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1. In the list below, which one is not a type of present day nuclear power plant?
A. boiling water reactor B. fusion-fission reactor C. low pressure reactor D. fast breeder reactor

2. The substation bus bar is made up of 2 inches round copper bars 20 ft long. What is the resistance of each bar if
resistivity is 1.724 x 10-6 ohm-cm.
A. 7.21 x 10-5 Ω B. 13.8 x 10-6 Ω C. 5.185 x 10-5 Ω D. 2.96 x 10-5 Ω

3. The ratio of the average load on the plant for the period of time considered to the aggregate rating of all the
generating equipment
A. capacity factor B. load factor C. utilization factor D. diversity factor

4. A capacitance is connected to a 115-V, 25 Hz mains and takes 5 A. What current will it take when the capacitance
and the frequency are both doubled?
A. 2.5 A B. 5 A C. 20 A D. 10 A

5. A 3-phase balance system working at 0.9 lagging power factor has a line loss of 3600 kW. If p.f. is reduced to 0.6, the
line loss would become kW.
A. 8100 B. 1600 C. 5400 D. 2400

6. A 55,000 kW thermal plant of National Power Corporation delivers an annual output of 238,000,000 kW-hr with a peak
load of 44 MW. What is the capacity factor?
A. 49.4% B. 42.4% C. 48.2% D. 44.6%

7. What is the size in square millimeter (mm2) is the cable of 250 MCM size?
A. 118.656 mm2 B. 126.675 mm2 C. 112.565 mm2 D. 132.348 mm2

8. Cables operated at over shall be shielded.

A. 2,000 V B. 1,000 V C. 3,000 V D. none of these

9. Three impedances Za, Zb and Zc are connected in parallel. If at 60 Hz, Za = j8, Zb = −j2 and Zc = 5 ohms, Solve for
the frequency at resonance.
A. 30 Hz B. 34 Hz C. 36 Hz D. 28 Hz

10. What type of electrical conductors has a trade name “moisture resistant thermoplastic“?
A. TW B. THW C. THWN D. All of these

11. What is the maximum number of conductors permitted in a wireway at any cross-section, signal circuit or starter-
control wires are not included?
A. 30 conductors B. 50 conductors C. 40 conductors D. 25 conductors

12. Two heating elements which is 500 ohms and 250 ohms are connected in series with temperature coefficients of
0.001 and 0.003 ohms per °C, respectively at 20°C. Calculate the effective temperature coefficient of the combination.
A. 0.00215 B. 0.00626 C. 0.00712 D. 0.00167

13. Each of the three 3.5 mm² TW conductors are in a conduit has an ampacity of 20 A. If there will be six of them in the
conduit, what will be the ampacity of each conductor?
A. 12 A B. 20 A C. 16 A D. 15 A

14. is a parallel LC circuit.

A. Hartley circuit B. Static circuit C. Tank circuit D. Parallel resisting circuit

15. A single-phase transformer is rated 4,160-V primary and 250-V secondary. It has 1,500 turns in the primary and
voltage regulation of 8%. What should be the number of turns in the secondary winding?
A. 88 turns B. 92 turns C. 90 turns D. 86 turns

16. A 200-kVA transformer with impedance of 5% and the power factor of the load is 85%. The primary voltage is 6,000
volts while the copper loss is 5 kW. Find the percentage regulation.
A. 5.03% B. 5.21% C. 4.43% D. 4.03%

17. Determine which of the following has the least number of electrons found at the outer shell.
A. semi-insulator B. insulator C. semiconductor D. conductor

18. Power lost due to alternating magnetization and demagnetization of the core material
A. copper loss B. eddy current loss C. hysteresis loss D. rheostat loss

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19. A wye-connected load has a 5∠20⁰ ohm impedance per phase and is connected across a 120-V three-phase source.
Calculate the line current.
A. 24 A B. 13.85 A C. 41.56 A D. 15.45 A

20. A V-V or open delta connected transformer bank, composed of two identical units serves a balanced 3-phase load of
16 kVA at 230 volts. Solve for the minimum size in kVA of the transformers needed.
A. 8 kVA B. 9.24 kVA C. 16 kVA D. 8.25 kVA

21. Three single-phase transformers each rated 75 kVA are banked in delta and supplying a 3-phase load drawing
160 kVA at 0.8 lagging power factor. If one transformer is removed for repairs, solve for the amount of overloading of
the remaining units.
A. 30 kVA B. 10 kVA C. 20 kVA D. 25 kVA

22. A three-terminal resistor with one or more sliding contacts which functions as an adjustable voltage divider.
A. Rheostat B. Bleeder resistor C. Potentiometer D. Voltage divider

23. When the diode is forward biased it is equivalent to .

A. Open Switch B. Closed Switch C. High Resistance D. None

24. The phase b line voltage and the phase a line current of a balanced three-phase system are v = 220 (sin wt + 210⁰)
and i = 10 sin (wt − 30⁰), respectively. What is the power of the system?
A. 1905 W B. 3300 W C. 5716 W D. 3810 W

25. A half-wave rectifier is fed from secondary of a transformer whose output voltage is 12.6 V. The dc voltage of the
rectifier output is .
A. 12.6 V B. 5.66 V C. 17.8 V D. 11.32 V

26. The magnitude of the electric force between two protons is 2.3 x 10−26 N. How far apart are they?
A. 0.10 m B. 0.022 m C. 3.1 m D. 0.48 m

27. If the bands on a resistor are yellow, violet, red and gold, what is the resistance value?
A. 470 ohms 5% B. 470 ohms 10% C. 47000 ohms 5% D. 4700 ohms 5%

28. An electronics technician wishes to construct a parallel- plate capacitor using rutile (k = 1.00 x 102) as the dielectric. If
the cross-sectional area of the plates is 1.0 cm2, what is the capacitance if the rutile thickness is 1.0 mm?
A. 88.5 pF B. 177.0 pF C. 8.85 μF D. 354 μF

29. The phase displacement between phasors in polyphase system is always

A. 90 degrees C. 360 degrees divided by the number of phases
B. 120 degrees D. none of the above

30. If three unequal capacitors, initially uncharged, are connected in series across a battery, which of the following
statements is true?
A. The largest voltage appears across the capacitor with the smallest capacitance.
B. The largest voltage appears across the capacitor with the largest capacitance.
C. The capacitor with the largest capacitance has the greatest charge.
D. The capacitor with the smallest capacitance has the smallest charge.

31. A wire carries a current of 1.6 A. How many electrons per second pass a given point in the wire? Choose the best
estimate.
A. 1017 B. 1018 C. 1019 D. 1020

32. A piece of wire has a resistance of 0.5 ohm. The length is doubled and the area is increased four times. What is its
resistance?
A. 0.75 ohm B. 0.50 ohm C. 0.25 ohm D. 1 ohm

33. The current in a 5.00-H inductor decreases uniformly at a rate of 2.00 A/s. What is the voltage drop across the
inductor?
A. 2.50 V B. 5.00 V C. 0.400 V D. 10.0 V

34. Three equal impedances are first connected in star across a balanced 3-phase supply. If connected in delta across
the same supply.
A. phase current will be tripled C. line current will become one-third
B. phase current will be doubled D. power consumed will increase three-fold

35. The current is doubled in an inductor. By what factor does the stored energy change?
A. 1/2 B. 1 B. 2 D. 4
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36. The surge impedance of 50 miles long underground cable is 50 ohms. For a 25 miles length it will be:
A. 25 ohms B. 50 ohms C. 100 ohms D. None of these

37. Three resistors of 10, 15 and 20 ohms each are connected in parallel. What is the equivalent resistance?
A. 45 ohms B. 17.2 ohms C. 0.22 ohm D. 4.62 ohms

38. A reactance relay is:

A. Voltage restrained directional relay C. Voltage restrained over-current relay
B. Directional restrained over-current relay D. None of these.

39. Three identical resistances, each of 15 Ω, are connected in delta across 400 V, 3-phase supply. The value of
resistance in each leg of the equivalent star-connected load would be
A. 15 Ω B. 7.5 Ω C. 5 Ω D. 30 Ω

40. The p.u. impedance value of an alternator corresponding to base values 13.2 kV and 30 MVA is 0.2 p.u. The p.u.
value for the base values 13.8 kV and 50 MVA will be:
A. 0.306 p.u. B. 0.33 p.u. C. 0.318 p.u. D. 0.328 p.u.

41. To limit current chopping in vacuum circuit breakers, the contact material used has:
A. High vapour pressure and low conductivity properties
B. High vapour pressure and high conductivity properties
C. Low vapour pressure and high conductivity properties
D. Low vapour pressure and low conductivity properties.

42. Determine how long a battery will last whose rating is 100 Ah, 24 volts and will run a 300 watts electronic equipment
and a 50 watts light.
A. 6.85 hours B. 50.05 hours C. 26.65 hours D. 12.00 hours

43. The capacitance and inductance per unit length of a line operating at 110 kV are 0.01 μF and 2 mH. The surge
impedance loading of the line is:
A. 40 MVA B. 30 MVA C. 27 MVA D. None of these.

44. Find the line voltage Vab if Vbn = 265.6∠37⁰ V and the sequence is BCA.
A. 460∠−203⁰ V B. 460∠−173⁰ V C. 460∠−83⁰ V D. 460∠−53⁰ V

45. An alternator is delivering a load current; its per cent regulation is found to be zero. The type of load it delivers is:
A. Capacitive B. Inductive C. Resistive D. Not enough information

46. The electricity market established by the DOE pursuant to Section 30 of the Philippine Grid Code.
A. Wholesale Electricity Spot Market C. Whole Electricity Spot Market
B. Wholesome Electricity Spot Market D. Water Electricity Super Market

47. The potential at the terminals of the battery falls from 9 V on open circuit to 6 volts when a resistor of 10 ohms is
connected across its terminals. What is the internal resistance of the battery?
A. 5 Ω B. 4 Ω C. 3 Ω D. 2 Ω

48. The component of system loss that is inherent in the physical delivery of electric energy. It includes conductor loss,
transformer core loss, and technical errors in meters.
A. Line Loss B. Transmission Loss C. Technical Loss D. Non-technical loss

49. Two-wattmeter method is applied to a three-phase motor running at full load. The two wattmeters indicate 85.5 kW
and 34.7 kW, respectively. What is the operating power factor of the motor?
A. 87.45% B. 80.69% C. 89.49% D. 94.76%

50. The impression of unsteadiness of visual sensation induced by a light stimulus whose luminance or spectral
distribution fluctuates with time.
A. Glimmer B. Twinkle C. Flash D. Flicker

51. A Customer with a demand of at least 1 MW or the threshold value specified by the ERC.
A. Residential Customer B. Commercial Customer C. Industrial Customer D. Large Customer

52. A circuit consisting of three resistors rated: 10 ohms, 15 ohms and 20 ohms are connected in delta. What would be
the resistance of the equivalent wye connected load?
A. 0.30, 0.23 & 0.15 ohm C. 3.33, 4.44 & 6.66 ohms
B. 3.0, 4.0 & 5.0 ohms D. 5.77, 8.66 & 11.55 ohms

53. A 22 μF capacitor has a charge of 250 μC stored on it. What is the voltage across the capacitor?
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54. An earth station receiver has a signal of 4 x 10 -12 W across 50 Ω input. What is the signal level in microvolts?
A. 328 B. 1000 C. 14.14 D. 1.6

55. To obtain a high value of capacitance, the permittivity of dielectric medium should be
A. low B. zero C. high D. unity

56. Four capacitors each of 40 µF are connected in parallel, the equivalent capacitance of the system will be
A. 160 µF B. 10 µF C. 40 µF D. 5 µF

57. The shunt winding of a machine has a resistance of 80 ohms and an inductance of 4 H is suddenly switched on to a
220 V supply. Find the time taken for the current to rise to half its steady state value.
A. 0.0512 sec B. 0.0346 sec C. 0.0251 sec D. 0.0172 sec

58. A DC shunt motor draws an armature current of 98.16 A at 120 V. What is the hp output of the motor if the armature
effective resistance is 0.06 Ω?
A. 15.8 B. 22 C. 7.5 D. 15

59. A type of information signal which is made up of rapid and unpredictable variations in amplitude and frequency.
A. digital B. pulses C. bits D. speech

60. The winding of a 4-pole alternator having 36 slots is short by 2 slots. What is the pitch factor?
A. 0.9397 B. 0.9725 C. 0.9566 D. 1.0

61. In a series motor, what is the relation of the connection of motor field winding with respect to the motor armature?
A. series B. parallel C. series-parallel D. delta

62. An uncharged capacitor in series with a 120 volt voltmeter of 10,000 ohms resistance is suddenly connected to a
100 V battery. One second later, the voltmeter reads 60 volt. Determine the capacitance of the capacitor.
A. 187.54 μF B. 190.62 μF C. 195.76 μF D. 192.23 μF

63. At what distance from a wall will 40 Cd lamp provide the same illumination as 80 Cd lamp located 4 m from the wall?
A. 2.93 m B. 2.83 m C. 2.65 m D. 2.07 m

64. A current carrying coil is subjected to a uniform magnetic field. The coil will orient so that its plane becomes ?
A. inclined at 45° to the magnetic field C. parallel to the magnetic field
B. inclined at any arbitrary angle to the magnetic field D. perpendicular to magnetic field

65. The unit of illuminance is

A. lumen C. lux
B. candela per square meter D. steradian

66. A 220-V, three-phase, two-pole, 50-Hz induction motor is running at a slip of 5 percent. Find the rotor frequency in
Hertz.
A. 1.0 B. 1.5 C. 2.0 D. 2.5

67. If a dc voltage is applied to an initially uncharged series RC circuit, the initial value of the current is
A. zero B. V/R C. infinite D. CV

68. By looking at which part of the motor, it can be easily confirmed that a particular motor is D.C. motor?
A. Frame B. Shaft C. Commutator D. Stator

69. The magnetic induction at a point P which is at the distance of 4 cm from a long current carrying wire is 10 -3 T. The
field of induction at a distance 12 cm from the current will be ?
A. 3.33 x 10−4 T B. 1.11x 10−4 T C. 3×10−3 T D. 9×10−3 T

70. What is the voltage regulation when the full load voltage is the same as no-load voltage assuming a perfect voltage
source?
A. 100% B. 1% C. 10% D. 0%

71. What term applies to the use of two or more generators to supply a common load?
A. on-line operation B. series operation C. cascaded operation D. parallel operation

72. The transients which are produced due to sudden but energetic changes from one steady state of a circuit to another
are called transients.
A. initiation B. transition C. relaxation D. subsidence

73. What is the primary reason why carbon brushes are preferred over copper brushes in dc motors?
A. they have low loss B. they are more strong C. they produce less arcing D. all of these
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74. A straight wire of length 0.5 metre and carrying a current of 1.2 ampere is placed in uniform magnetic field of induction
2 Tesla. The magnetic field is perpendicular to the length of the wire. The force on the wire is ?
A. 2.4 N B. 1.2 N C. 3.0 N D. 2.0 N

75. The torque of a dc motor is

A. directly proportional to the field strength C. directly proportional to the armature current
B. inversely proportional to the field strength D. A and C are correct

76. The voltage of the bus bar to which several alternators are paralleled may be raised by simultaneously
of all alternators
A. increasing field excitation C. increasing input to prime movers
B. decreasing field excitation D. decreasing input to prime movers

77. A coil of 15 H inductance and 10 ohms resistance is suddenly connected to a 20 volts DC source by closing the
switch. The value of current 2 seconds after the switch is closed is
A. 1.74 A B. 1.47 A C. 1.17 A D. 1.71 A

78. The speed at which a 6 pole alternator should be drive to generate 50 cycles per second is
A. 1500 rpm B. 500 rpm C. 1000 rpm D. 1200 rpm

79. A galvanometer acting as a voltmeter will have?

A. a low resistance in series with its coil. C. a high resistance in series with its coil
B. a high resistance in parallel with its coil D. a low resistance in parallel with its coil

80. A shunt generator running at 1000 rpm has generated emf of 100 V. If the speed increases to 1200 rpm, the
generated emf will be nearly
A.120 V B. 140 V C. 175 V D. 240 V

81. The introduction of interpoles in between the main poles improves the performance of a dc machine, because
A. the interpoles produce additional flux to augment the developed torque
B. the flux waveform is improved with reduction in harmonics
C. the inequality of air-gap flux on the top and bottom halves of the armature is removed
D. a counter-emf is induced in the coil undergoing commutation

82. What is the wavelength of a carrier wave with frequency of 100 megahertz?
A. 3.0 m B. 7.5 m C. 1.5 m D. 6.0 m

83. The residual magnetism of a self-excited dc generator is lost. To build up its emf again
A. the field winding must be replaced
B. the armature connection must be reversed
C. the field winding connection must be reversed
D. field winding must be excited by low voltage dc supply

84. The magnetic field through a coil changes at uniform rate from 0.1 T to 0.4 T during 2 x 10 −2 s. If the area of cross-
section of the coil is 4 x 10−2 m2 and the number of turns is 200, then the emf induced in the coil is:
A. 50 V B. 120 V C. 180 V D. 220 V

85. In an alternator, use of short pitch coil of 160° will indicate the absence of following harmonic
A. Third B. Fifth C. Seventh D. Ninth

86. The power factor of an alternator depends on

A. Load B. Speed of rotor C. Core losses D. Armature losses

87. An alternating current and a direct current flow simultaneously in the same conductor. If the effective of the alternating
current is 5 A and the direct current is 10 A, what will an AC ammeter read when connected in the circuit?
A. 7.5 A B. 15 A C. 11.18 A D. none of these

88. Slip ring of an induction motor is usually made up of

A. Aluminum B. Carbon C. Phosporus Bronze D. Copper

89. An electric motor is used to pump water from a well of 40 ft. deep. The amount of water pumped per hour to the
ground level is 237,000 gallons. What is the HP of the motor assuming there is no power loss?
A. 43 HP B. 42 HP C. 41 HP D. 40 HP

90. A capacitor start, capacitor run single phase induction motor is basically a
A. ac series motor B. dc series motor C. 2 phase induction motor D. 3 phase induction motor.

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91. A capacitor start single phase induction motor is switched on the supply with its capacitor replaced by an inductor of
equivalent reactance value. It will
A. not start B. start and run C. start and then stall D. none of these

92. The following are in series R = 1,000 Ω, L = 0.100 μH and C = 20,000 pF. The voltage across the circuit is 100 V, 60
kHz. What is the total impedance expressed in ohms?
A. 1882 ohms B. 1000 ohms C. 2132 ohms D. 1885 ohms

93. A synchronous motor can be used as a synchronous capacitor when it is

A. Under-loaded B. Over-loaded C. Under-excited D. Over-excited

94. A coal power plant has an over-all plant efficiency of 28%. Coal with a heating value of 12,000 BTUs per lb cost
Php1.50 per lb. What is the fuel cost of producing one kW-hr?
A. Php1.90 per kW-hr B. Php1.75 per kW-hr C. Php1.52 per kW-hr D. Php1.62 per kW-hr

95. The main drawback(s) of underground system over overhead system is/are
A. Exposure to lighting
B. Heavy initial cost
C. Exposure to atmospheric hazards such as smoke, ice, wind etc.
D. Inductive interference between power and commuication circuit

96. Which of the following bus-bar schemes has the lowest cost?
A. Ring bus-bar scheme C. Breaker and a half scheme
B. Single bus-bar scheme D. Main and transfer scheme

97. A current of 10 A and a power factor of 0.8 lagging is taken form a single phase 250 volt supply. The reactive power of
the system is
A. 1500 vars B. 2000 vars C. 2500 vars D. none of these

98. Which of the following will need the highest level of illumination ?
A. Proof reading B. Bed rooms C. Hospital wards D. Railway platforms.

99. The following are the given loads of a particular circuit:

5 - 15 HP motors
3 - 5 HP motors
8 kW - lighting loads
3.5 kW - miscellaneous loads
Calculate the maximum demand if the demand factor is 65%.
A. 78.64 B. 45.81 C. 51.12 D. 120.98

100. Optical instruments used for the comparison of candle powers of different sources are known as
A. Candle meters B. Radio meters C. Bunsen meter D. Photo meter.

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