PRE-BOARD EXAM IN EE

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1. In a series RL circuits, 𝑉𝐿 ___ 𝑉𝑅 by___ degrees.

A. lags, 45 B. lags, 90 C. leads, 90 D. leads, 45
2. In a series RLC circuit, R=100 Ω, 𝑋𝐿 =300 Ω, and 𝑋𝐶 =200 Ω. This phase angle Φ of the circuit is____
degrees.
A. 0 B. 90 C. 45 D. -45
3. In the two wattmeter method of measuring 3-phase power, the two wattmeters indicate equal and
opposite readings when load power factor angle is____ degrees.
A. 60 B. 0 C. 30 D. 90
4. The current drawn by a 120 v dc motor of armature resistance 0.5 Ω and back emf 110 volt is ____
ampere,
A. 20 B. 220 C. 240 D. 5
5. A dc motor develops a torque of 200 N-m at 25 rps. At 20 rps, it will develop a torque of____ N-m.
A. 200 B. 160 C. 250 D. 128
6. Neglecting saturation, if current taken by a series motor is increase from 10 A to 12 A, the percentage
increase in its torque is_____ percent.
A. 20 B. 44 C. 30.5 D. 16.6
7. A transformer having 1000 primary turns is connected to a 250 volts ac supply. For a secondary voltage
of 400 volts, the number of secondary turns should be
A. 1600 B. 250 C. 400 D. 1250
8. The iron loss of a transformer at 400 Hz is 10 watts. Assuming that Eddy current and hysteresis losses
vary as the square of flux destiny, the iron loss of the transformer at rated voltage but at 50 Hz would
be____ watt.
A. 80 B. 640 C. 1.25 D. 100
9. The voltage applied to the high voltage side of a transformer during short circuit test is 2% of its rated
voltage. The core losses will be____ percent if rated core loss.
A. 4 B. 0.4 C. 0.25 D. 0.04
10. A 200 KVA transformer has an iron loss of 1kw and full load copper loss of 2 kw. It’s the load KVA
corresponding to maximum efficiency is____ kva.
A. 100 B. 141.4 C. 50 D. 200
11. If copper loss of a transformer at 7/8 of full load is 4900 w, then its full load copper loss would be____
watt.
A. 5600 B. 6400 C. 375 D. 429
12. The maximum efficiency of a 100 kva transformer having iron loss of 900 w and full load copper loss of
1600 w occurs at___ kva.
A. 53.3 B. 133.3 C. 75 D. 177.7
13. Two transformers A and B having equal outputs ratios but unequal percent impedances of 4 and 2 are
operating in parallel. Transformer A will be running overload by____ percent.
A. 520 B. 66 C. 33 D. 25
14. As compared to ∆-∆ bank, the capacity of the V-V bank of transformers is___ percent.
A. 57.7 B. 66.7 C.50 D. 86.6
15. If three transformers in a ∆-∆ are delivering their rated load and one of the transformers is removed, the
overload on each of the remaining transformers is ___ percent.
A. 66.7 B. 173.2 C. 73.2 D. 50
16. When a V-V system is converted into a ∆-∆ system, increase in capacity of the system is____ percent.
A. 86.6 B. 66.7 C. 73.2 D. 50
17. For supplying a balanced 3-Φ load of 40 kva, rating of each transformer in open delta bank should be
nearly___ kva.
A. 20 B. 23 C. 34.6 D. 25
18. The number of stator poles produce in the rotating magnetic field of a 3 phase induction motor having 3
slots per pole per phase is
A. 3 B. 6 C. 2 D. 12
19. A 6 pole, 50 Hz, 3-phase induction motor is running at 950 rpm and has rotor
A. 100 B. 10 C. 95 D. 5.3
20. A 6 pole, 50Hz, 3-phse induction motor has a full load speed of 950 rpm. At half-load, its speed would
be___ rpm.
A. 475 B. 500 C. 975 D. 1000
21. If rotor input of a SCIM (squirrel cage induction motor) running with a slip of 10% is 100 kw gross power
develop by its rotor is____ kw.
A. 20 B. 90 C. 99 D. 80
22. If maximum torque of an induction motor is 200 kg –m. at a slip of 12% the torque at 6% slip would be
___ kg. –m.
A. 100 B.160 C.50 D. 40
23. If stator voltage of squirrel cage induction motor is reduced to 50% of its rated value, torque develop is
reduced by ___ percent of its full load value.
A. 50 B. 25 C. 75 D. 57.7
24. A 50 Hz alternator will run at the greater possible speed if it is would for ___poles.
A. 8 B. 6 C. 4 D. 2
25. The windings of a 4- pole alternator having 36 slots and a coil span of 1 to 8 short-pitched by___
degrees.
A. 140 B. 80 C. 20 D. 40
26. If an alternator has a fractional pitch of 5/6, the coil span is ___ degrees.
A. 300 B. 150 C. 30 D. 60
27. The ball page regulation of an alternator having 0.75 leading power factor load, no load induced emf of
2400 v and rated terminal voltage of 3000 volts is ____ percent.
A. 20 B. -20 C. 150 D. -26.7
28. If, in a 3 phase alternator, a field current of 50 A produces a full-load armature current of 200 A on short
circuit and 1730 volts on open circuit then its synchronous impedance is____ ohm.
A. 8.66 B. 4 C. 35 D. 34.6
29. The maximum value of torque angle is a synchronous motor is___ electrical degree.
A. 45 B. 90 C. between 45 and 90 D. Below 60
30. The electric energy required to raise the temperature of a given amount of water is 1000 kw-hr. If heat
losses are 25% the total heating energy required is____ kw-hr
A. 1500 B. 1250 C. 1333 D. 1000
31. One kw-hr. of energy equals nearly
A. 1000 w B. 860 kcal C. 4186 J D.735.5 W
32. At a certain point of the system network the positive, negative and zero sequence impedance are 0.25
pu, 0.25 pu, 0.3 pu respectively. The base MVA is 75, base KV is 33. Determine the zero sequence
current for a one line to ground fault.
A. 2624.3 A C. 1640.2 A
B. 2385.74 A D. 6275 A
33. A 5000 kva, 13.8/0.48 KV, 5% impedance transforming is tapped at 13.8 kv line where the Thevenin’s
equivalent impedance is 0.5 ohm. Determine the short circuit current at the secondary for a symmetrical
three phase fault at the secondary.
A. 95,310.1 A C. 10,500 A
B. 3315.1 A D. 6050 A
34. At a certain location in an electric system, the available fault MVA is 400 MVA. A 15 MVA, 34.5 KV/6.24
KV, 2.5 % impedance, wye-wye grounded transformer are installed at the location. Determine the short
circuit MVA at the secondary side of the transformer.
A. 195 MVA C. 90 MVA
B. 150 MVA D. 240 MVA
35. In an electric system, the available short circuit MVA is 750 MVA. What is the Thevenin’s equivalent
reactance at 34.5 KV?
A. 1.587 Ω B. 0.046 Ω C. 21.74 Ω D. 2.561 Ω
36. A 69 KV/ 13.8 KV, 7.5 MVA Transformer has 8 % impedance. What is its impedance based at 100 MVA?
A. 0.6 % B. 8% C. 800% D. 106.7%
37. The transformer to serve a costumer is rated 5 MVA, 13.8 KV/480 KV and its impedance is 5%. The cable
connecting the breaker to the transformer has an impedance of 0.032 ohm per phase. What is the fault
current is a three phase fault occurs at the breaker.
A. 8000 A B. 5000 A C. 6200 A D. 1200 A
38. A certain station has annual factors as follows: load factor= 50%, capacity factor =40%. If maximum
demand = 15 MW, determine the plant capacity.
A. 18,750 kw C. 4,350 kw
B. 15,000 kw D. 3,750 kw
39. A certain station has annual factors as follows: load factor= 50%, capacity factor =40%. If maximum
demand = 15 MW, determine the reserve capacity of the plant.
C. 18,750 kw C. 4,350 kw
D. 15,000 kw D. 3,750 kw
40. A plant has a total generating capacity of 800 kw. The coal consumption is 1900 lbs. per hour. Heating
value of coal is m9,500 BTU per pound. What approximate of the heat in the coal is converted into
useful energy? ( NOTE: 1 kw = 3415 BTU per hour)
A. 12.3 B. 15 C. 8.7 D. 17.5
41. A 3-phase motor takes 10 kva at 0.6 power factor lagging fro, a source of 230 volts. It is parallel with a
balanced delta load having 16 ohms resistance and 12 ohms capacitive reactance in series in each phase.
Find the total volt-amperes.
A. 12.349 kva C. 17.266 kva
B. 12.766 kva D. 14.393 kva
42. A 3-phase motor takes 10 kva at 0.6 power factor lagging fro, a source of 230 volts. It is parallel with a
balanced delta load having 16 ohms resistance and 12 ohms capacitive reactance in series in each phase.
Find the power factor of the combination.
A. 0.796 B. 0.697 C. 0.967 D. 0.997
43. In a experiment, a sinusoidal wave form is observed to complete 8 cycle in 25 msec. determine the
frequency of the wave form.
A. 320 Hz B. 40 Hz C. 200 Hz D. 64 Hz
44. Wavelength is the distance travelled by an electronic wave during the time of one cycle. Given a
wavelength of 12 meters, what is the frequency?
A. 250 kHz B. 25kHz C. 250 MHz D. 25MHz
45. What is the complex expression for a given alternating current, I = 250 sin (wt – 25 deg)?
A. 227 + j106 C. 227 – j 106
B. 160 – j 75 D.160 + j75
46. A sinusoidal voltage wave has an RMS value of 70 71 and a frequency of 60 Hz. Determine the value of
the voltage 0.0014 second after the wave crosses the wt axis.
A. 70.71 v B. 100 v C. 50 v D. 141.2 v
47. A series circuit has an applied voltage of v = 220 sin (wt + 30 deg) and draws a current I= 10sin (wt –
30deg). What is the average current and power factor of the circuit?
A. 1,905 w, 86.6% lagging C. 2,200 w, 100%
B. 1,905 w, 86% leading D. 1,100 w, 50 % lagging
48. A sinusoidal voltage source has a peak value of 150 volts. What equivalent dc voltage source would
produce the same heating effect in a 1 ohm resistor?
A. 15 v B. 212 V C. 95 v D. 106 v
49. A 200 mH inductor and an 80 ohm resistor are connected in parallel across a 100v rms, 60 hz source. By
what angle does the total current lead or lag behind the voltage?
A. 46.7 deg leading C. 43.4 deg lagging
B. 43.4 deg leading D. 46.7 deg lagging
50. A series circuit consists of 66.3 microfarad capacitor and variable resistor. For what two values of
resistance will the power taken by the circuit be 172.8 watts, if the impressed 60 cycle emf is 120 volts?
A. 83.33 & 3.33 ohms C. 5.33 & 3 ohms
B. 53.33 & 30 ohms D. 83.33 & 5.33 ohms