1.The voltage applied across an electric was reduced by 50%.

The power consumed by the press will be

reduced to

a)0.25b)0.5c)0.6d)0.75

2.The law that induce emf and current always opposes the cause producing them was discovered by

a)Faradayb)Maxwellc)Lenzd)Ohm

3.Series capacitor are used to

a)improvise the line voltageb)compensate for line inductive reactancec)compensate for line capacitive
reactanced)non of these

4.A 4, 400 v, 60 Hz transformer has core loss of 840 watts, of which one-third is eddy current loss. What
is the core loss when the transformer is connected to a 4,600 v, 60Hz source?

a)926Wb)967Wc)873Wd)944W

5.Surge impedance of transmission line is given by?

a)sqrt(C/L)b)sqrt(CL)c)1/sqrt(CL)d)sqrt(L/C)

6.Which of the following distribution systems gives the greater reliability?

a)radial systemb)ring systemc)DC three wire systemd)open loop system

7.The name plate speed of a 60 Hz, 3-phase indution motor is 1,175 rpm. What is its number of poles?

a)2b)4c)6d)8

8.The transformer oil used in transsformers provide

a)cooling and lubricationb)insulation and lubricationc)insulation and coolingd)insulation, cooling and

lubrication

9.Two identical coupled coils have an equivalent inductance of 80 mH when conneted in series aiding
and 35 mH in series opposing. Find the coefficient in coupling

a)0.39b)0.43c)0.5d)0.64

10.To protect the Δ-Δ power transformer against fault, the CT will have

a)Δ-Δ connectionb)Δ-Y connectionc)Y-Δ connectiond)Y-Y connection

11.Three 6.66 ohm resistors are connected wye. What is the equivalent of each delta connected
resistors?
a)2.22 Ωb)20 Ωc)11.54 Ωd)10 Ω

12.For a detection of the occurrence of the severe synchronizing power surges

a)impedance relays are best suitedb)reactance are best suitedc)MHO relays are best suitedd)split-phase
relays are best suited

13.Two wattmeters both have readings of 5 kW when connected for two-wattmeter method in a 450-v
three-phase circuit that has a balanced Δ load. Find the Δ phase impedance.

a)69.1∠90°Ωb)69.1∠-90°Ωc)69.1∠45°Ωd)69.1∠0°Ω

14.Which of the following cannot have a single unit of 100 MW?

a)Hydro power plantb)Steam power plantc)Diesel power plantd)Nuclear power plant

15.If the capacitance of the thransmission line is increased, the transmitted power will

a)remain the sameb)increasec)decreased)tend to zero at the receiving end

16.Which of the following tests are conducted for tranformer oil?

a)dielectric, interfacial tension, color of oil, neutralization numberb)dielectric, interfacial tension, color
of oil, power factorc)interfacial tension, color of oil, neutralization number, power factord), specific
gravity

17.Peak load plants are deigned to supply at

a)low capital cost and low operating costb)high capital cost and low operationg costc)low capital cosst
and high operationg costd)high capital cost and high operationg cost

18.A light source is located 2 mm from a surface prouces an illumination of 50 lux on that surface. Find
the intensity of the light source in candela

a)100b)50c)150d)200

19.Which is not a standard distribution voltage in the Philippines?

a)13.2 kVb)13.8 kVc)34.5 kVd)69 kV

20.The power plant has a peak demand of 90 MW, capacity factor of 0.50, uses factor of 0.80 and load
factor of 0.60. Find the plant installed capacity

a)105 MWb)108 MWc)110 MWd)115 MW

21.A 500 MCM ACSR cable has 37 strands. Determine the diameter in mils of each strand

a)120.24b)110.35c)118.34d)116.25
22.Three unbalanced 3-phase currents are given as follows: Ia= 10∠-30° A, Ib= 0, and Ic= 10 ∠-150° A.
Find Ic1

a)3.34∠150° Ab)3.34∠-150° Ac)3.34∠210° Ad)3.34∠-135° A

23.What is the maximum number of conductors in a raceway that does not need to be derated?

a)2b)3c)4d)5

24.When peace and order proble exist, Ntional Grid Corporation of the Philippines (NGCP) issues

a)security alertb)imminent danger alertc)trouble alertd)red alert

25.Which increases the resistance of aconductor?

a)increase in sizeb)increase in lengthc)decrease in lengthd)non of these

26.Red, orange, silver indicates a resistance of

a)22 Ω,±5%b)220 Ω,±5%c)2.2 kΩ,±10%d)22 kΩ,±10%

27.A type of electronics communication in which only one party transmits at a time.

a)Full duplexb)Half duplexc)Bicomd)Simplex

28.21 is the device function number for this relay

a)Undervoltage relayb)Overvoltage relayc)Distance relayd)Directional power relay

29.AC system has the following disadvantages over DC system

a)skin effect existsb)line regulation is morec)charging current existsd)proximity effect exists

30.A three-phase transformer rated for 33 kV/6.6 kV is connected Y-Δ and the protecting current
transformer on the low voltage side have a ratio of 400/5. What is the ratio of the current ransformer on
the high side?

a)46.19:2.89b)46.19:5c)0.3368055555555556d)0.055589004629629624

31.RA 7832 concerns on

a)pilferage of eletricity, theft of transmission materials and capping of system lossb)pilferage of

eletricity, theft of transmission materials and rationalization of system lossc)pilferage of
eletricityd)pilferage of eletricity and electrical materials

32.Three resistors A, B, and C are connected in series to a 120-v supply. If the resistor A=60 ohms and
the voltage across resistor B=40v when the current is 1/2 A, what is the resistance of resistor C in ohms?

a)105b)90c)110d)100
33.Open circuit test on transformers is conducted to determine

a)hysteresis lossb)copper lossc)core lossd)eddy current loss

34.PDC in EPIRA means

a)Philippine Distribution Companyb)Philipine Distribution Corporationc)Philippine Distribution

Commissiond)Phillipine Distribution Code

35.Three resistances of 4,9 and 11 ohms are connected in series an then in parallel. Find the effective
resistance for series connection

a)15Ωb)13Ωc)20Ωd)24Ω

36.What device is used to measure the temperature of a motor winding while the motor is in operation?

a)Seismic probeb)Resistance temperature detectorc)Thermocoupled)Proximity probes

37.A stright conductor 10 cm long and carrying a current of 40 A lies perpendicular to a magnetic field of
1.5 Wb/m2. What is the mechanical power in watt/s required to move the conductor at auniform speed
of 5m/s?

a)390 Wb)300 Wc)330 Wd)360 W

38.A 4-pole dc machine is wounded duplex lab. Find the number of parallel paths

a)4b)6c)8d)10

39.When 3 A flows through a circuit with an input admittance of 0.4 + j0.5 S, what reactive power does
the circuit consumed?

a)11 varb)-8.7 varc)8.7 vard)-11 var

40.Which of the following type of fault used only the equivalent positive sequence impedance of the
circuit in the short circuit calculation?

a)Line to lineb)Line to groundc)Double line to groundd)Three-phase fault

41.The amount of freqency deviation from the carrier center of frequency in an FM transmitter is
proportional to the

a)shapeb)amplitudec)frequncyd)phase

42.Finf the power factor of the impedance 5∠-25° Ω

a)0.423 laggingb)0.9063 leadingc)0.423 leadingd)0.9063 lagging

43.If the resistance in a series RC circuit is increased, the magnitude of the phase angle
a)increasesb)remains the samec)decreasesd)changes in an indeterminate manner

44.Nuclear reactors generally employ

a)fusionb)fissionc)both fussion and fissiond)non of these

45.Calculate the time delay for a phase angle of 45 at a frequency of 500 Hz

a)2 msb)0.5 msc)1.5 msd)0.25 ms

46.A 20 μF capacitor is in parallel with a practical inductor represented by L= 1 mH in series with R= 7

ohms. Find the resonant frequency of the parallel circuit.

a)79.6 Hzb)159.2 Hzc)25.3 Hzd)500 Hz

47.The potential difference between two conductors is 11- v. How much work is done in moving a 5
coloumb charge from one conductor to the other?

a)2,2420 Jb)22 Jc)550 Jd)0.227 J

48.A 100 μF capacitor, carrying an initial charge of 500 μC is discharged through a 50 ohm resistor.
Determine the time it takes the capacitor to discharge to 184 μC charge

a)5 msb)10 msc)15 msd)20 ms

49.Which of the following is not a factor in calculating the feeder conductor size?

a)ambient temperatureb)branch-circuit protectionc)voltage dropd)demand factors

50.A 4-pole, 3-phase induction motor ha a wye-connected stator winding and runs on a 220 v, 60 Hz
supply. The rotor resistance and standstill leakage are 0.1 and 0.9 ohm/phase, respectively. The ratio of
rotor to stator turns/phase is 2/3. calculate the torquw developed in N-m when running with a slip of
4%.

a)40.4b)38.2c)4.7d)49.5

51.Between no-load and full-load, ____ motor develops the least torque

a)seriesb)shuntc)cumulative- compoundd)differential-compound

52.A 3-μF capacitor is initially 50% charged. What will be the maximum possible energy stored if
connected across a 240 volt source?

a)43.2 mJb)86.4 mJc)172.8 mJd)1,122.2 mJ

53.A 240 v d generator supplies 100 amperes at maximum operating efficiency. If the constant lossess
are 950 watts at reated output, what is the maximum efficiency?

a)0.907b)0.917c)0.927d)0.937
54.One kW is equal to ____ gram-cal/sec

a)2388b)238.8c)23.88d)2.388

55.Voltage reonance means

a)series resonanceb)parallel resonancec)current magnificationd)gain magnification

56.Calculate the force developed per meter length between two c\urrent- currying conductors 10 cm
apart and carrying 1000 A and 1500 A curents respectively

a)1 Nb)2 Nc)3 Nd)4 N

57.A barrier voltage at a PN junction for germanium is about

a)0b)0.7 vc)0.3 vd)7 v

58.A 34.5 kV feeder line is 5 mile long. The conductors are spaced 4-feet horizontaly. If the inductive
reactance of the line is 3.46 ohms per phase, what is the self GMD of each conductor?

a)0.168 ftb)0.0168 ftc)0.0618 ftd)0.0816 ft

59.This is the device function number fot DC power circuit breaker

a)82b)52c)92d)72

60.A diversity factor of 1.5 gives a saving of __ % in generating equipment

a)75b)67c)50d)33

61.Three 1 phase transformers are bank in Y/Δ supply a 3 phase load from a 400 v, 3 phase source. The
line voltage on the load side is 3,464 volts. What is the ratio of transformation of ach tranformer?

a)0.20902777777777778b)0.04513888888888889c)8.66:1d)7.94675925925926E-4

62.What is the rotor frequency of an induction motor if the rotor speed is 1,145 rpm?

a)2.75 Hzb)5.5 Hzc)1.25 Hzd)60Hz

63.A two pole alternator is running at 1500 rpm, what is the angular velocity?

a)251.3 rad/secb)188.5 rad/secc)157.1 rad/secd)314.2 rad/sec

64.In case the field of a synchronous motor is underexcited, the power factor will be

a)leadingb)laggingc)zerod)unity

65.If stator voltage of a SCIM is reduced by 25 percent of its rated voltage, torque developed is reduced
by __ percent of its full load value
a)25b)56c)50d)44

66.The field system of a 50 Hz alternator has a sinusoidal flux per pole of 0.1 wb. The emf generated in
one turn of coil is 19.2 v. what is the span of the coil?

a)150b)135c)120d)90

67.The voltage drop, for constant voltage transmission is compensated by installing

a)inductorsb)capacitorsc)synchronous motorsd)all of these

68.A power plant consumes 100,000 lbs of coal per hour. The heating value of the coal is 12,000 BTU per
lb. the overall plant efficiency is 30%. What is the kW output of the plant?

a)175,000 kWb)205,000 kWc)142,500 kWd)105,500 kW

69.A uniform source of light gives 1,884 lumens and is suspended 4 m above the center of a floor 3
meter square. Find the illumination in lm/m2 at the floor immediately below the lamp.

a)9.4b)16.7c)117.3d)209.3

70.a 25 ohm resistor connected in series with a col of 50 ohm resistance and 150 mH inductance. What
is the power factor for the circuit?

a)0.75b)0.8c)0.85d)0.9

71.What is the effective value of a semi-circular wave which has a maximum of 20A?

a)14.4Ab)10Ac)8.16 Ad)16.32 A

72.If a certain conductor has an area of 336,400 circular mils, what is the radius of this conductor in cm?

a)0.737b)0.663c)0.921d)0.81

73.A shorted resistor has

a)infinite current through itb)zero voltage across itc)infinite voltage across itd)zero current through it

74.Materials whose permeabilities are slightly greater than of free spave are called

a)diamagneticb)paramagneticc)ferromagneticd)non-magnetic

75.At a certain point of the system network the positive, negative, and zero sequence impedances are
0.25 pu, 0.5 pu, 0.3 pu respectively. The base MVA is 100. the level at that point is 34.5 kV. Determine
the zero sequence current for one line to ground fault.

a)2091 Ab)6275 Ac)3622 Ad)7244 Ae)(no answer yet)

76.For eliminating 7th harmonic from the emf wave of an alternator, the fractional pitch must be
a)43864b)43957c)43989d)44020

77.Two 1 phase, 25-KVA transformers are connected in V-V bank supplying a balanced 3 phase load of
40 kVA. What is the percentage load of the bank?

a)0.8b)0.864c)0.904d)0.924

78.A real current source has

a)zero internal resistanceb)infinite internal resistancec)a small internal resistanced)a large internal
resistance

79.One ampere-turn is equal to

a)1.26 Gilbertsb)1.46 Gilbertsc)1.46 Gilbertsd)1.56 Gilberts

80.A 15 hp, 460 v, 60 Hz, 6 pole, 3-phase induction motor has full-load slip of 4%. Find the full-load
torque in N-m

a)85b)88c)90d)93

81.A solenoid is 20 cm long and is wound with 500 turns of wire. What is current will be required to set
up a field strength of 3000 AT/m inside the solenoid?

a)1.2 Ab)1.4 Ac)1.6 Ad)1.8 A

82.Three-phase alternators are invariably Y-connected because

a)magnetic losses are minimizedb)less turns of wires are requiredc)smaller conductors can be
usedd)high terminal voltage is obtained

83.In a sine wave AC circuit with R and C in series, the

a)voltage across R and C are in phaseb)voltage across R leads the voltage across C by 90%c)voltages
across Rand C are 180 deg out of phased)voltage across R lags the voltage across C by 90 deg

84.A 75 kVA, single phase transformer has secondary winding impedance of Zs= 0.02 + j0.08 ohm.
Calculate the secondary induced voltage in volts when the transformer is supplying load at unity power
factor and 240 v.

a)242.6b)244.7c)247.5d)248.3

85.A 60 Hz, 4 pole, 3 phase wound rotor induction motor has rotor resistance and standstill leakage
reactance of 0.2 and 0.8 ohm/phase respectively. How much additional resistance must be inserted in
the rotor in ohms/phase so that the motor has the maximum starting torque?

a)0.6b)0.7c)0.06d)0.07
86.The essential condition for stable parallel operation of two dc generators having similar
characteristics is that they should have

a)same kilowatt output ratingsb)drooping voltage characteristicsc)same percentage regulationd)same

no-load and full load speeds

87.Large currents in dc circuits are almost always measured with a/an

a)ammeter and multiplierb)milivoltmeter and shuntc)milivoltmeter and multiplierd)current transformer

and ammeter

88.The voltage induced in a loop of wire rotating in a strong and steady magnetic field is

a)pulsating dcb)dcc)rectified acd)ac

89.The power delivered to a loud speaker of an amplifier is 30 dB above 10 mW. It is equivalent to __

watt

a)10b)0.3c)3d)300

90.which of the following insulators is most affected by heat?

a)glassb)paperc)porcelaind)PVC

91.Two 500-W lamps connected in series across a 220-v line draw 1 A. The total power consumed is __
watts

a)1000b)220c)250d)500

92.A short 230 kV transmission line has an impedance of 10 cis 80 deg ohms. The sending end power is
150 MW at 230 kV and 82% power factor. What is the voltage at the other end?

a)222.45 kVb)223.45 kVc)224.45 kVd)225.45 kV

93.In a balanced three-phase system, the Y-connected impedances are 10 ohms with 30 degrees angle.
If VBC is equal to 416 volts with 240 degree angle, determine ICN. Assume that phase sequence is ABC

a)12 + j20.8 Ab)20.8-j12 Ac)12-j20.8 Ad)20.8+j12 A

94.What effect or principle those of a microphone operates?

a)photoelectricb)thermoelectricc)audioelectricd)piezoelectric

95.A circuit has a resistance of R ohms in series with an inductance of L henries. With a supply of 240 v,
50 Hz, the power in the circuit is 300 W and the voltage across Ris 100 v. find the value of L

a)0.132 Hb)0.231 Hc)0.312 Hd)1.32 H

96.Fixtures that transmit 60% to 90% of the light downward are classified as
a)Semi-indirectb)Semidirectc)Indirectd)Direct

97.What is the total energy generated by a station in kWHR in a year if its maximum demand and annual
laod factor is 15- kW and 45% respectively?

a)67500b)1314000c)24637d)591300

98.A 2 MVA, 13.2 kV/440 V, 60 Hz, 3-phase transformer has a per unit impedance of 0.01 + j0.08.
calculate the percent efficiency at full- load and 0.8 pf lagging if core loss is 8 kw.

a)97.25b)96.92c)98.28d)97.72

99.Which of the following is a primary disadvantage of FM over AM?

a)Lower efficiencyb)Noise Susceptibilityc)Higher cost and complexityd)Excessive use of spectrum space

100.Thesize of conductor on EHV lines is obtained based on

a)current densityb)voltage dropc)coronad)current density and voltage drop

Answer Key

1. a

2. c

3. b

4. b

5. d

6. b

7. c

8. c

9. a

10. d

11. b

12. c

13. d

14. c
15. d

16. c

17. c

18. d

19. a

20. b

21. d

22. a

23. b

24. a

25. b

26. d

27. b

28. d

29. c

30. d

31. b

32. d

33. c

34. d

35. d

36. b

37. b

38. c

39. d
40. d

41. b

42. b

43. c

44. b

45. d

46. b

47. c

48. a

49. b

50. a

51. b

52. b

53. c

54. b

55. a

56. c

57. c

58. b

59. d

60. d

61. b

62. a

63. c

64. b
65. d

66. c

67. c

68. d

69. a

70. b

71. d

72. a

73. b

74. b

75. e

76. c

77. d

78. c

79. a

80. d

81. a

82. d

83. b

84. c

85. b

86. b

87. b

88. d

89. a
90. d

91. b

92. c

93. a

94. d

95. b

96. b

97. d

98. c

99. d

100. d