Exams for Fundamentals of Electricity (by: Tesfahun W. and Natnael M.

)
1. Which of the following statement is not true, regarding the electrical set-up for the
verification of Ohm’s law:
(A) The voltmeter is connected in parallel with the known resistance
(B) The ammeter is connected in series circuit
(C) The rheostat can only increase the resistance in electric circuit
(D)The single key is used to switch on/off the electric circuit
Ans : (C)
2. A voltmeter is used to find potential difference in any electrical circuit which of the
statement given below is true :
(A) A voltmeter is a high resistance instrument and is connected in series circuit
(B) A voltmeter is a low resistance instrument and is connected in series circuit
(C) A voltmeter is a high resistance instrument and is connected in parallel circuit
(D) A voltmeter is a low resistance instrument and is connected in series circuit
Ans : (C)
3. The amount of work done in joules, when one-unit electric charge moves from one point
to another point in an electric circuit is called:
(A) electric current (C) electric conductance
(B) electric resistance (D) potential difference
Ans: (D) potential difference
4. Three resistance of 30 ohm, 20 ohm and 10 ohm respectively connected in parallel. The
combined resistor will be?
a) Greater than 30 ohm
b) Between 20 and 30 ohm
c) Less than 10 ohm
d) Between 10 and 20 ohm
Ans: c
5. The circuit in which current has a complete path to flow is called ______ circuit.
A. short
B. open
C. closed
D. open loop
Ans: C
6. If the voltage-current characteristics is a straight line through the origin, then the element
is said to be?
A. Linear element
B. Non-linear element
C. Unilateral element
D. Bilateral element
Ans: A
7. Instantaneous voltage is the product of resistance and _____________ current in a
resistive circuit.
A. Instantaneous
B. Average
C. RMS
D. Peak
Ans: A
8. The correct expression for the instantaneous current if instantaneous voltage is Vm(sint)
in an inductive circuit is?
A. i = Vm(sint)/X
B. i = Vm(cost)/X
C. i = -Vm(sint)/X
D. i = -Vm(cost)/X
Ans: D
9. What is the direction of the conventional current through the light bulb in the circuit
presented by the diagram below in Fig.1?

Fig.1 for #4
(A) (C)
(B) (D)
Ans:A
10. Two copper wires have the same cross-sectional area but have different lengths. Wire X
has a length L and wire Y has a length 2L. The ratio between the resistance of wire Y and
wire X is:

Ans: C.
11. Which of the following graphs represents Ohm’s law for a solid conductor at the constant
temperature?

Ans: C.
12. Two resistors R1 = 6 Ω and R2 = 12 Ω are connected in parallel to each other and in
series to R3 = 2 Ω. An ammeter measures an electric current of 3 A flowing though
resistor R3. What is the net voltage applied to the circuit shown in Fig. 2 below.

Fig.2: for question #7

(A) 6V (B) 12V (C) 18V (D) 24V

Ans: (C)
13. Which one of the following is NOT needed for a complete circuit?
(A) Conductor (wire) (C) Power and ground
(B) Load (D) Switch
Ans: (D)
14. What will result from adding resistance to a series circuit?
(A) Total resistance of the circuit decrease
(B) The same current flow through the circuit
(C) More current flow through the circuit
(D) The same voltage drops across the circuit
Ans: (B)
15. An Ohmmeter is connected to both sides of a circuit and reads infinity (or ‘OL’). What
does this indicate?
(A) A good circuit
(B) An open
(C) Low resistance
(D) Good current flow
Ans: (B)
16. When a low resistance is connected in parallel with a high resistance, the combined
resistance is
(A) Always more than the high resistance.
(B) Always less than the low resistance.
(C) Always between the high resistance & low resistance.
(D) Either lower or higher than low resistance depending on the value of high
resistance.
Ans: B
17. The following components are all active components
(A) a resistor and an inductor.
(B) a diode, a BJT and an FET.
(C) a capacitor, and an inductor.
(D) an Opamp, a BJT and thermionic triode.
Ans: B
18. The dependent source shown below in Fig.3 is:
(A) Voltage-controlled current source
(B) Voltage-controlled voltage source
(C) Current-controlled voltage source
(D) Current-controlled current source

Fig 3. For question #11

19. Superposition theorem can be applicable only to circuits having _________ elements.

(A) Non- linear (B) Passive

(C) Resistive (D) Linear bilateral
Ans: D
20. Thevenin’s equivalent circuit consists of _________.

(A) Series combination of RTh, and RL

(B) Series combination of RTh, ETh.
(C) Parallel combination of RTh, ETh.
(D) Parallel combination of RTh, ETh and RL.
Ans: B
21. The equivalent current-source representation for a voltage-source with open circuit
voltage 12V and internal resistance 3 ohms is

(A) a current-source of strength 4A in shunt with a resistance of 6Ω .

(B) a current –source of strength 4A in series with a resistance of 3Ω .
(C) a current-source of strength 4A in shunt with a resistance of 3 ohms.
(D) a current-source of strength 4A in shunt with a resistance of 36 ohms.
Ans: C
Questions 17 to 19 refer to the following information.
A battery, 4 light globes (L1, L2, L3,, L4) and 6 switches (S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, S6) are
connected as shown in Fig3.Below.

Fig4. Review for #17- #19

22. Which one of the following best describes the situation if switch S2 only is closed?

(A) L1 only would light (B) L1 and L2 only would light

(C) L1, L2, and L3 only would light (D) L1, L2, L3 and L4 would light.
23. Which one of the following best describes the situation if switch S5 only is closed?

(A) L4 only would light (B) L1 and L3 only would light

(C) L1, and L4 only would light (D) No globes would light.
24. Which one of the following best describes the situation if switches S3 and S4 only are
closed?

(A) L1 only would light (B) L1 and L3 only would light

(C) L2, and L3 only would light (D) L1, L2, L3 and L4 would light.
25. If v1 = 30 sin(ωt + 10◦) and v2 = 20 sin(ωt + 50◦),which of these statements are true?
(A) v1 leads v2
(B) v1 and v2 are in phase
(C) V2 lags v1
(D) v1 lags v2

Ans:(D)
26. The wave form of current, voltage and instantaneous power of a certain purely ac circuit
element is shown in Fig.4. What ac circuit element is represented by the waveform?

Fig 4: for #13

A. Purely Resistive ac circuit element
B. Purely inductive ac circuit element
C. Purely capacitive ac circuit element
D. RC ac circuit element
Ans: B
27. Which of the following is not a right way to express the sinusoid Acosωt ?
 A. Acos 2πf t
B. Acos(2πt/T )
C. Acos ω(t − T )
D. Asin(ωt − 90◦)
Ans: C
28. In AC circuit analysis, all of the following statements are correct except
A. Purely inductive circuit absorbs zero average power
B. Purely resistive load absorbs none zero reactive power
C. The reactive power in purely capacitive circuit is negative.
D. Apparent power in purely inductive circuit is equal with reactive power.
Ans: B
29. In an R – L –C circuit, the phase of the current with respect to the circuit voltage will
be_________.

(A) Leading. (B) Same.

(C) Lagging. (D) Depends upon the value of Land C.
Ans: D
30. What is the power factor in a pure resistive circuit?
a) 0
b) -1
c) Infinity
d) 1
Ans: d
31. Which among the following varies in both magnitude and sign over a cycle?
a) Apparent power
b) Effective power
c) Instantaneous power
d) Average power
Ans: c
32. The maximum value of the wave during a positive half cycle or maximum value of the
wave during negative cycle is called?
A. instantaneous value
B. peak value
C. peak to peak value
D. average value
Ans: B
33. The RMS value of sine wave is?
A. 0.707V
B. 0.607V
C. 0.807V
 D. 0.907V
Ans: A
34. A wire is carrying a direct current of 20A and a sinusoidal alternating current of peak
value 20A. Find the rms value of the
resultant current.
A. 400
B. 24.5
C. 40
D. 20
Ans: B
35. Under the condition of resonance, RLC series circuit behaves as a,

(A) Purely resistive circuit. (B) Purely inductive circuit.

(C) Capacitive circuit. (D) Reactive circuit.
Ans:A
36. Which one of the following statements is not true?

(A) Capacitance is a measure of a capacitor’s capability to store charge.

(B) A capacitor offers high impedance to ac but very low impedance to dc.
(C) A capacitor is also used as bypass capacitor.
(D) Capacitors are used to couple alternating voltages from one circuit to another and
at the same time to block dc voltage from reaching the next circuit.
Ans: B
37. In an AC circuit a low value of KVAR compared with KW indicates

A. Low efficiency
B. High power factor
C. Unity power factor
D. Maximum load current
Ans: b
38. When an alternating current passes through an ohmic resistance the electrical power
converted into heat is

A. Apparent power
B. True power
C. Reactive power
D. None of the above
Ans: b
 39. A current is set to be alternating when it changes in

A. Magnitude only
B. Direction only
C. Both magnitude and direction
D. None of the above
Ans: c

40. In pure inductive circuit, the power is __________?

A) Maximum

B) Normal

C) Minimum

D) Zero
Ans: c

41. For a star connected three phase AC circuit ———

a. Phase voltage is equal to line voltage and phase current is three times the line current
b. Phase voltage is square root three times line voltage and phase current is equal to line current
c. Phase voltage is equal to line voltage and line current is equal to phase current
d. None of the above
Ans: b
42. In a Y-connected circuit, the magnitude of each line current is
a) One-third the phase current
b) Three times the corresponding phase current
c) Equal to the corresponding phase current
d) zero
ans: c
43. In a balanced three-phase load, each phase has
a) An equal amount of power
b) One-third of total power
c) Two-thirds of total power
d) A power consumption equal to (√3VL) IL

ans: a
 44. The rated voltage of a 3-phase power system is given as

a) RMS phase voltage

b) peak phase voltage
c) RMS line to line voltage
d) peak line to line voltage
ans: c

45. for a 3-phase load balanced condition, each phase has the same value of

a) impedance.

b) resistance.

c) power factor.

d) all of these.

Ans:d

46. What is the relationship between phase voltage and line voltage in a system connected by a
balanced three phase?

(A) 𝑉𝑝ℎ =√3 𝑉𝐿

(B) 𝑽𝑳 = 𝟑 𝑽𝒑𝒉
(C) 𝑉𝑝ℎ = 𝑉𝐿 /√2
(D) None of these
Ans- (B)

47. In a 3-phase system, every two phases have phase difference?

(A) 60 degree
(B) 30 degree
(C) 120 degree
(D) 360 degree
Ans- (C)

48. The circuit is said to be in resonance if the current is ____ with the applied voltage.
A. in phase
B. out of phase
C. 45⁰ out of phase
D. 90⁰ out of phase
Ans: A
49. In a series resonance circuit, series resonance occurs when?
A. X = 1
B. X = 1
C. X = X
D. X = -X
Ans: C

50. As X = X in a series resonance circuit, the impedance is_________

A. purely capacitive
B. purely inductive
C. purely resistive
D. capacitive and inductive
Ans: C

51. In series RLC circuit, the voltage across capacitor and inductor are ______ with each other.
A. in phase
B. 180⁰ out of phase
C. 90⁰ out of phase
D. 45⁰ out of phase
Ans: B