REGISTERED ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Pre-board Examination

Sunday, August 9, 2015 8:00 AM – 2:00 PM

PROFESSIONAL ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING SUBJECTS

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only one
answer for each item by shading the box corresponding to the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWED. Use pencil No. 2 only.

MULTIPLE CHOICE:

1. One kwhr is equal to _____ BTU.

A. 360 B. 3,413 C. 3,600 D. 1,000
2. Which of the following is the basis for standards of electrical wiring installations in the
Philippines?
A. Philippine Distribution Code C. Philippine Electrical Code
B. Philippine Grid Code D. Fire Code of the Philippines
3. In dwelling units with a halfway of 3m or more in length, at least how many receptacle
outlet/s installed?
A. 3 B. 2 C. 1 D. none
4. When installing two grounding electrodes, the minimum distance between them is
A. 1,800 mm B. 2,000 mm C. 1,500 rpm D. 2,400 rpm
5. A lamp produces an initial illumination of 800 lux over a normally placed screen. If the
distance of the lamp from the screen is doubled, what is the new illumination on the
screen?
A. 100 lux B. 200 lux C. 300 lux D. 400 lux
6. What is the minimum required ampacity of the feeder conductors supplying a 5 A,
single-phase motor and a 10 A lighting load?
A. 14.25 A B. 15.5 A C. 17.5 A D. 16.25 A
7. When the length of a wire is doubled and all other factors remained the same, what
would the wire resistance become?
A. remained the same C. decreased
B. doubled D. could not be determined
8. A 3Ф, 60 Hz, 6-pole induction motor delivers 25 HP at 1,150 rpm. If the rotor copper loss
is 300 watts, what is the rotor power input?
A. 7,194 w B. 6,194 w C. 8,194 w D. 5,194 w
9. An aluminum wire has a diameter of 2 mm. What must be the diameter of copper wire
of the same resistance and length as aluminum?
 A. 1.33 mm B. 1.45 mm C. 1.56 mm D. 1.75 mm
10. A customer owns an old air conditioning unit rated ½ HP at 70% efficiency but decided
to buy a new one of the same horsepower rating with 85% efficiency and with 2 years
warranty. If the usage of new unit is 8 hours per day and 150 days per year, what is the
differential cost of energy in one year when the unit cost of energy is P8.99/kWHR?
A. P9,870 B. P8,070 C. P1,014 D. P2,029
11. Three impedances Z1 = 2.2 + j2.2 Ω, Z2 = 10 + j10 Ω and Z3 = -j5 Ω are connected in
series. The voltage across Z1 is 26.59 – j4.69 v. What is the total voltage?
A. 93 + j62.4 v B. 93 – j62.4 v C. 112 + j51 v D. 112 – j51 v
12. A series circuit consists of three resistors R1, R2, and R3 which are connected to a 240 v
source. If the voltage drop across R1 is 60 v when the current is 4 A and R2 = 1.5R3, what
is the ohmic resistance R3?
A. 15 Ω B. 18 Ω C. 27 Ω D. 28 Ω
13. Two exactly similar turbo-alternators are rated 5 MW each. They are running in parallel.
The speed load characteristics of the driving turbines are such that the frequency of
alternator one drops uniformly from 60 Hz on no-load to 57.5 Hz on full-load, that of
alternator two from 60 Hz to 58 Hz. How will the two machines share a load of 8,000
kW?
A. 3,556 kW, 4,444 kW C. 3,500 kW, 4,500 kW
B. 4,000 kW, 4,000 kW D. 3,636 kW, 4,364 kW
14. Two coupled coils have self-inductances L1 = 2 H and L2 = 0.5 H, and a coefficient of
coupling k = 0.9. Determine the turns N1/N2 of the two coils.
A. 2 B. 0.2 C. 0.5 D. 0.9
15. A 220-v bulb draws a current of 10 A. How much charge in kilocoulombs will pass
through the bulb in two hours period?
A. 7.2 B. 3.6 C. 36 D. 72
16. A 36 Ω resistor is connected in parallel with an unknown resistor R. Their combination is
then connected in series with a 12 Ω resistor. Find the value of R such that power drawn
by the parallel combination of 36 Ω and R is equal to the power in the 12 Ω resistor.
A. 48 Ω B. 24 Ω C. 18 Ω D. 6 Ω
17. A 3Ф, 60 Hz transposed transmission line is arranged horizontally with distances D 12 = 5
ft, D23 = 5 ft and D13 = 10 ft. The outside diameter of the conductors is 0.721 inch and
with GMR of 0.0243 ft. Determine the capacitance per phase of the line in microfarad
per kilometer.
A. 0.0404 B. 0.0304 C. 0.0204 D. 0.0104
18. An Act to ensure and accelerate the total electrification of the Philippines, also known as
the EPIRA law of 2001.
A. RA 7920 B. RA 8189 C. RA 9136 D. RA 1081
19. Which of the following is not included in the evaluation of the Technical Performance of
a Distribution System according to Philippine Distribution Code (PDC)?
A. Power Quality C. Collecting Efficiency
B. Reliability D. System Efficiency
20. A 13.8 kV/480 v, 30-MVA three-phase transformer has a 0.03 pu resistance and 0.04 pu
reactance. What is the transformer actual impedance referred to the primary?
A. 0.3174 Ω B. 0.6348 Ω C. 0.1587 Ω D. 0.2749 Ω
21. Three capacitances of 4 µF, 6 µF, and 5 µF are connected in series across a 110-volt dc
source. Find the charge passing through each capacitor.
A. 1, 650 µC B. 69 µC C. 178 µC D. 7.33 µC
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22. 7.1 x 10 BTU is equal to _______ Gcal.
A. 17,982 B. 178.92 C. 1,789.2 D. 17, 892
23. Calculate the force that will be exerted on the scale in a pony-brake test when a 20-HP,
1,400 rpm motor is operating at full-load. The length of the brake arm is 3-ft, and the
tare weight of the brake is 3.75 lb.
A. 26.86 lb B. 62.76 lb C. 36.70 lb D. 28.76 lb
24. The core of a certain magnetic circuit has a length of 5 cm and the inductance of the coil
is 10 mH. What is the inductance of the same if the number of turns is reduced to ½ of
the original? All other factors are unchanged.
A. 20 mH B. 10 mH C. 2.5 mH D. 5.0 mH
25. A piece of conductor 10 cm long moves across a magnetic field of 10,000 gauss at a
velocity of 120 cm/sec. What voltage appears across the conductor?
A. 0.24 v B. 0.12 v C. 120 v D. 60 v
26. A certain electric generating station has an efficiency of 25%. If coal consumption is
4,500 kg/hr and calorific value of coal is 6,000 kcal/kg, find the total energy produced
per day.
A. 753.6 MWHR B. 188.4 MWHR C. 376.8 MWHR D. 565.2 MWHR
27. Three 40 Ω non-inductive resistances are connected in wye across 200 v, 3-phase lines.
If one of the resistors is disconnected, what would be the power taken from the mains?
A. 3,000 w B. 2,000 w C. 1,000 w D. 500 w
28. A 220 v, 3-phase supply has a balanced delta connected load with impedance of 15 + j20
ohms/phase. What is the total real power of the load in watts?
A. 5,133.3 B. 2,965.6 C. 4,122.5 D. 3,484.8
29. Sparking occurs when a load is switched off because the circuit has high
A. capacitance B. inductance C. resistance D. impedance
30. A 120-volt battery having an internal resistance of 0.5 Ω is connected through line
resistance of 9.5 Ω to a variable load resistor. What maximum power will the battery
deliver to the load resistor?
 A. 36 watts B. 63 watts C. 630 watts D. 360 watts
31. A six pole induction motor is connected to a 60-Hz supply and at full-load the rotor emf
makes 105 complete cycles in 2 minutes. Find the rotor speed..
A. 1,150 rpm B. 1,182.5 rpm C. 1,140.5 rpm D. 1,170 rpm
32. A 20 kVA, 2000/220 v, single-phase transformer has a primary resistance of 2.1 Ω and a
secondary resistance of 0.026 Ω. The corresponding leakage reactance are 2.5 Ω and
0.03 Ω. Determine the transformer per unit impedance.
A. 0.065 pu B. 0.043 pu C. 0.033 pu D. 0.055 pu
33. Slip rings are made of
A. steel B. copper C. bakelite D. mica
34. The resistance of a coil wire increases from 40 ohms at 10 °C to 48.25 ohms at 60 °C.
Find the temperature coefficient at 0 °C of the conductor material.
A. 0.0043 °C-1 B. 0.0039 °C-1 C. 0.0027 °C-1 D. 0.0013 °C-1
35. The primary reason for using carbon brushes over copper brushes in DC motors is
A. they have low loss C. they produce less arcing
B. they are stronger D. all of these
36. A capacitor consists of two metal plates each 40 cm x 40 cm, spaced 6 mm apart. The
space between the metal plates is filled with a glass plate 5 mm thick and a layer of
paper 1 mm thick. The relative permittivities of glass and paper are 8 and 2,
respectively. Calculate the capacitance.
A. 118 x 10-11 F B. 122 x 10-11 F C. 126 x 10-11 F D. 130 x 10-11 F
37. A single-phase transformer is rated 110/440 v, 2.5 kVA. Leakage reactance measured
from the low-tension side is 0.06 Ω. Determine the leakage reactance on the high-
tension side in per unit.
A. 0.0124 B. 0.1984 C. 0.0496 D. 0.3968
38. The capacitance per kilometer of a 3-phase belted cable is 0.3 µF between the two cores
with the third core connected to the lead sheath. Calculate the charging current taken
by the five kilometers of this cable when connected to a 3-phase 50 Hz, 11 kV supply.
A. 5.98 A B. 10.37 A C. 3 A D. 4.18 A
39. Power developed by dc motor is maximum when the ratio of back emf and applied
voltage is
A. double B. zero C. unity D. half
40. An office 15 m by 8 m wide is lighted by 8 lamps and each lamp has a luminous intensity
of 200 cd. Allowing an absorption loss of 4,000 lm for the reflectors, walls, and ceiling,
calculate the average illumination on the working plane.
A. 167.6 lux B. 134.2 lux C. 20.9 lux D. 106.7 lux
41. Two coils having inductances of 20 mH and 50 mH are wound on top of each other.
Calculate the mutual inductance between the two coils if the coupling coefficient k =
0.98.
A. 29 mH B. 30 mH C. 31 mH D. 32 mH
42. A lead storage battery is rated at 12 volts. If the internal resistance is 0.01 Ω, what is the
maximum power that can be delivered to the load?
A. 1,200 watts B. 7,200 watts C. 3,600 watts D. 1,800 watts
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43. Two charges of 2 x 10 C and 3 x 10 C are placed 10 cm apart. Find the force in kg on
each charge.
A. 5.5 kg B. 7.7 kg C. 10 kg D. 2.25 kg
44. Three units of 1:10 transformers are connected in ∆/Y to supply a 3-phase load from a
400-v, 3-phase source. What is the line voltage on the load side?
A. 6,928 v B. 3,464 v C. √3 (40)v D. 4,000 v
45. The starting winding of a single-phase motor is placed in
A. rotor B. stator C. armature D. field
46. A 50-MVA, 11-kV, 3-phase alternator supplies full-load at a lagging power factor of 0.7.
What would be the percentage increase in earning capacity if the power factor is
increased to 0.95?
A. 26.32 B. 6.92 C. 12.76 D. 35.71
47. In a synchronous motor, the rotor copper losses are met by
A. motor input B. armature input C. supply lines D. dc source
48. A string insulator has 5 units. The voltage across the bottom most unit is 25% of the
total voltage. What is the string efficiency?
A. 80% B. 75% C. 67% D. 86%
49. A delta connected load of 9 + j12 ohms/phase is supplied by a 230 V, 3-phase source
through a line with an impedance of 0.06 + j0.12 ohm per conductor. Find the load
voltage in volts.
A. 220 B. 222 C. 224 D. 226
50. A substance that contains atoms with several bands of electrons but with only one
valence electron is
A. Insulator B. Conductor C. Semiconductor D. Resistor
51. What is the resistance of 2,000 m of copper wire that has a resistivity of 1.72 x 10-6 Ω-m
and a diameter of 4-mm?
A. 0.086 Ω B. 2.74 Ω C. 1.37 Ω D. 3.24 Ω
52. The charge on the plates of a 1 µF capacitor is 50 µC. What is the energy stored by the
capacitor?
A. 1.25 mJ B. 25 mJ C. 5.5 mJ D. 10.5 mJ
53. What is the ac current in a circuit if the impedance is (5 + j4) Ω and the voltage source,
Vrms is 10 v?
A. 2.04 < 38.7° A B. 1.56 < -38.7° A C. 1.25 < 54.3° A D. 1.11 < -42.6° A
54. If the capacitance in a series RLC ac circuit increases by a factor of 4, what happens to
the resonant frequency?
A. it doubles C. it decreases by 50%
B. it stays the same D. it increases by 50%
55. A 10:1 ideal transformer has a load of 0.1 µF on the secondary. What is the load
capacitance as referred to the primary?
A. 1 µF B. 10 µF C. 0.01 µF D. 0.001 µF
56. A 110-volt shunt motor has an armature resistance of 0.8 ohm and a field resistance of
220 ohms. At full load the motor takes 10 amperes, and the speed is 1,200 rpm. At what
speed must this motor run as a generator to deliver 10 amperes to an external circuit at
110 volts?
A. 1,237.8 rpm B. 1,337.5 rpm C. 1,037.8 rpm D. 1,387.5 rpm
57. When a conductor is stationary and the magnetic field is moving or changing, the emf
induced is called
A. Self-induced emf C. Mutually induced emf
B. Statically induced emf D. Dynamically induced emf
58. The per unit impedance of a circuit element is 0.30. If the base kV and base MVA are
halved, then the new value of the per unit impedance of the circuit element will be
A. 0.30 B. 0.003 C. 0.60 D. 0.006
59. In a series RL circuit, R = 20 Ω and L = 0.06 H. The current lags the voltage by 80°.
Determine ω.
A. 1,890 rad/sec B. 328 rad/sec C. 1,980 rad/sec D. 823 rad/sec
60. A 12-pole, 3-phase alternator driven at a speed of 500 rpm supplies power to and 8-
pole, 3-phase induction motor. If the slip of the motor at full-load is 3%, calculate the
full-load speed of the motor.
A. 750 rpm B. 743.5 rpm C. 727.5 rpm D. 742 rpm
61. A coulomb
A. represents a current of 1 ampere C. is equivalent to 1 ampere per second
B. flows through a 100-watt light bulb D. is an extremely large number of charge
carriers
62. A balanced wye-connected load with resistance of 8 ohms/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
63. Given three unbalanced line currents Ia = 0 + j12 A, Ib = 5 – j10 A and Ic = -10 – j5 A. Find
the negative sequence component of Ic in amperes.
 A. 3.12 < -14.3° B. 3.12 < 14.3° C. 2.25 < -14.3° D. 2.25 < 14.3°
64. A hollow sphere is charged to 12 µC of electricity. Find the potential inside the sphere.
The radius of the sphere is 0.1m.
A. 1.08 x 107 v B. 1.08 x 106 v C. 1.08 x 104 v D. 1.08 x 102 v
65. An electromagnet has an air gap of 3 mm and the flux density in the gap is 1.257
Wb/m2. Calculate the ampere-turns required for the gap.
A. 2,000 B. 2,500 C. 3,000 D. 4,000
66. An alternating current is represented by i = 70.7sin 520t. Determine the value of the
current 0.0015 second after passing through zero and increasing positively.
A. 49.7 A B. 0.96 A C. 24.8 A D. 74.9 A
67. A 50-kVA single-phase transformer has on full-load a copper loss of 560 watts and iron
loss of 500 watts. Calculate the efficiency at 25% of full-load for a power factor of 0.8
lagging.
A. 92.94% B. 94.92% C. 93.94% D. 95.92%
68. Fault level means
A. voltage at the point of fault C. fault power factor
B. fault current D. fault MVA
69. Which plant can never have 100% load factor?
A. Hydro B. Peak C. Nuclear D. Base load plant
70. A lamp produces an illumination of 10 lux at a point 10 m directly below it. What is the
luminous intensity of the lamp?
A. 100 B. 1,000 C. 10 D. 1
71. Find the capacitive susceptance per mile to neutral of a single-phase line operating at 60
Hz. The conductor is Partridge with an outside diameter of 0.642 inch, and spacing is 20
ft between centers.
A. 2.55 x 10-6 mho/mi to neutral C. 5.10 x 10-6 mho/mi to neutral
B. 2.55 x 10-4 mho/mi to neutral D. 5.10 x 10-4 mho/mi to neutral
72. A 100 MW power station delivers 100 MW for 2 hours, 50 MW for 8 hours and is shut
down for the rest of each day. It is also shut down for maintenance for 60 days each
year. Calculate its annual load factor.
A. 18% B. 19% C. 20% D. 21%
73. When a line to ground fault occurs, the current in a faulted phase is 300 A. What is the
zero sequence current in this case?
A. zero B. 100 A C. 200 A D. 300 A
74. Two 100-watt lamps connected in series across a 220-v line draw 1 A. What is the total
power consumed?
A. 200 w B. 220 w C. 100 w D. 50 w
75. Three capacitors are connected in series across a 135-v supply. The voltages across them
are 30, 45 and 60 v and charge on each is 4,500 µC. Find the total capacitance in
microfarads.
A. 33.3 B. 100 C. 75 D. 150
76. A potentially lethal electric current is on the order of
A. 0.01 mA B. 0.1 mA C. 1 mA D. 0.1 A
77. The unit of elastance is
A. farad B. daraf C. siemen D. henry
78. A complex current wave is represented by the equation i = 5 + 5sin(120π)t A. Find its
average value in amperes.
A. 4.5 B. 6 C. 5 D. 4
79. The core loss of a 5-kVA single-phase transformer with normal voltage applied to the
primary is 75 watts. The maximum efficiency occurs 60% of full-load kVA. What is the
full-load efficiency of the transformer at 0.80 power factor?
A. 95.15% B. 93.38% C. 89.52% D. 91.36%
80. A 34.5 kV feeder line is 5 miles long. The conductors are spaced 4-feet horizontally. The
conductor is 4/0 copper with GMR of 0.01688 ft. What is the reactance?
A. 2.36 ohms B. 6.72 ohms C. 3.46 ohms D. 5.16 ohms
81. A power plant gets water from a dam from a height of 122.45 meters at the rate of
1,000 cubic meters per minute. If the output of the plant is 15,000 kW, what is the plant
efficiency?
A. 65% B. 70% C. 75% D. 80%
82. If resonant frequency is 10 kHz and quality factor is 50, then
A. bandwidth is 200 Hz C. R = 50 Ω
B. XL = 50,000 Ω D. XC = 50,000 Ω
83. All magnetic fields originates from
A. moving electric charges C. magnetic domain
B. iron atoms D. permanent magnets
84. A capacitor is charged by a dc source through a resistor of one megaohm. If in one
second, the potential difference across capacitor reaches 80% of its final value, calculate
its capacitance.
A. 0.321 µF B. 0.421 µF C. 0.521 µF D. 0.621 µF
85. The input power to a 3-phase induction motor running without load is measured by two
wattmeter method. One wattmeter indicates -220 watts and the other one indicates
940 watts. What is the no-load power factor of the motor?
A. 0.483 B. 0.253 C. 0.425 D. 0.337
86. The power required to produce a gain of 10 dB over 4 w of original power is
A. 30 w B. 40 w C. 0.4 w D. 8 w
87. In a 12-pole duplex lap wound dc armature, each conductor can carry a current of 50
amperes. If the total armature conductor is 600, what is the rated current of the
armature?
A. 30,000 A B. 1,200 A C. 600 A D. 2,600 A
88. A 5-MVA, 13.8 kV/480 V, 5% impedance transformer is tapped at 13.8 kV line where the
Thevenin’s equivalent impedance is 0.5 ohm. Determine the fault current at the primary
for a three-phase fault at the secondary.
A. 10,500 A B. 4,200 A C. 6,050 A D. 3,300 A
89. If stator voltage of a SCIM is reduced to 80% of its rated value, torque developed is
reduced by _______ percent of its full-load value.
A. 64 B. 36 C. 20 D. 40
90. An ion
A. is electrically neutral C. has negative electric charge
B. has positive electric charge D. can have either positive or negative
charge
91. Two long straight conductors each carrying an electric current of 5 A are kept parallel to
each other at a separation of 2.5 cm. Calculate the magnitude of magnetic force
experienced by 10 cm of a conductor.
A. 5 x 10-5 N B. 4 x 10-5 N C. 3 x 10-5 N D. 2 x 10-5 N
92. The current in the coil of a large electromagnet falls from 6 A to 2 A in 10 ms. The
induced emf across the coil is 100 v. What is the self-inductance of the coil?
A. 10 H B. 5 H C. 0.50 H D. 0.25 H
93. A induction motor is analogous to
A. two winding transformer with open circuit secondary
B. two winding transformer with short circuit secondary
C. 3 winding transformer
D. Autotransformer
94. A three-phase, 4-pole, 50 Hz induction motor supplies a useful torque of 160 N-m at 4%.
If friction and windage losses are 500 watts, determine the rotor input.
A. 25,653 w B. 26,653 w C. 24,615 w D. 23,615 w
95. In a balanced 3-phase voltage source with phase sequence abc, phase A voltage is 127cis
0° volts. Find the line voltage Vbc.
A. 220 cis(-150°) v B. 220 cis(-120°) v C. 220 cis(-60°) v D. 127 cis(-120°) v
96. If the line frequency is 60 Hz, the output frequency of a bridge rectifier is
A. 30 Hz B. 60 Hz C. 120 Hz D. 240 Hz
97. A diesel generator set burns fuel with a heating value of 18,000 BTU per lb. The diesel
engine has an efficiency of 30% and the alternator has an efficiency of 95%. Determine
the fuel cost component of producing one kWHR if the diesel costs P12.80 per lb.
 A. P8.51 B. P7.51 C. P6.51 D. P5.51
98. The capacitive reactance of a transmission line is 90,000 ohms per kilometer. Find the
total capacitive reactance if the transmission line is 60-km long.
A. 54 x 106 ohms B. 1,500 ohms C. 90,000 ohms D. 180,000 ohms
99. Estimate the distance over which a load of 15 MW at a power factor of 0.8 lagging can
be delivered by a three-phase transmission line having conductors each of resistance 1
ohm per kilometer. The voltage at the receiving end is to be 132 kV and the loss in the
transmission is to be 5% of the power delivered.
A. 37.18 km B. 55.77 km C. 42.93 km D. 74.36 km
100. A power transformer rated 50 MVA, 34.5 kV/13.8 kV is connected wye-wye.
What is the rated primary line current?
A. 836.7 A B. 1,449.3 A C. 2,091.8 A D. 1,207.7 A