MULTIVECTOR REVIEW AND TRAINING CENTER

AC CIRCUIT

Part I – SINGLE PHASE SYSTEM

1. The length of time between a point in one cycle to the same point of the next cycle of an AC
wave is _________

a. Frequency c. Magnitude
b. Period d. Polarity

2. In an experiment, a sinusoidal wave form is observed to complete 8 cycle in 25msec. determine

the frequency of the wave form

a. 320 Hz c. 200 Hz
b. 40 Hz d. 64 Hz

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3. Wavelength is the distance traveled by an electronic wave during the time of one cycle. Given a
wavelength of 12meters, what is the frequency?

a. 250 kHz c. 250 MHz

b. 25 kHz d. 25 MHz

4. If emf in a circuit is given by e = 100 sin 628t, the maximum value of voltage and frequency is
__________

a. 100 V, 50 Hz c. 50√ 2 V, 50 Hz
b. 100 V, 100 Hz d. 50√ 2 V, 100 Hz

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5. What is the complex expression for a given alternating current, I = 250sin(ωt – 25 deg)?

a. 227 + j106 c. 227 – j106

b. 160 – j75 d. 160 + j75

6. A sinusoidal voltage wave has an RMS value of 70.71V and a frequency of 60Hz. Determine the
value of the voltage 0.0014 second after the wave crosses the ωt axis

a. 70.71 V c. 50 V
b. 100 V d. 141.42 V
 7. An alternating current varying sinusoidally with frequency of 50Hz has an RMS value of 20A. at
what time measured from the positive maximum value will the instantaneous current be
14.14A?

a. 1/600 sec c. 1/300 sec

b. 1/200 sec d. 1/400 sec

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8. An alternating rectangular wave has a maximum value of 10 V and a frequency of 1 cycle per
second. What is the average value of the wave?

a. 5 V c. 0 V
b. 10 V d. 7.07 V

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9. What is the rms value of a square wave with an amplitude of 10 A and frequency of 1 HZ?

a. 0 A c. 5 A
b. 10 A d. 7.07 A

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10. A sinusoidal current wave has a maximum value of 20A. what is the average value of one- half
cycle?

a. 5 c. 14.14
b. 12.7 d. 0

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11. A wire carries current I = 3 cos 314t amperes. What is the average current over 6 seconds?

a. 0 A c. 3.0 A
b. 1.5 A d. 0.532 A

12. The average value of the function i = 50 sin ωt + 30 sin 3ωt is equal to ________

a. 31.8 A b. 25 A
 c. 38.2 A d. 51.43 A

13. Determine the rms value of a semi-circular current wave which has a maximum value of a.

a. 0.816 a c. 0.866 a
b. 0.237 a d. 0.707 a

14. The rms value of a half-wave rectified current is 100 A. its value for full wave rectification would
be _________ amperes.

a. 141.4 A c. 200/π A
b. 200 A d. 40/π A

15. A half wave rectified sine wave has an average value of 100amp. What is the effective value?

a. 157 A c. 70.71 A
b. 444 A d. 100 A
 16. The form factor of a half-wave rectified alternating current is _____________

a. 1.11 c. 1.73
b. 1.57 d. 1.0

17. Three alternating current are given by i1 = 141 sin (ωt + 45°); i2 = 30 sin (ωt + 90°); i3 = 20 cos (ωt
- 120°). Find the equation of resultant current

a. 167 sin (ωt + 45.66°) c. 143.8 sin (ωt + 51.4°)

b. 74.6 sin ωt d. 64.7 sin (ωt - 45°)

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18. When the sole purpose of ac is to produce heat, the selection of conductor is base on value of
the current

a. Average c. RMS
b. Instantaneous d. Peak

19. The maximum value of a sine wave AC voltage which will produce heat in a resistor at the same
average rate as 115 V of direct current is ___________

a. 81.3 V c. 162.6 V
b. 115 V d. 230 V

20. A sinusoidal voltage source has a peak value of 150 volts. What equivalent DC voltage source
would produce the same heating effect in a 1 ohm resistor?

a. 15 V c. 95 V
b. 212 V d. 106 V

21. The effective value of v(t) = 100+Asinωt is known to be 103.1. The amplitude A of the sine term
is ______

a. 25 c. 35.48
b. 4.85 d. 100

22. An alternating current and a direct current flow simultaneously in the same conductor. If the
effective value of the AC is 8A and DC is 12A, what will an AC ammeter read when connected in
the circuit?

a. 14.42 A c. 11.66 A
b. 12 A d. 16.49 A
23. Find the reading of an AC voltmeter connected across the series source of 100sin (ωt – π/2) and
100sin ωt.

a. 100 c. 170.71
b. 130.65 d. 184.78

24. An impedance draws a current I = 10cos(ωt - 30°) A from a v = 220sin ωt volts. What is the
power?

a. 550 W c. 190.5 W
b. 1100 W d. 1320 W
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25. A series circuit has an applied voltage of V = 220 sin (ωt + 30°) and draws a current I = 10 sin (ωt
- 30°). What is the average power and power factor of the circuit?

a. 1905 W, 86.6% lagging c. 2200 W, 100%

b. 1905 W, 86.6% lagging d. 1100 W, 50% lagging

26. The effective voltage across a circuit element is (20 + j10)V and the effective current through the
element is 4 – j3 A. calculate the true and the reactive power taken by the element

a. 50W and 100VARS lagging c. 110W and 20VARS lagging

b. 20W and 100VARS leading d. 110W and 20VARS leading

27. A 110-volt AC line feeds two circuits in parallel. The current are (2.2 – j6.5)A and (1.8 – j3.5)A.
the power consumed by the two circuits is approximately ___________

a. 1.185 W c. 755 W
b. 440 W d. 433 W

28. Find the average power in a resistance R = 10 ohms if the current in series form is I = 10 sin ωt +
5 sin 3ωt + 2 sin 5ωt amperes

a. 65.4 watts c. 546 watts

b. 645 watts d. 5.46 watts

29. If e = 100 sin (ωt +30°) – 50 cos 3ωt +25 sin (5ωt +150) and i = 20 sin (ωt + 40°) + 10 sin (3ωt
+30°) – 5 sin (5ωt - 50°). Calculate the power in watts.

a. 1177 c. 1043
b. 919 d. 1224

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30. The capacitive reactance Xc of a circuit varies inversely as the capacitance C of the circuit. If the
capacitance of a certain circuit is decreased by 25%, by what percentage will X c change?

a. 25 % increase c. 66 2/3 % increase

b. 20 % increase d. 33 1/3 % increase

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31. A circuit has a resistance of 20 ohms and a reactance of 30 ohms. What is the power factor of
the circuit?
a. 0 c. 0.832
b. 0.55 d. 0.99
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32. A two – element series circuit with R = 15 ohms, L = 20mH has an impedance of 30 ohms and an
unknown angle. What is the frequency in HZ?

a. 2.0 c. 2067
b. 21 d. 207

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33. Awhat are the two elements in a series circuit connection having a current and voltage of i =
13.42 sin (500t – 53.4°)A and v = 150 sin (500t +10°)V?

a. R = 8.8 Ω and L = 35mH c. R = 7.5 Ω and L = 30mH

b. R = 6.3 Ω and L = 25mH d. R = 5 Ω and L = 20mH

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34. A two – element series circuit has V = 240 +j0 volts and current 51.96 – j30 A. what is the current
in amperes which results when the resistance is reduced 50% of its former value?

a. 68.57 – j59.39 c. 59.39 – j68.57

b. 68.57 +j59.39 d. 59.39 +j68.57

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35. In laboratory experiment, the impedance of a coil was obtained at 60Hz and 30Hz. These are
75.48 ohms and 57.44 ohms, respectively. What is the inductance of the coil?

a. 150 mH c. 42.5 mH
b. 182.5 mH d. 2.1 mH

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36. A 10 Ω inductive resistor is connected in series with an unknown capacitance. At 60 Hz the

impedance of the circuit is 10 + j11.72 at 30 Hz the impedance of the circuit is 10 – j5. What is
the value of L in millihenrys?

a. 50 c. 100
b. 500 d. 250

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37. A series RLC circuit has elements R = 50 Ω, L = 8mH and C = 2.22 microfarads. What is the
equivalent impedance of the circuit if the frequency is 796 Hz?

a. 50 +j50 Ω c. 50 – j50 Ω
b. 50 +j130 Ω d. 50 – j130 Ω
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38. A capacitor in series with a 200 Ω resistor draws a current of 0.3 ampere from 120volts, 60Hz
source. What is the value of capacitor in microfarad?

a. 8.7 c. 6.7
b. 9.7 d. 7.7

39. A series circuit consisting of a 66.2 microfarad capacitor and a variable resistor. For what two
values of resistance will the power taken by the circuit be 172.8 watts, if the impressed 60 cycle
emf is 120V?

a. 83.33 and 3.33 ohms c. 5.33 and 3.0 ohms

b. 53.33 and 30 ohms d. 83.33 and 5.33 ohms

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40. Reactances are connected in series X c1 = 100, Xc2 = 40, XL1 = 30, XL2 = 70. What is the net
reactance?

a. 80 Xc c. 60 XL
b. 40 Xc d. 50 XL

41. A series circuit composed of 0.2 H inductor and 74 microfarad capacitor is connected to a 60V
variable frequency source. At what frequency will the current be 4 A with laggng power factor.

a. 47.767 Hz c. 60 Hz
b. 74.68 Hz d. 50 Hz

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42. Which is not 180 degrees apart?

a. XL and Ic c. IL and Ic
b. Xc and Ic d. Xc and XL

43. A 30 ohms resistor is connected in parallel with an inductor of inductive reactance X L. the
combination is then connected in series with a capacitor of reactance X c. what is the value of XL
and Xc if the total impedance is 1.92 ohms?

a. 7.84, 7.34 c. 44.8, 84.2

b. 47.4, 47.3 d. 84.7, 34.7
 44. An impedance of 100 ohms resistance and an unknown inductance is connected across the
a. 1 μf
capacitor. and
The 2 mH impedance is a pure resistance of 500c.ohms
resulting 7 μfifand
ω =310
mH5
rad/sec. calculate
b. 5 μf and 1 mH
the values of inductor and capacitor. d. 0.04 μf and 2 mH

REE – April 1997

45. The phase shift between the voltage and current vector is due to the following loads except one.

a. Magnetic coils c. Power capacitors

b. Electric flat iron d. Fluorescent lamp

REE – March 1998

46. A 50μf and 100μf capacitors are connected in series and across a 100 sin (ωt + 30°) voltage.
Write the equation of the current.

a. 1.26 sin (ωt +120°) c. 5.65 sin (ωt +120°)

b. 1.26 sin (ωt + 90°) d. 5.65 sin (ωt +90°)

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47. Find the value of an impedance which requires -1,540 vars at 230V rms and 10A rms.

a. 17.40 – j15.00 c. 17.09 – j15.39

b. 16.82 – j15.69 d. 17.62 – j14.78

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48. A 10 ohm resistor is connected in parallel to an impedance Z = 3+ j4 ohms. Find the circuit
power factor.

a. 0.6 lagging c. 0.609 lagging

b. 0.866 lagging d. 0.809 lagging

REE – March 1998

49. A 25 ohms resistor connected in series with a coil of 50 ohms resistance and 150mH inductance.
What is the power factor of the circuit?

a. 85 % c. 90 %
b. 80 % d. 75 %

50. The maximum values of alternating voltage and current are 400V and 20A, respectively, in a
circuit connected to 50Hz spply and these quantities are sinusoidal. The instantaneous values of
voltage and current are 283 V and 10 A respectively at t = 0 both increasing positively. What is
the power factor of the circuit?
 a. 0.707 c. 0.85
b. 0.83 d. 0.966

51. Two impedances ZA = 4 + j6 Ω and ZB = 6 + j12 Ω are connected in parallel. The apparent power
for the impedance B is 1490VZ. Determine the total apparent power

a. 4250 VA c. 2652 VA
b. 3290 VA d. 8031 VA

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52. The resistor of 6Ω and unknown impedance coil in series draw 12 A from a 120 V, 60 Hz line. If
the real power taken from the line is 1152 watts, what is the coil inductance?

a. 15.9 mH c. 20 mH
b. 10 mH d. 1.59 mH

53. Two coils A and B are connected in series across a 240 V, 50 Hz supply. The resistance of A is 5
ohms and the inductance of B is 0.015H. if the input from the supply is 3 kW and 2 kVAR, find
the inductance of A and resistance of B.

a. 0.0132 H and 8.3 Ω c. 0.026 H and 12 Ω

b. 0.215 H and 3.8 Ω d. 0.031 H and 5.3 Ω

54. A current of 5 A flows through a non inductive resistance in series with a choking coil when
supplied at 250 V, 50 Hz. If the voltage across the resistance is 120 V and across the coil is 200 V.
calculate the power absorbed by the coil in watts

a. 168.75 W c. 51.37 W
b. 137.5 W d. 75.31 W

55. A feeder supplies two loads, one at 50 amperes at 50% power factor, the other 150 amperes at
unity power factor. The total current supplied by the feeder is approximately ____________.

a. 180 A c. 175 A
b. 200 A d. 150 A

56. A single phase, 7.46 kW motor is supplied from a 400 V, 50 Hz AC mains. If its efficiency is 85 %
and the power factor is 0.8 lagging, find the reactive component of the input current.

a. 16.46 A c. 27.43 A
b. 21.96 A d. 21 A

REE – October 1996

 57. A capacitor is rated 100 KVAR, 380 V, 50 Hz. What will its rating be at 60 Hz, 220 V?

a. 50 KVAR c. 90.9 KVAR

b. 40 KVAR d. 57.7 KVAR

58. A series RLC circuit consists of 20 ohms resistance, 0.2H inductance and an unknown
capacitance. What is the value of the capacitance if the circuit has a leading angle of 45° at 60
Hz

a. 35.18 μF c. 27.8 μF
b. 47.9 μF d. 30.7 μF

59. A fluorescent lamp and its inductive ballast draw a 1.0 A current at 50% lagging power factor
from a 120 V, 60 Hz source. What is the overall power factor when a 26.5μF capacitor is
connected across the fixture?

a. 0.832 lagging c. 0.5 leading

b. 0.832 leading d. 0.5 lagging

60. A 3 HP, 120 V, 60Hz induction motor operating at 80 % efficiency and 0.866 lagging power factor
is to be used temporarily with 240 V, 60 Hz source. What resistance in series with the motor will
be required for the motor to have 120V across its terminals at full load?

a. 6.68 Ω c. 13.76 Ω
b. 4.77 Ω d. 9.54 Ω

61. A fluorescent lamp 80 W at 0.7 pf lagging from a 230 V 50 Hz supply is to e corrected to unity
power factor. What element should be placed in ___________ for this purpose?

a. Series, 59.4 μF c. Series, 31.2 μF

b. Parallel, 4.95 μF d. Parallel, 8.36 μF

REE – October 2000

62. A series circuit consists of 20 ohms resistance, a 150mH inductance and an unknown
capacitance. The circuit is supplied with a voltage v = 100 sin 377t. Find the value of capacitance
at resonance.

a. 42 μF c. 34.65 μF
b. 47 μF d. 72.57 μF

63. A 50 ohms resistance, 30 ohms inductive reactance and 25 ohms capacitive reactance are
connected in series across a 100 V, 60 Hz supply. What will be its resonant frequency?

a. 65.726 Hz c. 25 Hz
b. 53 Hz d. 54.77 Hz
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64. A series RLC circuit has R = 10ohms, L = 40 x 10 -6 H and C = 60 x 10-12 F. what is the resosnant of
the circuit in MHz?

a. 20.17 c. 4.49
b. 3.24 d. 1.62

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65. A 5 mH pure inductance is connected in parallel with one microfarad capacitor. What frequency
will the circuit be in antiresonance?

a. 250 Hz c. 60 Hz
b. 2250 Hz d. 100 Hz

REE – October 1998

66. One leg of a radio tuned circuit has a capacitance of 1 x 10 -9 F. it is tuned at 200 kHz. What is the
inductance of the other leg in Henry?

a. 6.33 x 10-4 c. 8.25 x 10-5

b. 20 x 10-3 d. 120 x 10-3

67. A coil having a Q-factor of 5 is connected in series with an ideal capacitor across an ac source of
60 V. calculate the voltage across the capacitor at resonance.

a. 150 V c. 12 V
b. 300 V d. 65 V

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68. A series RLC circuit has a resistance of 15 ohms and an inductive reactance of 1500 ohms. What
is the Q – factor of the circuit at resonance?

a. 120 c. 140
b. 100 d. 150

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69. A tuned circuit is resonance at 4MHz. its Q is 100. What is its bandwidth?

a. 4 kHz c. 400 Hz
b. 400 kHz d. 40 kHz
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70. A circuit has load impedance Z = 50 + j80Ω. Determine the parallel impedance required to
correct the power factor to unity.

a. 32 μF c. 24 μF
b. 36 μF d. 28 μF

71. A circuit consisting of a capacitor in series with a resistance of 10ohms is connected in parallel
with a coil having a reactance and resistance of 17.32 ohms and 10 ohms, respectively. What is
the reactance of the capacitor that will draw minimum current from a 230 V, 60Hz supply?

a. 17.32 Ω c. 5.78 Ω
b. 10.32 Ω d. 22.18 Ω

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72. An impedance Z 3 is in series to the two impedance Z 1 = 10 +j10 Ω and Z 2 = 20 –j30 Ω that are
connected parallel. What is the value of the impedance Z 3 in ohms that will produce resonant
circuit?

a. j13.1 c. j5.4
b. -j5.4 d. –j13.1