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Name: TORRECAMO, KIARA NICOLE E. Course & Block: EE 5A

Subject: Electrical Engineering Review Instructor: Engr. Loreimay B. Andaya

REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS EXAMINATION

Wednesday, April 21, 2021

1. A solenoid 500 cm long and 10 cm in diameter is wound with 1,500 turns. Find the
energy stored in the magnetic field when a current of 5 A flows.
A. 0.045 J B. 0.055 J C. 0.046 J D. 0.072 J

2. What is the fourth harmonic of 800 KHZ?

A. 200 KHZ B. 400 KHZ C. 3.20 MHZ D. 4.00 MHZ

3. The fuse used for the overhead primary distributors is

A. fast acting B. dual element C. expulsion D. cartridge

4. A transmission line with impedance of 0.10+ 0.20 ohm is used to deliver power to a
load. The load is capacitive and the load voltage is 240+j0vrms at 60 Hz. If the load
requires 15 KW and the real power loss in the line is 660 watts, find the input voltage to
the line.
A. 254+j10 v B. 236+18 v C. 230 +118 v D. 240+20 v

5. If the charge accumulated on two parallel conductors charged to 4 v is 500 pC, what is
the capacitance of the parallel conductors?
A. 1,000 pF B. 2,000 pF C. 250 pF D. 125 PF

6. Write Z in rectangular (complex) form for the following 3 ohms R and 3 ohms Xc.
A. 3-j3 B. 3+j3 C. 3+j6 D.6-j3

7. Five 20-ohm resistors are connected in series across a dc source voltage. If the voltage
across one of the resistors is 25 volts, what is the source voltage in volts?
A. 150 B. 175 C. 200 D. 125

8. A 20-HP, 110V de shunt motor has an efficiency of 88% and an exciting current of 4
amperes and an armature resistance of 0.04 ohm. What starting resistance is required for
full load torque?
A. 0.98 Ω B. 0.94 Ω C. 0.95 Ω D. 0.69 Ω

9. A voltmeter rated 150 volts has an internal resistance of 10 k. What resistance should
be added in series to the internal resistance so that the voltmeter will register full scale
deflection across 450 v?
A. 6.67 kΩ B. 30 k Ω C. 40 kΩ D. 20 kΩ
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10. Two-point charges 10 cm apart exert a force of 1x10-3 gram on each other. If the
charges are of the same value, what is each charge in statcoulomb?
A. 8.9 statcoulombs B. 9.9 statcoulombs C. 6.9 statcoulombs D. 7.9 statcoulombs
11. A 20 uF capacitor is in parallel with a practical inductor represented by L = 1 mH in
series with R = 70. Find the resonant frequency of the parallel circuit.
A 79.6 Hz B. 159.2 Hz C. 25.3 Hz D. 500 Hz

12. A uniform source of light gives 1,884 lumens and is suspended 4 m above the center
of a floor 3 meters square. Find the illumination in lm/m at the floor level immediately
below the lamp.
A. 9.4 B. 16.7 C.117.8 D.209.3

13. Peak load plants are designed to supply power at

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

14. 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

15. Which of the following principle will the operation of fiber-optic cable is based?
A. dispersion B. refraction C. reflection D. absorption

16. A three-phase 4-pole 60 Hz induction motor has a rotor resistance of 0.02 phase and
standstill reactance of 0.50/phase. Calculate the speed at which the maximum torque is
developed.
A 1,750 rpm B. 1,740 rpm C. 1,720 rpm D. 1,728 rpm

17. A 3-phase circuit 60 HZ, 230 KV transposed transmission line is composed of two
1,272 MCM 54/19 conductors per phase with horizontal configuration. The bundle
conductors are 50 cm in distance while phase spacing between the centers of the bundle
is 10 meters. If the GMR of the ACSR conductors is 0.0466 ft., find the inductive
reactance in ohm/km/phase of the transmission line?
A. 0.3775 B. 0.3398 C. 0.3628 D. 0.3964

18. In a wye connected system, line current is

A. 0.707 times the phase current B. 1.735 times the phase current
C. equal to the phase current D. 1.414 times the phase current
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19. A device that establishes an electrical connection to the earth.

A. Grounding conductor B. Grounded conductor
C. Grounding electrode D. Grounding electrode conductor

20. What determines the direction of force in a conductor?

A. Lenz law B. Faraday's Law C. Left hand rule D. Right hand rule

21. In a parallel circuit, the potential difference across the resistance

A. varies B. is different from the applied voltage
C. is sometimes constant D. is always constant

22. Based on the Philippine Distribution Code (PDC), the Distributor may establish
penalties for Users whose power factors are less than
A. 90% B. 85% C. 80% D. 75%

23. An Act to ensure and accelerate the total electrification of the Philippines, also known
as EPIRA law of 2001.
A. RA 7920 B. RA 8189 C. RA 9136 D. RA 1081

24. The power required to gain of 10 dB over 4 w of original power is

A. 80 w B. 40 w C. 0.4 w D. 8 w

25. A piece of conductor 10 cm long moves across a magnetic field of 10,000 gauss at a
velocity of 120 cm/sec. What voltage appears across the conductor?
A. 0.24 v B. 60 v C. 0.12 v D. 120 v

26. A coil has a resistance of 100 at 90°C. At 100°C, its resistance is 101 Q. The
temperature coefficient of wire at 90°C is
A. 0.01 B. 0.0001 C. 0.1 D. 0.001

27. A heater is operated at 220 V and has an efficiency of 99%. The energy consumed is
1.5 kWhr in one hour. If it is required to boil a liquid that requires 100 kJ of energy, find
the time needed to boil.
A. 6.73 min B. 1.12 min C. 3.45 min D. 2.89 min

28. When a capacitor charged to a p.d, of 400 v, is connected to a voltmeter having a

resistance of 25 MO, the voltmeter reading is observed to have fallen to 50 v at the end of
an interval of 2 minutes. Find the capacitance of the capacitor.
A 2.31 UF B. 2.81 Uf C. 2.65 Μf D.3.20 Μf
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29. If we increase field current of a do generator, its emf output

A. increases indefinitely B. increases till the winding burns
C. increases till the magnetic saturation takes place D. first increases and then
reduces

30. A 5-KVA transformer has a nominal voltage rating of 1,100/110 volts. With the low-
voltage winding short- circuited, it is found by experiment that 33 volts is required to
circulate rated full-load current, and the corresponding power input is 85 watts. Find the
percent regulation when the load takes rated current at a power factor of 80 percent
lagging.
A .2.85% B. 3% C. 28.5% D. 30%

31. Armature reaction in an alternator primarily affects

A. rotor speed B. terminal voltage
C. frequency of armature current D. generated voltage per phase

32. What is the equivalent of the collector terminal of transistor in a FET?

A. grid B. gate C. source D. drain

33. Branch circuit conductors supplying a single motor shall have an ampacity NOT less
than ………… the percent of motor full load current rating.
A. 115 B. 120 C. 125 D. 130

34. Ten oersted is equivalent to

A. 10 Gb/m B. 1 Gb/m C. 0.1 cm/Gb D. 1 cm/Gb

35. A 12 uF capacitor charged at 500 volts and 6 uF capacitor charged at 250 volts are
connected in parallel. What is the potential difference of the combination?
A. 750 V B. 500 V C. 375 V D. 417 V

36. A shunt generator supplies a load of 5,500 W at 110 V through a pair of feeder
conductors having a resistance of 0.02 ohm each. The armature, shunt field resistances
are 0.15 ohm and 50 ohms respectively. Find the emf generated.
A. 119 V B. 118 V C. 121 V D. 120 V

37. The transients which are produced due to sudden but energetic changes from one
steady state of a circuit to another are called transients
A. initiation B. relaxation C. subsidence D. transition

38. A three-phase induction motor has a nameplate speed of 1.720 rpm. What is the rotor
frequency?
A. 4.44 Hz B. 2.7 Hz C. 1.8 Hz D.5 Hz
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39. The relative polarity of the winding of a transformer may be determined by

A. short-circuit test B. open-circuit test C. phasing out D. back to back test

40. When luminaires direct 90 to 100% of their output upward is considered a

A. Direct lighting B. Indirect lighting C. Local lighting D. Luminaires

41. A three-phase general purpose squirrel cage motor draws a full load current of 40 A.
What is the maximum size of time delay fuses that may be used for short circuit
protection?
A. 110 A B. 70 A C. 40 A D. 100 A

42. Which of the following limits the number of coils that may be placed on the armature
of a DC motor or generator?
A. the type of winding used B. the number of poles
C. the size of the load on the motor D. coil to coil arcing due to the breakdown of
insulation

43. A transformer has negative voltage regulation when its power factor is
A. zero B. leading C. unity D. lagging

44. When a step input is applied to a second-order circuit, the final values of the circuit
variables are found by.
A. Replacing capacitors with closed circuits and inductors with open circuits.
B. Replacing capacitors with open circuits and inductors with closed circuits.
C. Doing neither of these.
D. Doing either of these.

45. In a series RLC circuit, R= 100, C= 30 uF, and L = 0.5 H. At approximately what
frequency will the rms current be one third of the maximum possible rms current?
A. 37 Hz B. 41 Hz C. 46 Hz D. 160 Hz

46. The resistance among any two terminals of a balanced star-connected load is 12
ohms. The resistance of every phase is
A. 12 ohms B. 24 ohms C. 6 ohms D. 18ohms

47. A loop of wire carrying a current of 2.0 A is in the shape of a right triangle with two
equal sides, each 15 cm long. A 0.7 T uniform magnetic field is in the plane of the
triangle and is perpendicular to the hypotenuse. The magnetic force on either of the two
equal sides has a magnitude of
A. Zero B. 0.105 N C. 0.15 N D. 0.21 N
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48. Power factor can be improved by connecting which among these?

A. Static capacitors. B. Resistors.
C. Synchronous condensers. D. Static capacitors and synchronous condensers.

49. Horizontal axis and vertical axis are types of

A. nuclear reactor B. windmills C. biogas reactor D. solar cell

50. Which of the following is NOT a reason why single-phase induction motor run?
A. two windings are displaced from each other B. hysteresis
C. one of the current is made out of phase between the lines D. shaded poles

51. A 4,400 v, 60 Hz transformer has core loss of 840 watts, of which one-third is eddy
current loss. What is the core loss when the transformer is connected to a 4,600 v. 60 Hz
source?
A. 926 W B. 907 W C. 873 W D. 944 W

52. A string insulator has 6 units. The voltage across the bottom most unit is 20% of the
total voltage. Its string efficiency is
A. 20% B. 60% C. 75% D. 83.3%

53. What is the device function number of overvoltage relay?

A. 59 B. 76 C. 27 D. 67

54. A 6-pole, 3-phase, 60 cycle alternator has 12 slots per pole and four conductors per
slot. The winding is 5/6 pitch. There are 2,500,000 Maxwells entering the armature from
each North Pole, and this flux is sinusoidally distributed along the air gap. The armature
coils are all-connected in series. The winding is wye-connected. Determine the open
circuit emf of the alternator.
A. 532.1 V B. 504,2 V C. 512.4 V D. 572.4 V

55. If the primary line voltage rating is 3.3 KV (Y side) of a 25 kVA, Y-A transformer
(the per phase turns ratio is 5:1), then the line current rating of the secondary side (in
Ampere) is,
A. 4.37 A B. 37.88 A C. 21.87 A D. 12.63 A

56. Calculate the capacitance of two plates of area 4 cm2 separated by 1 mm.
A. 35.4 pF B. 3.54 pF C. 354 pf D. 35.4 Nf

57. A 60-Hz transformer having a 480-turn primary winding takes 80 W in power and 1.4
A in current at an input voltage of 120 V. If the primary winding resistance is 0.25 Q,
determine the maximum core flux. (Neglect the primary resistance and reactance drops.)
A. 0.23 mWb B. 0.35 mWb C. 0.63 mWb D. 0.94 mWb
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58. "Debye" is the unit of

A. electric flux B. electric dipole moment
C. electric potential D. electric field intensity

59. Relay used for feeder protection is

A. Undervoltage relay B. Translay relay
C. Thermal relay D. Buchholz relay

60. Electrical hazards include shock, electrical arcs and blasts, and
A. Broken B. Double-insulated C. Polished D. Secure

61. The resistance of a semiconductor is known as …………….or faulty equipment.

A. bulk resistance B. intrinsic resistance
C. extrinsic resistance D. dynamic resistance

62. Two copper conductors have equal length. The cross-sectional area of one conductor
is three times that of the other. If the resistance of the conductor having smaller cross-
sectional area is 2002, what is the resistance of the other?
A. 20/3 ohms B. 180 ohms C. 60 ohms D. 20/9 ohms

63. What does the fourth loop of an electronic resistor color code represent?
A. Multiplier B. Temperature
C. First digit of the equivalent value D. Tolerance

64. A 5-ohm resistance is connected in parallel with a 10-ohm resistance. Another set, a
6-ohm and an 8ohm resistances are also connected in parallel. The two sets are connected
in series. What is the equivalent resistance?
A. 6.76 ohm B. 14.4 ohms C. 9.25 ohm D. 21.2 ohms

65. A battery with capacity of 100 Ah and 12 volts rating will run an electronic
equipment at exactly 20 hours, how much power is needed?
A. 60 watts B. 10 watts C. 20 watts D. 30 watts

66. Auxiliary gutters shall not contain more than, current carrying conductors at any cross
section.
A. 38 B. 30 C. 32 D. 24

67. A 3-phase 4 pole, 50 Hz induction motor runs at a speed of 1440 r.p.m. The rotating
field produced by the rotor rotates at a speed of r.p.m. with respect to the rotor.
A. 1500 B. 60 C. 1440 D.0
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68. What is the speed of a 100 kW, 230-volt, threephase, four-pole, 60 Hz alternator?
A.450rpm B. 1200 rpm C. 900 rpm D. 1800 rpm

69. A 6.6 kV, Y-connected, 3-phase alternator has a synchronous reactance of 60 per
phase and a negligible resistance. At a certain field current the armature is known to
induce 5.8 KV per phase. Calculate the maximum power that can be developed by the
alternator at this excitation.
A. 12 MW B. 9.8 MW C. 11 MW D. 10 MW

70. A power plant consumes 100,000 lbs of coal per hour. The heating value of the coal is
12,000 BTUs per lb. The over-all plant efficiency is 30%. What is the kW output of the
plant?
A 105,500 KW B. 142,500 KW C. 205,000 KW D. 175,000 KW

71. In the list below, which one is not a type of present day nuclear power plant?
A. boiling water reactor B. fusion-fission reactor
C. low pressure reactor D. fast breeder reactor

72. A ten year investigation of rivers potential gave an average water flow of 25 cm per
second at the bottom and 90 cm per second at the surface. The average cross section at
the same location is 80 sq m. What is the average flow rate in cubic meter per hour?
A. 165,600 B. 46,500 C. 57,600 D. 5,760

73. The ratio of the average load on the plant for the period of time considered to the
aggregate rating of all the generating equipment
A. capacity factor B. load factor C. utilization factor D. diversity factor

74. In an ideal transformer

A. windings have no resistance B. core has no losses
C. core has infinite permeability D. all of these

75. A V-V or open delta connected transformer bank, composed of two identical units
serves a balanced 3-phase load of 16 kVA at 230 volts. Solve for the minimum size in
KVA of the transformers needed.
A. 8 KVA B. 16 KVA C. 9.24 KVA D. 8.25 KVA

76. The low side of a certain welding transformer has 2 turns and delivers 300 A. If the
high voltage side has 30 turns, how much current flows through it?
A. 10 A B. 12 A C. 20 A D. 15 A
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77. The full load copper loss in a transformer is 400 watts. At half load, the copper loss
will be
A. 400 watts B. 100 watts C. 200 watts D. 50 watts

78. In a HRC fuse the time between cut-off and final current zero, is known as
A. total operating time B. arcing time
C. pre-arcing time D. none of the above

79. The advantage of the ring main system is

A. less voltage drops in the feeders B. continuity of supply to feeding points
C. less costly D. any of these

80. When the stator windings are connected in such a fashion that the number of poles are
made half, the speed of the rotor of a synchronous motor
A. decreases to half the original value
B. remains the same as the original value
C. increases to two times the original value
D. tends to become zero

81. The imaginary or fictitious part of synchronous reactance takes care of

A. copper losses B. voltage regulation
C. armature reaction D. inductive reactance

82. Two wires lying in a horizontal plane carry parallel currents of 15 A each and are 200
mm apart in air. If both currents are directed to the right, what is the magnitude of the
flux density at a point midway between the wires?
A.0 B. 30 μT C. 60 μT D. 90 μT

83. A 2-μF and a 1-uF capacitor are connected in series and a potential difference is
applied across the combination. The 2-uF capacitor has:
A. twice the charge of the 1-uF capacitor
B. half the charge of the 1-uF capacitor
C. twice the potential difference of the 1-uF capacitor
D. half the potential difference of the 1-uF capacitor

84. Two conductors are made of the same material and have the same length. Conductor
A is a solid wire of diameter 1 m. Conductor B is a hollow tube of inside diameter 1 m
and outside diameter 2m. The ratio of their resistance, R/R, is:
A. 1 B.2 C. 3 D.4
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85. Resistances of 2.0 0,4.00, and 6.00 and a 24-V emf device are all in parallel. The
current in the 2.0-02 resistor is:
A. 12 A B. 4.0 A C. 2.4A D. 2.0 A

86. A "coulomb" is:

A. one ampere per second
B. the quantity of charge that will exert a force of 1 N on a similar charge at a distance of
1m
C. the amount of current in each of two long parallel wires, separated by 1 m, that
produces a force of 2x 10 N/m
D. the amount of charge that flows past a point in one second when the current is 1
A

87. A current of 10 A in a certain inductor results in a stored energy of 40 J. When the

current is changed to 5 A in the opposite direction, the stored energy changes by.
A. 20 J B. 30 J C. 40 J D. 50 J

88. The electrical analog of a spring constant k is:

A.L B.1/L C.C D. 1/C

89. A washing machine is, in effect, an R-L circuit. If the machine takes 311 W and 4.5 A
from a 115-V source when operating normally. Find its power factor.
A. 0.70 lagging B. 0.80 lagging C. 0.75 lagging D. 0.60 lagging

90. The tesla is a unit of

A. permittivity B. capacitance C. inductance D. magnetic flux density

91. In a 12-pole duplex lap wound dc armature, each conductor can carry a current of 20
A. If there are a total of 480 conductors, what is the rated current of the armature?
A. 480 A B. 9,600 A C. 400 A D. 960 A

92. Induction generators deliver power at

A Leading power factor only
B. Leading as well as lagging power factor
C. Lagging power factor only
D. Unity power factor only

93. A power plant gets water from a dam from a height of 100 meters at the rate of 1,000
cubic meters per minute. If the overall efficiency of the plant is 75%, what is the kW
output of the plant?
A. 7,550 kW B. 15,250 Kw C. 5,250 kW D. 12.250 Kw
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94. 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 10 N D. 63 x 10 N

95. The wire with the highest temperature rating is:

A. RH B. UF C. THHN D. RHW

96. A substance that changes its electrical resistance when illuminated by light is called:
A. Photoconductive B. Photovoltaic C. Photoelectric D. None of these.

97. A resistor with colour bands: red-red-red-gold has the value:

A. 22k 5% B. 2k25% C. 220R 5% D. 22R 5%

98. Which of the following is NOT a property of magnetic field lines?

A. The field is stronger where the lines are closer together.
B. The lines intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right angles.
C. Magnetic field lines have no beginning and no ends.
D. The lines cross themselves only at right angles.

99. What is the equivalent of a + a + 1?

A. 1+1 B.-1 C. 1 D.0

100. Chemicals with lower flash points present a greater,

A. Flammability hazard B. Personal hazard
C. Explosion hazard D. Skin hazard