REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES

POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY OF THE PHILIPPINES

Pre-board Exam
Electrical Engineering

Name: Score
Program Year-Section: BSEE 4-1 Date:

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.

1. A short circuit test was performed on a 15 kva, 2400/240 volts transformer yields the following results: Short circuit current =
6.25 Amp, short circuit voltage=131 volts and short circuit power=214 watts. Determine the %VR at full load 80% power
factor lagging
a. 4.3% b. 4.5% c. 4.8% d. 5.2%
2. A wattmeter is installed in a balanced 3-phase system. The wattmeter will measure
a. total power b. real power c. active power d. reactive power
3. What should be the turn ratio of a three phase transformer to transform 10 MVA from 230 kv to 4160 volts if the transformer
is connected wye-delta?
a. 31.92 b. 55.29 c. 95.76 d. 21.39
4. A single circuit, three phase 60 Hz transmission line consist of three conductors each of 250 mils in diameter arranged in
triangular formation 5m, 5m and 8 m apart. Find the inductive reactance per km.
a. 0.5858 ohm b. 0.8686 ohm c. 0.6868 ohm d. 0.8585 ohm
5. A load of 10,000 KVA, 85% power factor lagging is connected to a 13,200 volt line. How much reactive power is needed to
correct the power factor to 97% lagging?
a. 5,156 kvar b. 3,138 kvar c. 2,547 kvar d. 4,753 kvar
6. What capacitance must be placed in series with an inductance of 0.05 H so that at 100 Hz, the impedance becomes equal to
the ohmic resistance?
a. 50 uf b. 35.5 uf c. 70.7 uf d. 87 uf
7. One leg of a radio tuned circuit has a capacitance of one times ten to the minus nine farad. It is turned at 200 KHz, what is
the inductance of the other leg in henry?
a. 6.33 x 10-7 b. 20 x 10-3 c. 8.25 x 10-5 d. 120 x 10-3
8. A balanced delta connected load of 4 – j3 ohms/phase is fed by a 380 V, 3-phase system. Find the reactive power.
a. 52 kvars b. 69 kvars c. 29 kvars d. 87 kvars
9. A balanced three phase wye connected source has using negative phase sequence, Vca = 398 Vrms with 90 degrees angle.
Determine Van.
a. 230 + j 0 v b. 115 – j199 v c. -115 – j199 v d. – j230 v
10. A balanced 3-phase wye connected source has using ABC phase sequence, Van = 230 Vrms with 30 degrees angle.
Determine Vbc
a. 190.5 + j330 v b. -190.5 – j330 v c. 190.5 – j330 v d. – j381 v
11. What is the minimum number of wattmeters required to measure unbalanced power for a three phase system
a. two b. four c. three d. one
12. A wire has a resistance of 1.0 ohm per 1000 ft at diameter of 0.1 inch. Determine the resistance of a 200 ft long conductor if
the diameter is 40 mils.
a. 2.5 b. 1.25 c. 25 d. 12.5
13. What is 1 + A+ A2 in rectangular from?
a. 0.5 +j 0.866 b. -0.5-j0.866 c. 0+j1.732 d. 0
14. Two coils in a network are positioned such that there is 80% coupling between them. If the inductance of one coil is 12 mH
and the other is 6 mH, find the mutual inductance.
a. 6.8 mh b. 4.8 mh c. 8.6 mh d. 8.2 mh
15. A 50 micro-farad capacitor is charged to 300 micro-coulomb. An unchanged 100 micro-farad is then connected in parallel
with the first capacitor. What is the charge transferred to 100 micro-farad capacitor?
a. 100 b. 150 c. 200 d. 87
16. A capacitor is charged at 100,000 micro-coulomb in 2 seconds. What is the current in mA?
a. 0.5 b. 5 c. 0.005 d. 50
17. A coil of 50 ohm resistance and of 150 mH inductance is connected is parallel with a 50 micro-farad capacitor. The source
voltage is 100 sin (ώt +30deg). What is the equation of the line current?
a. 1.91 sin (ώt + 52.5deg) c. 1.25 sin (ώt + 75.5deg)
b. 1.82 sin (ώt – 62deg) d. 1.32 sin (ώt –75.5deg)
18. Two current, 5+j2 and 3-j2 enter a junction. What is the outgoing current?
a. 2+j4a b. 2a c. 8a d. 8-j4a
19. A single phase induction motor is rated 5hp, 75% power factor and 220 volts. What approximate size of capacitor is
necessary to raise the power factor to about 95%?
a. 3 kvar b. 2.5 kvar c. 2 kvar d. 3.5 kvar
20. A 240 V (line to neutral) three-phase source is connected to three 10 ohm resistance loads with both source and load in the
Y-configuration. Determine the current in each phase
a. 22 a b. 24 a c. 20 a d. 28 a
21. In a balanced three-phase system, the wye-connected impedances connected are 10 ohms with 30 degrees angle. If Vbc is
equal to 416 V with 240 degrees angle, determine Icn. Assume the phase sequence is abc.
a. 12 + j20.8 a b. 12 – j20.8 a c. 20.8 – j12 a d. 20.8 + j12 a
22. The resistance of copper wire 200 m long is 21Ω. If its thickness (diameter) is 0.44 mm, its specific resistance is around
a. 1.2 x 10−8Ω - m b. 1.4 x 10−8Ω - m c. 1.6 x 10−8Ω - m d. 1.8 x 10−8Ω - m
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23. A 500 hp, 2400V, 3-phase motor of 90 percent factor and 95 percent efficiency is to be operated from a 13.8 kV utility
service through a wye-delta connected transformers. Compute the secondary winding current in ampere of the transformer.
a. 157.3 b. 104.9 c. 125.6 d. 60.6
24. What is the possible synchronous speed in rpm of a 10 pole induction motor used on 60 cycle line?
a. 1200 b. 720 c. 1800 d. 3600
25. A 500 hp, 2400 V, 3-phase motor of 90 percent power factor and 95 percent efficiency is to be operated from a 13.8 kV utility
service through a wye-delta connected transformer bank. What is the KVA rating of each transformers?
a. 100 b. 145 c. 250 d. 167
26. A three phase generator with full load current of 450 at 12,400 volts has 0.08 ohm, resistance and a synchronous reactance
of 2.8 ohms, what is the regulation in percent at 75 percent power factor lagging?
a 12.8 b. 14.3 c. 18.9 d. 21.5
27. A 500 kva single phase transformer with 5% reactance is to share a load of 750 kva at 80% pf lagging with a 333 kva single
phase transformer with 4% reactance. Calculate the kva delivered by each transformer.
a. 375 each b. 333 & 417 c. 350 & 400 d. 340 & 410
28. What is the slip in percent of an induction motor running 427 rpm?
a. 2.5% b. 2% c. 3 % d. 5%
29. An AC generator 1500 kva capacity has a full load efficiency of 91% at 100% power factor and 86% at 80% power factor
lagging current. What engine drive in HP is required if the genset is to supply entirely motor loads?
a. 3125 b. 1870 c. 2525 d. 2210
30. Three identical resistors are connected in delta across balance, 3-phase source. If one of the resistor is open,
a Power will become double c. Power will become three times
b. Power is reduce by 33% d. Power will increase by 67%
31. Three 333 kva transformers are delta connected, one connection has been cut, what is the maximum kva that can be
supplied by the remaining transformers?
a. 333 b. 677 c. 577 d. 423
32. A single phase 10 km transmission line has 16.65 mH total inductance. If the distance between the conductors is 1.0 m,
what is the GMR of conductor?
a. 1.662 cm b. 1.864 cm c. 1.558 cm d. 1.238 cm
33. Four wires of same material, the same cross-sectional area and the same length when connected in parallel give a resis-
tance of 0.25 Ω. If the same four wires are connected is series the effective resistance will be
a. 1 Ω b. 2 Ω c. 3 Ω d. 4 Ω
34. A three phase, 13 kv transmission line delivers 8 MVA of load. The per phase impedance of the line is (0.01+j0.05) pu
referred to a 13 kv, 8 MVA base. What is the voltage drop across the line?
a. 886 volts b. 769 volts c. 663 volts d. 595 volts
35. A light bulb draws 300 mA when the voltage across it is 240V. the resistance of a light bulb is
a. 400Ω b. 600 Ω c. 800 Ω d. 1000 Ω
36. The rating of a fuse wire is always expressed in
a. ampere-hours b. ampere-volts c. kWh d. amperes
37. A 12-volt battery has 50 Amp-hr capacity. The internal resistance is 0.1 ohm. A 5 ohm resistor is connected for 5 hours. How
many ampere-hours are still left?
a. 38.23 b. 3 c. 41.24 d. 11.76
38. At a certain location in an electric system, the available fault MVA is 400 MVA. A 15 MVA, 34.5 kV/6.24kV, 2.5%
impedance, wye-wye grounded transformer is installed at that location. Determine the short circuit MVA at the secondary.
a. 195 Mva b. 90 Mva c. 150 Mva d. 240 Mva
39. There was a phase to phase fault at 13.8 kV system where the Thevenin’s equivalent impedance is 2.63% what is the
magnitude of the fault current. Base MVA is 10.
a. 15,900 amperes b. 7970 amperes c. 13,800 amperes d. 27,600 amperes
40. 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 ½ ohm. Determine the fault current at the primary for a three-phase fault at the secondary.
a. 10,500 amperes b. 42000 amperes c. 3300 amperes d. 6050 amperes
41. The units of capacitance are
a. volts/coulomb b. ohms c. coulombs/volts d. henry/wb
42. Find the connection of capacitors C1 = 1µF, C2 = 3µF and C3 = 4µF needed to have a total of 2µF.
a. C1 & C2 in parallel, series C3 c. C1 & C3 in parallel, series C2
b. all in paeallel d. all in series
43. For making a capacitor, it is better to select a dielectric having
a. low permittivity c. permittivity same as that of air
b. high permittivity d. permittivity slightly more than that of air
44. The direction of magnetic lines of force is
a. from south pole to north pole c. from north pole to south pole
b. from one end of the magnet to another d. none of the above
45. A certain process uses warm water at rate of liters per minute. The water enters an electric heater at 25 deg C to 50 deg C.
assuming no heat losses. What is the wattage of the heater?
a. 5125 b. 6250 c. 2420 d. 3488
46. The property of a material which opposes the creation of magnetic flux in it is known as
a. reluctivity b. permeance c. magneto motive force d. reluctance
47. Laminated cores, in electrical machines, are used to reduce
a. copper loss b. eddy current loss c. hysteresis loss d. all of the above
48. The self-inductances of two coils are 8 mH and 18 mH. If the co-efficient of coupling is 0.5, the mutual inductance of the coil
is
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a. 4 mh b. 5 mh c. 6 mh d. 12 mh
49. A 500 turns solenoid develops an average induced voltage of 60 V. Over what time interval must a flux change of 0.06 Wb
occur to produce such a voltage?
a. 0.01 s b. 0.1 s c. 0.5 s d. 5 s
50. A conductor carries 125 amperes of current under 60° to a magnetic field of 1.1 tesla. The force on the conductor will be
nearly
a. 68.75 n/m b. 120 n/m c. 240 n/m d. 480 n/m