Summary of EE Questions

1. Slip rings are made of

A. Steel
B. Copper*
C. Bakelite
D. Mica

2. Merz price protection is used on

A. Substations
B. Capacitor Banks
C. Induction motors
D. Generators*

3. A __ is a device that carry and interrupt load current even in case of a fault by used of
separate contacts.

A. Air switch
B. Fuse
C. Sectionalizing
D. Circuit breaker*

4. What is the process of heating electrically non-mettalic materials such as plumbers,

plastics, etc

A. Resistive
B. Capacitive
C. Dielectric*
D. Induction

5. How are multiple stop push buttons connected in a control circuit

A. Series-parallel
B. Parallel
C. Gang
D. Series*

6. What electrode in a junction transistor corresponds to the cathode in vacuum tube

A. Base
B. Emitter*
C. Drain
D. Collector

7. An SCR combines the feature of

A. Rectifier and resistance

B. Rectifier and capacitor
C. Rectifier and transistor*
D. Rectifier and inductor

8. Name of the transformer that provides an almost continuously variable stepless output
voltage from 0 to rated line voltage

A. Booster
B. UPS
C. AVR
D. Variac*

9. What is the maximum allowable voltage drop for lighting circuit

A. 3%*
B. 5%
C. 2%
D. 10%

10. What is the maximum allowable voltage drop for feeders

A. 1%
B. 2%
C. 3%
D. 5%*

11. The unit of magnetic field intensity in the CGS system is

A. Gauss
B. Ampere-turn per meter
C. Gilbert
D. Oersted*

12. The rapid failure caused by the hear of an arc on the conductor surface accompanied by
the heating effect of short circuit
A. Fault current breakdown*
B. Current limit value
C. Arc current breakdown
D. Faull current limit

14. What is the most common cause of failure in cable termination and insulation

A. Tracking
B. Poor shielding
C. Wrong clearance
D. Improper insulation penciling*

15. A freshly paint layer may be dried electronically by __ heating

A. Emissive
B. Dielectric
C. Induction*
D. Convection

16. Prior to starting of fluorescent lamp, heating of electrode is done by

A. Starter
B. Ballast*
C. Filament
D. Heater

17. What is the barrier potential of a germanium diode at room temperature

A. 0.3 V*
B. 0.7 V
C. 1.1 V
D. 1.2 V

18. While describing the sheath of a cable, the abbreviation XLPE means __ polyethylene

A. Cross layer
B. External layer
C. Cross linked*
D. Extra long
19. A permanent slip single phase capacitor motor does not have

A. Centrifugal switch*
B. Start winding
C. Squirrel cage motor
D. High power factor

20. The sparking at the brushes of a dc generator is due to

A. Reactance voltage*
B. Armature reaction
C. Light load
D. High resistance at the brushes

21. A fuse is a __ device

A. 3-phase terminal
B. 1-phase terminal*
C. 3-phase protective
D. 1-phase switching

22. Which of the following types of heating process is used for surface hardening of steel

A. Resistance*
B. Dielectric
C. Induction
D. Infrared

23. What is the minimum clearance between the recessed incandescent fixture and the
nearest point of a storage space of closet

A. 100 mm
B. 150 mm*
C. 200 mm
D. 250 mm

24. If the speed of an induction motor increases, what happens to the motor frequency

A. Increases
B. Decreases*
C. Does not change
D. No relation at all

25. Wind mils in addition to proper gearing is the best driver for

A. DC generator
B. Synchronous Generator
C. Induction Generator*
D. Rotary Rectifier

26. The dc generator used as a pilot exciter is

A. Series
B. Shunt
C. Over compound
D. Flat compound*

27. When a carrier wave is modulated at 100%, its power is increased by __ percent

A. 100%
B. 150%
C. 50%*
D. 0%

28. Differential relays are used to protect the equipment against

A. Reverse current
B. Internal faults*
C. Overcurrents
D. No voltage

29. If the supply voltage is changed by 5% for a 3 phase induction motor, its torque will have
a change of

A. 5%
B. 10%*
C. 25%
D. 20%

30. Which of the following is not a part of the megger

A. Handcrank*
B. Moving coil meter
C. Coil of high inductance
D. Gear box generator

31. In a series RL circuit, the inductor current __ the resistor current

A. lags
B. leads
C. equal to*
D. negative of

32. Open conductors run individually as service drops shall be.

I. Insulated. II. Bare. III. Covered

A. I only
B. II only
C. III only
D. Either I or II*

33. The direction of rotation of a series dc motor can be reversed by interchanging the

A. Supply terminals
B. Field terminals*
C. Supply and field terminals
D. None of these

34. Very large 3 phase induction motor (larger than 25 hp) are started by:

A. Direct starting
B. Autotransformer starting*
C. Star-delta starting
D. Primary resistance starting

35. What is the common method of cooling power transformer

A. Air cooling
B. Oil cooling*
C. Air blast cooling
D. Natural cooling

36. Which material is used as a moisture absorber in the transformer breathing

A. Calcium carbide
B. Calcium sulfide
C. Calcium chloride*
D. Calcium carbonate

37. A wattmeter is installed in a balanced 3 phase system with current coil at line a and
voltage coil across lines b and c. The wattmeter will measure _ power

A. Total
B. Active
C. Reactive*
D. Real

38. Electrodes permitted for grounding are the following except __

A. Underground water metal pipe

B. Concrete encased electrode
C. Metal frame of building electrode
D. Metal underground gas piping system*

39. What is the voltage used in LCD monitor

A. Low dc voltage*
B. High dc voltage
C. Low ac voltage
D. High ac voltage

40. In dc motors, carbon brushes are preferred than copper brushes because

A. They are stronger

B. They produced less arcing*
C. They have low loss
D. All of the above

41. At least __ mm of free conductor, measured from the point in the box where it emerges
from its raceway shall be left at each outlet, junction, and switch point for splices or
connection to fixtures or devices

A. 150*
B. 200
C. 300
D. 500
42. SAIDI in EPIRA means

A. System average interruption duration index*

B. System average interruption distribution index
C. System average interruption demand index
D. System average interruption difference index

43. Minimum thickness of concrete in a concrete encased electrode is __ mm

A. 80
B. 60
C. 70
D. 50*

44. A device which serves to govern in some predetermined manner the electric power
delivered to the apparatus to which it is connected with is called

A. Switch
B. Feeder
C. Relay
D. Controller*

45. It is a general term including material, fittings, devices, appliances, fixtures, apparatus
and the like used as part or in connection with an electrical insulation

A. Wiring system
B. Utilization equipment
C. Service equipment
D. Equipment*

46. It is a term for devices that utilizes electric energy for a purpose like motors, furnaces,
heaters, light source and the like is:

A. Wiring system
B. Utilization equipment*
C. Service equipment
D. Equipment

47. The maximum torque that allows a synchronous motor to remain in synchronism is

A. Pull-in torque
B. Pull-out torque*
C. Brake-in torque
D. Brake-out torque

48. Conductors after the final overcurrent device and before the load served

A. Branch circuit conductor*

B. Service conductor
C. Feeder conductor
D. None of these

49. What rule is used to determine the direction of the induced or generated current within
the conductor

A. Flemings left hand rule

B. Flemings right hand rule*
C. Lenz law
D. Faradays law

50. In a dc motor, which of the following does not cause sparking in the commutator

A. No load on the output leads

B. Frozen armature
C. High brush contact resistance*
D. Graphite brushes with good contact pressure

51. Which of the following statements regarding the motion of a conductor through a
changing magnetic field is FALSE

A. The lines of magnetic flux pass from north pole to the south pole of the magnet
B. When a conductor is "open circuited", no current flows despite its motion through the
field.
C. The conductor must move at constant velocity in order to generate a current.*
D. A current flowing counter to the direction of the conductor's motion will create a torque.

52. The overall torque of a DC motor is T = k*phi*Ia*z, wherein k is the constant, phi is the
flux per pole, Ia is the armature current, and z is the number of conductors on the surface of
the armature. Which of the following is false.

A. It applies to both motors and generators

B. It applies only to a machine with even number of pair poles*
C. It applies since torque is indirectly dependent upon the pole winding current
D. It applies whether or not there is a load in the system.
53. A DC system can be protected from lightning by including a thyrite tube in the circuit that
connects the high voltage line with the ground. Which of the following is false.

A. It maintains a very high resistance at or below the system operating voltage

B. Its resistance becomes low at very high voltages
C. It has a very fast recovery time with regard to voltage change
D. Its fusable link melts at a high voltage*

54. An alternating current with a frequency of 60 Hz is passed through a moving coil

galvanometer that measures DC current. What will be the reading of the galvanometer?

A. The peak value of AC current

B. The average value of the AC current
C. The rms value
D. A negligible amount*

55. Which of the following about induction motors is false

A. They are used to increase the line power factor*

B. They have no slip rings, no brushes, and no excited field current
C. They have no commutators and no windings on the armature
D. Squirrel cage induction motors operate at essentially constant speeds.

56. A medium transmission line has length over 80 km and up to 250 km has negligible

A. Resistance
B. Inductance
C. Conductance*
D. Capacitance

57. The imaginary part of propagation constant is called

A. Phase constant*
B. Attenuation constant
C. Stability constant
D. Reliability factor

58. For load flow analysis, transmission lines are represented by

A. Nominal pie*
B. Nominal T
C. Tuned power network
D. Ladder network

59. Convergence characteristics of Gauss Seidel Method is

A. Linear*
B. Super linear
C. Quadratic
D. Cubic

60. Temporary magnets are made up of

A. Hardened steel
B. Soft steel
C. Soft iron*
D. Tungsten steel

61. What is the purpose of tubes located at the side of transformer

A. Support
B. Cooling*
C. Quard
D. All of these

62. Which of the following is not used as transmission voltage in the Philippines

A. 13.2 kV*
B. 13.8 kV
C. 34.5 kV
D. 69 kV

63. It is the chemical used in protecting wooden poles from termites

A. Lime water
B. Sodium hydroxide
C. Creosotic oil*
D. None of these

64. It is a relay used to prevent motorizing of generator

A. Directional Current Relay

B. Overcurrent relay
C. Reverse power relay*
D. Overvoltage relay

65. Which power plant has limited power storage

A. Solar
B. Wind
C. Hydro power plant
D. Pump storage plant*

66. When circuit relay energizes other circuit, what do you call the first circuit

A. Controller
B. Control relay
C. Signalling circuit
D. Remote circuit relay*

67. What type of fault current is needed to compute the kAIC rating of a circuit breaker

A. 3 phase fault*
B. Line to Line fault
C. LLG
D. SLG

68. Which of the following is not a reason why single phase induction motor run

A. Two windings displaced from each other

B. Hysteresis*
C. One of the current is made out of phase between the lines
D. Shaded poles

69. The unit of magnetic dipole moment is

A. A/m^2
B. A/m
C. A-m^2*
D. A-m

70. The number of address lines for 32k

A. 14
B. 15*
C. 16
D. 17

71. A moving coil galvanometer can be converted into an ammeter by connecting the
galvanometer

A. Low resistance in series

B. Low resistance in parallel*
C. High resistance in series
D. High resistance in parallel

72. The Coulomb's Law is an implication of which law

A. Ampere Law
B. Gauss Law*
C. Biot Savart Law
D. Lenz Law

73. Average resistance of human body

A. 500 ohms
B. 1000 ohms*
C. 1500 ohms
D. 2000 ohms

74. Earth wire or ground wire is made up of

A. Copper
B. Aluminum
C. Iron
D. Galvanized steel*

75. If three phase alternator is short circuited at its terminal, then the initial value of short
circuit current will be limited by

A. Synchronous reactance
B. Transient Reactance
C. Subtransient Reactance*
D. All of these

76. If two conducting spheres are separately charged and then brought in contact
A. Total energy is conserved
B. Total charge is conserved*
C. Both energy and charge is conserved
D. None of these

77. The OS that pays more attention on the meeting of the time limits

A. Distributed
B. Network
C. Real time*
C. Online

78. The bullseye of the grounding target is located at

A. Connection*
B. Service
C. Source
D. Transformer

79. Which is not part of unbundling rate in your Meralco Bill

A. Generation
B. Transmission
C. Distribution
D. Supplier*

80. Which of the following is real time operating system (RTOS)

A. RT Linux
B. VxWorks
C. Windows CE
D. All of these*

81. Which of the following materials has the least resistivity

A. Zinc
B. Lead
C. Mercury
D. Copper*

82. In a 5-phase balanced system, the ratio of the line voltage to the phase voltage is given
by:
A. sqrt(3)
B. sqrt(2)
C. 1.176*
D. 1

83. Three delta connected resistors absorb 60 kW when connected to a three phase line. If
the same resistors are connected in star, the power absorbed is

A. 60 kW
B. 40 kW
C. 20 kW*
D. 180 kW

84. In the transmission lines, the cross arms are made of

A. Copper
B. Wood
C. R.C.C
D. Steel*

85. Material used for insulation of high voltage cables

A. Lead
B. Paper*
C. Rubber
D. None of the above

86. Transmission line insulators are made of

A. Glass
B. Porcelain*
C. Iron
D. PVC

87. The material generally used for armour of high voltage cables is

A. Aluminum
B. Steel*
C. Brass
D. Copper
88. The material generally used for sheaths of underground cables is

A. Lead*
B. Copper
C. Rubber
D. Iron

89. Phase modifiers in AC transmission lines are

A. Synchronous machines*
B. Induction machine
C. DC machine
D. Transformer

90. The charging reactance of a 50 km transmission line is 1500 ohms. What is the
charging reactance for 100 km transmission line

A. 1500 ohms*
B. 3000 ohms
C. 750 ohms
D. 6000 ohms

91. Which of the following is a contacting medium for electric current

A. Low temperature gas

B. High temperature gas
C. Dissociated gas
D. Plasma*

92. Reactors for the protection of transmission line are connected in

A. Series*
B. Parallel
C. Star
D. Delta

93. The most common type of three phase in unsymmetrical fault is

A. SLG*
B. LL
C. DLG
D. Three phase
94. HRC fuse provides best protect against

A. Open circuit
B. Short circuits*
C. Overload
D. Reverse current

95. The positive sequence component of voltage at the point of fault is zero when it is a :

A. Three phase fault*

B. LL
C. DLG
D. SLG

96. The main function of undervoltage protective device generally used with a motor starter
is

A. To open supply circuit voltage*

B. To control motor voltage
C. To prevent opening of supply circuit voltage
D. To short circuit the motor

97. What will happen if a voltmeter is connected like an ammeter in series with the load

A. The meter will burn out

B. The measurement will be too high
C. High current will flow
D. There wi be almost no current flow*

98. The errors in C.T. are mainly due to

A. Leakage flux
B. Excitation emf required
C. Core loss*
D. Copper loss

99. Inductance is measured by

A. Wien bridge
B. Maxwell Bridge*
C. Schering bridge
D. Hay bridge

100. It is used to measure dielectric loss

A. Wien bridge
B. Maxwell Bridge
C. Schering bridge*
D. Hay bridge

101. It is used to measure frequency

A. Wien bridge*
B. Maxwell Bridge
C. Schering bridge
D. Hay bridge

102. In a low power factor watmetter, the compensating coil is connected

A. In series with current coil

B. In parallel with current coil
C. In series with pressure coil*
D. In parallel with pressure coil

103. In a megger controlling torque is provided by

A. Spring
B. Gravity
C. Coil*
D. Eddy current

104. Two holes in the disc of energy meter are drilled at the opposite sides of the spindle to

A. Improve its ventilation

B. Increase its deflecting torque
C. Eliminate creeping at no load*
D. Increase its braking torque

105. In instruments, the term artificial aging is associated with

A. Permanent magnets*
B. Damping
C. Springs
D. Controlling torque

106. Which of the following instruments cannot be used for the measurement of AC as well
as DC quantities

A. Electrostatic instruments
B. Induction type instruments*
C. Moving iron instruments
D. Hot wire instruments

107. __ instrument is free from hysteresis and eddy current errors

A. Electrostatic*
B. Moving iron
C. Moving coil permanent magnet type
D. Moving coil dynamometer type

108. __ instrument will draw least current from the circuit in which it is incorporated

A. Hot wire
B. Rectifier
C. Electrostatic*
D. Thermocouple

109. __ type instrument has identical calibration for AC as well as DC values

A. Hotwire*
B. Moving coil
C. Moving iron
D. Induction

110. When the damping of an instrument is adjusted to enable the pointer to rise quickly to
its deflected position without overshooting, in that case the instrument is said to be

A. Underdamped
B. Overdamped
C. Dead beat*
D. Off beat