Ropublic af vac Philips PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION, Manila BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Licensure Examination Tuesday, Apri 9, 1997, 8:00 AM—4:00 PM ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SETA INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the bax corresponding, to the feter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED, Use pencil no. 1 only. MULTIPLE CHOICE: 1, A current of S amperes flows through a series circuit consisting of a 10-ohm resistor and an unknown capacitor across 2 source of 460 volts, 90 hertz. What isthe value of the capacitive reactance? A. Xe= 91.86 ohuns ©. Xe= 154.45 ohms D, Xe= 184.00 ohms ‘A chart speed of recording instrument is 25 mm/sec. One cycle of the signal being recorded extends over $ mm. What is the frequency of the signal? A. 20 cycles per see B. 2 ycles per see C. SO eyeles per see D. 5 cycles per see 3. Asbe-pote, 3 phase AC generator has72 slots, the coil span is 12, whats the pitch fsetor. A. 1.600 B, 0939 € oss D. 0966 4. A coaxial cable has 10-mm diameter inside conductor and a metallic sheath with an inside diameter of 20 mm. Ifthe insulating medium has a dielectric constant, K~2 anda penmitivity of L113 x 10", what is the eapacizance between the ‘conductor and the shield per kan? A, 11604 mtn B, 0.8036 middkm . 0.0808 mtr , 0.0403 mfkm 5. Of the various methods of utilizing the heat from the sun, one appears to be most efficient so far, Which one is this? A. Self-contained collector 1B. mirror and tracking system ©. Diveet application of lenses D, Flat plate collector 6. A single phase transformer is rated 4,360 V primary and 250 volts secondary. It has 1,500 tums im the primary and voltage regulation of 8%, What should be the number of tams in the secondary winding? A. §8tums B, 92 turns ©. 90 tums D. 86 mms 7.” A germanium diode which has an offset voltage of 0.2 V and an incremental resistance of 20 ohms, is connected in series wit a 10,000 obm resistor across a 100 VDC source. What isthe current? AL9.98 mA B. 10.0mA C978 mA D, 9.96 mA, 8 A solfvexcited four-pole AC generator, 12.5 KVA, 60 Hz, wus reinstalled after it was rewound, When tested at 1,200 rpm the voltage would not build up. What could be the most likely reason”? ‘A. The field winding cireuit js open B._ The direction of rotation is reversed ©, The speed is low . ‘The armature winding terminal connection is reversed 9. A wire caries a current, i= 3 cos 314 Lamperes. What isthe average current over 6 seconds? A. zero ampere BALSA COA D. 0.523 10, Lamineted iron is used in AC magnetic circuits for the following reasons. Which is the best answer? A. To increase the rate of heat dissipation 1B, To make te assembly of the device easier ©. Toreduce permeability D. To reduce eddy currentsREGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Licensure Examination ‘Tuesday, April 9, 1997 8:00 a.m, ~ 4:00 p.m. Page 2 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 11, Which of the following, gaseons fuels has the highest heating value? . A. Producer gas B, Hydrogen gas ©. Natural gas D. Butine gas * 12, Which ofthe following affect the overall efficiency ofa lighting installation? A. Age of the lamp B, Dust and dirt C, Voltage D. Allofthe above 13. A simple half wave rectifier consists of a diode and load. Ifthe internal resistance of the diode is 1 ohm and the toad is 5 ohms, what is the DC load curfent ifthe supply voltage is 12 volts ACT AQTA B24A C204 D.36A 14, Because it receives electrons, a P-Type semi-conductor s called wnat? A. Receptor 1B, Preceptor ©. Donor D, Acceptor 15, ‘The electromozive force ofa standard cell is measured with a potentiometer that gives a reading of 1.3563V. When a 1.0 ‘meg olin resistar is connected across the standard cell terminals, the potentiometer reading drops to 1.3560 V. What is he internal retistance of the standard vell? AL 1745 oluns B. 145.7 ofuns ©. 147.5 ohms D. 157-4 ohms 16, Across 4 230-V 60 Hz power supply is 4 1S-ohm non-inductive resistor. What is the equation ofthe resulting current? A. 13984 sin 60¢ B, 1=3252 sin 3775 C. 1-230 sin 377 D, 1=230sin 120¢ 17. ‘The Philippines has adopted one of the following primary color television transmission standards. Which one is this? A, PAL B. NTSC ©. EUREKA D. SECAM 18, A 20-hp, 110 VDC shunt motor has an efficiency of 88% an exciting current of 4 amperes and an armature resistance of 0.04 ohm. What starting zesistance is required for full load torque? A. 0.98 chm B, 0.94 oh C. 0.95 ohnt D, 0.46 obm 19, ‘The resistor is connected across an AC supply of 220 valts. The power drawn is 1000 watts, f a diode wore connected in series. with the resistor, what would be the power absotbed by the resistor? AL 850 watts 1B. 250 watts ©. 200 watts D. 500 watts 20. Aneffective remover of dusts, carbon particles and otvers ftom the fuel ges of the power plant is: A. Electrostatic precipitacr B. Mechanical collector C. Soot blower and collector D. Dast seruhber 21, The phase shift between the yoltage and current vectors is due to the following loads EXCEPT oni, Which one is this? ‘A. Magnet coits B, Electric fat irons C. Power capacitor D, Fluorescent lamps 22, Double-bus double-breaker scheme has the following characteristics EXCEPT one, Which one is this? A\ Bven with a eicuit breaker failure a station shutdown will not result B. Itreduces the likelihood of extended outages of any circuit due to circuit breaker trouble. CC. Itpermits breaker maintenance without feeder outage. D._Itgives more flexibility, 23. Which of the following statements regarding Rankine Cycle is NOT tue? A. The temperature at which energy is transferred to and from the working liquid are less separated than in a Camot Cycle. ‘The susceptibility of the engine materials to corrosion is nota key on operating efficiency. Superheating inereases the efficieney to the Rankine Cycle Use ofa condensible vapor in the cycle increases the efficiency of the cycle popREGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING Licensure Exantination ‘Tuesday, April 9, 1997 8:00 am, ~ 4:00 pam. Page 3 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 24, A circuit consisting of three resistors rated: 10 ohms 1S chms and 20 ohms are connected in DELTA, What would be the resistance of the equivalent WYE connected load? ‘A. 0.30, 0.23 and 0.15 ohm B.3. C. 3.33, 4.44 and 6.66 ohms D5. 0, 4.0 and 5.0°0hms 77, 8.66 and 11.55 ohms 25. Tubes are prefered to transistors inthe following {anions EXCEPT onc. Which one is this? A. High power B. High voltage C. High frequency D. Long life 26. DC motor starters are used for the fallowing functions EXCEPT one, Witich one is this? A. Control the speed ofthe motor BB, Star large DC motors Limit the stating current of the motor D. Prevent large voltage drop during starting 27. A permanent magnet is one witen the materials domain remains aligned even after the external megnetic field is removed. ‘Which of the following materials i nota permanent magnet? A. Cobalt B, Alnieo, Cobalt, Hard ferrite, Silicon iron C. Hard ferrite D. Silicon fo 28. In the computation ofthe size of building wire, the PEC requires that at lest a certain percent increase must be added. ‘What percent i this? A. 20% B, 15% ©. 50% D, 25% 29, Surge arrester are needed in transmission line forthe following purpose, Which is th ‘A. Regulate the voltage 1B. Prevent the light C. Protest the system fram high voltage transients 1D, Protect the line foun shor eirenit currents plications are eompositions resistors used for? miometers| B, Electronic Circuits C. Power resistors 1D. Field rheostats 31, Which ofthe following instrament is suited for high frequency measurements? A. Thermocouple B. Dynamometers C. Moving iron vane D, Oscilloscope 32, AITO KY, 3-phase electric source delivers 200 MVA to a balanced load which has a power factor of 90% lagging. What is the line current? AL 257A B. 502A 6.4028. D, 679. 35. in trangmission lines, the most effective protection against lightning strikes is one ofthe following, Which one is this? A. Lightning rods B, Lightning arresters ©, Petersen coils D. Overiiead wires 34, What does a voltmeter indicate? A. Total current B. Coulombs per second. Potential difference D. Resistance per meter 35. AVAR meter depends on the following values EXCEPT one, Which one is this? A. Vokage B. Sine of the phase angle ©. Cosine of the phase angle D. Current 36, What causes electric current to flow in a vacuum tube? ‘A. Repulsion of protons by the eathode BB. Atraetion of protons to the anode C. Space charge D. Repulsion and attraction of electrons by the charged object 37, In the ST system, one ofthe following is NOT in SI unit, Which one ofthis? A, Candela B. Fahrenheit ©. Newton D, Kilogram