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January 26, 2014 a) rms/peak

1. In a television system, channels 2 to 13 are classified as b) max/rms
c) rms/average
a) VHF
d) effective/rms
b) UHF
9. The value of form factor for a pure sine wave is
c) SHF
a) 1.414
d) EHF
b) 0.707
2. Two inductors of 20 mH and 10 mH are connected in
series carrying a currnet of 1 A. Find the stored energy. c) 0.637
d) 1.11
a) 15 mJ
10. Find the horsepower rating of a motor running at 1500
b) 20 mJ
rpm and developing a torque of 105 lb–ft.
c) 30 mJ
a) 22
d) 60 mJ
b) 28
3. Three capacitors are connected in parallel: 12 µF , 10 c) 30
µF , 40 µF . What is the total capacitance?
d) 36
a) 45 µF
11. There are two wires A and B. If the resistance of B is R
b) 5 µF and the diameter of A is twice of B, the length and the
nature of the material is the same, find the resistance
c) 10 µF
of A.
d) 62 µF
a) R/2
4. For an ac motor, the frequency is 60 Hz and the speed b) R/4
is 300 rpm. What is the number of poles?
c) 4R
a) 26 d) 2R
b) 24
12. The breakdown voltage of the dielectric is 800 volts/mil.
c) 28 A factor of safety of 4 is used. Find the maximum volt-
age at 3.5 mils.
d) 30
a) 2800 V
5. A 240 V balanced three-phase source supplies a purely
resistive impedance of 11.52 Ω per phase. What is the b) 700 V
total power drawn if it is Y-connected? c) 3600 V
a) 5 kW d) 900 V
b) 15 kW 13. A wire has a resistance of 1 Ω. If the length is increases
four times and the area is doubled the original, find the
c) 20 kW
new resistance of the wire.
d) 30 kW
a) 5 Ω
6. Power in a three-phase delta system with balanced load b) 2 Ω
is equal to
√ c) 1 Ω
a) 3VL IL (pf )
d) 0.5 Ω
√
b) 3Vp Ip (pf ) 14. The basic function of a circuit breaker is
c) 3Vp IL (pf )
a) produce the arc
d) 3VL IL (pf ) b) ionize the surrounding air
7. What is the minimum number of wattmeters required c) transmit voltage by arcing
to measure unbalanced power for a three-phase system?
d) extinguish the arc
a) 2
15. Air used in air blast circuit breaker must
b) 4
a) have least carbon dioxide
c) 3 b) be ionized
d) 1 c) have oil mist
8. Form factor is defined as d) be free from moisture
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16. Two 30 Ω resistors are connected in series. When an 23. The positive, negative and zero-sequence of a 20 MVA,
unknow resistance R is connected in parallel with one, 13.2 kV synchronous generator are 0.3 pu, 0.2 pu, and
the new total resistance is 40 Ω. What is the value of 0.1 pu, respectively. The generator are solidly grounded
R? and is not loaded. A line to ground fault occurs on
phase A. Neglecting all the resistances, determine the
a) 5 Ω fault current.
b) 15 Ω
a) 2916 A
c) 20 Ω
b) 4374 A
d) 25 Ω
c) 2525 A
17. A 10:1 single-phase transformer rated 100 kVa,
2400/240 V. When the low voltage side of the trans- d) 5050 A
former is maintained at 240 V, what is the secondary
impedance? 24. What is the maximum distance between two receptacles
in a single family dwelling unit?
a) 0.676 Ω
b) 0.776 Ω a) 1.5 m

c) 0.576 Ω b) 1.6 m
d) 0.876 Ω c) 1.8 m
18. What is the counterpart of magnetic flux in an electric d) 2 m
circuit?
25. What is the minimum clearance between the recessed
a) voltage incandescent fixture and the nearest point of a storage
b) current space of a closet?
c) resistance a) 100 mm
d) conductance
b) 150 mm
19. In a parallel circuit, the potential difference across the
c) 200 mm
resistance
d) 250 mm
a) varies
b) is different from the source 26. What is the derating factor in each of 7 to 9 conductors
in a raceway?
c) is sometimes constant
d) is always constant a) 80%

20. The rms value of a sinusoidal wave is equal what of b) 85%

maximum value.
c) 70%
a) 0.637
d) 75%
b) 0.707
27. What is the maximum number of conductors in a race-
c) 0.505
way that does not need to be derated?
d) 1.414
a) 2
21. When one coil of a magnetically coupled pair has a cur-
rent of 5 A, the resulting fluxes ω11 and ω12 are 0.4 and b) 3
0.8 mWb, respectively. If the turns are N1 = 500 and
c) 4
N2 = 1500, find L2 .
d) 5
a) 530 mH
b) 540 mH 28. Two electrons have a force of 3.46 × 108 N. What is the
distance between them?
c) 1060 mH
d) 1080 mH a) 8.1 × 10−7 m

22. In two-wattmeter method, the readings of the b) 1.8 × 10−7 m

wattmeters will be identical when
c) 8.1 × 10−18 m
a) load in one of the phase is zero
d) 1.8 × 10−18 m
b) power factor is unity
29. A wire 36 inches long is carrying a current of 1200 A.
c) power factor is 0.5 Find the flux density in gauss at point 12 inches from
d) neutral is earthed the wire.
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a) 2.40 36. A circuit has a resonant frequency of 4000 rad/sec and

a bandwidth of 100 rad/sec. If the resistance is 5 Ω,
b) 7.87
find L and C.
c) 6.31
a) 50 mH, 1.25 µF
d) 5.52 b) 1.25 mH, 50 µF
30. Four resistances of 10, 20, 30 and 40 Ω are connected c) 5 mH, 12.5 µF
in parallel. What is the equivalent resistance? d) 12.5 mH, 5 µF
a) 100 Ω 37. A 10 hp, 230 V, 60 Hz three-phase motor has an effi-
ciency of 90% and a pf of 0.85 lagging. What is the
b) 9.6 Ω
capacitance per phase in µF to be connected in parallel
c) 3.5 Ω with the motor to correct the pf to unity?

d) 4.8 Ω a) 258
b) 155
31. A factory works at 400 kW, 0.7 power factor lagging.
A 200 hp synchronous motor is connected to the plant c) 25.8
to correct the pf to 0.75 lagging. What should be the d) 15.5
pf of the synchronous motor?
38. Three impedances are in parallel. The current drawn
a) 0.80 by the impedances are Ia = 10A, Ib = 12A, Ic = 15A.
If Ia is the reference, Ib leads Ia by 30◦ , and Ic leads Ia
b) 0.89
by 45◦ , what is the total current?
c) 0.91
a) 10∠0◦ + 12∠30◦ − 15∠45◦
d) 0.95 b) 10∠0◦ − 12∠30◦ − 15∠45◦
32. A transformer has an impedance of 5%. The X/R ratio c) 10∠0◦ − 12∠30◦ + 15∠45◦
is 16. Find the per unit admittance G+jB. d) 10∠0◦ + 12∠30◦ + 15∠45◦
a) 10.3963 + j1.6634 39. A 99 MHz radio station has a 150 µH inductor, what
is the capacitance?
b) 1.03963 + j16.6342
a) 0.0172 pF
c) 10.3963 − j1.6634
b) 17.2 pF
d) 1.03963 − j1.66342
c) 1.72 pF
33. A 120 V dc motor draws 225 A from the supply at a d) 17.2 µF
distance of 350 m using two copper conductors of di-
ameter 0.5 inch and resistivity 10.4 Ωcmil/ft. Find the 40. An aluminum cable has 10 identical strands, a length
voltage of the supply. of 1500 m and a diameter of 2.50 mm each. What is
the resistance of the cable?
a) 126 V
a) 5.63 Ω
b) 133 V
b) 0.563 Ω
c) 136 V c) 8.63 Ω
d) 142 V d) 0.863 Ω

34. A balanced delta connected load with impedance of 41. If the speed of an induction motor increases, what hap-
15 + j18 Ω per phase is connected across a 230 V three- pens to the rotor frequency?
phase source. Find the total power consumed.
a) increases
a) 10580 W b) decreases
b) 1445 W c) does not change
d) frequency has no relation to the speed
c) 4336 W
42. A 230 V dc shunt motor has a no-load line current of 7
d) 3527 W
A and a full-load line current of 46 A. The armature re-
35. 34.5 kV to 69 kV are classified as sistance is 0.05 Ω and the shunt field is 75 Ω. Determine
the motor efficiency at full load.
a) low voltage
a) 81%
b) medium voltage
b) 84%
c) high voltage c) 87%
d) extra high voltage d) 85%
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43. A 40 m metallic conductor of cross sectional are 1 mm2 a) 0.478 Ω

has a resistance of 12 Ω. Calculate the conductivity of b) 0.578 Ω
the metal.
c) 0.768 Ω
a) 3.33 MS/m
d) 0.678 Ω
b) 0.333 MS/m
50. A 120 V shunt motor has an armature equivalent of 0.5
c) 6.67 MS/m Ω and a field resistance of 60 Ω. At full-load, the motor
d) 0.667 MS/m takes 10 A and the speed is 1000 rpm. At what speed
must this motor may be driven as a generator to deliver
44. The voltage across a 50 µF capacitor rises at a constant 10 A to an external load at 120 V?
rate of 10 V/ms. Calculate the current through the
capacitor. a) 1158 rpm
b) 1086 rpm
a) 2 mA
c) 1262 rpm
b) 5 mA
d) 1045 rpm
c) 50 mA
51. The terminal voltage of a Y-connected load consisting
d) 500 mA of three equal impedances of 20∠30◦ Ω is 4.4 kV line to
45. Express the current phasor 25∠ − 30◦ as instantaneous line. The impedance in each of the three lines connect-
current. ing the load to a bus at a substation is ZL = 1.4∠75◦
Ω. Find the line to line voltage at the substation bus.
a) 17.68 sin(ωt − 30◦ )
a) 4.52 kV
b) 35.35 sin(ωt + 30◦ )
b) 4.62 kV
c) 35.35 sin(ωt − 30◦ )
c) 4.48 kV
◦
d) 25 sin(ωt − 30 ) d) 4.58 kV
46. A 7.5 hp, 500 V three-phase induction motor is develop- 52. The reactance of a generator is given as 0.25 pu based
ing its full-load output at 960 rpm. The starting torque on the generator’s nameplate rating of 18 kV, 500 MVA.
is equal to the full-load torque. What will be the start- Find the new reactance if the new bae is 20 kV and 100
ing torque if the supply voltage falls to 400 V? MVA.
a) 35.62 Nm a) 0.0405 pu
b) 32.34 Nm b) 0.0504 pu
c) 28.27 Nm c) 0.0450 pu
d) 38.62 Nm d) 0.0540 pu

47. A light bulb having a tungsten filament, draws 0.5 A 53. If the voltage is doubled, the ampacity of a conductor
at 110 V. The cold resistance of the filament is 20 Ω at
a) increases
20◦ C. At this temperature, the temperature coefficient
of resistance for tungsten is 0.005◦ C−1 . Determine the b) decreases
operating temperature of the bulb c) doubles
a) 1980◦ C d) remains the same
◦
b) 2080 C 54. A 20 kW, 200 V shunt generator is operated at rated
c) 2120◦ C load. If the driving engine is developing 30 bhp, deter-
mine the iron and friction losses. Armature resistance
d) 2020◦ C is 0.05 Ω and shunt field resistance is 50 Ω.
48. One advantage of distributing the winding in alternator a) 1340 W
is to
b) 1039 W
a) reduce harmonics c) 954 W
b) improve voltage waveform d) 1034 W
c) reduce the amount of copper 55. A three-phase alternator has 6 slots per pole per phase.
d) decrease the value of the voltage Determine the distribution factor.

49. A single-circuit three-phase line operated at 60 Hz is ar- a) 0.977

ranged in a triangular configuration with distances 20 b) 0.956
ft, 20 ft and 38 ft between conductors. The conduc-
tors are ACSR Drake with GMR of 0.0373 ft. Find the c) 0.963
inductive reactance per mile per phase. d) 0.948
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56. The purpose of a grid system is to a) 11 + j19.05

a) interconnect the power stations b) 11 − j19.05

b) supply energy to remote areas c) 19.05 + j11

c) make extra high voltage available to consumers d) 19.05 − j11

d) make distribution of energy at reasonable cost 63. A balance wye-connected load with resistance of 8 Ω per
phase and no reactance is supplied by a 240 V, 3-phase
57. As the load is increased, the speed of a dc shunt motor source. Find the real power of the load in watts.
will
a) 6400
a) remain constant
b) 7200
b) slightly increase c) 6800
c) increase proportionately d) 7600
d) slightly decrease 64. If the field of a synchronous motor is under-excited the
58. Power in a balanced three-phase system is measured by power factor will be
the two-wattmeter method and it is found that the ra- a) lagging
tio of the two wattmeter readings is 2:1/ What is the
power factor of the system? b) leading
c) unity
a) 0.9
d) more than unity
b) 0.866
65. Find the efficiency of a 150 kVA transformer at 25%
c) 0.82
full-load at 0.8 power factor lagging if copper losses are
d) 0.707 1600 W and iron losses are 1400 W.

59. A 50 hp, 440 V, 3-phase 60 Hz, 6-pole squirrel cage in- a) 96.24%
duction motor is operating at full-load and 0.8 power
b) 94.24%
factor. The full-load efficiency is 85% and the percent-
age slip is 5%. Determine the full-load torque. c) 97.24%

a) 214.55 Nm d) 95.24%

b) 206.72 Nm 66. An air gap 1.1 mm long and 40 cm2 in cross-section ex-
ists in a magnetic circuit. Determine the mmf required
c) 312.47 Nm to create a flux of 10 × 10−4 Wb in the air gap.
d) 323.24 Nm a) 2.1885 AT
60. A 170 mile, 230 kV, 60 Hz, three-phase single circuit b) 21.885 AT
transmission line uses a triangular arrangement with 20
c) 218.85 AT
ft, 20 ft, and 36 ft spacing respectively. If the line con-
ductors have GMR of 0.0217 ft, determine the capaci- d) 2188.5 AT
tive susceptance to neutral per mile in mho per mile.
67. A three-phase, 440V, 50 Hz, 6-pole induction motor
a) 4.61 × 10−6 running at 950 rpm takes 50 kW at a certain load. The
friction and windage loss is 1.5 kW and the stator loss
b) 12.74 × 10−6
is 1.2 kW. Determine the output from the rotor.
c) 7.92 × 10−6
a) 42.68 kW
d) 2.47 × 10−6
b) 46.48 kW
61. A series RLC circuit has R = 100 Ω, L = 100 µF, and c) 48.80 kW
C = 100 pF. What is the frequency in MHZ at unity
power factor? d) 44.86 kW

a) 1.59 68. In dc machines, lap winding is used for

b) 1.36 a) high voltage low current

c) 15.9 b) low voltage low current

c) high voltage high current
d) 13.6
d) low voltage high current
62. An impedance draws a current of I = cos(ωt − 30◦ ) A
from a supply with a voltage e = 220 sin ωt V. What is 69. Y-Y power transformers are protected by current trans-
the impedance in ohms? formers having what connection?
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a) ∆-∆ a) 695∠205◦
b) Y-∆ b) 695∠ − 155◦
c) 695∠151◦
c) ∆-Y
d) 695∠209◦
d) Y-Y
76. Which of the following equipment is not a part of a
70. What is the overall efficiency of the turbine if the power megger?
developed is 12 MW at a head of 150 m and the nozzle
discharges 10 cubic meters per second? a) hand crank
b) moving coil meter
a) 70.65%
c) a coil of high inductance
b) 78.99% d) gear box generator
c) 81.55% 77. A industrial plant has an aggregate load of 100 kW.
d) 69.23% The demand factor is 60%. The average total energy
consumption of the plant in one year is 186 MWHR.
71. If supply voltage is changed by 5% for a three-phase What is the yearly load factor of the plant?
induction motor, its torque will have a change of
a) 32.45%
a) 5% b) 42.25%
b) 25% c) 38.67%
d) 35.39%
c) 10%
78. A series RL circuit in which R = 5 Ω and L = 20 mH
d) 20%
has an applied voltage of e = 100+50 sin ωt+25 sin 3ωt,
72. A single phase transmission line has a total impedance with ω = 500 radians per second. Determine the power
of 5∠60 Ω and supplies a total load of 120 A, 3.3 kV,
◦ dissipated in the resistor of the circuit.
and 0.8 power factor lagging. Calculate the sending end a) 2510 W
voltage.
b) 2234 W
a) 3.93 kV c) 2302 W
b) 3.62 kV d) 2052 W
c) 3.54 kV 79. Two parallel connected loads A and B are supplied by
a 440 V, 3-phase, 60 Hz generator. Load A draws 100
d) 3.86 kV kVA at 0.80 power factor lagging and load B draws 70
kVA at unity power factor. Determine the feeder cur-
73. A 2.3 kV three-phase system supplies a 120 kW, 0.6 pf
rent.
lagging balanced load. Determine the capacitance in
each phase of a wye-connected capacitor bank to adjust a) 202 A
the power factor to 0.90 lagging.
b) 214 A
a) 51.1 µF c) 212 A
b) 52.2 µF d) 208 A

c) 62.5 µF 80. The armature current drawn by any dc motor is pro-

portional to
d) 78.2 µF
a) the voltage applied to the motor
74. An impedance of 4 − j3 Ω is connected in parallel with b) the torque required
an ideal inductor L across a 110 V, 60 Hz mains. Deter-
mine L if the total voltage supplied to the circuit will c) the flux required by the motor
be in phase with the total current drawn. d) the speed of the motor

a) 16.6 mH 81. Surge impedance of transmission line is given by

p
b) 19.2 mH a) C/L
√
c) 22.1 mH b) CL
√
d) 26.8 mH c) 1/ CL
p
d) L/C
75. The sequence components of the line A current Ia are
as follows: Ia0 = 14.13∠17.24◦ A, Ia1 = 708.26∠ − 31◦ 82. A solenoid 500 cm long and 10 cm in diameter is wound
A, Ia2 = 2.98∠10.06◦ A. Find the line current Ib in with 1500 turns. Find the energy stored in the magnetic
amperes. field when a current of 5 A flows.
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a) 0.045 J a) 6704 A
b) 0.055 J b) 6135 A
c) 6808 A
c) 0.046 J
d) 6458 A
d) 0.072 J
89. For an unbalanced load, which connection is suitable?
83. A coil of inductance 8 mH, produces 80 µWb of mag-
netic flux. Of this total flux, 60 µWb are linked to a a) 3-wire open delta connection
second coil of inductance 2 mH. How much is the mu- b) 4-wire wye connection
tual inductance between the coils?
c) 3-wire delta connection
a) 3 mH d) 3-wire wye connection
b) 4 mH 90. An inductor has a value of 44 mH at 60 Hz. What is the
c) 5 mH inductive susceptance, stated as an imaginary number?

d) 2 mH a) −j0.06
b) j0.06
84. Calculate the capacitance between two parallel plates
each of which is 100 mm2 and 2 mm apart in air. c) −j17
d) j17
a) 0.443 pF
91. The meter movement in an illumination meter directly
b) 0.515 pF measures
c) 0.452 pF a) current
d) 0.502 pF b) voltage
85. The potential at the terminals of the battery falls from c) power
9 V on open circuit to 6 V when a resistor of 10 Ω is d) energy
connected across its terminals. What is the internal
resistance of the battery? 92. A span of wire 1 km long has an conductance of 0.06
S. What is the conductance of a span of this same wire
a) 5 Ω that is 3 km long?
b) 4 Ω a) 1.8 S
c) 3 Ω b) 0.6 S
c) 0.2 S
d) 2 Ω
d) 0.36 S
86. An unshaded lamp is 6 m above the table. It is lowered
down by 2 m. By how much is the illumination on the 93. A short 230 kV transmission line has impedance of 5
table increased? cis78◦ Ω. THe sending end power is 100 MW at 230 kV
and 85% power factor. What is the voltage at the other
a) 2 times end?
b) 2.25 times a) 225.4 kV
c) 2.5 times b) 226.3 kV

d) 2.75 times c) 223.2 kV

d) 228.2 kV
87. A 3-phase motor driven pump at 1800 rpm is discharg-
ing 500 gpm of water at a head of 25 meters. The pump 94. A single-phase load on 220 V takes 5 kW at 0.6 power
efficiency is 75%. Determine the hp of the motor. factor lagging. Find the kVAR size of capacitor, which
may be connected in parallel with this motorro bring
a) 15 hp the resultant pf to unity.
b) 12 hp a) 6.67
c) 14 hp b) 7.32

d) 10 hp c) 8.66
d) 6.26
88. The reactance of a 3-phase alternator is 8%. If the al-
ternator is rated 25 MVA at 13.25 kV output voltage, 95. A 5 kVA, 2400-120/240 V distribution transformer
line to phase, solve for the magnitude of the fault cur- when given a short circuit test had 94.2 V applied
rent generated when a short circuit occurs between 2 with rated current flowing in the short circuited wiring.
phases at the terminals. What is the per unit impedance of the transformer?
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a) 0.0392
b) 0.0386
c) 0.0415
d) 0.0435

96. A six-pole, three-phase squirrel cage induction motor is

connected to a 60-cps supply. At full-load, the rotor’s
induced emf makes 72 complete cycles in 1 minute. Find
the rotor speed.
a) 1200 rpm
b) 1124 rpm
c) 1176 rpm
d) 1054 rpm
97. A 100 µF capacitor initially charged to 24 V is dis-
charged across a series combination of 1 kΩ resistor and
a 200 µF capacitor. Find the current after 1 second.
a) 7.24 nA
b) 7.34 nA
c) 8.43 nA
d) 8.84 nA

98. An electrical insulator can be made a conductor

a) by heating it
b) by cooling it
c) by ionizing it
d) by oxidizing it

99. A power plant consumes 100,000 pounds of coal per

hour. The heating value of the coal is 12,000 BTU per
pound. The overall plant efficiency is 30%. What is the
kW output of the plant?
a) 205,000 kW
b) 105,000 kW
c) 142,500 kW
d) 175,000 kW
100. In a short circuit analysis, the positive, negative and
zero sequence impedances are 0.20 pu, 0.20 pu, and 0.25
pu respectively using a base of 50 MVA. Estimate the
fault current on the faulted lines if a line to line fault
at the 138 kV level occurs.
a) 1204 A
b) 2714 A
c) 1569 A
d) 906 A