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OPENSOURCE ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DIVISION

REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS LICENSURE EXAMINATION
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PRACTICE EXAM: ELECTRICAL MACHINES PART 1 SET: _________

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.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. 1. A 4-pole, 3-phase induction motor is energized from a 60-

Hz supply, and is running at a load condition for which the slip
is 0.03. Determine speed of the rotor rotating magnetic field
with respect to stator frame, in rpm.
A. 1744 rpm B. 1714 rpm C. 1764 rpm D. 1800 rpm

2. The rotor of a 3-phase, 60-Hz, 4-pole induction motor takes

120 kW at 3 Hz. Determine the rotor speed.
A. 1750 rpm B. 1720 rpm. C. 1710 rpm D. 1760 rpm

3. The total core losses for a sheet steel core are found to be
500 watts at 25 Hz. When the frequency is increased to 50 Hz and
the maximum flux density is kept constant, the total core loss
is 1400 watts. Find the eddy current loss at 50 Hz.
A. 800 watts B. 600 watts C. 600 watts. D 300 watts
4. A 115 volts dc motor draws a current of 200 amperes and is
located 1000 ft. from the supply source. If the copper
transmission wire has a diameter of 0.45 inch, what must be the
voltage of the supply source?
A. 135.5V B. 120. V C. 125.3V D. 132.5 V

5. A shunt generator has a field resistance of 50 ohms in series

with a rheostat. When the terminal voltage of the generator is
110V. the field current is 2A. How much resistance is cut in on
the shunt field rheostat
A. 15 ohms B. 7 ohms C. 10 ohms D.5 ohms

6. A synchronous generator having a subtransient reactance of

0.15 pu and operating 5% above Its rated voltage supplies a
synchronous motor having 0.2 p.u. subtransient reactance. The
motor is connected to the generator by a transmission line and a
transformer of total reactance 0.305 p.u. A sudden three phase
short circuit occurs at the generator terminals. Determine the
per unit subtransient fault current.
A.-19.179 pu B.-19.379 pu C.-19.079 pu D.-19.279 pu

7. A series motor, having an armature resistance of 0.1 2 and a

field resistance of 0.15 2, takes 48 A at 230 V and 720 rpm. The
load of the motor is reduced so that the motor now takes 32A.
Find the percentage change in torque.
A. 55.6% B. 46.8% C. 66.7% D. 26.8%

8. A 230-volt shunt motor, having armature resistance of 0.05

ohm and a field resistance of 75 ohms, draws a line current of 7
A while running light at 1120 rpm. The line current at given
load Is 46 amperes. If the field circuit resistance of the motor
is increased to 100 ohms, Determine the motor speed at given
load.
A. 1480 rpm B. 1680 rpm C. 1110 rpm D 980 rpm
9. A dc series motor is connected to a constant-torque load,
which may be considered to require a constant electromagnetic
torque regardless of motor speed. Neglect the voltage drop s due
to armature and series-field resistance, the armature reaction
and effect of saturation, by what percent is the motor speed
changed when the voltage is reduced from 230 volts to 200 volts?
A. 13% B. 21% C. 16% D. 32%

10. A 120 volts shunt motor has rated current of 75 amperes,

armature resistance of 0.2 ohm and shunt field resistance of 40
ohms and a brush drop of 2 volts. What resistance must be
inserted with the armature so that the starting torque is 150%
of the rated torque.
A. 0.53-ohm B. 0.84-ohm C. 0.57-ohm D. 0.89-ohm

11. A 3-phase, 8-pole, 60 Hz, wye connected, salient pole

generator has 96 slots, with 4 conductor per slot connected in
series in each phase. The coil pitch is 10 slots. If the maximum
value of the air gap flux is 60mWb, determine the KVA rating of
the machine if each phase is capable of carrying 650 amperes.
A. 1848 kVA B. 616 kVA C. 1066 kVA D. 1256 kVA

12. A 6-pole, wave wound, dc generator armature has 720 active

conductors. The flux per pole is 20.35 mWb. What speed must the
generator operate to induce 630 volts in the armature?
A. 860 rpm B. 665 rpm C. 758 rpm D. 956 rpm

13. A three phase wye connected synchronous motor, rated 15 hp,

400 volts, has full load efficiency of 90%. The synchronous
reactance is 3 ohms per phase. If the motor operates at full
load and 0.8 leading power factor. Determine the power angle.
A.-14.7° B. -13.7° C. -12.7° D. -11.7°
14. An induction motor, while driving a load, takes 350 kW at
0.707 power factor lagging. An over excited synchronous motor is
then connected in parallel with the induction motor, taking 150
kW in power. If the overall power factor (of the two motors
combined). becomes 0.9 lagging, calculate the KVA rating of the
synchronous motor.
A. 184.75 KVA C. 245.2 KVA
B. 185,4 kVA D. 178.5 KVA

15.A 3 Φ, 60 Hz, 6-pole induction motor delivers 25 HP at 1,150

rpm. If the rotor copper loss is 300 watts. what is the rotor
power Input?
A. 7,194 W C. 6,194 w
B. 6,194 w D. 5,194 w

16. Two exactly similar turbo-alternators were rated 5 MWV each.

They are running a parallel. The spend load characteristics of
the driving, turbines are such that the frequency of alternator
one drops uniformly from 60 Hz on no load to 57.5 Hz on full-
load, that of alternator two from 60 Hz to 58 Hz. How will the
two machines share a load of 6.000 kW?
A. 3,555 kW, 4,444 kW C. 4,000 kW, 4,000 kW.
C. 3,500 kW, 4,500 kW D. 3,336 kW, 4,364 kW

17. A six-pole induction motor is connected to a 60 Hz supply

end at full-load the rotor emf makes 105 complete cycles in 2
minutes, Find the rotor speed.
A. 1,150 rpm C. 1,182.5 rpm
B. 1,140.5 rpm D. 1,170 rpm

18. Power developed by de motor is maximum when the ratio of

back emf and applied voltage is
A. double C. zero
B. unity D. half
19. The primary reason for using carbon brushes over copper
brushes in DC motors is
A. they have low loss C. they are stronger
B. they produce less arcing D. all of these

20. A 50-MVA. 11-kV, 3-phase alternator supplies full-food at a

lagging power factor of 0.7. What would be the percentage
increase in capacity if the power factor is increased to 0.95?
A. 26.32 B. 6.92 C. 12.76 D. 35.71

21. In a synchronous motor, the motor copper losses are met by

A. motor input C. armature input
B. supply lines D. dc source

22. A 12-pole, 3-phase alternator driven at a speed of 500 rpm

supplies power to an 8-pole, 3-phase induction motor. If the
slip of the motor at full-load is 3%, calculate the full-load
speed of the motor
A. 750 rpm B. 734.5 rpm
C. 727.5 rpm D. 742 rpm

23. The input power to a 3-phase induction motor running without

load is measured by two wattmeter method. One wattmeter
indicates -220 watts and the other one indicates 940 watts. What
is the no-load power factor of the motor?
A. 0.493 C. 0.253
B. 0.425 D. 0.337

24. In a 12-pole duplex lap wound de armature, each conductor

can carry a current of 50 amperes. If the total armature
conductors is 600, what is the rated current of the armature?
A. 30,000 A C. 1.200 A
B. 600 A D. 2,500 A
25. If stator voltage of a SCIM is reduced to 80% of its rated
value, torque developed is reduced by percent of its full-load
value.
A. 64 C. 36
B. 20 D. 40

26. A three-phase, 4-pole. 50 Hz Induction motor supplies a

useful torque of 180 N-m at 4% slip. If friction and windage
losses are 500 watts, determine the rotor input.
A. 25,653 w C. 26,653 w
B. 24,615 w D. 23,615 w

27. Two generators G1 and G₂ are rated 15 MVA, Z equals 0.10, 11

kV and 10 MVA, Z equals 0.10, 11 KV, respectively. The
generators are connected to a transformer of 15 MVA, 11 per 66
kV and 6 percent impedance. Calculate the fault current in per
unit when three-phase fault occurs on the high voltage side of
the transformer.
A. 12.5 C. 8.33
B. 16.9 D. 14.2

28. When a welding transformer is used in a resistance welding,

it will
A. step up voltage B. step down voltage
C. step up current D. step down current

29. A transformer is rated 1 kVA, 220/110 V, 60 Hz. Because of

an emergency this transformer has to be used on a 50 Hz system.
If the flux density in the transformer core is to be kept the
same as at 60 Hz and 220 V, what is the kilovolt-ampere rating
at 50 Hz?
A. 0.890 kVA C. 0.871 kVA
B. 0.833 kVA D. 0.909 kVA
30. A commercial building with an aggregate three-phase load of
170 KVA is to be served using two single- phase transformers,
connected in V-V bank. What should be the minimum size of each
transformer in kVA?
A. 167 C. 75
B. 100 D. 333

31. A 240 V to 120 V, 50 Hz step-down transformer is to be

operated at 60 Hz. What is the highest safe input voltage?
A. 288 v C. 240 v
C. 200 v D. 100 v

32. The net cross section of a transformer is 20 square inches.

The maximum flux density is 11 kilogausses. The frequency is 60
Hz. If there are 1,000 turns in the primary, determine the
primary induced emf.
A. 3,780 v C. 3,590 v
B. 3,850 v D. 3,945 v

33. The frequency of the emf in the stator of a 4-pcle Induction

motor is 50 HZ and that in the rotor is 2 HZ. At what speed is
the motor running?
A. 1,440 rpm C. 1,470 rpm
B. 1,450 rpm D. 1,460 rpm

34. A dc motor takes an armature current of 100 A at 230 v. The

armature resistance is 0.03 n. The total number of lap connected
armature conductors is 500 and the number of poles is 4. The
flux per pole is 0.03 Wb. Find the speed.
A. 905 rpm C. 906 rpm
B. 907 rpm D. 908 rpm
35. The sparking at the brushes of a dc generator is due to
A. reactance voltage C. armature reaction
B. light load D. high resistance of the brushes

36. The positive, negative and zero sequence reactances of a 20

MVA, 13.2 KV synchronous generator are 0.3 p.u., 0.2 .pu. and
0.1 p.u., respectively. The generator is solidly grounded and is
not loaded. A line to ground fault occurs on phase a. Neglecting
all the resistances, determine the fault current.
A. -j1.67 pu C. -j 2.89 pu
B. - 5 pu D. -j 3.34 pu

37. For a coil having a span of 2/3 of pole pitch, the coil span
factor is
A. 0.8 C. 0.866
B. 0.786 D. 0.366

38. The potential transformer of a line has a ratio 132,000/86.

These are connected wye-delta. The voltmeter reads 64 volts.
What is the voltage of the line?
A. 112.5 kV C. 221.7 kV
B. 135.2 kV D. 132 kV

39. A 50 Hp, 440 v, 3-phase, 60 Hz, 6-pole squirrel cage

induction motor is operating at full load and 0.8 p.f. The full
load efficiency is 85% and the percentage slip is 5%. Determine
the full load torque.
A. 214.55 N-m B. 206.72 N-m
C. 312.47 N-m D. 323.24 N-m

40. The number of parallel paths in a simplex lap winding is

equal to
A. 2 C. number of poles
B. 1 D. number of pair of poles
41. A 240 v dc series motor develops a shaft torque of.200 N-m
at 92% efficiency while running &t 800 rpm. Calculate the motor
current.
A. 62.09 A C. 52.36 A
B. 48.17 A D. 55.91 A

42. A generator rated 600 kVA, 2,400 V, 60 Hz, 3-phase, 6-poles

and wye-connected has 10% synchronous reactance. If a three-
phase fault occurs at its terminals, what will be the short-
circuit current?
A. 1,428 A C. 1,443 A
B. 1,532 A D. 1,435 A

43. A 200-Hp. 2,200 V, 3-phase star connected synchronous motor

has a synchronous impedance of 0.3+ 13 per phase. Determine the
induced emf per phase if the motor works on fill-load with an
efficiency of 94% and a power factor of 0.8 leading.
A 1,354 v C. 1,380 v
B. 1,402 v D. 1,522 v

44. If the load of a wye-connected transformer are:

Ia = 1-10 cis(-30°) Ib = 12 cis 215° = 15 cis 82°
What is the phase b positive sequence component?
A. 13.4 cis (-32.2°) C. 10.2 cis 240°
B. 12.27 cis 208.4° D. 12.27 cis (-31.6°)

45. If the input of the prime mover of an alternator is kept

constant but the excitation is increased then
A. KVA will be leading
B. kVA will be lagging
C. kW will be changed
D. the power factor of the load remains constant
46. The voltage applied to the stator of a three-phase; 4-pole
induction motor has a frequency of 50 Hz. The frequency of the
emf induced in the rotor is 1.5 Hz. Determine the speed at which
motor is running.
A. 1,410 rpm C. 1,425 rpm
B. 1,448 rpm D. 1,455 rpm

47. A three-phase motor driven pump at 1,800 rpm is discharging

600 gpm of water at a head of 25 meters. The pump efficiency is
75%. Determine the horsepower of the motor.
A. 15 C. 12
B. 14 D. 10

48. A 15 MVA, 34.5 kV/ 6.24 kV transformer is connected at an

infinite bus. The percent impedance of the transformer is 2.5%.
What is the current at the 34.5 KV side for a three-phase fault
at the 6.24 KV side?
A. 25,000 A C. 5,000 A
B. 10,000 A D. 55,500 A

49. A shunt motor has a rated armature current of 50 A where

connected to 200 V. The rated speed is 1,000 rpm and armature
resistance is 0.1 Q. Find the speed if the total torque is
reduced to 70% of that at rated load and a 3 resistance is
inserted in series with the armature.
A. 474 rpm C. 469 rpm
B. 464 rpm D. 460 rpm

50. 4. Wye-wye power transformers are protected by current

transformers having.
A. delta-delta C. wye-delta
B. delta-wye D. wye-wye connection