15EEE111 Fundamentals of Electrical & Electronics Engineering

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1. In a purely reactive circuit, the phase angle is

a) Increasing b) Decreasing c) 0 degrees d) 90 degrees

2. If the inductive reactance is the same as the resistance in an RL circuit, the phase angle is:
0 0 0
a) 0 b) 45 c) 90 d) insufficient data

3. An RC circuit has a capitance of 0.015 μF. The resistance is 52 Ω. What is the phase angle at 90 kHz?
a) –24 deg b) –0.017 deg c) –66 deg d) -0.0093 deg

4. Power factor is equal to:

a) Apparent power divided by true power
b) Imaginary power divided by apparent power
c) Imaginary power divided by true power
d) True power divided by apparent power

5. Which of the following is not an example of true power?

a) Power that heats a resistor b) Power radiated from an antenna
c) Power in a capacitor d) Heat loss in a feed line

6. In an ac circuit with only parallel inductors,

0 0
a) I lags V by 90 b) V lags I by 90
c) V and I are in phase d) I leads V by 90deg

7. What is the power factor (PF) of a purely resistive ac circuit?

a) 0 b) 1 c) 0.707 d) cannot be determined

8. The unit of apparent power is the

a) volt-ampere (VA) b) watt (W).
c) volt-ampere reactive (VAR) d) joule (J).

9. In a series RLC circuit,

0
a) X L and X C are 180 out of phase b) XL and XC are in phase
0 0
c) IL and IC are 180 out of phase d) X L and XC are 90 out of phase

10. If Current and Voltage are 90 Degree Out of Phase, Then The Power (P) will be
a) VxI b) zero c) maximum d) negative

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Department of Electrical & Electronics Engineering, Amrita School of Engineering, Coimbatore