SOUTHERN LEYTE STATE UNIVERSITY

Sogod, Southern Leyte

College of Engineering
Department of Electrical Engineering
Mid Term Exam

I. Multiple Choice

1. Which of the following is not part of the declaration of policy of EPIRA?

a. To ensure quality
b. to ensure reliability
c. To ensure profit
d. to ensure affordability
2. System peak demand continued to increase for the first half of 2017 in the Visayas
with 2.1% growth rate. Its highest recorded coincident peak demand occurred on 19
May 2017 at how much megawatt power?
a. 1,833 MW
b. 1,983 MW
c. 1,923 MW
d. 1,933 MW
3. Which of the following is not a corporate powers of TRANSCO?
a. To distribute electric power to the community
b. To have a continuous succession under its corporate name
c. To adopt and use a corporate seal
d. To sue and be sued
4. All the powers of the TRANSCO shall be vested in and exercise by
a. TRANSCO President
b. Energy Regulatory Commission
c. CEO
d. board of directors
5. Which of the reasons why ERC forthwith reduce the rates of power from all
indigenous source of energy?
a. To ensure continuous supply
b. To ensure enough supply
c. To ensure quality power
d. To ensure lower rates for end – users
6. What government-owned and controlled corporation created pursuant to Republic
Act 9136 to acquire all the transmission assets of the National Power Corporation?
It is also the owner of the transmission network.
a. PSALM
b. TransCo
c. MERALCO
d. NGCP
7. “An Act Granting the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines A Franchise to
Engage in the Business of Conveying or Transmitting Electricity Through High
Voltage Backbone System of Interconnected Transmission Lines, Substations and
Related Facilities, and For Other
 a. R.A. 9136
b. R.A. 9511
c. R.A. 9184
d. R.A. 9163
8. It is a five-year plan prepared annually by all distribution utilities (DUs) for
managing their distribution systems and ensuring continuous, reliable and
affordable electricity service to its customers through identification of
infrastructure requirements and timely procurement of power supply agreements
a. Distribution Development Plan
b. Development Distribution Plan
c. Disbursement Development Plan
d. Distribution Disbursement Plan
9. What are the two (2) major reforms that are embodied in RA 9136?
a. the restructuring of the electricity supply industry and the privatization of the
National Power Corporation (NPC)
b. the restructuring of the electricity supply industry and the privatization of the
National Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP)
c. the overhauling of the electricity supply industry and the privatization of the
National Power Corporation (NPC)
d. the overhauling of the electricity supply industry and the privatization of the
TransCo
10. How much is the fines to be imposed by the ERC to any violator of EPIRA?
a. 50,000.00 – 50,000,000.00
b. 50,000.00 – 500,000.00
c. 500,000.00 – 5,000,000.00
d. 5,000,000.00 – 50,000,000.00
11. is the major contribution?
a. Voltage drop
b. Current carrying capacity
c. Total system KVA
d. Frequency of the voltage
12. Earthing is necessary to give protection against which one?
a. Overloading
b. Voltage fluctuations
c. Danger of electric shock
d. High temperature of the conductors
13. Which of the following is not a mandate of EPIRA to the Energy Regulatory
Commission?
a. to promote competition
b. encourage market development
c. to promote monopoly
d. ensure consumer choice
14. This refers to the compilation of rules and regulations governing electric utilities in
the operation and maintenance of the distribution system.
a. distribution CBL
b. distribution act
c. distribution code
d. distribution law
15. This refers to the conveyance of electric power by a distribution utility through its
distribution system.
 a. distribution of electricity
b. distribution of power
c. distribution system
d. distribution of services
16. Refers to the cost or charge regulated by ERC for the use of distribution system.
a. distribution wheeling charge
b. distribution carrying charge
c. distribution loading charge
d. distribution system charge
17. Interruption due to fault and maintenance is minimum in
a. main and transfer bus arrangement
b. single bus arrangement
c. sectionalized single bus arrangement
d. double bus, double breaker arrangement
18. Which of the following is not part of the declaration of policy of EPIRA?
a. To ensure quality
b. to ensure reliability
c. To ensure profit
d. to ensure affordability
19. Which is the worst fault for a power system?
a. double line to ground
b. line to line
c. line to ground
d. Symmetrical
20. While thevenizing a circuit between two terminals, Eth equals
a. Open – circuit terminal voltage
b. Short – circuit terminal voltage
c. Net voltage available in the circuit
d. Emf of the battery nearest to the terminals
21. Which of following are used to reduce short circuit fault currents?
a. reactors
b. resistors
c. capacitors
d. all of these
22. Which of the following type of reactors are popularly used in power systems?
a. Compensation reactors
b. Current limiting reactors
c. Suppression or Peterson reactors
d. All of these
23. Shunt reactors are connected with transmission lines for
a. Limiting fault current
b. Absorbing reactive power
c. Absorbing high surges
d. Limiting fault current
24. Which of the following method of protection is used to achieve earth fault operation
a. Core balance method
b. Relay connected with neutral to ground
c. Frame leakage method
d. None of these
 25. when a line – to – line fault occurs, the short circuit current of an alternator depends
upon its
a. subtransient reactance
b. transient reactance
c. synchronous reactance
d. short circuit reactance

I. Problem Solving

1. A three – phase, 3 – wire transmission line has an impedance per wire of 8 +24i ohms.
The receiving end is composed of 3 – phase induction motor drawing 3,600 kilowatt at
0.80 lagging and a resistive load drawing 132 A. If the receiving end voltage is 13.8
kilovolt, calculate:
a.) Sending end voltage
b.) Percent regulation
c.) Line efficiency

2. A 60 Hz, 3 – phase long type transmission line is 175 miles long. It has a total series
impedance of 35 + j140 and shunt admittance of j930 microsiemens. It delivers 40 MW at
220 kV, with 90 % power factor lagging. Determine the sending end voltage.
3. A 3 – phase, 4 wire system supplies loads which are unequally distributed in the three
phase lines. An analysis of the circuit shows that the positive and the negative sequence
components of the current in line A are as follows: Ia1 = 48.02cis (-87.6o) A; Ia2 =
163.21cis40.45oA; In = 156.6cis112.7o A. Determine the line current at line A.
4. A 60 Hz turbo generator is rated 500 MVA, 22 kV. It is wye connected and solidly
grounded and is operating at rated voltage at no load. It is disconnected from the rest of
the system. Its reactances are X1 = X2 = 0.15 and X0 = 0.05 per unit. Find the ratio of the
subtransient current for a symmetrical three – phase fault.