A. 0.6 % B. 8 % C. 800 % D.

106 %

13. At a 34.5 kV substation the available fault current is 10

p.u. What is the available fault MVA if the base MVA is
TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY OF THE 50?
PHILIPPINES – Taguig Campus A. 100 B. 200 C. 50 D. 500
REE In-House Review 14. At a certain point on 34.5 kV network thevenins equivalent
ILLUMINATION, POWER SYSTEMS AND sequence X1 = j0.15 per unit at 50 MVA base, Xo = j0.55
POWER PLANT ENGINEERING per unit at 50 MVA base. Find the short circuit current for
phase to phase fault at this point.
1. Find the GMR of Seven Strands conductors in terms of
A. 2800 A C. 4800 A
radius “r” each strand.
A. 2.178r B. 2r C. 2.177r D. 2.7r B. 8000 A D. 1670 A

2. A 5-km long three phase line has a horizontal 15. A 5 MVA, 13. 8 KV / 480 V, 5% impedance transformer is
configuration of 4-ft spacing. The conductor is 336.4 MCR tapped at 13.8 KV line where the Thevenin’s equivalent
ACSR with GMR of 0.0244-ft and a resistance of 0.306 impedance is ½ ohm. Determine the fault current at the
ohm per mile. What is its impedance? primary for a three-phase fault at the secondary.
A. 2.22 cis 650 C. 1.19 cis 460
0 A. 10,500 amperes C. 4,200 amperes
B. 6.66 cis 65 D. 3.57 cis 460
B. 3,300 amperes D. 6,050 amperes
3. A 34.5-KV feeder line is 5 miles long. The conductors are
spaced 4-feet horizontally. The conductor is 4/0 copper 16. At a certain location in an electric system the available
with GMR of 0.01688-ft. what is the reactance? fault MVA is 400 MVA. A 15 MVA, 34.5 kV / 6.24 kV, 2.5
A. 2.36 ohms C. 3.46 ohms % impedance, wye-wye grounded transformer is installed
B. 6.72 ohms D. 5.16 ohms is installed at the location. Determine the short circuit
4. What is the capacitance per kilometer of two parallel wires MVA at the secondary side of the transformer?
7 mm in diameter placed 30 cm apart from each other in A. 195 MVA C. 90 MVA
air. B. 150 MVA D. 240 MVA
A. 625.10-9 Farad/km C. 6.25.10-9 Farad/km
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B. 62.5.10 Farad/km D. 6.25.10-9 Farad/km 17. A 15 MVA , 34.5 kv / 6.24 kv transformer is connected at
5. A 100 km transmission line has 1,200 ohms shunt an infinite bus. The percent impedance of the transformer
reactance. What is the per km shunt reactance? is 2.5 %. What is the current at the 34.5 kv side for the a
A. 1,200 ohms C. 12 ohms three phase short at the 6.24 kv side?
B. 120,000 ohms D. 120 ohms A. 55,500 amperes C. 5,000 amperes
6. A balanced 13.8 kv, 3Ø, 3 wire, 60 Hz transmission line is B. 10,000 amperes D. 25,000 amperes
designed to transmit power to an 800 kVA inductive load
18. A 3ø transmission line operating at 10kV and having a
at 0.8 p.f. The line has a resistance of 1Ω and a reactance
of 6Ω per wire. Find VSL, % VR, Ss and P.Fs. resistance of 1Ω and reactance of 4Ω is connected to the
generating station bus bars through 5 MVA step-up
7. If the National Power Corporation (NAPOCOR) sending transformers having a resistance of 5%. The bus bar are
end voltage of a 3Ø transmission line is measured to be supplied by a 10 MVA alternator having 10% reactance.
2,540 volts phase to neutral & the line current of 60A at
The short circuit KVA fed to symmetrical fault between
lag’g. p.f. of 0.75. At the receiving end voltage measured
is 2,200 volts phase to neutral & p.f is 0.8 lag’g. Calculate phases if it occurs at the load end of transmission line is
the resistance & reactance of the line. nearest to .
A. 4.5 Ω & 7 Ω C. 2.7 Ω & 8 Ω A. 33,000 B. 16,400 C. 16,700 D. 14,300
B. 2.4 Ω & 6 Ω D. 10 Ω & 18 Ω
19. To produce one kWh, a power plant burns 0.9 lb of coal
8. A 3Ø 100 mile, transmission line with ZL = 0.35 + j 0.8Ω with a heating value of 13,000 BTUs per lb. What is the
/mi draws a charging current of 0.5 A/mi. when the line is rate of heat rate the plant?
tested at 100,000 volts to neutral. What is the %VR of the A. 11700 BTUs/kWh
line when load at the receiving end is 50MW at 230 kV, 60 B. 6250 BTUs/kWh
Hz with lag’g. power factor of 0.9? C. 9500 BTUs/kWh
A. 7.45 % B. 8.25% C. 8.05 % D. 7.34 % D. 8.7 MBTUs/kWh
9. What is the recommended horizontal spacing of three
20. A 100 MW coal fired power plant has an average heat
phase conductors for a 34.5 kV transmission line?
rate of 9500 Btu per kWh. The plant load factor is 75%.
A. 2 ft. B. 4.5 ft C. 3.5 ft. D. 3 ft. The heating value of the coal is 12,000 BTUs per pound.
Calculate the amount of coal usage for one day.
10. The three conductors A B and C of a 3-phase line are
A. 1.425 x 106 pounds
arranged in horizontal plane with DAB = 2m and DBC = 2.5 B. 2.235 x 105 pounds
m. if the line is supplied at 230 KV 60 Hz and the C. 2.235 x 105 pounds
conductor diameter is 1.5 cm, what is the charging current D. 1.826 x 106 pounds
in Amp. per km?
21. A deep well pumps water into an open reservoir at rate of
A. 0.5 B. 0.7 C. 0.3 D. 1.0 100 gpm. The water is 200ft below the output pipe. The
11. The sequence components of phase a current are: whole system has an overall efficiency of 70%. What shall
be the minimum hp of the pump?
Zero sequence current = 0.47 + j1.49 A. 5.3 hp B. 12.4 hp C. 8.7 hp D. 7.2 hp
Positive sequence current = 18.4 cis – 31.60
Negative sequence current = 3.23 cis 168.20 22. A hydro electric station has a turbine efficiency of 80%
Determine the phase b current. and a generator efficiency of 85%. Determine the volume
of water required when delivering a load of 40MW for 6
A. 17 cis 91 C. 22.5 cis 82
hrs if its effective head is 120m. Water weights 1200
B. 18 cis 215 D. 15 cis 100 kg/m3.
A. 899,424 m3 C. 845,041 m3
12. A 69kV/13.8 kV, 7.5 MVA transformers has B. 945,352 m 3
D. 900,360 m3
8%impedance. What is its impedance at base 100 MVA?
23. A farmer has a small stream on his property, which he 35. Luminiares of 2000 lumens output will be installed in a
thinks it might supply enough power to light his farm load. room. The desired illumination is 200 foot-candle. The
The stream was found to be flowing at 0.05 m3/s. The coefficient of utilization is 0.45 and maintenance factor is
available fall is 5m. A small hydraulic turbine and 90 %. Determine the number of luminaires needed if the
generator will have a combine efficiency of 75%. size of the room is 120 m².
Assuming a transmission line efficiency of 82%, how A. 30 B. 28 C. 32 D. 36
many 50W lamps can be served by the generator
simultaneously? 36. A hall 35 m x 20 m is to be provided with a general
A. 28 B. 32 C. 36 D. 30 illumination of 130 lux. If the depreciation factor is 1.4 and
the coefficient of utilization is 0.50, determine the number
24. A pump driven by 440V 3-phase induction motor lifts of fluorescent lamp required. Assume luminous efficiency
1,100 cubic feet of water per minute against a total head of the fluorescent tube as 50 lumens per watt for 80-watt
of 100ft of water. The efficiency of the pump and that of its lamp.
motor are 0.75 and 0.9 respectively. The power factor of A. 62 lamps C. 63 lamps
the motor is 0.9. Calculate the cost of operating the pump B. 65 lamps D. 64 lamps
for 24 hrs a day duty when power cost P0.30 per kWh.
A. P1,723 C. P1,619 37. Which of the following is not a generating station?
B. P2,035 D. P1,905 A. Hydroelectric station
B. Steam power station
25. The following are given loads of a particular circuit: C. Nuclear power station
5-15HP motors D. Production station
3-5HP motor
8kW – Lightning loads 38. The system involving breaking of a coal into fine particles,
3.5 kW miscellaneous loads mixing of a coal with air, delivery of coal air mixture to the
Calculate the maximum demand if the demand factor is burner and combustion is called?
65%. A. Pulverized coal system
A. 78.64 B. 45.81 C. 51.12 D. 120.98 B. Stroker system
C. Power land system
26. The power customer has four circuits of 220V, three- D. None of the above
phase. The circuits have maximum demand as follows:
Circuit #1 – 35 A Circuit #3 – 72A 39. Reserve capacity can be expressed by?
Circuit #2 – 46A Circuit #4 – 57A A. Plant capacity × Maximum demand
The diversity factor is 1.5, the load factor is 50%, and the B. Plant capacity + Maximum demand
Plant capacity
power factor is 80%. What is the approximate kW demand C.
Maximum demand
of the customer? D. Plant capacity – Maximum demand
A. 15kW B. 24kW C. 43kW D. 53Kw
40. The unvarying load on a power station which occurs
27. The illumination of a room having a dimension of 20x10 almost the whole day on the station is known as?
sq.ft. is 50 fc. Find the luminous flux if the factor is 70% A. Base load C. Off peak load
and the utilization factor is 0.6 B. Peak load D. None
A. 35,760 B. 23,810 C. 23,810 D. 20,345
41. Coal used in power plants is known as?
28. The illumination of a room is being designed. The data are A. Charcoal C. Steam coal
as follows: B. Soft coal D. Coke
a. Room length = 30 ft f. Lumens per lamp = 3,300
b. Room width = 20 ft g. Watts per lamp = 53 42. A graphical representation between discharge and time is
c. Coefficient of utilization = 0.6 h. Voltage = 220 known as?
d. Maintenance factor = 70% i. Power factor = 70% A. Monograph C. Hectograph
e. Required foot – candles = 50 B. Hydrograph D. Topograph
What is the total current of the lamps required to satisfy 43. Which is the lowest temperature of lubricating oil?
the requirement? A. Pour point C. Boiling point
A. 21 A B. 15A C. 7 A D. 25 A B. Flash point D. Fire point
29. A floodlight emitting 25000 candelas in the center of its 44. A gas turbine power plant is suitable for?
beam is aimed at 60 degrees to a point on the ground 20 A. Peak load operation
meters away. The illumination of the point in lux is, B. Permanent operation
A. 54.12 B. 62.5 C. 31.25 D. 625 C. Base load operation
30. Luminaires of 2,000 lumens output will be installed in a D. None of the above
room. The desired illumination is 200 foot-candle, the 45. Which type of plant has the minimum running cost per
coefficient of utilization is 0.45 and maintenance factor kWh of energy generated?
90%. Determine the number of luminaires needed if the A. Hydro-electric plant
size of the room is 120 sq. meters. B. Nuclear power plant
A. 412 B. 319 C. 256 D. 165 C. Diesel power plant
31. Calculate the mean spherical candle-power of a lamp D. Thermal power plant
emitting a flux of 1,500 lumens. 46. The electric power being transmitted from generating
A. 1,500cd C. 375 cd point is called?
B. 477.46cd D. 119.37 cd A. Primary transmission
32. Calculate the distance from a normally placed screen a 30 B. Secondary Transmission
cd lamp be placed in order that the illumination be 5 lux. C. Primary distribution
A. 2.45 m B. 4.45 m C. 5.25 m D. 3.77 m D. Secondary distribution

33. A piece of paper lies on a table 2 m away from a point 47. The transmission lines which feed different substation
directly below a bulb of 100 cd and is 4 m. above the represent?
table. Calculate the illumination on the center of the paper A. Primary distribution
in lux. B. Secondary distribution
A. 5.2 B. 6.7 C. 4.5 D. 3.4 C. Generation
D. None of the above
34. A medium unshaded lamp hangs 8 m directly above the
table. To what distance should it be lowered to increase 48. What is the most importance cause of power loss in
the illumination to 4.45 times its former value? transmission line?
A. 4.02 m B. 3.86 m C. 3.79 m D. 4.21 m A. Capacitance C. reactance
B. Resistance D. None
 65. A self-containing device that disconnects during overload
49. The charging current in transmission line? without damage.
A. Leads the voltage by 90° A. Fuse C. Molded CB
B. Leads the voltage by 180° B. Disconnect D. Cut-off
C. Leads the voltage by 45°
D. Lags the voltage by 90° 66. A relay used to:
A. Receive a signal and record
50. The economic size of conductor is determined by? B. Connects a line to the source
A. Kelvin’s law C. faraday’s law C. Protect a circuit
B. Kirchoff’s law D. Ohms law D. Relay a message to a remote place
51. The span of transmission line between towers takes the 67. In the computerized data gathering, monitoring and
shape of? switching equipment.
A. Parabola C. Catenary A. Supervising control
B. Hyperbola D. None B. Remote control
52. Skin effect is? C. SCADA
A. Proportional to frequency D. Control and Monitoring System
B. Inversely proportional to frequency 68. Which one of the following is not one of the classes of
C. Proportional to(frequency)2 surge arresters?
D. None A. Transmission Class C. Station Class
53. In the analysis of short transmission line which of the B. Distribution Class D. Intermediate Class
following is neglected? 69. Which one of the following is not one of the relays
A. Shunt impedance C. Shunt admittance transmission line?
B. Series impedance D. I2R loss A. Phase comparison relay
54. Rated of energy radiation in the form of light waves is B. Negative sequence relay
called? C. Distance relay
A. Luminous flux C. Luminous Intensity D. Ground relay
B. Lumen D. Candela 70. What of the meaning of SCADA?
55. Illumination can be expressed by? A. System Coordinated Area/Distribution Area
Flux candle Power x Solid angle B. System Control and Data Acquisition
A. C.
Area Area C. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
Lumens
B. D. all of the above D. Super Computer and Dec Accessibility and Data
Area
Acquisition
56. The luminous intensity in a given direction of an element
of a surface, per unit projected area of that surface is 71. Which of the following does not belong to the protection of
called? a transmission line?
A. Candle power C. Luminance A. Distance relay C. Ground relay
B. Lumen D. None B. Reclose relay D. Reverse power relay

57. Illumination level required for precision work is around? 72. Surge arresters are needed in transmission line for the
A. 500 lm/m2 C. 100 lm/m2 following purpose. Which is the important?
B. 50 lm/m2 D. None A. Regulate the voltage
B. Prevent the lighting from striking the line
58. Lumen/watt is the unit of? C. Protect the system from high voltage remains
A. Luminous intensity D. Protect the line from short circuit currents
B. Light flux
C. Brightness 73. In transmission lines, the most effective protection against
D. Luminous efficiency the lightning strikes is one of the following, which one is
this?
59. Why should a flickering fluorescent lamp be switched off A. Lightning rods C. Petersen coils
immediately? B. Lightning arresters D. Overhead wires
A. Lamp can cause a short circuit
B. The chocking coil or the starter can be 74. The causes of nearly all high voltage flashovers in
damaged transmission lines are due of the following. Which one of
C. A strong interference is produced in radio this?
receivers A. High humidity C. Corona
D. None B. Dust and dirt D. Lightning discharges

60. What happens if the choking coil of an operating 75. When alternating current is passing through a conductor
florescent lamp is short circuited? there is a tendency for the current to srowd is passing
A. The lamp blows off through a conductor there is a tendency for the current to
B. The lamp glow brighter crowd near the surface of the conductor. This known as:
C. The lamps becomes less brighter A. Corona C. Skin effect
D. The current becomes so large that it damages B. Magnetizing D. Resistivity
the lamp 76. The most economical size of a feeder is that for which the
61. The average life sodium lamp is estimated to be? annual cost of energy lost in the feeder equals the cost of
A. 6000 hrs C. 5000 hrs the interest and depreciation on the capital cost of the
B. 3000 hrs D. 7000 hrs conductor material.
A. Kirchhoff’s Law C. Law on Economics
62. Luminaries are generally categorized as? B. Faraday’s Law D. Kelvin’s Law
A. Industrial C. Residential
B. Commercial D. all of the above 77. Any unbalance system of n related phasors can be
resolved into n system of balanced phasors called the
63. Light waves travel with a velocity of? symmetrical components of the original phasors are
A. 3 x 1012 cm/s C. 3 x 1015 cm/s commonly called as?
18
B. 3 x 10 cm/s D. None A. Fortecue’s Theorem C. Kelvin’s Law
B. Faraday’s Law D. Three-Phase System
64. Bushings, PT, Transformer windings, insulators, These
have something in common:
A. Current rating C. BIL rating
B. Insulating coil D. Dielectric constant
78. The positive-sequence component of the system has. 90. Power plant curves or graphs showing the direct
A. The same phase-sequence as the original relationships of the peak load and the generated
B. The opposite phase-sequence as the original energy of the said plant is:
C. Zero-phase displacement A. Load curve/graph
D. Both (a) and (b) B. None of the above
79. The reactance of a rotating machine that determines the C. Load duration curve
current that circuit breakers will have to open to clear a D. Modified load curve
fault or short-circuit is: 91. In fission, energy is produced when.
A. Sub-transient C. Transients
A. Chemical compound splits into its constituents
B. Synchronous D. None of these
B. Nuclear particles combine
80. Protective relays that operates on the principle that the C. Nuclear particles split
current entering and the current leaving are equal D. Molecules combine
normally but unequal when faults develops within the
section. 92. In the list below, which one is not type of present day
A. None of the above C. Over Current relay nuclear power plant?
B. Differential relay D. Directional relay A. Boiling water reactor
B. Fusion-fission reactor
81. The fault current that exists immediately after the fault is C. Low pressure reactor
known as: D. Fast breeder reactor
A. Sub-transient current
B. Transient current 93. The energy of present nuclear plants comes from:
C. Steady-state current A. the fusion of radioactive materials
D. Sustained current B. The friction of high speed electrons against
protons
82. It is disruptive discharge between electrodes of a
measuring gap, voltage control gap, or protective device.
C. the destruction of very tiny particles
A. Flashover C. Corona released when atoms split
B. Sparkover D. Fireover D. the heat produced by the collision of high
speed protons
83. A circuit breaker that can be closed against a fault and
operated at once, although the solenoid mechanism may 94. The ration of the average load on the plant for the
continue through its closing operation, is said to be: period of time considered to the aggregate rating of all
A. Fully rated C. Direct current operated the generating equipment
B. Trip-free D. Selective A. Capacitor factor C. Utilization factor
B. Load factor D. Diversity factor
84. When a circuit breaker is selected for a particular
application, which one of the particular ratings is usually 95. Which of the following affect the overall efficiency of a
considered most important? lighting installation?
A. Maximum current rating A. Age of the lamp C. Voltage
B. Continuous rating B. Dust and dirt D. All of the above
C. Momentary rating
D. Interrupting rating 96. the rate of passage of radiant energy evaluated by
reference to the luminous sensation produced by it is
85. The most common tripping time for 60-Hz circuit breaker called,
is: A. Luminous flux C. Luminous plane
A. 3 cylces C. 10 cycles
B. Luminous radiator D. luminosity
B. 15 cycles D. 8 cycles
97. An instrument used to measured the intensity of a light
86. The main contacts of a circuit breaker are mos tlikely to
be operated by a:
source is,
A. heavy duty switch A. Illumination meter C. Cygnometer
B. Vacuum B. Bensen photometer D. Candle meter
C. Mimic bus 98. The ratio of lumens reaching the work plane divided by
D. Solenoid the total lumens generated by the lights is:
87. The current that a breaker must be able to carry A. Room ratio
immediately after a fault occurs is known as. B. Coefficient of utilization
A. Interrupting current C. Illumination factor
B. Short-Circuit current D. Maintenance factor
C. Exciting current
D. Momentary current 99. _________ is SI unit of illumination when meter is
taken as the unit of length.
88. There is no zero sequence component of the fault current A. Foot-candle C. Lux
for. B. Candela D. Candlepower
A. Line to line fault
B. single line to ground fault 100. When luminaires direct 90 to 100% of their output
C. symmetrical fault downward is considered a ________.
D. double line to ground fault A. Direct lighting C. Indirect lighting
B. Local lighting D. Luminaires
89. The arcing contacts on a circuit breaker are used to
A. Reduce the heating of the trip coil
B. Ensure that a closed circuit is made
C. Prevent damage to the main contact
D. Increase the magnetic field of the blow out
coil