ROJAS ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING REVIEW CENTER

2nd Floor, Yap Building, 35 M. Velez St , Barangay Guadalupe, Cebu City

DIRECTION: Shade the box on your answer sheet corresponding to 15. If the secondary terminals of a 5:1 step down transformer is
the set of your questionnaires. Do not detach the scratch papers connected to the primary of a 2:1 step down transformer then
from the questionnaires. Avoid unnecessary writings on your answer the total step down ratio of both transformer is ___.
sheet. GOOD LUCK! ANSWER HONESTLY! A. 5:2 C. 10:1 *
B. 100:1 D. 25:4
EXAM DURATION: 3 hours only
16. In the transformer the function of a conservator is to ___
1. Zero sequence currents can flow from a line into a transformer A. provide fresh air for cooling the transformer
bank if the windings are in ____. B. supply, cooling oil to transformer in time of need
A. grounded star/delta * C. delta/star C. to prevent explosion due to rise in oil pressure inside the tank
B. star/grounded star D. delta/delta during a fault
D. protect the transformer from damage when oil expands due
2. A 100 V/10 V, 50 VA transformer is converted to 100 V/110 V to heating *
autotransformer, the rating of the autotransformer is ____.
A. 500 VA C. 550 VA * 17. Which of the following is not considered in selection of surge
B. 110 VA D. 150 VA arrester?
A. Voltage rating C. Class
3. A voltmeter gives 120 oscillations per minute when connected to B. Insulation level * D. Current rating
the rotor. The stator frequency is 50 Hz. The slip of the motor is
A. 2% C. 4.167% 18. An electrical system experience linear changes in load such that
B. 5% D. 4% * the daily load curve is defined as follows: 12 PM, 24 MW; 2 AM,
12 MW; 6 AM, 12 MW; 8 AM, 60 MW; 12 AM, 60 MW; 12:30 PM,
4. In diesel engine the governor controls ____. 48 MW; 1 PM, 60 MW; 5 PM, 60 MW; 6 PM, 84 MW and 12 PM,
A. fuel pressure C. fuel volume 24 MW. Find the load factor.
B. fuel temperature D. fuel flow rate * A. 53.86% * C. 48.28%
B. 42.93% D. 57.18%
5. The ABCD constants of a lossless three-phase 500 kV
transmission line are: A = D = 0.86 + j0, B = 0 + j130.2, 19. A zigzag transformer is used as ____.
C = j0.002. Solve the sending-end complex power when the line A. a potential transformer C. a grounding transformer *
delivers 1000 MVA at 0.8 lagging power factor at 500 kV. B. an isolation transformer D. a booster transformer
A. 820 MW + j310.3 MVAR C. 800 MW + j310.3 MVAR
B. 800 MW + j305.4 MVAR * D. 820 MW + j305.4 MVAR 20. A transmission line of 210 km length has certain values of A, B,
C and D constants. If the length of the line is made 100 km,
6. When an alternator is connected to the infinite bus bar and its then the parameter _____.
excitation is gradually increased, the terminal voltage will ____. A. A increases and B decreases * C. A and B both decreases
A. rise C. drop B. A and B both increases D. A decreases and B increases
B. remain unaltered * D. vary rapidly
21. A power system network with a capacity of 100 MVA has a
7. What is the main advantage of FM over AM? source impedance of 10% at a point. The fault level at that point
A. Greater efficiency C. Wider bandwidth * is ____.
B. Capture effect D. Lower complexity and cost A. 10 MVA C. 17.32 MVA
B. 333.33 MVA D. 1000 MVA *
8. Which of the following power plants the availability of power is
least reliable? 22. In semi-conductors, a donor type impurity must have ____.
A. Wind power plant * C. Tidal power plant A. no charge
B. Geothermal power plant D. Solar power plant B. negative or positive charge
C. only three valence electrons
9. When voltage are high and current to be interrupted is low, the D. only five valence electrons *
circuit breaker preferred is ____.
A. air circuit breaker C. oil circuit breaker 23. Distance relay is device number ____.
B. vacuum circuit breaker * D. any of these A. 76 C. 79
B. 21 * D. 30
10. A three-phase, 4-wire feeder is serving a 5 hp (FLC = 16.7 A),
208 V three-phase motor and three 2 hp (FLC = 24 A), 120 V 24. For reducing tower footing resistance, it is better to use ___.
single-phase motors. Determine the minimum required feeder A. chemical and ground rods only
ampacity. B. chemical and counterpoise only
A. 46.7 A * C. 94.7 A C. ground rods and counterpoise only *
B. 110.875 A D. 50.875 A D. chemical, ground rods and counterpoise

11. Which of the following methods of generating electric power 25. Which of the following is usually not a generating voltage?
from the sea water is more advantageous? A. 6.6 kV C. 9.9 kV *
I. Ocean currents II. Tidal power III. Wave power B. 11 kV D. 13.2 kV
A. I only C. II only *
B. III only D. I, II and III 26. The exact natural frequency of free oscillatory circuit with
capacitance of 0.055 F, inductance 2 H and resistance 1 ohm
12. Whenever the conductors are dead ended or there is a change will be ____.
in the direction of transmission lines, the insulators used are of A. 479 kHz * C. 337 kHz
the ____. B. 272 kHz D. 192 kHz
A. pin type C. suspension type
B. shackle type D. strain type * 27. Which factor is least important for base load plant
A. High efficiency C. Quick starting *
13. In a thermal power plant a cooling tower cools ____. B. High availability D. Low capital cost
A. steam from boiler C. steam from turbine
B. water from economizer D. water from condenser * 28. Load curve of a power plant has always ___.
A. zero slopes
14. A balanced 3-phase system consists of ____. B. positive slopes
A. zero sequence currents only C. negative slopes
B. positive sequence currents only * D. any combination of A, B and C *
C. negative and zero sequence currents only.
D. zero, negative and positive sequence currents

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29. An unconventional conductor consists of three strands arranged 43. The ratio of the readings of two wattmeters connected to
vertically. Find the GMR in terms of the radius r of an individual measure power in a balanced 3-phase load is 5:3 and the load is
strand. inductive. The power factor of the load is ____.
A. 1.864r C. 1.764r A. 0.917 lead C. 0.917 lag *
B. 1.524r D. 1.704r * B. 0.6 lead D. 0.6 lag

30. A 6 V car radio draws a current of 6.5 A. What resistance in 44. Two wye-connected identical, synchronous generators operating
ohms must be connected in series with it to operate it in a car in parallel, share equally a 1-MW load at 11 kV and 0.8 lagging
with a 12 V battery? power factor. If one machines supplies 40 A at a lagging power
A. 1.846  C. 0.846  factor. Determine the power factor of the second machine.
B. 0.923  * D. 2.769  A. 0.91 lag C. 0.92 lag
B. 0.93 lag D. 0.94 lag *
31. The secondary line voltage will be least for which of the
following connections? 45. A transformer rated at a maximum of 25 kVA supplies a 12 kW
A. Delta-delta C. Star-star load at a power factor 0.60 lagging. How many kW in additional
B. Delta-star D. Star-delta * load maybe added at unity power factor before the transformer
exceeds its rated kVA?
32. A three-phase short transmission line is 16 km long. The line has A. 6.5 kW C. 5.8 kW
a per phase series impedance of 0.125 +j0.4375 ohm per km. B. 7.2 kW * D. 8.3 kW
Determine the sending-end line voltage when the line delivers
120 MW, unity power factor at 64 kV. 46. Most fiber optic light sources emit light in which spectrum?
A. 69 kV * C. 66 kV A. Visible * C. Infrared
B. 68 kV D. 67 kV B. Ultraviolet D. X-ray

33. In hydroelectric plant a conduct system for taking water from 47. Generating capacity connected to the bus bars and ready to take
the intake works to the turbine is known as ____. load when switched on is known as _____.
A. reservoir C. forebay A. firm power C. cold reserve
B. penstock * D. surge tank B. hot reserve D. spinning reserve *

34. An energy meter whose constant is 600 revolutions per kWh, 48. A 10 km long, 3-phase line delivers 1 MW at 0.8 pf lagging. The
makes 5 revolutions in 20 s. Calculate the load in kW. series impedance of the line is 0.5 + j0.56, ohm per km per
A. 2.2 kW C. 1.5 kW * phase. The sending end voltage is 11 kV. Find the receiving end
B. 1.8 kW D. 1.2 kW line voltage.
A. 10.31 kV C. 10.09 kV *
35. A tap changing transformer is used to ____. B. 10.17 kV D. 10.21 kV
A. supply low voltage current for instruments
B. step up the voltage 49. In the EPIRA law, it is an energy loss due to conductor loss,
C. step down the voltage transformer core loss and technical error in meters.
D. step up as well as step down the voltage * A. Technical loss * C. Administrative loss
B. Power loss D. Non-technical loss
36. Basically a lightning arrester is a surge ____.
A. diverter * C. absorber 50. An 8-pole, three-phase 50-cycle induction motor is taking 50 kW
B. generator D. reflector and running at 725 rpm. The stator losses and frictional losses
amount to 1.2 kW and 1.8 kW. Determine motor bhp.
37. An alternator of 300 kW is driven by a prime mover of speed A. 68 hp C. 61 hp *
regulation 4% and another alternator of 200 kW driven by a B. 65 hp D. 63 hp
prime mover of speed regulation 3%, the total load they can
take is ____. 51. Back to back HVDC is used to ____.
A. 435 kW C. 425 kW * A. increase the transmission capability
B. 445 kW D. 455 kW B. decrease line losses
C. reduce voltage drop
38. Printed documents to be transmitted by fax are converted into D. provide stable interconnection *
baseband electrical signal by the process of ____.
A. reflection C. modulation 52. A 400-V dc shunt motor take 5 A at no load, Ra = 0.5  and
B. scanning * D. light variation Rsh = 200 . What is the ratio of speed from full load to no-load
when the dc shunt motor takes 50 A on full load?
39. A wind generator with an efficiency of 0.85 has a blade diameter A. 0.69 C. 0.94 *
of 20 m. If the wind velocity is 30 kph, how much power is B. 0.83 D. 0.72
obtainable from the generator?
A. 58 kW * C. 56 kW 53. Which one is not a part of a transformer?
B. 60 kW D. 62 kW A. Radiator * C. Load tap changer
B. Bushing D. Oil drum
40. Regulation is considered in designing the following except in ___
A. transmission line C. generator 54. Fault calculation that uses positive sequence impedances only.
B. bus bar * D. transformer A. Line to line fault C. Single-line to ground fault
B. Double-line to ground fault D. Three-phase fault *
41. A volume of 1,000,000 m3 of water is stored in a reservoir
feeding a water turbine If the center of mass of mass of the 55. An 8-pole alternator has 48 slots, and a coil span is 5 in slots.
water is 50 m above the turbine and losses are negligible, how Calculate the coil span factor.
much energy in MWh will the volume of water produce? Assume A. 0.9396 D. 0.9781
the density of water is 993 kg/m3. B. 0.9659 * C. 0.9510
A. 135 * C. 187
B. 203 D. 128 56. When the signal from a mobile cellular unit drops below a
certain level, what action occurs?
42. The function of the breather in a transformer is ____. A. The unit is handed off to closer cell *
A. to suppress harmonics B. The call is terminated
B. to control the level of oil in the tank C. The MTSO increases power level
C. to arrest flow of moisture into the tank * D. The cell site switches antennas
D. to provide protection against over current

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57. What PEC rule, for disconnecting means shall be located in sight 71. A balanced three-phase, 3-wire supply feeds balanced star
from the controller location? connected resistors. If one of the resistors is disconnected, then
A. Manufacturing rule C. Wiring rule the percentage reduction in load will be ___.
B. Installation rule * D. Construction rule A. 33 1/3 C. 50 *
B. 66 2/3 D. 75
58. If transformer frequency is change from 50 Hz to 60 Hz, the
ratio of the eddy current loss at 50 Hz to 60 Hz at constant 72. Depletion region in a PN junction is due to _____.
voltage is ____. A. reversed biasing *
A. 5/6 C. 25/36 B. forward biasing
B. 6/5 D. 1.0 * C. an area created by crystal doping
D. an area void of current carriers
59. A piece of conductor 10 cm long moves across a magnetic field
of 10,000 G at a velocity of 1.2 m/s. What voltage appears 73. A lap wound dc machine has 400 conductors and 8 poles. The
across the conductor? voltage induced per conductor is 2 V. The machine generates a
A. 1.2 V C. 2.4 V voltage of ____.
B. 0.24 V D. 0.12 V * A. 100 V * C. 200 V
B. 400 V D. 800 V
60. A transformer conservator consists of ____.
A. a drum placed at the bottom of the tank 74. The insulation resistance of a cable of length 10 km is 1 MΩ, its
B. an air-tight metal drum fixed at the top of the tank * resistance for 50 km length will be ___.
C. an overload protective devices A. 0.2 MΩ * C. 5 MΩ
D. a high tension insulators B. 0.04 MΩ D. 1 MΩ

61. Direct conversion of heat into electric power is possible through 75. In the analysis of short transmission lines which of the following
A. fuel cells C. batteries is neglected?
B. thermionic converter * D. all of these A. I2R losses C. Shunt admittance *
B. Series impedance D. Length of the line
62. When a line to ground fault occurs, the current in the faulted
phase is 100 A. The zero sequence current in this case will be __ 76. The bus bars of each alternators of 15% reactance each, are
A. zero C. 100 A interconnected through tie-bar reactors of 15% each. The
B. 66.6 A D. 33.3 A * equivalent impedance to fault current for a 3-phase fault in any
alternator bus-bar will be _____.
63. The main advantage of ac transmission system over dc A. 75% C. 10%
transmission system is ____. B. 11.25% * D. 15%
A. easy transformation
C. less insulation problems 77. Which of the following is not required in a typical electrical
D. less problem of instability design?
B. less losses in transmission over long distances * A. feeder
B. main disconnecting means
64. The capacitance of a 3-core cable between any two conductors C. overcurrent protection for conductors
with sheath earthed is 2 µF. The capacitance per phase will be D. the service *
A. 1 µF C. 4 µF *
B. 0.667 µF D. 1.414 µF 78. A balanced delta connected load draws 10 A of line current and
3 kW at 220 V. Determine the value of the reactance of each
65. For economy in generation power _____. phase of the load.
A. diversity factor should be high A. 30 ohms C. 23.5 ohms *
B. plant utilization factor should be high * B. 24.3 ohms D. 38.1 ohms
C. load factor should be high
D. load factor and diversity factor should be low 79. Load flow study is carried out for ____.
A. fault calculations C. stability studies
66. The steel used in steel-cored conductors is usually ___. B. system planning * D. load frequency control
A. alloy steel C. stainless steel
B. high speed steel D. mild steel * 80. The charging reactance of 50 km line is 1500 Ω. The charging
reactance for 100 km length of line will be ___.
67. A voltage of 1000 kV is applied to an overhead line with its A. 1500 Ω C. 3000 Ω
receiving-end open. If the surge impedance of the line is 500 B. 750 Ω * D. 600 Ω
ohms, then the total surge power in the line is ____.
A. 2000 MW * C. 500 MW 81. A dc line carries ____an equivalent ac line.
B. 2 MW D. 0.5 MW A. less power than C. more power than *
B. equal power as D. none of these
68. A certain amount of fuel can be converted into 0.003 quads of
energy in a power station. If the average load on the station 82. A 600 kVA, single-phase transformer when working at unity
over a 24-hour period is 50 MW, determine how many days the power factor has an efficiency of 92% at full load and also at
fuel will last. Assume 20% overall efficiency for the power half load. What will be the efficiency when the transformer
station. operates at unity pf and 60% of full load?
A. 140 days C. 147 days * A. 94.2% C. 93.5%
B. 154 days D. 200 days B. 92.3% * D. 91.8%

69. The secondary winding of which transformers is always kept 83. Which of the following equipment is installed in steam power
closed? plants to reduce air pollution?
A. Grounding transformer C. Autotransformer A. Desuper heater C. Air filter
B. Potential transformer D. Current transformer * B. Stock D. Electrostatic precipitator *

70. The positive sequence impedance of a transmission line is ___. 84. A series RL circuit with R = 100 ohms; L = 50 H, is supplied to a
A. three times the negative sequence impedance dc source of 100 V. The time taken for the current to rise 70%
B. equal to the negative sequence impedance * of its steady-state value is ____.
C. one-third of the negative sequence impedance A. 0.3 s C. 2.4 s
D. always zero B. 0.6 s * D. 0.45 s

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85. The power output of a cellular radio is controlled by the ___. 100. Two coupled coils connected in series have an equivalent
A. user or caller C. called party inductance of 16 mH or 8 mH depending on the interconnection.
B. cell site D. MTSO * Then the mutual inductance between the coils is ___.
A. 12 mH C. 8 mH
86. The currents flowing in L and C at parallel resonance are ____. B. 4 mH D. 2 mH *
A. zero C. equal *
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87. A 240-V, 60 cycle source is connected to a coil of wire that has a AFTER THE EXAM, SUBMIT YOUR QUESTIONNAIRES AND YOUR
resistance of 7.5 ohms and an inductance of 0.0477 H. Solve the ANSHER SHEET. IT WILL BE RETURN TO YOU NEXT WEEK,
real power drawn. TOGETHER WITH YOUR SCORE AFTER CHECKING THEM…
A. 1138 W * C. 1202 W
B. 1052 W D. 1216 W

88. Which alternator usually runs at slow speed as compared to

others?
A. coupled to gas turbine C. coupled to steam turbine
B. coupled to hydraulic turbine* D. coupled to diesel engine

89. A 125-V, 25-Hz source is connected to a series circuit consisting

of a 30- resistor and a 159-F capacitor. Determine the power
taken by the circuit.
A. 154 W C. 188 W *
B. 206 W D. 225 W

90. Fault calculation that uses positive and negative sequence

impedance only.
A. Line to line fault * C. Single-line to ground fault
B. Three-phase fault D. Double-line to ground fault

91. Which of the following medium is employed for extinction of arc

in air circuit breaker?
A. Oil C. SF6
B. Vacuum D. Air *

92. A short three-phase line connected to a 33 kV generating station

at the sending end is to supply a load of 10 MW at 0.8 pf
lagging at 30 kV at the receiving end. If the minimum
transmission efficiency is to be 0.96, determine the resistance
per phase of the line.
A. 2.2 ohms C. 1.8 ohms
B. 1.2 ohms D. 2.4 ohms *

93. The process of deliberately adding impurity to a semi-conductor

material is called ____.
A. Ionization C. Bonding
B. Diffusing D. Doping *

94. Device number of undervoltage relay is ____.

A. 27 * C. 67
B. 81 D. 40

95. A 300 km long overhead line has a surge impedance of 400 Ω.

For 600 km length, the surge impedance will be ___.
A. 100 Ω C. 200 Ω
B. 400 Ω * D. 800 Ω

96. Where does a fluorescent lamp cannot be mounted that easily

causes fire?
A. Dry wall or plaster C. Concrete
B. Framing member D. Cellulose fiber *

97. Wooden poles for supporting transmission lines are used for
voltages up to ____.
A. 440 V C. 11 kV
B. 22 kV * D. 66 kV

98. A delta-delta power transformer is protected by CT having ___

connections.
A. star/star * C. delta/delta
B. star/delta D. delta/star

99. Which of the following plants is almost inevitably used as base

load plants?
A. Diesel engine plants C. Gas turbine plants
B. Pumped storage plants D. Nuclear power plants *

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