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Question text To double the current range of a 50-micro-amp, 2 kilo- ohm
To test the accuracy of a kilowatt-hour meter an moving coil meter movement, the shunt resistance should
electrician used a wattmeter. He found out that the meter be
makes 5 revolutions in 18 seconds. The meter constant is Select one:
3.2. What is the percentage error if the wattmeter reading a. 2 kilo-ohms
is 3368? b. 1 kilo-ohm
Select one: c. 18 kilo-ohms Incorrect
a. 8% slower d. 50 kilo-ohms
b. 5% faster Feedback
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Mark 0.00 out of 1.00 Not If an alternating voltage has a magnitude of 10 V at 30
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Question text Select one:
A magnetomotive force is supplied by a current of one a. 30 V
ampere through 100 turns. The magnetic circuit consists of b. 40 V
a steel core of 1000 permeability, 10 cm long and 4 sq. cm c. 50 V
area and an air gap one cm long. d. 20 V
What is the field intensity at the air gap? Feedback
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a. 100.53 oersted Question 6
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The correct answer is: 124.4 oersted A wire carries a current i = 3 cos 314t amperes. What is
Question 3 the average current over 6 seconds?
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Question text c. 0.532 A
A parallel plate capacitor is made of 350 plates, separated d. 1.5 A
by paraffin paper 0.0010 cm thick (k = 2.5). The effective Feedback
size of plate is 15 by 30 cm. What is the capacitance of this The correct answer is: 0 A
capacitor? Question 7
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d. 35 uF What is the flux density having a flux of 12,000
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The correct answer is: 35 uF squared?
Question 4 Select one:
a. 2,000 gauss deflection in degrees for a current of 3 amperes is
b. 200 gauss .
c. 72,000 gauss Select one:
d. 72 gauss a. 18
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The correct answer is: 2,000 gauss c. 30
Question 8 d. 54
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Select one: A galvanometer has a resistance of 300 ohms. What is the
a. 3 ohmic resistance to make it read one is to ten? Select one:
b. 6 a. 33.33
c. 8 b. 30 Incorrect
d. 4 c. 10
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MERALCO used two wattmeters to measure the balanced Question text
3-phase dynatron elevator motor drive. The coils of the Solenoid 25 cm long is wound with 200 turns, what is the
wattmeters are connected to the current transformers, value of the field strength inside the solenoid, when
which are lines 1 and 2 respectively. carrying a current of 2 amperes.
The potential coils are connected to potential transformers, Select one:
which are across lines 2 and 3 and lines 3 and 1, a. 1000 AT/m
respectively. The line potentials are 230 V and the line b. 1600 AT/m
currents are each 150 A. The wattmeters each indicate 19.6 c. 1400 AT/m
kW. Assume load is wye connected. What is the total d. 1200 AT/m
power supplied? Feedback
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a. 45.461 kW Question 13
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The correct answer is: 49.175 kW If three 100-pf capacitors are connected in series, then
Question 10 the total capacitance is
Not answered Select one:
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Question text c. 33.3 pF
The torque of a spring controlled ammeter varies as the d. 100 pF
square of the current thru it. If the current of 5 amperes Feedback
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Question 14 Two coils of inductances 4 H and 6 H are connected in
Correct parallel such that their mutual inductance is 3 H assists
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Question text Select one:
A sinusoidal voltage wave has an RMS value of 70.71 V a. 8.25 H
and a frequency of 60 Hz. Determine the value of the b. 2.06 H
voltage 0.0014 second after the wave crosses the wt axis. c. 3.75 H
Select one: d. 0.94 H
a. 70.71 V Feedback
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c. 50 V Question 18
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A 12 micro-farad capacitor charged at 500 Volts and a 6 a. 32 x 10^-6 T
micro-farad capacitor charged at 250 Volts are connected in b. 16 x 10^-6 T Incorrect
parallel. What is the potential difference in the c. 8 x 10^-6 T
combination? d. 64 x 10^-6 T
Select one: Feedback
a. 750 Volts Incorrect The correct answer is: 64 x 10^-6 T
b. 417 Volts Question 19
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Question 16 Two similar poles, each of 1 Wb, placed 1 m apart in air
Correct will experience a repulsive force of
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Question text b. 63 x 10^-3 N
How long can a battery last with capacity of 50 c. 63000 N
ampere-hour running equipment of 5 amperes? d. 8 x 10^12 N
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a. 10 hours The correct answer is: 63000 N
b. 250 hours Question 20
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Question 17 If a body is considered as a conducting sphere of 0.5 m
Correct radius, its capacitance to infinity is
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b. 55 uF
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A certain electric welder has a basic circuit equivalent to a A 35 unit south pole is placed 1 inch to a 20 unit south
series RL with R = 0.1 ohm and L = 1 mH. It is connected pole. Determine the force between the poles.
to an AC source e through a switch s operated by an Select one:
automatic timer, which closes the circuit at any desired a. 129.5, repulsion
point on the 60 cycle, sinusoidal wave e. Calculate the b. 129.5, attraction
magnitude of the transient current resulting when s closes c. 108.5, attraction
as e is passing through its peak value of 100 volts. d. 108.5, repulsion
Select one: Feedback
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b. 76.32 A Question 25
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Question 22 Twenty-four (24) dry cells are arranged in rows of six
Not answered (6) in series and the four (4) rows in parallel. The emf of
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Question text 3.2 ohms.
A 1% d Arsonval meter movement has coil and Select one:
swamping resistance adding to 200 ohms. The full- a. 2.53 A
scale voltage is 50 mV. Determine the shunt resistance b. 5.23 A
required producing 1 A full scale current meter. c. 5.32 A
Select one: d. 2.35 A
a. 48.74 milli-ohms Feedback
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c. 50.01 milli-ohms Question 26
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Question text t = time in seconds, i = current in amperes. If i = 0 when t
In symmetrical components, what is the vector sum of 1 + = 0, find i when t = 0.02 second.
a + a^2? Select one:
Select one: a. 3.3 A
a. infinity b. 3.2 A
b. -1 c. 3.1 A
d. 3.0 A
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Question text 250 MCM size?
An electric heater carries 12 A at 110 V, is submerged in Select one:
22.5 lbs of water for 30 minutes. What will be the final a. 126.675 mm^2
temperature of the water if its initial temperature is 35 b. 132.348 mm^2
degrees F? c. 118.656 mm^2
Select one: d. 112.565 mm^2
a. 133.56 degrees F Feedback
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c. 125.42 degrees F Question 31
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Correct An analog ohmmeter reads 18 on R X 10 k range.
Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Not What is the value of the measured resistance?
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Question text a. 18 ohms
A 6.0 H coil whose resistance is 12 ohms is connected in b. 18 kilo-ohms
series with a 24 ohms resistor and to a 144 V battery and a c. 180 ohms
switch. The switch is closed at t = d. 180 kilo-ohms
0. Determine the energy stored in the magnetic field at Feedback
steady state. The correct answer is: 180 kilo-ohms
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The correct answer is: 48 J Determine the inductance.
Question 29 Select one:
Not answered a. 56.38 mH
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Question text d. 53.68 mH
A coil has 2500 turns and a current of 10 A flowing in it Feedback
produces an effective flux of 0.05 Weber. If the resistance The correct answer is: 58.36 mH
is 12 ohm, what is the time constant of the coil Question 33
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d. 0.75 sec If a force of 4.8 x 10^(-2) N is required to move a 40 uC
Feedback charge in an electric field between two points 20 cm
The correct answer is: 1.12 sec apart. What is the potential difference between two
Question 30 points?
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a. 240 Volts Feedback
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Correct Determine the rms value of a semi-circular current
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Question text a. 0.23 A
Three resistors 10, 15 and 30 ohmic values are connected b. 0.816A
in wye-configuration to a balanced 208 volt three-phase c. 0.707A
supply. Calculate the total power of the system. d. 0.866A
Select one: Feedback
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b. 3280 W Question 38
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Question 35 A current of 10 amperes at a power factor of 0.8 lagging
Correct is taken from 250 V a.c. supply. The reactive power of
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Question text a. 1500 VAR
A DC voltage of 80 volts is applied to a circuit b. 2000 VA
containing a resistance of 80 ohms in series with an c. 1500 watts
inductance of 20 Henry. Calculate the growth of current d. 2000 watts
at the instant of completing the circuit. Feedback
Select one: The correct answer is: 1500 VAR
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Question 36 mutual inductance is 1 H and whose self-inductances are
Correct 1.2 and 2 H?
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Question text b. 0.912
Twelve similar wires each of resistance 2 ohms are c. 2.400
connected so as to form a cube. Find the resistance d. 1.549
between the two corners of the same edge. Feedback
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A magnetic coil produces 100,000 Maxwell with 2,000 An ammeter has a range of 0 - 10 amps. What is shunt
turns and with a current of 2 A. The voltage is cut-off and resistance to be connected if the range is increased to 100
the flux collapses in 0.01 sec. What is the average voltage amps? The internal resistance of the ammeter is 0.10 ohms.
that will appear across the coil? Select one:
Select one: a. 2.111 ohms
a. 20 kV b. 0.0111 ohms
b. 2,000 kV c. 0.111 ohms
c. 2 kV d. 1.111 ohms
d. 200 V Feedback
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The correct answer is: 200 V Question 44
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Question text A circuit draws 25 A when connected across a source of
A current transformer has a single turn primary and a 200 frequency f1. Determine the current drawn by the same
turn secondary and is used to measure a.c. current with the circuit at resonance if f1 is half the resonant frequency.
help of a standard 5-A a.c. ammeter. These arrangements Select one:
can measure a line current of up to ampere, a. 12.5 A
Select one: b. 50 A
a. 40 c. 35.35 A
b. 200 d. 17.68 A
c. 1000 Feedback
d. 5000 The correct answer is: 35.35 A
Feedback Question 45
The correct answer is: 1000 Correct
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flaggedFlag question A generator has a field winding with an inductance L = 10
Question text Henry and a resistance Rf = 0.1 ohm. To break the initial
The stator of a 440 V, 50 HP shunt motor is tested at 75 field current of 1000 amperes, the field breaker inserts a
degrees C for its insulation resistance between terminals field discharge resistance Rd across the field terminals
connected together and the ground frame. When a 50,000 before the main contacts open. As a result, the field current
ohm voltmeter is connected in series with a 600 V DC decays to zero according to the differential equation.
source, the meter indicates 125 V. Calculate the insulation L*di/dt + i*R = 0, Where: R = Rf
resistance. + Rd preventing a sudden decrease of i to zero, and a
Select one: resulting high inductive voltage due to L. Solve the
a. 190 kilo-ohms differential equation and determine the value of Rd that
b. 170 kilo-ohms would limit the initial voltage across it to 1,000 volts
c. 200 kilo-ohms Select one:
d. 180 kilo-ohms Incorrect a. 0.95 ohm
Feedback b. 0.90 ohm
The correct answer is: 190 kilo-ohms c. 0.85 ohm
Question 43 d. 0.80 ohm
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Question 46 Four capacitors A, B, C and D are connected across a 15-V
Incorrect DC source. The charges accumulated in A, B and C are
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Question text much charge is accumulated in capacitor D?
A capacitor is charged with 0.23 watt-second of Select one:
energy at a voltage of 48 volts. What is its a. 1000 uC
capacitance? b. 1400 uC
Select one: c. 1200 uC Incorrect
a. 220 uF d. 1500 uC
b. 180 uF Feedback
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Mark 1.00 out of 1.00 Not A power plant customer draws power at 220 volts from
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Question text of 200/5 are used to meter the electrical usage. What is
A magnet which generates 800 Maxwell of flux, is the multiplier of the kW-hr and demand meters?
inserted through a coil of 1000 turns. It is then Select one:
withdrawn within 0.15 sec. What is the voltage that a. 40
appears across the coil? b. 100
Select one: c. 200 Incorrect
a. 0.22 V d. 80
b. 533 V Feedback
c. 0.0533 V The correct answer is: 40
d. 53.3 V
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Find the capacitance of a two plate capacitor of plate area
12 sq. inch dielectric constant of 6 and dielectric thickness
of 0.01 inch.
Select one:
a. 1.6 nF
b. 1.5 nF
c. 1.2 nF Incorrect
d. 1.3 nF
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A magnetic pole produces 5000 field lines. How much is the flux in Weber?

Select one:

a. 50 x 10^-6

b. 5 x 10^-6

c. 500 x 10^-5
d. 500 x 10^-6
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The correct answer is: 50 x 10^-6

The field winding of a DC generator is wound with 900 turns and has a resistance of 50 ohms. If the winding is
excited from a 240 V dc source, the magnetic flux linking the coil is 4 mWb. Determine the self- inductance of the
coil.

Select one:

a. 0.56 H

b. 0.83 H
c. 0.92 H

d. 0.75 H
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The correct answer is: 0.75 H

A copper disc of radius 0.1m is rotated about its centre with 20 revolutions per second in a uniform magnetic field of
0.1 T with its plane perpendicular to the field. The emf induced across the radius of the disc is

Select one:

a. 20pi millivolt

b. pi/10 volt

c. pi/20 volt
d. 10pi millivolt
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The correct answer is: 20pi millivolt

Twelve similar wires each of resistance 2 ohms are connected so as to form a cube. Find the resistance between the
two diagonally opposite corners.

Select one:
a. 1.28 ohms
b. 1.45 ohms

c. 1.66 ohms

d. 2.01 ohms
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The correct answer is: 1.66 ohms

The field winding of a separately-excited DC generator has an inductance of 60 H and a resistance of 30 ohms. The
discharge resistance of 50 ohms is permanently connected in parallel with winding which is excited from a 200 volt
supply. Find the value of the decay current 0.60 sec after the supply has been switched off.

Select one:

a. 1.12 A
b. 3.67 A

c. 3 A

d. 4.94 A
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The correct answer is: 3 A

Three 3.33 ohms resistors are connected in wye. What is the value of the equivalent resistors connected in delta?

Select one:

a. 20 ohms
b. 10 ohms

c. 3.33 ohms

d. 6.67 ohms
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The correct answer is: 10 ohms

Two capacitors 30 and 10 microfarad are connected in series, what is the total capacitance?

Select one:
a. 20 microfarad

b. 7.5 microfarad

c. 300 microfarad
d. 40 microfarad
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The correct answer is: 7.5 microfarad

In a test of a 10-ampere watthour meter having a constant of 0.40, the disk makes 40 revolutions in 55 seconds.
The average volts and amperes during this period are 116 volts and 10 amps. Determine the percent accuracy of
this meter at this load.

Select one:

a. 91.03%
b. 83.46%

c. 90.28%

d. 92.34%
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The correct answer is: 90.28%

A generator supplies three-phase power to balanced load. The voltage is 230 volts, the current is 18 A and the
power factor is 85%. What is the power?

Select one:
a. 3.6 kW

b. 1.4 kW

c. 1.6 kW
d. 6.1 kW
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The correct answer is: 6.1 kW

A certain 50 micro-A meter movement has a resistance of 90 ohms. What value of series multiplier is needed to
make an instrument that will read 5 volts (maximum)?

Select one:

a. 102 kilo-ohms

b. 110 kilo-ohms
c. 98 kilo-ohms

d. 99.91 kilo-ohms
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The correct answer is: 99.91 kilo-ohms

A voltage rise linearly from zero to 100 volts in 1 second, falls instantaneously to zero at t = 1 second and remains
zero thereafter. This voltage is applied to an RL series circuit in which R = 5 ohms and L = 100 mH. What is the
current when t = 0.50 second?

Select one:
a. 9.60 A

b. 69 A

c. 6.90 A
d. 96 A
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The correct answer is: 9.60 A

The following are in series R = 1,000 ohms, L = 100 uH and C = 20,000 pF. The voltage across the circuit is 100 V,
60 kHz. What is the total impedance expressed in ohms?

Select one:

a. 1885 ohms

b. 1882 ohms
c. 2132 ohms

d. 1000 ohms
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The correct answer is: 1000 ohms

If an oscilloscope with a vertical deflection of 0.1 volt rms per centimeter (cm), is used in conjunction with a 10
ohm shunt resistor to measure a 25 milli-amp current, compute the vertical deflection?

Select one: a.

0.025 cm

b. 0.25 cm

c. 2.5 cm
d. 25 cm
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The correct answer is: 2.5 cm

Two equal resistances are connected in series across a certain supply. If the resistances are now connected in
parallel across the same supply, the power produced will be that of series connection.

Select one:

a. four times

b. two times

c. one-fourth
d. one-half
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The correct answer is: four times

Three equal positive charges of 10 statcoulomb each are located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of 2 cm leg.
What is the magnitude of the force acting on each charge?

Select one:

a. 12.5 dynes
b. 50 dynes

c. 43.3 dynes

d. 25 dynes
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The correct answer is: 43.3 dynes

A star-connected 400 HP (metric), 2000 V, 50 c/s motor works at a power factor of 0.7 lagging. A bank of mesh-
connected condensers is used to raise the power factor to 0.93 lagging. Calculate the capacitance of each unit
required if each is rated 500 V, 50 c/s. The motor efficiency is 85%.

Select one:

a. 302 uF
b. 225 uF

c. 194 uF

d. 233 uF
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The correct answer is: 233 uF

A three-phase induction motor delivers 150 HP while operating at 80% efficiency and a power factor of
0.8 lagging from 480 V lines. A wye connected power factor correction capacitor is to be installed to improve the
overall power factor to 0.9 lagging. Determine the capacitance required per phase.

Select one:

a. 3850 uF
b. 1283 uF

c. 428 uF

d. 142.6 uF
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The correct answer is: 428 uF

A 120 cm long conductor is carrying a current of 1.2 amperes and is situated at right angles to the field to flux
density of 0.65 Tesla. Calculate the force on the conductor.
Select one:

a. 1.587 N
b. 0.936 N

c. 1.348 N

d. 3.264 N
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The correct answer is: 1.587 N

Two point charges Q1 = 50 microcoulombs and Q2 = 10 microcoulombs are located at (-1, 1, 3) and (3, 1, 0) meters
respectively. Find the magnitude of the force on Q1.

Select one:

a. 0.018 N

b. 4.9 N

c. 124.5 N
d. 74 N
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The correct answer is: 4.9 N

A magnetic circuit consists of silicon steel of 2000 permeability of 10 cm length and cross sectional area of 22 sq
cm and an air gap of the same cross section area and of 1 cm length. A one ampere current flows through 500 turns
of coil. Calculate the field intensity across the gap.

Select one:

a. 350 Oersted
b. 590 Oersted

c. 755 Oersted

d. 622 Oersted
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The correct answer is: 622 Oersted

A single phase circuit is supplied from a 220 volts 60 Hz source draws 2000 watts of power and 10 amperes current.
What is the power factor of the circuit?

Select one:

a. 90.9%

b. 100%
c. 82.6%
d. 72.5%
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The correct answer is: 90.9%

A voltmeter using a 20 micro-amp meter movement has an ohm/V rating of

Select one:

a. 1 kilo-ohm/V
b. 10 mega-ohms/V

c. 50 kilo-ohms/V

d. 20 kilo-ohms/V
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The correct answer is: 50 kilo-ohms/V

The torque of a spring controlled ammeter varies as the square of the current thru it. If the current of 5 amperes
produces deflection of 90 degrees, the deflection in degrees for a current of 3 amperes is .

Select one:

a. 18

b. 30
c. 54

d. 32.4
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The correct answer is: 32.4

Three (3) 10-uF capacitors are connected in series. What is the total capacitance?

Select one:

a. 60 uF
b. 6.66 uF

c. 3.33 uF

d. 30 uF
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The correct answer is: 3.33 uF

Three impedances Za, Zb and Zc are connected in parallel. If at 60 Hz, Za = j8, Zb = -j2 and Zc = 5 ohms. Solve for
the resultant power factor.

Select one:
a. 0.573 leading
b. 0.471 leading

c. 0.471 lagging

d. 0.573 lagging
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The correct answer is: 0.471 leading

Copper wire of certain length and resistance is drawn out to four times its length without change in volume. What is
the resistance of the bar?

Select one:

a. 16R
b. unchanged

c. R/16

d. 4R
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The correct answer is: 16R

An ammeter rated 5 A, having a resistance of 0.5 ohm, is to be converted into a 200-V voltmeter by
connecting a resistor in series with the ammeter. Calculate the value of this resistance.

Select one:
a. 37.4 ohms

b. 39.5 ohms

c. 35.5 ohms
d. 34.6 ohms
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The correct answer is: 39.5 ohms

To roughly check his kWh meter an electrician hook-up a wattmeter, he switched on the load, he counted 5 rev in 18
sec, the meter constant is 3.2. The wattmeter reads 368 Watts. What is the error of the meter?

Select one:

a. 8% slower

b. 5% slower

c. 5% faster
d. 8% faster
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The correct answer is: 8% slower

A 12 micro-farad capacitor charged at 500 Volts and a 6 micro-farad capacitor charged at 250 Volts are connected in
parallel. What is the potential difference in the combination?

Select one:
a. 450 Volts

b. 750 Volts

c. 417 Volts
d. 500 Volts
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The correct answer is: 500 Volts

An inductive coil having a resistance of 25 ohms and inductance of 0.2 H is connected in parallel with a 100 uF
capacitor. Find the frequency at which the total current taken is in phase with the supply voltage.

Select one:

a. 29.5 Hz
b. 52.9 Hz

c. 46.5 Hz

d. 35.6 Hz
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The correct answer is: 29.5 Hz

An ammeter has a range of 0 - 10 amps. What is shunt resistance to be connected if the range is increased to 100
amps? The internal resistance of the ammeter is 0.10 ohms.

Select one:
a. 0.111 ohms

b. 0.0111 ohms

c. 2.111 ohms
d. 1.111 ohms
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The correct answer is: 0.0111 ohms

Four cubic meters of water is to be heated by means of four 1.5 kW, 230-V immersion heating elements. Assuming
the efficiency of the heater as 90%, determine the time required in boiling the water if the initial temperature is 20
degrees C and if all four elements are connected in parallel.
Select one:

a. 69 hrs
b. 71 hrs

c. 66 hrs

d. 63 hrs
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The correct answer is: 69 hrs

A DC electromagnet is wound with 1000 turns of wire having a resistance of 30 ohms. When excited by a voltage
of 125 V, a magnetic flux of 2 mWb links the coil. What is the energy stored in the magnetic field?

Select one:

a. 8.34 J

b. 0.96 J

c. 4.17 J
d. 0.48 J
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The correct answer is: 0.48 J

A core of annealed steel sheet is wound with 1500 turns to wire through which a current of 40 mA is flowing. If the
length of the coil is 20 cm, calculate the magnetic strength is Amp-turns per meter.

Select one:

a. 350

b. 300
c. 450

d. 400
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The correct answer is: 400

How much time is required for electromagnetic energy to travel one nautical mile and return to the source?

Select one:

a. 12.36 microseconds
b. 24.72 microseconds

c. 6.18 microseconds

d. 18.54 microseconds
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The correct answer is: 12.36 microseconds

Calculate the magnitude of the electric field at a point that is 30 cm from a point charge Q = -3.2 x 10^-6 C.

Select one:

a. 2.8 x 10^6 N/C

b. 3.2 x 10^6 N/C

c. 3.0 x 10^5 N/C

d. 2.4 x 10^5 N/C

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The correct answer is: 3.0 x 10^5 N/C

Four 3 pCoul spheres are in corners of square q 1 cm on sides. Find the force in Newton?

Select one:

a. 15.5 x 10^(-10)

b. 4.05 x 10^(-10)

c. 20.25 x 10^(-10)
d. 8.11 x 10^(-10)
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The correct answer is: 15.5 x 10^(-10)

The sequence components of phase a current are: Zero sequence current = 0.47 + j1.49, Positive sequence current =
18.4 cis (-31.6 degrees), Negative sequence current = 3.23 cis (168.2 degrees). Determine the phase b current.

Select one:

a. 18 cis 215 degrees

b. 19 cis 220 degrees

c. 20 cis 225 degrees

d. 15 cis 240 degrees

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The correct answer is: 18 cis 215 degrees

Two similar charges of 250 statC are situated on small spheres 15 cm apart. What is the potential at point midway
between the spheres?

Select one:
a. 25 statV
b. 16.7 statV

c. 66.7 statV

d. 33.3 statV
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The correct answer is: 16.7 statV

If a body is considered as a conducting sphere of 0.5 m radius, its capacitance to infinity is

Select one:

a. 55 nF
b. 55 uF

c. 55 pF

d. 55 F
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The correct answer is: 55 pF

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?

Select one:

a. 3.0, 4.0 & 5.0 ohms

b. 3.33, 4.44 & 6.66 ohms

c. 0.30, 0.23 & 0.15 ohm

d. 5.77, 8.66 & 11.55 ohms

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The correct answer is: 3.33, 4.44 & 6.66 ohms

Two wattmeters are connected are for the two wattmeter method with current coils in lines A and B of a 208 V, ABC
circuit that has a balanced delta load. If the meter readings arte 6 kW and -3 kW respectively, find the load
impedance per phase.

Select one:

a. 8.18 cis (79.1 deg) ohms/phase

b. 18.8 cis (-35.2 deg) ohms/phase

c. 32.2 cis (36.2 deg) ohms/phase

d. 22.3 cis (-36.2 deg) ohms/phase

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The correct answer is: 8.18 cis (79.1 deg) ohms/phase

A moving coil instrument having meter resistance of 5 ohms is to be used as a voltmeter 0 - 100 volts. If the full-
scale deflection current is 10 mA, the required series resistance is

Select one:
a. 1000 ohms

b. 9995 ohms

c. none of these
d. 20 ohms
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The correct answer is: 9995 ohms

Solenoid 25 cm long is wound with 200 turns, what is the value of the field strength inside the solenoid, when
carrying a current of 2 amperes.

Select one:

a. 1200 AT/m
b. 1000 AT/m

c. 1600 AT/m

d. 1400 AT/m
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The correct answer is: 1600 AT/m

A galvanometer with a 20-ohm coil resistance has a full-scale deflection current of 10 mA. If a 0.02 ohm is placed
across the meter to increase its capacity, what is the approximate new full scale current of the meter?

Select one:

a. 10.01 A

b. 10.11 A

c. 11.01 A
d. 10.10 A
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The correct answer is: 10.01 A

Two incandescent lamps of 100 W, 200 V are in parallel across 200 V supply. The total resistance will be
.
Select one:

a. 400 ohms
b. 800 ohms

c. 200 ohms

d. 600 ohms
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The correct answer is: 200 ohms

What is the force between a point charge 2 x 10^-5 coulomb and another 3 x 10^-6 coulomb when they are 10 cm
apart in vacuum?

Select one:
a. 45.5 kg

b. 53.95 kg

c. 5.395 x 10^-3 kg
d. 5.5 kg
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The correct answer is: 53.95 kg

The r.m.s. value of the complex voltage given by v = 16*(2^1/2) sin wt + 12*(2^1/2) sin 3wt is

Select one:

a. 192

b. 28*(2^1/2)

c. 20
d. 20*(2^1/2)
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The correct answer is: 20

The magnetic flux of 2000 lines is how many in maxwells?

Select one:

a. 8000
b. 1000

c. 2000

d. 4000
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 The correct answer is: 2000

What is 10^12 ergs/sec in kW?

Select one:
a. 100 kW
b. 10,000 kW

c. 1,000 kW
d. 10 kW

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The correct answer is: 100 kW