Romblon State University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

EE CORRELATION 3 - EXAM 4 (Solving)

Tuesday, January 24, 2024
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Basic EE / Cells & Batteries, Dc Circuit SET C

Network Theorem, Electrostatics, Magnetic Circuits

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only the answer for each item by encircling the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A coil with 900 turns is wound over a magnetic core with a reluctance of 10,000 AT/Wb. If a current of 0.5 A is pass through the coil,
how much is the magnetic flux that the coil generates?
A. 0.062 Wb C. 0.058 Wb
B. 0.032 Wb D. 0.045 Wb
2. A given magnetic circuit has a magnetic field intensity of 400 AT/m. If the length of the magnetic path is doubled maintaining the same
magnetomotive force, how much is the new magnetic field intensity?
A. 800 AT/m C. 400 AT/m
B. 200 AT/M D. 600 AT/m
3. A kilometer of wire having a diameter of 10.7 mm and a resistance of 0.031 ohm is drawn down so that its diameter is 5.0 mm. What
does its resistance become?
A. 0.65 ohm C. 0.44 ohm
B. 1.23 ohm D. 0.93 ohm
4. A certain laminated steel core has a permeability of 3000. Length is 5 cm and the cross section is 2 sq. cm. What is its reluctance in cgs
unit?
A. 6.66 x 10^-4 C. 4.48 x 10^-4
B. 5.54 x 10^-4 D. 8.33 x 10^-4
5. The lead storage batteries A and B are connected in parallel. A has an open circuit voltage of 12 V and an internal resistance of 0.2
ohms. Battery B has an open circuit voltage of 12.2V and an internal resistance of 0.3 ohm. If the two batteries together delivers power
to a 10 ohm power resistor. Neglecting effects of temperature, how much current is contributed by the battery?
A. 1.2 A C. 1.4 A
B. 1.3 A D. 1.5 A
6. A charger, a battery and a load are connected are connected in parallel. The voltage across the charger is 12.5 volts and the battery has
an emf of 12 volts and internal resistance pf 0.1 ohm. The load consist of a 2 ohm resistor. Find the current through the charger.
A. 6.61 A C. 6.42 A
B. 6.25 A D. 6.50 A
7. A lead storage battery is rated at 15 volts. If the internal resistance is 0.01 ohm, what is the maximum power that can be delivered to the
load?
A. 1265 C. 6965
B. 5625 D. 3525
8. When two resistors A and B are connected in series, the total resistance is 35 ohms. When connected in parallel, the total resistance is
7.14 ohms. What is the ratio of the resistance Ra to resistance Rb. Assume Ra < Rb.
A. 0.5 C. 0.8
B. 0.4 D. 0.6
9. Two heating elements which is 200 ohms and 100 ohms are connected in series with temperature coefficient of 0.001 and 0.003 ohms
per deg C, respectively at 20 deg C. Calculate the effective temperature coefficient of the combination.
A. 4.62x10^-3 C. 6.26x10^-3
B. 2.35x10^-3 D. 1.67x10^-3
10. A 120V battery having an internal resistance of 0.5 ohm, is connected through a line resistance of 10 ohm to a variable load resistor.
What maximum power will battery deliver to the load resistor?
A. 369 C. 332
B. 343 D. 360
11. Twelve similar wires each of resistance 10 ohms are connected so as to form a cube. Find the resistance between the two diagonally
opposite corners.
A. 8.33 C. 4.76
 B. 5.66 D. 10.22
12. A total of 0.8 kg of water at 20 deg. C is placed in a 1 kW electric kettle. How long the time in seconds is needed to raise the
temperature of the water to 100 deg. C?
A. 247.5 s C. 204.8 s
B. 267.6 s D. 300.5 s
13. How many calories does an electric heater of 1000 watts generated per second?
A. 239 cal C. 224 cal
B. 250 cal D. 216 cal
14. An air-core circular coil has 5000 turns. The inner and outer diameters are 20 and 24 cm respectively. If a current of 2 A is passed
through the coil, determine the flux density inside the coil.
A. 0.018 T C. 0.021 T
B. 0.013 T D. 0.015 T
15. A 12V battery of 0.075 ohms resistance and another battery of 12V and 0.08 ohm resistance supply power to a 2 ohms resistor. What is
the current through the load?
A. 5.82 C. 5.89
B. 5.95 D. 5.92
16. The wire is made up of 2-inches round aluminum bars 20 ft. long. What is the resistance of each bar if the resistivity is 2.6 x 10^-8 ohm-
m.
A. 7.819 x10^-5 ohm C. 13.415 x10^-6 ohm
B. 5.226 x10^-5 ohm D. 2.991 x10^-5 ohm
17. Determine the resistance of a copper wire if the length is 5 meters long and the cross section area is 1.6x10^-3 m^2.
A. 2.21 x 10^-5 ohm C. 4.22 x10^-5 ohm
B. 5.39 x10^-5 ohm D. 1.17 x10^-5 ohm
18. If a current of 5A flows through a long wire of radius 0.004 meter, what is the flux density (H) produced 0.1 m away from the surface of
the wire.
A. 8 AT/m C. 3 AT/m
B. 10 AT/m D. 5 AT/m
19. The relative permeability of certain silicon steel is 4500. A certain magnetic loop consist of a silicon steel of 10 cm square, 20 cm long
and an air gap of ¼ cm. What is the reluctance of the magnetic circuit in gilbert per maxwell?
A. 2.54 x10^-2 C. 6.44 x10^-3
B. 6.44 x10^-4 D. 2.54 x10^-3
20. An electric kettle was marked 500W, 110V found to take 15 minutes to bring 1 kilogram of water at 15 deg. C to boiling point.
Determine the heat efficiency of the kettle.
A. 75% C. 72%
B. 75% D. 79%
21. The equivalent wye element of 3 equal resistors each equal to 30 and connected in delta is?
A. 45 C. 10
B. 15 D. 30
22. What is the size in square millimeter is the cable of 20 MCM size?
A. 11.847 C. 12.622
B. 9.226 D. 10.134
23. The resistance of a copper wire at 30 deg C is 50 ohms. If the temperature coefficient of copper at 0 deg C is 0.00427, what is the
resistance at 50 deg C.
A. 68.13 C. 53.79
B. 65.98 D. 55.12
24. A coaxial cable has 10 mm diameter inside conductor and a metallic sheath with an inside diameter of 20 mm. If the insulating medium
has a dielectric constant, k=2, and a permittivity of 1.113 x10^-10, what is the capacitance between the conductor and the shield in Farad
per meter?
A. 2.3 x10^-10 F/m C. 1.9 x10^-10 F/m
B. 1.6 x10^-10 F/m D. 0.8 x10^-10 F/m
25. A 220V DC motor draws a current of 100 A and is located 1000 ft. from the supply source. If the diameter of the copper transmission
line is 0.45 inch, what must be the voltage of the supply?
A. 225.3 V C. 210.6
B. 229.4 V D. 230.2 V
26. A wire 12 cm long and carrying a current of 30 A is placed in between the pole face of a magnet whose magnetic flux density is 0.9
tesla. If the wire is inclined at an angle 70 degrees from the plane of the magnetic field. What is the force exerted on the wire?
A. 1.5 N C. 3 N
B. 4N D. 2 N
27. The reluctance of non-magnetic circuit is 12 units. How much flux will be set up if surrounded by a coil 600 turns carrying a current of
3.5A?
A. 125 C. 175
B. 150 D. 225
28. A permanent magnet loudspeaker is equipped with a 10 ohm 10 turn voice coil wound on a tube 1 inch in diameter. The flux density in
the air gap is 10,000 lines per square inch. If the impedance of the voice coil is a pure resistance, what will be the maximum thrust
delivered to the core if the impressed signal is 20 dB above 0.005 watt?
A. 28.7 x10^-3 N C. 27.6 x10^-3 N
B. 23.2 x10^-3 N D. 25.4 x10^-3 N
29. A small single – phase transformer has 10.2 watts at no load. The core has a volume of 750 cubic cm. The maximum flux density is
10,000 gauss and the hysteresis constant of the core is 5 x 10-4. Using the Sterinmetz law to find the hysteresis, determine the
approximate eddy current loss.
A. 12 W C. 10 W
B. 7W D. 5 W
30. A substation supplies 60 kW to a load over 2500 ft. 100 mm^2, two-conductor copper feeder, the resistance of which is 0.078 ohm per
1000 ft. The bus bar voltage is maintained constant at 600V. Determine the maximum power which can be transmitted.
A. 210 kW C. 242 kW
B. 220 kW D. 231 kW
31. Two charges of 2 x 10-5 C and 3 x 10-6 are placed 10 cm apart. Find the force in kg on each charge.
A. 5.5 kg C. 10 kg
B. 7.7 kg D. 2.25 kg
32. Two point charges 10 cm apart exert a force of 0.001 g on each other. If the charges are of the same value, what is each charge in
statcoulomb?
A. 8.9 statC C. 6.90 statC
B. 9.90 statC D. 7.90 statC
33. A capacitor in an LC oscillator has a maximum potential difference of 15V and a maximum energy of 360 μJ. At a certain instant the
energy in the capacitor is 40 μJ. At that instant what is the potential difference across the capacitor?
A. Zero C. 10V
B. 5V D. 15V
34. A coil in a magnetic contactor requires a 0.5 A provide a magnetizing force of 500 AT. How many turns are necessary?
A. 250 C. 500
B. 1000 D. 2000
35. A cylindrical rubber insulated cable has a diameter of 0.18 inch and an insulation thickness of 0.25 inch. If the specific resistance of the
rubber is 1x10^14 ohm-cm, determine the insulation resistance per 1000 ft. length of the cable.
A. 682x10^6 ohms C. 624x10^6 ohms
B. 655x10^6 ohms D. 607x10^6 ohms
E. 694x10^6 ohms
36. The resistance of 120 meters, 2.2 mm diameter wire is 12 ohms. What is its conductivity of the wire in siemens per meter?
A. 1.48x10^6 C. 2.63x10^6
B. 3.36x10^6 D. 1.89x10^6
37. If a resistor rated at 5 watts and 6 volts are connected across a battery with an open circuit voltage of 6 volts. What is the internal
resistance of the battery if the resulting current is 0.8 A?
A. 0.3 C. 0.26
B. 0.23 D. 0.03
38. A circuit consisting of three resistors rated: 10 ohms, 15 ohms and 20 ohms are connected in wye. What would be the resistances of the
equivalent delta connected load?
A. 48, 33.12 and 24 ohm C. 68, 45.33 and 34 ohms
B. 88, 28.34 and 44 ohms D. 28, 8.66 and 14 ohms
E. 65, 43.33 and 32.5
39. Two resistances of 10 and 15 ohms each respectively are connected in parallel. The two are then connected in series with a 6-ohm
resistance. What is the equivalent resistance?
 A. 11 ohms C. 10 ohms
B. 12 ohms D. 9 ohms
40. Two resistances of 10 and 15 ohms, each respectively are connected in parallel. The two are then connected in series with a 6-ohm
resistance. It is then connected across a 12-V battery, what are the current delivered?
A. 1.2 A C. 1.09 A
B. 0.96 A D. 1 A
41. A battery is formed of five cells joined in series. When the external resistance is 4 ohms, the current is 1.5 A and when the external
resistance is 9 ohms, the current falls to 0.75 A. Find the internal resistance of each cells.
A. 0.5 C. 0.4
B. 0.2 D. 0.3
42. Three equal positive charges of 20 statcoloumb 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.
A. 150 dynes C. 100 dynes
B. 125 dynes D. 50 dynes
43. A magnetic ring (Relative Permittivity = 800) has a mean radius of 10 cm and a cross sectional area of 5 cm^2. An air gap measuring 1.5
mm is cut in the ring. Determine the required mmf in order to produce a flux of 0.25 mWb in the air gap.
A. 890 C. 920
B. 909 D. 972
44. A magnetomotive force is supplied by a current of one ampere through 100 turns. The magnetic circuit consists of a steel core of 1000
permeability, 10 cm long and 4 sq. cm area and an air gap one cm long. What is the field intensity at the air gap
A. 12.25 oersted C. 497.6 oersted
B. 100.53 oersted D. 124.4 oersted
45. Two electrons in a vacuum experience a force of 20x10^-15 N. How far apart are the electrons?
A. 2.48 x10^-7 m C. 3.35 x10^-7 m
B. 1.07 x10^-7 m D. 5.05 x10^- m
46. Two sphere separated from each other by 15 m have a charges of 0.001 coulomb and 0.003 coulomb respectively. In between the two
spheres is a point of zero electric field. What is the distance from the 0.001 coulomb sphere?
A. 7.34 m C. 8.78 m
B. 3.24 m D. 5.49 m
47. The result of capacitance C1 = 60 microfarads and c2 connected in series is 12 microfarads. Capacitor C2 in microfarad is
A. 13 C. 15
B. 12 D. 18
48. Three capacitors of 16, 15 and 12 uF, respectively are connected in series. What is the maximum voltage that can be supplied to the
combination if the voltage drop across any of the three capacitors must not exceed 100 V?
A. 255 volts C. 225 volts
B. 280 volts D. 210 volts
49. A lead-sheath cable for underground service has a copper conductor (diameter = 0.350 inch) surrounded by 0.2 inch wall of rubber
insulation. Assuming the dielectric constant of 4.3 for rubber, calculate the capacitance of the cable per mile length.
A. 1 uF/mile C. 0.5 uF/mile
B. 0.8 uF/mile D. 0.3 uF/mile
50. A material having a 12.5x10^18 electrons is moving past a given point every 2 seconds. How much is the intensity of the electron
flowing?
A. 0A C. 2 A
B. 1A D. 4 A