 20, the
voltage across the inductor at resonant frequency will be.

A. 200 V B. 100 V C. 75 V D. 50 V
73. A 75 kVA, 13,200/240, 60 Hz single-phase transformer has 1% resistance and 3% reactance. Find the
copper loss of the transformer so that the starting current will not exceed 84.8 A?

A. 185 W B. 422 W C. 368 W D. 508 W

74. The starting current of a 15 hp, 460 V, 3 phase induction motor is 130 A. What voltage in volts should
be applied to the motor so that the starting current will not exceed 84.8 A?

A. 238 B. 295 C. 300 D. 310

75. The condition of a liquid electrolyte is measure in terms of its

A. current value B. specific gravity C. acid content D. voltage output

76. If the field of a dc shunt motor is opened

A. it will continue to run at its rated speed C. the motor will stop

B. the speed of the motor will become very high D. the speed of the motor will decrease

77. An ideal full0wave rectifier with non-inductive load has zero transformation losses. What is the
efficiency?

A. 70% B. 80% C. 90% D. 100%

78. In an ACB sequence balanced 3Ø system, the angle between the line voltage and the line current is
50o, which is the lagging power of the system?

A. 0.30 B. 0.50 C. 0.64 D. 0.94

79. A power station supplies 60 kW to load over 2,500 ft 000 2-conductor copper feeder the resistance
of which is 0.078 Ω per 1,000 ft. The bus-bar voltage is maintained constant at 600 volts. Determine the
maximum power which can be transmitted.

A. 60 kW B. 230.7 kW C. 120 kW D. 150 kW

80. If a certain conductor has an area of 336.400 circular mils, what is the radius of this conductor in cm?

A. 0.663 B. 0.810 C. 0.737 D. 0.921

81. In a laboratory experiment, the impedance of a coil was obtained at 60 Hz and 30 Hz. These are
75.48 ohms and 57.44 ohms, respectively. What is the inductance of the coil?

A. 150 mH B. 182.5 mH C. 42.5 mH D. 2.1 mH

82. The dummy coil in dc machines is used to

A. eliminate reactance voltage C. bring about mechanical balance of armature

B. eliminate armature reaction D. eliminate harmonics developed In the machine

83. A half wave rectified sine wave has an average value of 100 amperes. What is its effective value?

A. 167 A B. 70.71 A C. 100 A D. 141.4 A

84. A 3Ø transmission line has two aluminum conductors in bundle. The self GMD of each conductor is
8.90 mm and the distance between the conductors and phases is 40 cm and 9 m, respectively. What is
the inductance of the line per phase?

A. 1 µH/m B. 2 µH/m C. 3 µH/m D. 4 µH/m

85. The purpose of insulting oil when used on power circuit breaker are the following, EXCEPT:

A. interrupter B. Coolant C. Insulation D. Quencher

86. A wind generator with an efficiency of 80% has a blade diameter of 20 m. If the wind velocity is 30
km/hr, how much power in KW is obtained from the generator?

A. 58.47 B. 45.78 C. 48.75 D. 54.87

87. The field system of a 50 Hz alternator has a sinusoidal flux per pole of 0.1 Wb. Calculate the emf
generated in one turn which spans two0thirds of a pole pitch.

A. 17.4 V B. 19.2 V C. 12.2 V D. 9006 V

88. A dc shunt motor develops 15 hp at 120 V. If the effective armature resistance is 0.061 ohm and the
field winding draws 2 amperes, what is the overall efficiency?

A. 90% B. 93% C. 94% D. 95%

89. An 8-pole triplex wave-wound armature carries a total of 660 amperes. If there are 8 brush arms,
calculate the current in each armature conductor.

A. 110 A B. 66 A C. 22 A D. 11 A

90. Inside a hollow spherical conductor

A. electric field is zero

B. electric field is constant

C. electric field changes with distance from the center of the sphere

D. electric field is unity

91. Residual magnetism is necessary in a

A. separately excited generator C. both of these

B. self-excited generator D. none of these

92. There impedances

A. 1,839 W B. 1,936 W C. 6,130 W D. 18,392 W

93. A light source located 2.75 m from a surface produces an illumination of 528 lux on that surface. Find
the illumination if the distance is changed to 1.55 m.

A. 298 lux B. 1,662 lux C. 937 lux D. 168 lux

94. In case of delta connected circuit, when one resistor is open, power will be

A. unaltered B. reduced to 1/9 C. reduced to 1/6 D. reduced by 1/3

95. Two similar poles, each of 1 Wb, placed 1 m apart in air will experience a repulsive force of ______.
A. 63,000 N B. 796 N C. 8 X 1012 N D. 63 X 10-3 N

96. In a transformer, the core loss is found to be 60 watts at 30 Hz and 90 watts at 40 Hz measured at
the same maximum flux density. Compute the eddy current and hysteresis losses at 60 Hz in watts.

A. 90, 75 B. 85, 60 C. 95, 69 D. 88, 72

97. Transient current in an RLC circuit is oscillatory when

A. R = 0 B. R = 2 √ L /C C. R > 2 √ L /C D. R < 2 √ L /C

98. The current from neutral to ground connection is 12 A. What is the zero sequence component in
phases?

A. 12 A B. 36 A C. 4 A D. 3 A

99. With reference to armature windings, wave windings are often called _______ windings.

A. cascade B. series C. parallel D. ring

100. This is the compact arrangement of switching devices:

A. Circuit protector B. Switchboard C. Switchgear D. Panelboard