1.

In television system, channels 2 to 13 are classified as

A. VHF B. UHF C. SHF D.EHF

2. Two conductors of 20 mH and 1 mH are connected in series carrying a current of 1 A. find the
stored energy.

A. 15 mJ B. 20 mJ C. 30 mJ D. 60 mJ

3. Three capacitors are connected in parallel C1 = 12 µF, C2 = 10 µF and C3 = 40 µF. what is the total
capacitors?
A. 45 µF B. 5 µF C. 10 µF D. 62 µF

4. For an ac motor, the frequency is 60 Hz and the speed is 300 rpm. What is the number if poles?
A. 26 B. 24 C. 28 D. 30

5. A 240 V balanced 3Ø source supplies a purely resistive impedance of 11.52 ohms per phase.
What is the total power drawn if it is Y-connected?
A. 5 kW B. 15 kW C. 20 kW D. 30 kW

6. Power in a three-phase delta system with balanced load is equal to

A. VHF B. UHF C. SHF D. EHF

7. What is the minimum number if wattmeters required to measure unbalanced power for a three-
phase system?
A. 2 B. 4 C. 3 D. 1

8. Form factor is defined as

A. ms value/peak value C. ms value/average value
B. maximum value/ms value D. effective value/ms value

9. The value of form factor for a pure sine wave is

A. 1.414 B. 0.707 C. 0.637 D. 1.11

10. Find the horsepower rating of a motor running at 1,500 rpm and developing a torque of 105 lb-
ft.
A. 22 B. 28 C. 30 D. 36

11. There are two wires A and B. if the resistance of B is R and the diameter of A is twice of B, the
length and the nature of the material is the same, find the resistance of A.
A. R/2 B. R/4 C. 4R D. 2R

12. The breakdown voltage of the dielectric of a cable is 800 volts/mil. A factor of safety of 4 is used.
Find the maximum voltage at 2.5 mils.
A. 2,800 V B. 700 V C. 3,600 V D. 900 V
13. A wire has a resistance of 1 Ω. If the length is increased dour times and the area is doubled the
original, find the new resistance of the wire.
A. 5 Ω B. 2 Ω C. 1 Ω D. 0.5 Ω
14. The basic function of a circuit breaker is to
A. produce the arc C. transmit voltage by arcing
B. ionize the surrounding air D. extinguish the arc

15. Air used in air blast circuit breaker

A. must have least carbon dioxides C. must have oil mist
B. must be ionized D. must be free from moisture

16. Two 30 Ω resistances are connected in series. When an unknown resistance R is connected in
parallel with one, the new total resistance is 40 Ω. What is the value of R?
A. 5 Ω B. 15 Ω C. 20 Ω D. 25 Ω

17. A 10 : 1 single-phase transformer is rated 100 kVA 2,400/240 V. when the low voltage side of
the transformer is maintained at 240 V, what is the secondary impedance?
A. 0.676 Ω B. 0.776 Ω C. 0.576 Ω D. 0.876 Ω

18. What is the counterpart of magnetic flux in an electric circuit?

A. voltage B. current C. resistance D. conductance

19. In a parallel circuit the potential difference across the resistance

A. varies C. is sometimes constant
B. is different from the applied voltage D. is always constant

20. The ms value of a sinusoidal wave is equal to _____ of maximum value.

A. 0.637 B. 0.707 C. 0.506 D. 1.414

21. When one coil of a magnetically coupled pair has a current of 5 A, the resulting fluxes Ø11 and
Ø12 are 0.4 and 0.8 mWb, respectively/ if the turns are N 1 = 500 and N2 = 1.500, find L2.
A. 530 mH B. 540 mH C. 1,060 mH D. 1,080 mH

22. In two-wattmeter method, the readings of the wattmeters will be identical when
A. load in one of the phase is zero C. power factor is 0.5
B. power factor is unity D. neutral is earthed

23. The positive, negative, and zero-sequence reactances of a 20 MVA, 31.2 kV synchronous
generator are 0.3 pu, 0.2 pu, respectively. The generator is solidly grounded and is not loaded. A
line to ground fault occurs on phase a. Neglecting all the resistances, determine the fault
current.
A. 2,916 A B. 4,374 A C. 2,525 A D. 5,050 A
24. What is the maximum distance between two receptacles in a single family dwelling unit?
A. 1.5 m B. 1.6 m C. 1.8 m D. 2.0 m

25. What is the minimum clearance between the recessed incandescent fixture and the nearest
point of a storage space of a closet?
A. 100 mm B. 150 mm C. 200 mm D. 250 mm

26. What is the derating factor in each of 7 to 9 conductors in a raceway?

A. 80% B. 85% C. 70% D. 75%

27. What is the maximum number of conductors in a raceway that does not need to be derated?
A. 2 B. 3 C. 4 D. 5

28. Two electrons have a force of 3.46 x 10 6 N. what is the distance between them?
A. 8.1 x 10-7 m B. 1.8 x 10-7 m C. 8.1 x 10-18 m D. 1.8 x 10-18 m

29. A wire 36 inches long is carrying a current of 1,200 A. find the flux density in gauss at a point 12
inches from the wire.
A. 2.40 B. 7.87F C. 6.31 D. 5.52

30. Four resistances of 10, 20, 30 and 40 ohms are connected in parallel. What is the equivalent
resistance?
A. 100 Ω B. 9.6 Ω C. 3.6 Ω D. 4.8 Ω

31. A factory works at 400-kW, 0.7 pf lagging. A 200 HP synchronous motor is connected to the
plant to correct the pf to 75% lagging. What should be the pf of the synchronous motor?
A. 80% B. 89% C. 91% D. 95%

32. A transformer has an impedance of 6%. The X/R ratio is 16. Find the per unit admittance G + jB.
A. 10.3969 + j1.6634 B. 1.0396 + j16.6342 C. 10.3969 + j1.6634 D. 1.0396 + j16.6342

33. A 120 V dc motor draws 225 A from the supply at a distance of 350 m using copper conductors
of diameter 0.5 inch and resistivity 10.4 ohm-cmil/ft. Find the voltage of the supply.
A. 126 V B. 130 V C. 138 V D. 142 V

34. A balanced delta connected load impedance of 15 + j18 Ω per phase is connected across a 230 V,
three-phase source. Find the total power consumed.
A. 10,580 w B. 1,445 w C. 4,336 w D. 3,527 w

35. 34.5 kV is classified as

A. low voltage B. medium voltage C. high voltage D. extra high voltage
36. A circuit has a resonant frequency of 4,000 rad/sec and bandwidth of 100 rad/sec. if the
resistance is 5 ohms, find the values of L and C.
A. 50 mH, 1.25 µF B. 1.25 mH, 50 µF C. 5 mH, 12.5 µF D. 12.5 mH, 5 µF

37. A 10 HP, 230 V, 60 Hz three-phase motor has an efficiency of 90% and pf of lagging 0.85 lagging.
What is the capacitance4 per phase in microfarads to be connected in parallel with the motor to
correct the power factor to unity?
A. 258 µF B. 155 µF C. 25.8 µF D. 15.5 µF

38. Three impedances are in parallel. The currents drawn by the impedances are I 3 = 10, Ib = 12 A
and IC = 15 A, respectively. If Ia is the reference, Ib leads Ia by 30o , and Ic by 45o, what is the total
current?
A. 10 ∠ 0o + 12 ∠ 30o - 15 ∠ 45o C. 10 ∠ 0o - 12 ∠ 30o + 15 ∠ 45o
o o o
B. 10 ∠ 0 - 12 ∠ 30 - 15 ∠ 45 D. 10 ∠ 0o + 12 ∠ 30o + 15 ∠ 45o

39. A 99 MHz ratio station has a 150 µH inductor, what is the capacitance?
A. 0.0172 pF B. 17.2 pF C. 1.72 µF D. 17.2 µF

40. An aluminum cable has 10 identical strands, a length of 1,500 m and a diameter of 2.50 mm
each. What is the resistance of the cable?
A. 5.63 Ω B. 0.563 Ω C. 8.63 Ω D. 0.863 Ω

41. If the speed of an induction motor increases, what happens to the rotor frequency?
A. increases C. does not charge
B. decreases D. frequency has no relation to the speed

42. A 230 V dc shunt motor has a no-load line current of 7 A and full-load line current of 46 A. The
armature resistance is 0.05 Ω and the shunt field is 75 Ω. Determine the motor efficiency at full
load.
A. 81% B. 84% C. 87% D. 85%

43. A 40-m metallic conductor of cross-sectional are 1 mm 2 has a resistance of 12 Ω. Calculate the
conductivity of the metal.
A. 3.33 MS/m B. 0.333 MS/m C. 6.67 MS/m D. 0.667 MS/m

44. The voltage across a 50-µF capacitor rises at a constant rate of 10V/ms. Calculate the current
through the capacitor.
A. 2 mA B. 5 mA C. 50 mA D. 500 mA

45. Express the current phasor 25 ∠-30o as instantaneous current.

A. VHF B. UHF C. SHF D.EHF
46. A 7.5 HP, 500 V three-phase induction motor is developing its full-load output at 960 rpm. The
starting torque is equal to the full-load torque. What will be the starting torque if the supply
voltage falls to 400 volts?
A. 35.62 N-m B. 32.34 N-m C. 28.27 N-m D. 38.82 N-m

47. A light bulb having a tungsten filament, draws 0.5 A at 110 V. the cold resistance of the filament
is 20 Ω at 20 oC. At this temperature the temperature coefficient of resistance for tungsten is
0.005 oC-1. Determine the operating temperature of the bulb.
A. 1,980 ◦C B. 2,080 ◦C C. 2,120 ◦C D. 2,020 ◦C

48. One advantage of distributing the winding in alternator is to

A. reduce harmonics C. reduce the amount of copper
B. improve voltage waveform D. decrease the value of the voltage

49. A single-circuit three-phase line operated at 60 Hz is arrange in a triangular configuration with

distances of 20 ft, 20 ft and 38 ft between conductors. The conductors are ACSR Drake with GMR
of 0.0373 ft. Find the inductive reactance per mile per phase.
A. 0.478 Ω B. 0.578 Ω C. 0.788 Ω D. 0.678 Ω

50. A 120- C shunt motor has an armature equivalent of 0.5 Ω and an field resistance of 60 Ω. At full-
load, the motor takes 10 A and the speed is 1,000 rpm. At what speed must this motor may be
driven as a generator to deliver 10A to an external load at 120 V?
A. 1,158 rpm B. 1,086 rpm C. 1,262 rpm D. 1,045 rpm

51. The terminal voltage of a Y-connected load consisting of three equal impedances of 20 ∠30o Ω is
4.4 kV line to line. The impedance in each of the three lines connecting the load to a bus at a
substation is ZL = 1.4 ∠75o Ω. Find the line to line voltage at the substation bus.
A. 4.52 kV B. 4.62 kV C. 4.48 kV D. 4.58 kV

52. The reactance of a generator designated X” is given as 0.25 per unit based on the generator’s
nameplate rating of 18 kV, 500 MVA. The base for calculations is 20kV, 100MVA. Find X” on the
new base.
A. 0.0405 pu B. 0.0504 pu C. 0.0450 pu D. 0.0540 pu

53. If the voltage is doubled, the ampacity of a conductor_______.

A. increases B. decreases C. doubles D. remains the same

54. A 20 kW, 200 V shunt generator is operated at rated load. If the driving engine is developing 30
bhp determine the iron and friction losses. Armature resistance is 0.05 ohm and shunt field
resistance is 50 ohms.
A. 1,340 w B. 1,039 w C. 954 w D. 1,034 w

55. A three-phase alternator has 6 slot per pole per phase. Determine the distribution factor.
A. 0.977 B. 0.956 C. 0.963 D. 0.948
56. The purpose of a grid system is to
A. interconnect the power stations
B. supply energy to remote areas
C. make extra high voltage available to consumers
D. make distribution of energy at reasonable cost

57. As the load is increased the speed of a dc shunt motor will

A. remains constant C. increases proportionally
B. increase slightly D. reduce slightly

58. Power in a balanced –phase system is measured by the two-wattmeter method and it is found
that the ratio of the two wattmeter readings is 2 is to 1. What is the power factor of the
system?
A. 0.9 B. 0.866 C. 0.82 D. 0.707

59. A 50 HP, 440 V, 3-phase, 60 Hz, 6-pole squirrel cage induction motor is operating at full-load
and
A. 214.55 N-m B. 206.72 N-m C. 312.47 N-m D. 323.24 N-m

60. A 170-mile, 230-kV, 60 Hz, three-phase single-circuit transmission line uses a triangular
arrangement with 20 ft, 20 ft and 36 ft spacing, respectively. If the line conductor have a GMR of
0.0217 is determine the capacitive susceptance neutral per mile.
A. 4.81 x 10-6 mho per mile C. 7.92 x 10-6 mho per mile
B. 12.74 x 10-6 mho per mile D. 2.47 x 10-6 mho per mile

61. A series RLC circuit has R = 100 ohms, L = 100 µH and C = 100pF. What is the frequency in MHZ
and unity power factor?
A. 1.56 B. 1.36 C. 15.9 D. 13.6

62. An impedance draws a current of I = 10cos(ω t + 30o) A from a supply with voltage e = 220 sin ω
t V. What is the impedance in ohms?
A. 11 + j19.05 B. 11 – j19.05 C. 19.05 + j11 D. 19.05 –j11

63. A balanced wye-connected load with resistance of 8 ohms per phase and no reactance is
supplied by a 240 V, 3-phase source. Find the real power of the load in watts.
A. 6,400 B. 7,200 C. 6,800 D. 7,600

64. If the field of a synchronous motor is under-excited the power factor will be.
A. lagging B. leading C. unity D. more than unity

65. Find the efficiency of a 150 kVA transformer at 25% full-load at 0.8 p.f. lagging if copper losses
are 1,600 W at full load and iron losses are 1,400W.
A. 96.24% B. 94.24% C. 97.24% D. 95.24%
66. An air gap 1.1 mm long and 40sq.cm in cross-section exists in a magnetic circuit. Determine the
mmf required to create a flux of 10 x 10 -4 Wb in the air gap.
A. 2.1885 AT B. 21.885AT C. 218.85AT D. 2,188.5 AT

67. A three-phase, 440 V, 50 Hz, 6-pole induction motor running at 950 rpm takes 50kW at a certain
load. The friction and windage loss is 1.5 kW and stator losses = 1.2 kW. Determine the output
from the rotor.
A. 42.68 kW B. 46.48 kW C. 48.80 kW D. 44.86 kW

68. In dc machine, lap winding is used for

A. high voltage low current C. high voltage high current
B. low voltage low current D. low voltage high current

69. Wye-wye power transformers are protected by current transformer having _____ connection.
A. ∆−∆ B. Y −∆ C. ∆−Y D. Y −Y

70. What is the overall efficiency of the turbine if the power developed is 12 MW at a head of 150
meters and the nozzle discharges 10 cubic meters each second?
A. 70.65% B. 78.99% C. 81.55% D. 89.23%

71. If supply voltage is changed by 5% for a 3Ø induction motor , its torque will have a change of
A. 5% B. 25% C. 10% D. 20%

72. A single phase transmission line has a total impedance of 5 ∠60o ohms and supplies a total load
of 120A, 3.3 kV and power 0.8 power factor lagging. Calculate the sending end voltage.
A. 3.93 kV B. 3.62 kV C. 3.54 kV D. 3.86 kV

73. A 2.3 kV three-phase system supplies a 120-kW, 0.6 p.f. lagging balanced load. Determine the
capacitance in each phase of a wye-connected capacitor bank to adjust the power factor to 0.90
lagging.
A. 51.1 µF B. 52.2 µF C. 62.5 µF D. 78.2 µF

74. An impedance of 4 – j3 ohms is connected in parallel with an ideal inductor I. across a 110 V, 60
V mains. Determine L if the total voltage supplied to the circuit will be in phase with total
current drawn.
A. 16.6 mH B. 19.2 mH C. 22.1 mH D. 26.8 mH

75. The sequence components of the line A current I a are as follow Iao = 14.13 ∠17.34o A, Ia1 = 708.26
∠-31o A and Ia2 = 2.98 ∠10.06o A. find the line current Ib in amperes.
A. 695 ∠205oA B. 695 ∠-155oA C. 695 ∠151oA D. 695 ∠209oA

76. Which of the following equipment is not part of megger?

 A. hand crank C. a coil of high inductance
B. moving coil meter D. gear box generator

77. An industrial plant has an aggregate load of 100kW. The demand factor is 60%. The average to
energy consumption of the plant in one year is 186 MWHR. What is the yearly load factor of the
plant?
A. 32.45% B. 42.25% C. 38.67% D. 35.39%

78. A series RL circuit in which R = 5 Ω and L = 20mH has an applied voltage e = 100 + 50sin ω t +
25sin 3ω t , with ω = 500 radians per sec. determine the power dissipated in the resistor of the
circuit.
A. 2510 W B. 2234 W C. 2302 W D. 2052 W

79. Two parallel connected load A and B are supplied by a 440 V, 3-phase, 60 Hz generator. Load A
draws an apparent power of 100 kVA at 0.80 power factor lagging and load B draws an apparent
power of 70 kVA at unity power factor. Determine the feeder current.
A. 202 A B. 214 A C. 212 A D. 208 A

80. The armature current drawn by any dc motor is proportional to

A. the voltage applied to the motor C. the flux required in the motor
B. the torque required D. the speed of the motor

81. Surge impedance of transmission line given by

1
A. √ C /L B. √ CL C. D.√ L/C
√CL
82. A solenoid 500 cm long and 10 cm in diameter is wound with ,500 turns. Find the energy stored
in the magnetic field when a current of 5 A flows.
A. 0.045 J B. 0.055J C. 0.046J D. 0.072J

83. A coil of inductance 8 mH, produces 80 µWb of magnetic flux. Of this total flux 60 µWb are
linked to a second coil of inductance 2 mH. How much is the mutual inductance between the
coils?
A. 3 mH B. 4 mH C. 5 mH D. 2 mH

84. Calculate the capacitance between two parallel plates each of which is 100 cm 2 and 2 mm in air.
A. 0.443 pF B. 0.515 pF C. 0.452 pF D. 0.502 pF

85. The potential at the terminals of the battery falls from 9 V on open circuit 6 volts when a resistor
of 10 ohms is connected across its terminals. What is the internal resistance of the battery?
A. 5 Ω B. 4 Ω C. 3 Ω D. 2 Ω
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 table increased?
A. 2 times B. 2.25 times C. 2.5 times D. 2.75 times

87. A three-phase motor driven pump at 1,800 rpm is discharging 500 gmp of water at a head of 25
meters. The pump efficiency is 76%. Determine the hp of the motor.
A. 15 hp B. 12 hp C. 14 hp D. 10 hp

88. The reactance of a three-phase alternator is 8 percent. If the alternator is rated 25 MVA at 13.25
kV output voltage, line to phase, solve for the magnitude of the fault current generated when a
short circuit occurs between 2 phases at the terminals.
A. 6,704 A B. 6,135 A C. 6,808 A D. 6,458 A

89. For an unbalanced load which connection is suitable?

A. 3-wire open delta connection C. 3-wire delta connection
B. 4-wire wye connection D. 3-wire wye connection

90. An inductor has a value of 44 mH at 60 Hz. What is the inductive susceptance, started as an
imaginary number?
A. –j0.06 B. j0.06 C. –j17 D. j17

91. The meter movement in an illumination meter directly measures

A. current B. voltage C. power D. energy

92. A span of wire 1 km long has a conductance of 0.6 s. What is the conductance of a span of this
same wire that is 3 km long?
A. 1.8 s B. 0.6 s C. 0.2 s D. 0.36 s

93. A short 230kV transmission line has impedance of 5 cis 78 o ohms. The sending end power is 100
MW at 230 kV and 85% power factor. What is the line voltage at the other end?
A. 2225.4 kV B. 225.3 kV C. 223.2 kV D. 228.2 kV

94. A single-phase load on 220 V takes 5 kW at 0.6 lagging power factor. Find the KVAR size of
capacitor which may be connected in parallel with this motor to bring the resultant power factor
to unity.
A. 6.67 B. 7.32 C. 8.66 D. 6.26

95. A 5 kVA, 2,400-120/240 volt distribution transformer when given a short circuit test had 94.2
volts applied with rated current flowing in the short circuited wiring. What is the per unit
impedance of the transformer?
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.
 00.1A. 1.200 rpm B. 1,124 rpm C. 1,176 rpm D. 1,054 rpm

97. A 100µF capacitor initially charged to 24 V is discharged across a series combination of a 1 kΩ

resistor and a 200 µF capacitor. Find the current after 1 sec.
A. 70024 nA B. 7.32 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 healing 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. 105,500 kW C. 142,500 kW D. 175,000 kW

100. In a short circuit analysis, the positive, negative and zero sequence impedance are 0.20
pu, 0.20 pu, and 0.25 pu, respectively using a base MVA of 50. Estimate the fault current on the
faulted lines if a line to line fault at the 138 kV level occurs.
A. 1,204 A B. 2,718 A C. 1,589 A D. 906 A