ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING REE APRIL 2019

1.) Which statement about a charge placed on a dielectric material is true?

ANS: The charge is confined to the region in which the charge was placed
2.) Which of the following is NOT a property of magnetic field lines?
A.) The field is stronger where the lines are closer together.
B.) The lines intersect surface of equal intensity at right angles.
C.) Magnetic field lines have no beginning and no ends.
D.) The lines cross themselves only at right angles.
3.) Which statement is true?
A.) Magnetic flux lines have sources only
B.) Magnetic flux lines have sinks only
C.) Magnetic flux lines have both sources and sinks
D.) Magnetic flux lines does not have sources and sinks
4.)The equivalent capacitance of two capacitors C1 and C2 connected in series is 7.3μF. If the
value of C1 = 9.6μF, what is the value of C2?
ANS: 30.5μF
5.) In DC motors, what is the definition of “field resistance”?
ANS: It is the resistance of the excitation circuit
6.) Which of the following effects are generally less for an alternating current than for a
direct current?
A.) heating effects
B.) chemical effects
C.) magnetic effects
D.) impedance
7.) Which of the following cannot have a single unit of 100 MW?
A.) Hydro power plant
B.) Steam power plant
C.) Diesel power plant
D.) Nuclear power plant
8.) In the left-hand rule, thumb always represents direction of the _________.
A.) voltage
B.) force on conductor
C.) current
D.) magnetic field
9.) Three 3-ohm resistors are connected in parallel. This combination is then placed in series
with another 3-ohm resistor. What is the equivalent resistance in ohm?
A.) 12
B.) 9
C.) 4
D.) 6
10.) A transformer with a maximum rating of 25kVA supplies a load of 12kW at power
factor 60% lagging. How much additional kVA load can be added at 0.9 leading without
 exceeding the rating?
ANS: 11.8
11.) Copper loss of a transformer are determined by means of a/an __________ test.
A.) open-circuit
B.) polarity
C.) short-circuit
D.) inductive-circuit
12.) Two magnetically coupled coils have mutual flux ɸ11 and ɸ12 equal to 0.50mWb and
0.75mWb respectively. If the number of turns N1 and N2 is equal to 100 and 300
respectively, what is the coefficient of coupling?
ANS: 0.6
13.) Single-Side Band signal produces a peak to peak voltage of 720 v on voice peaks
across a 75-ohm antenna. What is the peak envelope power?
A.) 865 w
B.) 856 w
C.) 835 w
D.) 853 w
14.) An induction motor draws 50 KW at a 0.60 lagging power factor from a 480 v, 60 Hz
source. What parallel capacitor will increase the overall power factor to 0.90 lagging?
A.) 532 μF
B.) 489 μF
C.) 704 μF
D.) 582 μF
15.) A 69kV three-phase transposed line is composed of one ACSR 336,400 cmil, 26/7
Linnet conductor per phase with a horizontal configuration of D12 = 5 ft, D23 = 5 ft, and
D13 = 10 ft. The the conductors have a diameter of 0.721inch and a GMR of 0.0243ft.
Find the inductance per phase per kilometer of the line
A.) 1.0963 mH/km
B.) 1.1116 mH/km
C.) 1.1505 mH/km
D.) 1.1233 mH/km
16.) A 230/115 transformer operates on a frequency of 60Hz. Due to an emergency, the
transformer is used on a 50Hz system. What must the voltage be such that the magnetic
flux in 60Hz is the same as that of the 50Hz?
ANS: 191.67V
17.) What is/are the main reason/s for using high voltage in transmission of power in the
grid system?
I. to transmit bulk power with minimum line losses
II. increase system reliability
A.) II only
B.) both I and II
C.) either I or II
D.) I only
18.) In an inductive circuit, capacitors are connected in _____ to improve the power
factor.
ANS: parallel
19.) In which type of electronic communication does the information travel in two
directions?
A.) Half duplex
B.) Full duplex
C.) Multiplex
D.) Bicomm
20.) A voltage divider of two resistors is designed with a total resistance of the two
resistors equal to 50 ohms. If the output voltage is 10% of the input voltage, what are the
values of the two resistors in the circuit?
A.) 49.5 and 0.5 ohms
B.) 40 and 10 ohms
C.) 42.5 and 7.5 ohms
D.) 45 and 5 ohms
21.) In a certain area, the energy consumption is expected to double in 10 years. Assuming
a simple exponential growth given by P = P 0eat, what is the growth rate?
A.) 6.39%
B.) 5.39%
C.) 6.93%
D.) 5.93%
22.) Three 6.66 Ω resistors are connected wye. What is the equivalent of each delta
connected resistors?
A.) 2.22 Ω
B.) 20 Ω
C.) 11.54 Ω
D.) 10 Ω
23.) A 75-watt lamp is used to illuminate a desk that is 10ft away. What is the wattage of
the lamp if it must operate 12ft away from the desk to have the same illumination?
ANS: 108
24.) A device used to measure the impurities in the insulting oil.
ANS: Oil tester
25.) Which of the following insulators will be selected for high voltage applications?
A.) strain type
B.) disc type
C.) suspension type
D.) pin type
26.) The current flowing in L and C at parallel resonance are
A.) zero
B.) equal
C.) infinite
D.) different
27.) A light source located 2.75 m from a surface produces an illumination of 528 lux on
that surface. Find the illumination of the distance is changed to 1.55 m.
A.) 298 lux
B.) 1,662 lux
C.) 937 lux
D.) 168 lux
28.) A delta, 3ϕ, 4-wire secondary 230/115 V would have a high-leg to neutral voltage of
_______.
A.) 208 V
B.) 230 V
C.) 277 V
D.) 199 V
29.) For an unbalanced load, which connection is suitable?
A.) 3-wire open delta
B.) 4-wire wye connection
C.) 3-wire delta connection
D.) 3-wire wye connection
30.) Overhead transmission lines are protected from lightning with the use of
I. Overhead grounding conductor
II. Surge arrestors
A.) I only
B.) II only
C.) either I or II
D.) neither I nor II
31.) A 200:5 current transformer is used with a 10-amps ammeter. If the meter reads
3.75amps, determine the line current.
A.) 300 A
B.) 150 A
C.) 180 A
D.) 45 A
32.) The dc armature winding in which the coil sides are placed a pole pitch apart is called
_______ winding.
A.) Multiplex
B.) Full-pitch
C.) Fractional Pitch
D.) Pole-pitch
33.) What is the equivalent of 1 + a + a2?
A.) 0
B.) 1
C.) 1 + j
D.) -1
34.) The specific resistance of a conductor depends on
ANS: The nature of the material of the conductor only
35.) The load factor is
𝐴𝑣𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑒 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑
ANS: 𝑀𝑎𝑥𝑖𝑚𝑢𝑚 𝐿𝑜𝑎𝑑
36.) In the transformers,
A.) high tension winding is used near the core
B.) high tension winding is used away from the core
C.) low tension winding is used near the core
D.) low tension winding is used away from the core
37.) The effect of series capacitor on a transmission line is to improve
A.) steady state stability
B.) transient stability
C.) A and B both
D.) none of these
38.) In two-wattmeter method, the reading of one of the wattmeters will be zero when
A.) load in one of the phases is zero
B.) power factor is unity
C.) power factor is 0.5
D.) neutral is earthed
39.) Two inductors when connected in series aiding has a total inductance of 40mH. When
connected in series opposing, the total inductance is 17.5mH. What is the mutual
inductance?
ANS: 5.625mH
40.) A 4-pole induction motor running with 5% slip is supplied by a 60 Hz synchronous
generator. Determine the speed of the motor.
A.) 1,674 rpm
B.) 1,728 rpm
C.) 1,710 rpm
D.) 1,692 rpm
41.) Five resistors are connected in parallel; 5Ω, 10Ω, 15Ω, 20Ω, and 25Ω. The total
resistance is
ANS: 2.18978Ω
42.) What is used to prevent motorizing of a generator?
ANS: reverse power relay
43.) The electric motor generally used in household food mixer.
A.) Shaded Pole
B.) Universal
C.) Split Phase
D.) Capacitor Start
44.) A 120V, 200A single phase is supplied by a source 1000 ft. away through a copper
conductor with a diameter of 0.45in. and resistivity of 10.4 Ω-CM/ft. What voltage must
the supply be?
ANS: 140.50V
45.) What type of transformer bank is used to convert 2-phase to 3-phase power?
A.) wye-delta
 B.) scott-T
C.) delta-wye
D.) delta-delta
46.) By increasing the transmission voltage double of its original value, the same power
can be dispatch keeping the line loss
A.) Equal to its original value
B.) Half of the original value
C.) Double the original value
D.) One-fourth the original value
47.) In transmission systems, the weight of the copper conductor is proportional to
ANS: 1/E2
48.) Zero-sequence current can flow from line to transformer banks in ______ connection.
ANS: grounded star/delta
49.) A 30-Cd standard light source is compared with a lamp of unknown intensity using a
grease-spot photometer. The two light sources are placed 1 m apart, and the grease spot is
moved toward the standard light. When the grease spot is 25 cm from the standard light
source, the illumination is equal on both sides. Where should the grease spot be placed for
the illumination by the unknown light source to be exactly twice the illumination of the
standard source?
A.) 32 cm from standard
B.) 68 cm from standard
C.) 18 cm from standard
D.) 82 cm from standard
50.) Gauss-Seidel method is used for
ANS: linear algebraic equations only
51.) Combined cycle powerplant is used for
ANS: both base and peak load
52.) A 15-bus system with 3 voltage-controlled bus will have a Jacobian matrix of size
ANS: 25 x 25
53.) Compared to Gauss-Seidel, Newton-Raphson method has
ANS: less iterations but more time per iteration
54.) Circuit breakers are rated based on their ______ fault.
ANS: symmetrical
55.) A 3Ω resistor is connected in series with a 2Ω resistor. If an 8Ω resistor is connected
in parallel with the two, what is the total resistance?
ANS: 3.0769Ω
56.) A 440V, 8-pole, 50Hz induction motor has a rotor speed of 720rpm. What is the rotor
frequency?
ANS: 2 Hz
57.) According to ERC, the agreement between the User and the Distribution Utility
which specifies the terms and conditions pertaining to the connection of the User System
or Equipment to a new Connection Point in the Distribution System is
ANS: connection agreement
58.) Wooden transmission poles are protected from termites using
ANS: creosote oil
59.) Transient current in circuits are caused by
ANS: Change in energy stored in the inductor and capacitor
60.) An 8MVA, 69/13.2kV transformer has a percent impedance of 6.75%. What is the
actual impedance?
ANS: 1.47015Ω
61.) A 230V, 3-phase, 4-wire system supplies the loads 10<0˚, 20<20˚, and 12<-35˚. The
neutral line current is
ANS: 22.76 – j7.77 A
62.) A transformer has a 3% resistance 5.5% reactance drop. Find the voltage regulation at
full-load 0.8 power factor lagging.
ANS: 5.73197%
63.) A +25μC and +16μC charge is placed 90mm apart. A +60μC charge is place between
them and is 30mm away from the +25μC charge. What is the net force acting on the
+60μC charge.
ANS: 12.6kN to the right
64.) Which of the following is NOT a basic element of a transformer?
ANS: Mutual flux
65.) A 3-phase motor is rated for 50A. What is the minimum inverse time delay circuit
breaker rating?
ANS: 125
66.) A single-phase motor runs a duty cycle; 20kW for 10s, 40kW for 10s, 60kW for 5s,
80kW for 10s, and idle for 10s. What is the rating of the motor?
ANS: 63.8hp
67.) The phase currents of a system are:
IA = 3.5 +j3.5A
IB = -j2A
IC = -2.6 +j1.5A
What is the negative sequence current of phase A?
ANS: 0.318 +j0.689 A
68.) The pumped hydro powerplant in Caliraya is used for
ANS: peak
69.) Which of the following is a limited storage power plant?
ANS: Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Powerplant
70.) A wire has a diameter of 2mm and a conductance of 5 x 107 ℧/m with 1029 free
electrons per m3. It is subjected to an electric field of 10 mV/m. Calculate for the free
electron charge density.
ANS: -1.6 x 1010 C/m3
71.) The electric field density of an induction motor is given by B = Bmcos2ϴsin377t.
What is the synchronous speed of the motor?
ANS: 1800