BATAAN PENINSULA STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering and Architecture

MAIN Campus
Department of Electrical Engineering
EECE 523 – COMPETENCY ENHANCEMENT 2
Group Assignment No. 1: BASIC ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following TEST items. Mark only one answer for
each item by encircling the corresponding letter of your choice. STRICTLY NO ERASURES ALLOWE D
PART I: APPLICATIONS of CONCEPTS and PRINCIPLES
1. A wire has resistance of 0.5 ohm. If the length is doubled, what is the resistance?
A. Double B. Half C. Triple D. Equal
2. The following components are in series L= 100 micro-henrys, C= 20 pico-farads, and R= 2000 ohms. At the frequency of 2 MHz
and applied voltage of 80 volts, calculate XL.
A. 1352 B. 1156 C. 1265 D. 1256
3. Compute the area in circular mills of a certain wire of diameter 0.1285 in.
A. 12968 B. 16512 C. 12850 D. 21024
4. A galvanometer with a resistance of 5000 ohms is connected in series with a battery and a very high resistance of 102,000 ohms.
The deflection of the galvanometer is noted. If the high resistance is changed with a 2000 ohms, what shunt must be used with the
galvanometer in order that the deflection may retain unaltered.
A. 85 B. 100 C. 95 D. 75
5. What is the mass in kg of 1 x 1019 electrons?
A. 1.6 x 10—19 B. 6.28 x 1018 C. 9.1083 x 10—31 D. 9.1083 x 10—12
6. The capacitance of a capacitor formed by two parallel metal plates each of 200 sq. cm in area separated by a dielectric 1 mm
thick is 4.5 x 10—4 microfarad. What is the dielectric constant of the material?
A. 3.5 B. 2.54 C. 7.5 D. 5.0
7. A 10 ohm R1, 30 ohms XL and 60 ohms XC are connected in parallel across a 220 volts 60 Hz source. What is the current at R1
in amperes?
A. 7.33 B. 3.7 C. 22 D. 24.6
8. Resistance of 15 ohms R1 and 45 ohms R2 are connected in parallel across 48 volts storage battery. Calculate total resistance Rt.
A. 60 B. 11.25 C. 30 D. 45
9. How much greater is the heating effect of current of 32 amperes than that of 8 amperes through a wire of 10 ohms resistance?
A. 16 B. 2 C. 4 D. 64
10. A generator of 60-hz and 220-v delivers power to a load consisting of a resistor 4 ohms and inductor of 8 ohms inductive reactance
connected in series. Determine the capacitive reactance in ohms to be connected in parallel across the load to give the total pf of
0.9 with total current lagging the load voltage.
A. 13.2 ohms B. 19.6 ohms C. 15.8 ohms D. 17.4 ohms
11. What is the reactance of an ac circuit having 20 ohms inductive reactance and 10 ohms capacitive reactance?
A. 10 ohms B. 5 ohms C. 30 ohms D. 15 ohms
12. A series circuit consist of an inductor of 0.5H, a resistor of 10 ohms, a capacitor of 12µF and an ac generator of 320 volts with
frequency of 60 Hz. What is the power?
A. 556 watts B. 886 watts C. 417 watts D. 664 watts
13. If an alternating current of 5 amperes flows in a series circuit composed of 12 ohms pure resistance, 15 ohms inductive reactance,
and 40 ohms capacitive reactance. What is the voltage across the circuit?
A. 135.5 volts B. 138.7 volts C. 132.2 volts D. 136.2 volts
14. What is the capacitive reactance of an ac circuit containing 35 microfarad capacitance if the frequency is 60 cycles?
A. 68.6 ohms B. 55.8 ohms C. 75.8 ohms D. 84.6 ohms
15. Find the impedance which requires 1549 VAR AT 230 V rms and 10 A rms.
A. 17.40 - j15 Ω B. 16.82 – j15.69 Ω C. 17.09 - j15.39 Ω D. 17.62 – j14.78 Ω
16. For a series RLC circuit with elements R = 50 Ω, L = 8 mH and C = 2.22 μF, what is the equivalent impedance of the circuit if its
frequency is 796 Hz?
A. 50 – j50 ohms B. 50 + j50 ohms C. 50 + j130 ohms D. 50 – j130 ohms
17. Find the current that will flow in a series circuit containing a 5 kΩ resistor, a 470 pF capacitor, a 150- mH inductor, and a 0.001
microfarad capacitor if the exciting voltage is 65 volts at 25 kHz.
A. 6.32 + j8.46 mA B. 6.22 – j8.46 mA C. 8.46 + j6.22 mA D. 8.46 – j6.22 mA
18. The impedance Z3 is in series to the two impedances Z1 = 10 + j10 ohms and Z2 = 20 – j30 ohms that are connected in parallel.
What is the value of the impedance Z3 in ohms that will produce resonant circuit?
A. –j13.1 B. j5.4 C. j13.1 D. –j5.4
19. One hundred pF capacitor is connected in series with a coil having inductance of 100 μH and a resistance of 100 ohms. At what
frequency will this network have at unity pF?
A. 1.4 MHz B. 1.2 MHz C. 1.8 MHz D. 1.6 MHz
20. If a certain conductor has an area of 336,400 cmils, what is the radius of this conductor in cm?
A. 0.663 B. 0.8310 C. 0.737 D. 0.921
21. A 110V dc motor draws current of 30A and is located 500 ft from the power source. What is the supply voltage if the diameter of
the copper wire is 0.25 inch? Resistivity is 10.4 omhs-cmil per ft.
A. 119 V B. 117 V C. 121 V D. 115 V
22. A series loop contains the following circuit elements in order: an 8-volts source, a 2k ohms resistor, a 3k ohm resistor, a 16-V source
and a 7 k ohm resistor. What is the power absorbed by the 3k ohm resistor?
A. 12 mW B. 1.2 mW C. 0.12 W D. 1.2 W
23. The voltage applied across the resistor was reduced by 50%. The power consumed by resistor will reduced by?
A. 75% B. 50% C. 25% D. 100%
24. A 6 V car radio draws a current of 6.5 A. What resistance in ohms must be connected in series with it to operate it in a car with a
12 V battery?
A. 0.947 B. 0.969 C. 0.923 D. 0.981
25. The resistance of a length of copper wire is 2.6 ohms at 20 0C. The temp coefficient of resistance on a 20 0C for copper is 0.00393.
What is its resistance at 75 0C?
A. 3.670 ohms B. 3.162 ohms C. 11.38 ohms D. 4.378 ohms

PART II: TERMINOLOGIES

1. The gas inside the inner discharge tube of a sodium vapour lamp is
A. argon B. nitrogen C. neon D. helium
2. While describing the sheath of a cable, the abbreviation XLPE means ___________ polyethylene
A. cross-layer B. cross-linked C. external-layer D. extra-long
3. In order to obtain greater current capacity, battery cells are connected in _____.
A. bank B. series C. parallel D. series-parallel combination
4. What is the other term used for rechargeable battery?
A. primary B. lead-acid C. storage D. nickel-cadmium
5. Charges that are both positively and negatively charged are called:
A. negatron B. neutratron C. neutron D. positron
6. In RC circuits, the one-time constant indicates the time it takes a capacitor to charge up to what percent of the charging voltage?
A. 0 % B. 63 % C. 32 % D. 67 %
7. Directional relays are based on flow of
A. Current B. water C. voltage wave D. power
8. One watt is equal to_______?
A. 4.19 cal/sec B. 107 ergs/sec C. 778 BTU/sec D. 107 ergs
9. For satellites, what is the source of energy?
A. Cryogenic storage B. Solar cell C. Battery D. Wind generator
10. The resistance of conductor increases
A. When length of conductor increased C. When the area of the wire is increased
B. When the resistivity of the wire remains constant D. When length and area of conductor are both increased
11. Which of the following is not a cause of noise in communication system?
A. Heat agitation of electrical component C. Atmosphere
B. Manufactured electrical equipment D. Other communication signal
12. Factor or factors in determining specific resistance
A. Nature of material B. Area C. Material and length D. Material, area and length
13. Insulation of wire is based on what value?
A. RMS B. Peak C. Average D. 1.732 peak
14. What is the best conductor of electricity?
A. Polyethylene B. Ceramic C. China Clay D. Graphite
15. Which type of battery cell is ideal for transistorized equipment?
A. Lead-acid cell B. Mercury cell C. Carbon-zinc cell D. Nickel-cadmium cell