UPDA Electrical/Electronic Engineering Reviewer Material No.

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1. An alternator is said to be over excited when it is operating at:

A. Unity power factor
B. Leading power factor
C. Lagging power factor
D. Lagging to leading power factor

2.A synchronous motor is said to be over excited when it is operating at:

A. Unity power factor
B. Leading power factor
C. Lagging power factor
D. Lagging to leading power factor

3. A micro antenna is:

A. Integrated antenna
B. Long Antenna
C. Short Antenna

4. What is primary use for fast track scheduling:

A. To decrease the cost of construction
B. To decrease the cost of professional services
C. To avoid future cost increase
D. To guarantee project cost prior to the start of building

5. In Harvard Architecture:
A. Code and data spaces are merged
B. Code and data spaces separated
C. Code space is contained in ROM and data space is contained in RAM
D. Code space is contained in RAM and data space is contained in ROM

6. The direction of the force acting on a moving charge place in a magnetic field is:
A. Perpendicular to the magnetic field
B. Opposite to the direction of motion of the charge
C. Along the direction of the magnetic field
D. Along the direction of motion of the charge

7. The unit of conductance is:

A. per ohm
B. ohm/m
C. mho/m
D. mho

8. ABET Stands for Accreditation Board for Engineer and Technology?

A. True
B. False
9. For the circuit shown phase shift of the transfer function V/Vo at very high frequencies is:

A. 90°
B. 0°
C. -90°
D. -180°

10. The third harmonic of the Fourier series for the waveform in the figure has a frequency (Hz) of:

A. 250
B. 750
C. 4712
D. The third harmonic does not exist.

11. The wire placed on the top of a transmission line is a:

A. Phase wire
B. Neutral wire
C. Transmission wire
D. Ground wire

12. Consider the three-stages r-f amplifier shown below ARI refers to the input amplifier stage. AR2 to the
second stage, AR2 to the second stage and AR3 to the output stage. For this amplifier configuration the
total noise figure (DB) is most nearly:

A. 6.6
B. 8.6
C. 10.5
D. 12.3
13. Of the following engineering disciplines, who would be BEST suited to design and operate an
automobile factory?

A. Petroleum Engineer
B. Mechanical Engineer
C. Civil Engineer
D. Chemical Engineer

14. Which of the following describes the leakage flux?

A. A flux outside the core
B. Flux linking the primary
C. Flux linking the secondary
D. Flux other than the mutual flux

15. Fast Tracking in Project means?

A. Start the project before the design complete
B. Fixed cost-plus fee
C. None

16. We have three resistance of values 2Ω, 3Ω, 6Ω. Which of the following combination will give an effective
resistance of 4Ω?
A. All the three resistance in parallel
B. 2 resistance in series with parallel combination of 3 and 6 resistance
C. 3 resistance in series with parallel combination of 2 and 6 resistance

17. This question investigates the performance of the temperature sensor shown below. The temperature
sensor is linear with the following circuit voltages:
Vs = 0 mV at 0°C
Vo = 100 mV at 100°C
The operation amplifier (op amp) is ideal.

At 100°C, the maximum output voltage at Vo/Vs due to the tolerances in Rz is most nearly:

A. 2.5
B. 5.2
C. 7.4
D. 10.1
18. The condition for successful parallel operation of transformer is:
A. Correct polarity
B. Per unit impedance based on their rating should be equal
C. Identical voltage and frequency rating
D. Equal ratio of equivalent resistance to reactance
E. All of these

19. The output of a NOR gate is HIGH if ____________.

A. all inputs are HIGH
B. any input is HIGH
C. any input is LOW
D. all inputs are LOW

20. Digital telecommunication equipment provides connection oriented AND/OR connection less service,
connection-oriented service is provided by:
A. ATM
B. ETHERNET
C. FDDI
D. SMDS

21. Commercial AM Modulation technique is:

A. DSB-SC
B. DSB-LC
C. QAM
D. SVAM

22. For last switching of an NMOS R-pull up inverter (W/L) should be:
A. Large
B. Small
C. Equal to the drain current
D. Equal to the power dissipated during switching

23. A real time kernel is considered a “bare bones” real-time operating system. At a minimum a kernel
should provide:
A. Task management, file management, memory management
B. Task scheduling, task dispatching, file management
C. Inter-task communication, task dispatching, memory allocation
D. Task scheduling, task dispatching, inter-task communication.

24. A certain communication signal uses a bandwidth BW of 2kHz. What is the classification of this signal?
A. Voice grade VHF
B. Narrowband VLF
C. Voice grade HF
D. Wide band UHF
25. In an induction motor, no load the slip is generally:
A. less than 1%
B. 1.5%
C. 2%
D. 4%

26. Minimum voltage regulation occurs when the power factor of the load is:
A. unity
B. lagging
C. leading
D. zero

27. In medium sized induction motors, the slip is generally around:

A. 0.04%
B. 0.4%
C. 4%
D. 14%

28. The manufacturing company gets materials from 2 suppliers X & Y.

If X delays the procurement of materials by 2 days and company take 10 days to obtain the material,
what shall be the delays (days) for product completion?
A. 0
B. 1
C. 2
D. 3

29. If an alternator is over excited:

A. PF is lagging
B. PF is leading
C. Is Unity
D. Is zero Rejection of Noise

30. The input impedance of cascade amplifier will:

A. Same as input impedance of first
B. Same as output of second
C. Same as the entire circuit
D. Same as stage before the last stage
31. Rotor of Induction motor is rotating at synchronous speed. What is Torque?
A. High
B. Low
C. Zero
D. Infinity

32. What does the power factor stand for?

A. Cosine of the angle between the voltage and current
B. Sine of the angle between the voltage and current
C. Tangent of the angle between the voltage and current
D. Cotangent of the angle between the voltage and current

33. What is the minimum gauge size of the earthing cable?

A. 20
B. 16
C. 10
D. 8

34. To get rid of DC offset use?

A. Low pass filter
B. High pass filter
C. Band pass filter
D. Stop band pass filter

35. For forward biasing:

A. Anode 3V cathode 7V
B. Anode 5V cathode 3V
C. Anode 7V cathode 10V

36. Transformer resistivity:

A. High voltage higher than low voltage
B. High voltage lower than low voltage
C. High voltage equal to low voltage

37. Amplifier working with good gain in:

A. Reverse region
B. Cutoff region
C. Active region
D. Saturated region

38. What is MOSFET?

A. Transistor
B. Thyristor
C. Amplifier
39. To minimize loading effect use?
A. Resistance
B. Capacitors
C. Inductors

40. Alternator connected on no load condition, what affect the efficiency?

A. Speed
B. Voltage
C. Armature losses

41. Transformer saturation:

A. High efficiency, low no load losses
B. Low efficiency, low no load losses
C. Low efficiency, high no load losses
D. High efficiency, high no load losses

42. What will be the output impedance of cascade amplifier to minimizes the loading effect?
A. High
B. Low
C. Intermediate
D. No effect

43. Uninterruptible Power System has to be connected to the network by:

A. Series to feed electrical power at normal time
B. Parallel to feed electrical power at normal time
C. Series to feed electrical power at critical time
D. Parallel to feed electrical power at critical time

44. What is the purpose for the neutral line at the 3-phase power system?
A. As return path for the normal current
B. As return path for the normal voltage
C. As return path for fault current
D. As return path for fault voltage

45. An engineer received new scope of work which is not included at the original scope, what the action he
has to do?
A. Accept the scope and start for supplying the materials
B. He has to inform his boss first
C. Refuse to receive the new scope

46. An active filter will:

A. Amplify
B. Filter and Amplify
C. Amplify/Filter/Modulate
47. Embedded system should have best:
A. Dynamic response
B. Static response
C. No response

48. If gain of amplifier is 10 and having negative feedback of 9%. What will be the gain if feedback is remove?
A. 10
B. 90
C. 100
D. 1.2

49. Humming of transformer is due to:

A. Vibration of winding coil
B. Vibration of brushes
C. Vibration of laminated core

50. I = 5 Cos wt + 2 Cos wt, R=3 Ohms, Find the wattage:

A. 44
B. 74
C. 78
D. 147

51. A 1000m cable is terminated with a short circuit at the far end. The first reflected wave appears 9.43µs
after the incident wave. The actual velocity in the cable divided by the speed of light is: Vp = 2L/To
A. 0.35
B. 0.71
C. 1.0
D. 1.41

52. High voltage winding of transformer has ________ resistivity than the low voltage side.
A. Lower
B. Higher
C. Equal
D. Lower or Equal

53. Three 30µF capacitors are connected in star (Y) form between the terminals A, B, C and a junction point
N as shown in the figure, the capacitance (µF) between terminals A and B is most nearly:

A. 2/30
B. 15
C. 30
D. 60
54. The output D in the circuit is:

A. B(A+C)
B. (A+B) (B+C)
C. AB + BC
D. (A+B) CB

55. Power consumption in the advanced embedded system is:

A. 10%
B. 50%
C. 80%
D. None of the above

56. Calculate the Vout:

A. 1.1V
B. 2.2V
C. 4.3V
D. 5V

57. Harmonics in a system is mainly due to:

A. Variable Impedance Load
B. Saturated Magnetic Load
C. Power Electronics Load
D. All of the above

58. Main objective of transmission system:

A. Reliability
B. Voltage regulation
C. Power factor
D. Efficiency
59. Which of the following parallel resistance will have the highest value of the equivalent resistance?
A. 10 kOhm and 25kOhm
B. 1 kOhm, 2 kOhm and 3 kOhm
C. Two 500 kOhm resistors
D. Four 40 kOhm and two 10kOhm resistors

60. In the receiver of a wireless system, we must amplify the received signal using:
A. A power amplifier
B. A differential amplifier
C. An active filter
D. A low-noise amplifier

61. An overcurrent relay is used to protect a circuit with a maximum 3-phase fault current of 8000A. Primary
A 400:5 current transformer ratio and a 5A relay tap setting are selected. If the total secondary burden on
the current transformer for the maximum fault condition is 1:10Ω, the excitation voltage (V) that must be
developed by the current transformer is most nearly:
A. 100
B. 110
C. 115
D. 120

62. In the 3-phase system, the neutral is:

A. Normal return path for the current
B. Abnormal return path for the current
C. A and B
D. None of the above

63. Which circuit breaker is used at distribution level?

A. Air circuit breaker
B. Air blast circuit breaker

64. Open circuit test on transformer is conducted to obtain:

A. Ohmic loss only
B. Hysteresis loss only
C. Eddy current loss only
D. Core loss only

65. The electric flux passing out through a closed surface is equal to:
A. The line integral of the surface
B. Zero
C. The flux density at the surface
D. The total charge enclosed by the surface
E. The net surface integral of the current
66. The output is to be maintained at 24V, while the input varies from 120V to 126V with a load current
ranging from 0A to 5A. Assume ideal conditions, that is the keep alive current is zero and the Zener
resistance RZ is negligible: What is the minimum power of the supply resistor?

A. 400
B. 450
C. 500
D. 550

67. On the question above, what is the minimum diode power rating that can be used?
A. 100
B. 150
C. 500
D. 600

68. On the question above, what is the required supply resistance to ensure proper operation of the Zener
regulator circuit?
A. 19 Ω
B. 22 Ω
C. 24 Ω
D. 25 Ω

69. On the question above, what is the Maximum Zener current?

A. 4.1 Amps
B. 4.3 Amps
C. 5.1 Amps
D. 5.3 Amps

70. Find the total float of activity D for the project:

A. 1
B. 3
C. 9
D. 2
71. The self-discharge rate of a lead-acid battery is least dependent on which of the following factors?
A. concentration (specific gravity) of electrolyte
B. age of battery
C. temperature
D. nominal voltage of battery

72. The minimum standard wire gauge of earth wire is:

A. 20 SWG
B. 16 SWG
C. 10 SWG
D. 8 SWG

73. The unit of current is:

A. Ampere
B. Watt
C. Volt
D. _________ (Any other write here)

74. The most economical method of starting a single-phase motor is:

A. Split-phase method
B. Resistance start method
C. Inductance start method
D. Capacitance start method

75. In the circuit shown, which resistor(s) is (are) redundant?

A. R1 only
B. R1 and R4

76. A copper cable used in a plain old telephone service line has a loss of 1.5 dB/km. What is the approximate
loss experienced if the user is located 1.5km from a central office?
A. 1.5 dB
B. 15 dB
C. 20 dB
D. 220 dB
77. A lossy transmission line is used to connect a transmitter to an antenna. If the VSWR measured at the
antenna end of the transmission line is 1.5, which of the following statement is correct?
A. The VSWR measured at transmitter end of the transmission line is smaller than 1.5
B. The VSWR measured at transmitter end of the transmission line is greater than 1.5
C. The VSWR measured at transmitter end of the transmission line is equal to 1.5
D. The characteristic impedance of the antenna matches exactly the character impedance as the
transmission line

78. Which of the following characteristics is not typical of a project manager:

A. Managing a temporary activity
B. Possesses in depth technical knowledge
C. Managing a non-repetitive activity
D. Manages independently of the formal organization

79. The voltage gain of an amplifier with 9% negative feedback is 10. The voltage gain without feedback will
be:
A. 10
B. 1.25
C. 100
D. 90

80. A de current of 50A is flowing in an isolated wire. The magnitude of the magnetic field intensity, H (A/m),
10cm from the center of the wire is: H=1/2π
A. 0.05
B. 8
C. 43
D. 80

81. Which type of braking is used in an induction motor:

A. Regenerative
B. Dynamic
C. Plugging
D. All of the above

82. What is the common or usual method to ensure that the final set of construction documents satisfy the
clients program and design goals?
A. Make a checklist program requirement for the staff working on the project of use to continuously
monitor their progress as they prepare the drawings.
B. Have the client review a final check set for compliance with the program requirements and request
that any corrections be noted.
C. Have another architect who is unfamiliar with the project review the final set for compliance with
the original program requirement.
D. Hold regular progress meetings with the client and staff involved to compare the current status of
the drawings with the original program requirements. At the conclusion of this phase, require that
the client provide the architect with written approval to proceed to the next phase.
83. In a cascade amplifier, to reduce the loading effect at the output, the output impedance of the last
stage should be:
A. Very high
B. Intermediate
C. Very small

84. In a cascade amplifier, to reduce the loading effect at the input, the input impedance of first stage
should be:
A. Very high
B. Intermediate
C. Very small

85. In which of the following circuit will the voltage source produce the most current:
A. 10 Volt across a 10 Ohm Resistance
B. 10 Volt across two 10 Ohm Resistance in Series
C. 10 Voltage across two 10 Ohm resistance in parallel
D. 1000 V across 1 MOhm resistance

86. Which of the following theorem is used for frequency?

A. Kirchhoff
B. Muller
C. Shannon Theorem

87. The main cause of transformer humming is:

A. Vibrations in the insulating and cooling oil
B. Vibrations in the core lamination
C. Vibration in the bushes
D. None of the above

88. If the induction motor speed at no-load is 745 RPM, what is the speed of the motor?
A. 700 RPM
B. 750 RPM
C. 800 RPM
D. 850 RPM

89. Synchronous speed for motor 1600 RPM, 60hz, Calculate number of poles.
A. P = 2
B. P = 4
C. P = 6

90. At what region of operation is the base emitter junction forward biased and the based collector junction
reverse biased for BJT?
A. Saturation
B. Linear or active
C. Cut-off
D. None of the above
91. What is the role of the Zener diode?

A. Rectification
B. Voltage regulation
C. Amplification
92. The heat loss inside a straight conductor is 60J upon applying current I for 5s. If the resistance of the
conductor is decrease to half, and the same current is applied for 5s, what will be the heat dissipation?
A. 60J
B. 30J
C. 15J
D. 120J

93. Why we use power factor correction device to:

A. Mitigate PF
B. Increase PF
C. Getting PF
D. None of the above

94. Rotor of induction motor is rotating at synchronous speed, what is torque?

A. High
B. Low
C. Zero
D. Infinity

95. The underground cable is laid in a marine environment at system voltage A. What shall be the design of
the cable insulation?
A. (1/√3) A
B. √3 A
C. √2 A
D. 2A

96. Cable length is 1000m, time of returning signal is 9.43µsec. What is the speed of wave in the cable?
A. 0.35
B. 0.75
C. 1
D. 2.1

97. An antenna has an effective aperture of 10m². What additional information is required to determine the
amplifier power?
A. Power density
B. Power loss
C. Space loss
D. Total aperture
98. 10HP Single phase motor, 0.8 PF, 240V, Efficiency = 0.6, What is the current?
Hint: Pout = n V I cos Ø
A. 70 A
B. 52.5 A
C. 64.76 A
D. 90 A

99. Which of the following is not opportunity to do the project?

A. Demand of the product
B. Emerging markets
C. Lot of Manpower
D. Favorable exchange rated
E. None of these are Organizational opportunities

100. For the shown block diagram, what is the dumping ratio O/P / I/P = U/R where S = 1?
A. 0.4
B. 0.63
C. 0.7
D. 2.82

101. An alternator is operating at __________ for capacitive loads.

A. Lagging power factor
B. Unity power factor
C. Leading power factor
D. None of the above
102. The activity on node networks shown below describes a project consisting of 8 task A-H. Each node
indicates duration in weeks relationship are finish-to-start. The minimum time to complete the project is:

A. 15 weeks
B. 16 weeks
C. 17 weeks
D. 18 weeks

103. A super heterodyne AM receiver within an intermediate frequency (IF) of 455 kHz is to be turned to
listen to a station at 540 kHz. What tuning frequency is used in the local oscillator?
A. 96 kHz
B. 540 kHz
C. 550 kHz
D. 995 kHz
104. For which of the following topologies can 10BaseT not be used without additional hardware conversion?
A. Star
B. Tree
C. Point to Point
D. Bus

105. High voltage windings of transformer have _________ resistivity than the low voltage side.
A. Lower
B. Higher
C. Equal
D. Lower or Equal

106. ACR of conductor have 7 steel wires and 25 aluminum wires can be specified as:
A. 7/25
B. 7/32
C. 32/7
D. 25/7

107. The output D in the circuit is:

A. B(A+C)
B. (A+B) (B+C)
C. AB + BC
D. (A+B) CB

108. Cable length is 1000m, time of returning signal is 9.43µsec what is speed of wave in the cable?
A. 0.35
B. 0.75
C. 1
D. 2.1

109. The equivalent circuit of induction machine at no load is the same as that of the transformer but with
A. Open circuited secondary
B. Short circuited secondary
C. Open circuited primary
D. Short circuited primary

110. Which of these is not a rule of interaction?

A. Law
B. Etiquette
C. Morals
D. Ethics
E. Communication