2021:

1. Fuse used for the overhead primary distribution: Expulsion

2. Peak load plants are designed to supply power at low capital cost and high operating cost
3. Principle operation of the fiber-optic cable is based? Reflection
4. In wye connected, IL is equal to the phase current
5. A device that establishes an electrical connection to the earth: Grounding electrode
6. Determine the direction of force in a conductor: Left hand Rule
7. In a parallel circuit, the potential difference across the resistance is always constant
8. Based on PDC, the distributor may establish penalties for users whose power factor are less than
85%
9. EPIRA law of 2001 is also known as RA 9136
10. If we increase field current of a dc generator. Its emf output increases till the magnetic
saturation takes place.
11. Armature reaction in an alternator primarily affects generated voltage per phase
12. Equivalent collector terminal of transistor in a FET is drain
13. Ten oersted is : 0.1 cm/Gb
14. The transients which are produced due to sudden but energetic changes from one steady state
of a circuit to another are called transition transients
15. The relative polarity of the winding of a transformer maybe determined by phasing out
16. When luminaires direct 90 to 100% of their output upwards is considered as Indirect lighting
17. Following limits the number of coils that may be placed on the armature of a DC motor or
generator: coil to coil arcing due to the breakdown of insulation.
18. A transformer has negative voltage regulation when its power is leading
19. When a step input is applied to a second order circuit, the final values of the circuit variables are
found by: Replacing capacitors with open circuits and inductors with closed circuits.
20. Power factor can be improved by connecting: static capacitors and synchronous condensers
21. Horizontal and vertical axis are types of wind mills
22. NOT a reason why single phase induction motor run? Hysteresis
23. Overvoltage relay device function number 59

Additional:

 What is the equivalent IEEE device function number for directional power relay? 32
  IEEE device function number for directional protective relay 87
 What is the device function number for overcurrent relay? 51
 What is the IEEE device function number 50? instantaneous overcurrent relay
 What is the equivalent IEEE device function number for directional power relay? 32

24. “ Debye” is thee unit of: electric dipole moment

25. Relay used for feeder protection is: Translay relay
26. Electrical hazard include shock, electrical arcs and blasts and BROKEN or faulty equipment.
27. The resistance of a semi conductor is know as bulk resistance.
28. Fourth loop of an electronic resistor color code represent? Tolerance

Additional: 1st and 2nd are the digit equivalent value, 3rd is the multiplier

29. Auxiliary gutters shall not contain more than 30 current carrying conductors at any cross
section.
30. In this list below, which one is NOT a type of present day nuclear power plant? Fusion-Fission
reactor
31. Overvoltage relay device function number 59
32. What is the equivalent IEEE device function number for directional power relay? 32
33. Ratio of the average load on the plant on the plant for the period of time considered to the
aggregate rating of all the generating equipment. Capacity factor
34. In an ideal transformer, windings have no resistance, core has no losses, core has infinite
permeability.
35. In a HRC fuse the time between cut-off and final current zero, is known as arcing time.
36. Advantage of ring main system is continuity of supply to feeding points
37. When the stator windings are connected in such a fashion that the number of poles are made
half, the speed of the rotor of a synchronous motor increases to two times the original value
38. The imaginary of fictitious part of synchronous reactance take care of armature reaction
39. A coulomb is the amount of charge that flows past a point in one second when the current is 1
A
40. The electrical analog of sprint constant k is: 1/C
41. Tesla is the unit of magnetic flux
 42. Induction generators deliver power at leading power factor only
43. A substance that changes its electrical resistance when illuminated by light is: Photoconductive

Additional: Photovoltaic- convert sunlight into electrical energy

Photoelectric effect – can be ejected from the surface of the metal

Chemical with lower flash points present a greater Flamm ability hazard
2022: ONLINE

1. Unit of electric field are: N/C

2. Faradays law states that an induced emf is proportional to – the rate of change of the magnetic
flux
3. In purely resistive circuit the current is in phase with voltage
4. An alternating current with a frequency of 60 hz is passed through coil galvanometer that
measures DC current. What will the galvanometer that measures DC current. A negligible
amount
5. The effective resistance of conductor is increased by: Skin Effect and Proximity Effect
6. Factors does the magnitude of the fault current depend? Both voltage at the fault point and
total impedance up to the fault
7. The most commonly used light sensor in a modem fax machine is a charge coupled device
8. NOT a property of magnetic field lines: The lines intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right
angle
9. Only winding: Autotransformer
10. For a 3 phase unbalance load: the pf of each phase may be different
11. A direct lighting fixture directs at least – 90% of the light downward
12. Transmission voltage of level 1k- Extra High Voltage
13. Inductance affects the direct current flow at the time of turning on and off
14. Surge impedance of transmission line is : sqrt. Of L/C
15. The basic function of a circuit is to extinguish the arc
16. As the load is increased, the speed of a dc shunt motor will reduce slightly
17. The pf of an alternator is determine by its load
18. Impurities in an electrolyte can cause an internal short circuit condition: Local Action
19. A mode of communication is in which either party can hear while talking, thus allowing one
party to instantly interrupt the other at any time is called full duplex
20. The interior lighting where the roof trusses or ceiling height is greater than 7.6 m above floor
level: High bay
21. Produces a reactive power: Induction motor
22. A body at rest in a system is capable of doing work if: It is free to move in such a way as to
decrease the potential energy of the system
23. A certain physics textbook shows a region of space in which two electric field lines cross each
other. We conclude that the author made a mistake
24. You wish to triple the rate of energy dissipation in a heating device – the resistance keeping the
same current
25. A magnetic field exerts a force on a changed particle – if the particle is moving across the field
lines
26. Two long parallel straight wires carry equal currents in opposite directions. At a point midway
between the wires, the magnetic field they produce: non-zero and perpendicular to the plane
of the two wires.
27. If both resistance and the inductance in an LR series circuit are doubled the new inductive time
constant will be: unchanged
28. Following DC gen will be position to build up without any residual magnetism in the poles : self-
excited generator
29. The number of armature parallel paths in a two pole DC gen having duplex lap winding is 4
30. In a transformer, frictional loss is nil
31. In an induction motor, if P is the power delivered to the rotor and s is the slip, the power lost in
the rotor as copper less will be: sP
32. Reflecting mirrors used for exploiting solar energy are called: Helliostats
33. Hydroelectric power plant is expected to have the longest life
34. This is the demerit of a constant voltage transmission system : Increase of short circuit current
of the system
35. 310 km line is considered as long line
36. The main purpose of using core in a transformer is to decrease reluctance of the common
magnetic circuit
37. Current reactors are used to bring down the fault level within the capacity
38. May is the Electrical safety of the month
39. Zero sequence current will flow in a transmission line when there is double line to ground fault
40. Alternator refers to an AC generator.
41. kVA load – demand of customer
 42. SDRAM – synchronous DRAM
43. ENIAC – first moder computer
44. Carbon dioxide present in dry air – 0.03%
45. Can behave an acid or basic oxide? Amphoteric oxide
46. Most acidic – Vinegar
47. Hydrometer is an instrument used to measure – density of a liquid
48. Doppler effect occurs only in : sound, electromagnetic and electrostatic
49. States that each point on a wavefront maybe regarded as a new source of disturbance :
Huygen’s Principle
50. Formula for Lenz formula: 1/Di + 1/Do = 1/F: So/Si = Do/Di
51. Term used an American citizen is allowed to practice his profession, electrical, engineering
profession here in the Philippines? ACPE registry
52. Basic symbol used as a beginning or termination in logic diagram or flowchart? Oval symbol
53. Ability to convert assets to cash quickly is known as Liquidity
54. Does not threaten the operation of a computer? Worm
55. PRC renewal law? RA 8981
56. Metal used to recover copper from a solution of copper sulphate: Fe
57. Quassiequillibrium process – a balloon bursting
58. Incorrect in quassi – work is the area under a PT diagram
59. Color standard for the hazardous safety from radiation – purple with yellow

Additional: Red - danger , Orange - warning, Yellow – caution , Blue- Notice , Green – safety first

60. PRBEE - Professional Regulatory Board of Electrical Engineering

61. NOT responsibility of PRBEE – Issue special permits to individual foreign electrical equipment
engineers and electricians for specific projects
62. Unique state at which solid, liquid and gaseous phase can co exist in equilibrium : Triple point
63. How are lines of constant pressure in a fluid related to the force field? They are perpendicular
to the force field
64. NOT acceptable as a FORTRAN integer variable? IRISH
65. The energy possessed by a body for doing work by virtue of its position, Potential energy
66. Capitalized cost of any property is equal to the : first cost + cost of perpetual maintenance
67. Hooke’ Law holds good within elastic limit
68. A market where by there is only buyer if an item for which are no goods substitute: monopoly
69. The mass of a body is a measure of its inertia
70. The rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the impressed force and takes place
in the same direction In which the force acts. Newton’s Second Law of Motion
71.
EE 2015:

1. A material best suited for manufacturing of fuse wire is Silver

2. In the Fleming’s left hand rule, thumb always represents direction of force on conductor
3. The net reactance in a series RLC circuit is XL – XC
4. Two resistors R1 and R2 are connected in parallel. R1 is twice of R2. If the current in R1 is I, what
is the current in R2? 2I
5. The ampere-hour capacity of battery depends on The area of the plates
6. The condition in Ohm’s Law is that the temperature should remain constant
7. If an electrical network having one or more than one voltage source, is transformed into
equivalent electrical network with a single voltage source Norton’s Theorem
8. For a three phase unbalanced load The power factor of each phase may be different
9. Cellular phones operate in the frequency range of UHF
10. What is the maximum allowable voltage drop for lighting circuit? 3%
11. What is the maximum allowable voltage drop for feeder? 5%
12. Fiber optic operates on the principle of Reflection
13. The syncroscope is an instrument used to indicate the Phase relationship between two voltages
14. The current flowing in the armature conductors of a dc motor is ac
15. The armature current drawn by any dc motor is proportional to the torque required
16. Fault level means Fault MVA
17. If the input of the prime mover of an alternator is kept constant but excitation is increased, then
KVA will be lagging
18. In electroplating, the positive electrode is called the anode
19. Barrier potential of silicon diode is 0.7 v
20. Which of the following is an active element of a circuit? Ideal current source
21. Which wqave form will have the minimum rms value if they have the same peak value of
voltage? Triangular Wave
22. The minimum armature current of a synchronous motor corresponds to operation at unity p.f.
23. What is the relative permittivity of vacuum? Unity
24. On triling the number of turns of a coil the inductance Becomes 9 times as large
25. An external resistance is added in series with the field of a dc shunt motor. When the motor
runs, the effect of resistance is To increase the speed of the motor
26. not the method of arc dispersion Use of rectifiers
27. During load shedding Some loads are switch off
28. The capacitor in a series RC circuit at steady state is: Open circuit
29. There is no zero sequence component of the fault current for Line to line fault
30. The ratio of lumens reaching the work plane divided by the total lumens generated by the light
is: Coefficient of utilization
31. When the excitation of an unloaded salient pole synchronous motor suddenly gets
disconnected, then The motor stops
32. Sensitivity of a voltmeter is expressed as Ohms/Volt
33. The dc armature winding in which the coil sides are placed a pole pitch apart is called winding
Full-pitch
34. One kwhr is equal to 3,413 BTU
35. Which of the following is the basis of standards of electrical wiring installation in the
Philippines? Philippine Electrical Code
36. In dwelling units with a hallway of 3m or more in length, at least how many receptacle outlet/s
shall be installed? . 1
37. When installing two grounding electrodes, the minimum distance between them is 1800 mm
38. When the length of a wire is doubled and all other factors remained the same, what would the
wire resistance become? Doubled
39. An act to ensure and accelerate the total electrification of the Philippines, also known as the
EPIRA law of 2001. RA 9136
40. not included in the evaluation of the Technical Performance of a Distribution System according
to Philippine Distribution Code (PDC)? Collecting Efficiency
41. 7.1x10^10 BTU is equal to 17,892 Gcal
42. Sparking occurs when a load is switched off because the circuit has high inductance
43. Slip ring are made of copper
44. The primary reason for using carbon brushes over copper brushes in DC motors is They produce
less arcing
45. Power developed by dc motor is maximum when the ration of back emf and applied voltage is
Half
46. The starting winding of single-phase motor is placed in stator
47. In a synchronous motor, the rotor copper losses are met by DC source
48. A string insulator has 5 units. The voltage across the bottom most unit is 25% of the total
voltage. What is the string efficiency? 80%
49. A substance that contains atoms with several bands of electrons but with only one valence
electron is . Conductor
50. If the capacitance in a series RLC ac circuit increase by a factor of 4, what happens to the
resonant frequency? It decrease by 50%
51. When a conductor is stationary and the magnetic field is moving or changing, the emf is called:
Statically induced emf
52. A coulomb is an extremely large number of charge carriers
53. Which plant can never have 100% load factor? Base load plant
54. The unit elastance is daraf
55. All magnetic fields originates from Moving electric charges
56. An ion can have either a positive or negative charge
57. An induction motor is analogous to Two winding transformer with short circuit secondary
EE 2016:

1. Which of the following is not a full-duplex? Radar

2. In a circuit breaker, the time duration from the instant of the fault extinction of arc is known as
total clearing time
3. 34.5 KV to 69 KV is classified as High voltage
4. For an RL circuit, the power factor cannot be less than ______ or greater than _____ , 0,1
5. Philippine Energy Plant is the overall energy program formulated and updated yearly by the
DOE, submitted to the congress pursuant to RA 7638
6. The capacitors of power factor correction are rated in terms of KVAR
7. In a balanced three phase wye connected circuit, the ine voltage are equal and so are the line
currents
8. If a given circuit when the power factor is unity the reactive power is zero
9. Joule found out that the heat produced in a current carrying conductor is proportional to The
square of the current
10. In a series RL circuit, the inductor current ________ the resistor current is equal to
11. The specific resistance p is defined as Resistance of a conductor which has a length of 1m and
cross section of 1 m squared at 2o Celsius.
12. The master control center for a cellular telephone system in the Mobile telephone switching
office
13. The permeability of a material means The conductivity of a material for magnetic lines of force
14. an instrument connected across the load Voltmeter
15. What will happen to the current of a transformer when the temperature of the transformers
winding increases? Decreases
16. The type of emf induced by neighboring coils mutually induced
17. Transformer are use to change the value of the following EXCEPT power
18. A coil of wire wound, with or without a magnetic core designed to have a higher self-inductance
than a straight wire. Inductor
19. When a dc motor has no load, what will happen to the back emf? Becomes Maximum
20. When a V-V system is converted into Δ-Δ system, increase in the capacity of the system is _____
percent. 73.2
21. Converts energy of water to mechanical energy. Turbine
22. A device that establishes an electrical connection to the earth Grounding electrode
23. The applied voltage in a transformer is increased by 50 % and frequency is reduced by 50 %. The
maximum core flux density will become 3 times
24. Once residual magnetism of a shunt generator is lost, it may be restored by connecting its shunt
field to an external battery
25. In a parallel Rc circuit, as the capcitance decreases, the power factor Increases
26. The current flowing in the armature conductors of a dc motor is ac
EE 2017:

1. Heating effect of current has an undesirable side effect in vacuum cleaner

2. What is the primary advantage of FM over AM? noise immunity
3. Which of the following is not included in the evaluation of the Technical Performance of a
Distribution System according to Philippine Distribution Code (PDC)? Collecting Efficiency
4. The phase angle for a series RC circuit may be computed as the angle between the
__________ and __________ phasors. resistance, impedance
5. Which is not a characteristic of an ideal transformer? finite permeability
6. It is defined as the total number of sustained Customer power interruption within a given
period divided by the total number of Customers served within the same period. System
Average Interruption Frequency Index
7. The impedance triangle is similar to the __________ triangle with the resistance phasor in
place of the __________. voltage, resistor voltage
8. In long transmission line, at no-load the receiving end voltage as ccompared to the sending
end voltage is higher
9. What determines the direction of force in a conductor? Left hand rule
10. Which of the following plants will take least time in starting from cold condition to full load
operation? gas turbine
11. The study of illumination involves design of lighting system
12. When a power plant is not able to meet the demand of consumers it will resort to load
shedding
13. A distributor is designed from the point of view of voltage drop
14. Conservator of a transformer consists of an air-tight metal drum fixed at the top of the
tank
15. Varmeter when paired with other devices measures __________ factor? POWER
16. The type of ac distribution system commonly used to supply both light and power is the
three phase wye system with neutral wire
17. Which is the most reliable power plant? Steam
18. What governs the minimum safety requirement in the Philippines for distribution and grid?
PEC
19. In a diode modulator, what supplies the negative halfwave? Tuned Circuit
20. Which is not a source of power? Thermocouple
21. When the frequency of a synchronous motor increases, what happens to its speed? Increase
22. What instrument measures the insulation of a powerline? Megger
23. At steady state in an RC circuit, the capacitance will act as open circuit
24. In an ac circuit, a low value of KVAR compared with KW indicates high power factor
25. Wye-delta starting is equivalent to autotransformer starting with __________ tapping 58%
26. With reference to armature windings, wave windings are often called __________ windings
series
27. Induced charge on insulators resides on surface
28. Human body is conductor
29. The presence of an earth in case of overhead lines increases the capacitance
30. Transformer breaths in when load on it decreases
31. In a three-phase system, when the loads are perfectly balanced, the neutral current is zero
32. A double squirrel-cage induction motor has two parallel windings in rotor
33. The purpose of providing dummy coils in a generator is to provide mechanical balance for
the rotor
34. It is difficult to magnetize steel because of its Low Permiability
35. Present day capacitors which have high capacitance in small size use a dielectric of Ceramic
36. In a shunt generator the voltage builds up till constrained by Saturation of iron
37. Slip rings are made of copper
38. For proper parallel operation, ac polyphaser alternators must have the same Voltage Rating
39. The Reciprocal of permeability is reluctivity
40. For which of the following sinusoids, the rms value and mean value is the same? Square
Wave
41. 10^13 ergs/sec is equal to how many KW? 1000 KW
42. Ideal transformer assumptions do not include zero reactance of the winding
43. If there is an open circuit in the rotor of a JCIM, motor will not start
44. In a synchronous machine when the rotor speed becomes more than the synchronous
speed during hunting, the damping bars develop______ torque induction generator
45. At leading p.f., the armature fkux in an alternator________ the rotor flux. Opposes
46. Synchronous motors are not self-staring
47. This is the rating of power circuit breakers used to be the basis in replacing its contacts Duty
Rating
 48. The effect of the dielectric is to reduce the working voltage

EE 2018:

1. In Delta connected circuit, when one resistor is open, then power will be decreased by a factor
of 3
2. In a shunt motor, what is the relative connection of the armature winding with respect to the
field winding series-parallel
3. What is considered as the most important value of a sine wave? Effective value
4. Assuming the most efficient technologies for the extraction of energy, the fuel with the largest
known reserves is Natural gas
5. A capacitive load always has a __________ power factor Leading
6. In hydro electric power plant, it is use to prevent the sudden rise and drop of water pressure.
Penstock
7. The basis where the flow of current is from positive to negative was derived from Convention
8. By using two wattmeter method, power can be measured in 3-phase, 3-wire
9. The double energy transient occur in the R-L-C Circuit
10. Its primary source is to provide ground source zig-zag transformer
11. The luminous intensity is defined as luminous flux per unit solid angle
12. MHO relay is used for transmission lines
13. In a serious motor, what is the relation of the connection of motor field winding with the respect
of the motor armature? Series
14. One advantage of disturbing the winding in alternator is to reduce harmonics
15. In dc machines, lap winding is used for low voltage high current
16. The ratio of active power to apparent power is known as _______________ factor power
17. At ________________ frequencies, the parallel R-L circuit behaves as purely resistive. very high
18. In a three-phase system, when the loads are perfectly balanced, the neutral current is zero
19. When the motor runs on no load, then Back emf is almost equal to applied voltage
20. What is the source of heat generation in cables? Copper loss in conductor, Dielectric losses in
cable insulation, Losses in metallic sheathings and armouring
21. The process by which a heavy nucleus is splitted into two light nuclei is known as Fission
22. Efficiency of a power plant is more in summers or winters? depends on variation
23. To reverse the direction of rotation of a three-phase induction motor, it is necessary to
interchange any two of the three line connections
24. The law that induced emf and current always opposes the cause producing them was discovered
by Lenz
25. The power factor of an alternator is determined by its load
26. In a circuit containing R, L, and C, power loss can take place in R only
27. The time constant of a series RC circuit is given by RC
28. A device that repeatedly reverses the polarity of a magnetic field in order to keep a dc motor
rotating is known as a commutator
29. The form factor is the ratio of r.m.s value to average value
30. If two sinusoids of the same frequency but of different amplitudes and phase angles are
subtracted, the resultant is a sinusoidal of the same frequency
31. A relay is used to protect a circuit
32. How is the storage battery rated in capacity? ampere-hour
33. In the transformers high tension winding is used near the core
34. Which of the following parameters can be neglected for a short line? Capacitance
35. The curve representing Ohm’s law is linear
36. The overcurrent protective device is caused to operate by current flow
37. Which of the following insulators will be selected for high voltage application? suspension type
38. If the torque angle continuously increases, system will become unstable
39. shall be included in the calculation of the reliability standard indices of the distributor asset by
the Philippine Distributor Code? Outages that occur on the primary lines of the distribution
system
40. A type of electronics communication in which only one party transmits at a time Half duplex
41. If the effect of earth is taken into account, then the capacitance of line to ground increases
42. Which of the following methods of generating electric power from the sea water is more
advantageous? tidal power
43. The current flowing in L and C at parallel resonance are equal
44. For two alternators operating in parallel, if the load shared by one of the, to be increased, as
field excitation is to be kept constant but input torque should be increased
45. Open circuit test on transformer is conducted to determine core loss
46. Which of the following power plant is a conventional source of energy? Coal energy
47. In a synchronous motor, the magnitude of stator back emf depends on dc excitation only
48. Alternators installed in a hydro power station, are of medium speed
49. In a loss-free RLC circuit, the transient current is sinusoidal
50. At very low frequencies a series RC circuit behaves as almost purely capacitive
51. One of the advantages of distributing the winding in alternators is to improve voltage waveform
52. The effect of corona is Increased energy loss
53. Energy radiated continuously in the form of lighting waves is called? Luminousflux
54. Efficiency is secondary consideration in case of peak load plants
55. If the of a dc shunt motor is opened the speed of the motor will become very high
56. An ideal full-wave rectifier with non-inductive load has zero transformation losses. What is the
efficiency? 80%
57. The dummy coil in dc machines is used to bring about mechanical balance of armature
58. The purpose of insulating oil when used on power circuit breaker are the following. EXPECT
Interrupter
59. Inside a hollow spherical conductor electric field is zero
60. Residual magnetism is necessary in a self-excited generator
61. In case of delta connected circuit, when one resistor is open, power will be reduced by 1/3
62. Transient current in an RLC circuit is oscillatory when R <2 sqrt. Of L/C
63. This is the compact arrangement of switching devices Switchgear