Exam 6 Set A
Exam 6 Set A
INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only the answer for each item by encircling the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED.
MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. A time of 10 milliseconds is required for the current on a series RL dc circuit to reach 90% if its finals steady state value. Assume t = 0, i(0)
= 0. What is the time constant in seconds for the circuit?
A. 4.25 ms C. 3.86 ms
B. 3.39 ms D. 4.34 ms
2. A 6.0H coil whose resistance is 12 ohms is connected in series with a 24 ohms resistor and to a 144V battery and a switch. The switch is
closed at t = 0. Determine the current at t = 0.1 second.
A. 1.538 A C. 1.750 A
B. 1.805 A D. 1.624 A
3. An uncharged condenser is 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 volts. Determine the capacitance of the condenser.
A. 187.54 F C. 190.62 F
B. 195.76 F D. 192.23 F
E. 195.76 uF
4. A series RC circuit consist if R = 2 MΩ and an uncharged capacitor C = 5 F. The circuit is connected across a 100 VDC source at t = 0.
Determine the voltage across the resistor 5 seconds later.
A. 63.31 A C. 60.65 A
B. 66.24 A D. 69.22 A
200
5. Determine the inverse Laplace transform of i ( s )= 2
s +50 s+10625
−25 t
A. i t =2 e sin 100 t
−25t
B. i t =2te sin 100 t
−25 t
C. i t =2 e cos 100 t
−25t
D. i t =2t e cos 100t
7. What is the voltage Vbc of the balanced three phase circuit for which Van=120cis0 V?
A. 207.85cis0 C. 207.85cis+30
B. 207.85cis-150 D. 207.85cis-90
8. Assuming the abc sequence, if Vca = 208cis10 V in a balanced three phase circuit, what is the voltage Van?
A. 120cis140 C. 120cis-140
B. 120cis230 D. 120cis-110
9. A 480V, 3 phase, 3 wire system supplies a 15KW, 3 phase heater. Find the line current in amperes.
A. 26 C. 16
B. 21 D. 18
10. A 440V, 3 phase system supplies a 20 KVA, 0.8 pf lagging balanced wye connected load and a 15KVA, unity p.f. balanced delta connected
load. What is the total power factor of the system?
A. 0.945 C. 0.932
B. 0.892 D. 0.852
E. 0.885
11. A balanced delta connected load draws 30A line current when connected to a 3 phase source. If this load is to be connected wye and
supplied by the same 3 phase source, what will be the line current in amperes?
A. 10 C. 12
B. 14 D. 16
12. A 480V, 3 phase supply delivers power to a wye connected load with impedance of 10+j5 ohms per phase and a wye connected purely
resistive load with impedance of 15+j0 ohms per phase. What is the average power of one phase in KW?
A. 11.26 C. 3.3
B. 12 D. 33.78
13. A 208V, 3 phase power system is connected through a three-phase transmission line to a Y connected load. The transmission line has an
impedance of 0.06+j0.12 ohms per phase, and the load has an impedance of 12+j9 ohms per phase. For this simple system, find the power
factor of the system.
A. 0.79 lagging C. 0.79 leading
B. 0.83 leading D. 0.83 lagging
14. A delta connected load with 50 ohms resistance, 209mH inductance and 50 micro-farad capacitance in series per phase is supplied at an
angular velocity of 500 rad/sec. With Vcn = 390cis30 degree V as the reference, what is the line c current in amperes?
A. 13.27-j5.42 C. 13.27+j5.42
B. 5.42-j13.27 D. 5.42 + j13.27
15. A delta connected load is supplied from a 230V, 3 phase a-b-c system. The load impedance are Z ab = 10+j0, Zbc = 5+j6 and Zca = 5-j5, all
in ohms. Find the current in line a in amperes.
A. 58.32 C. 48.75
B. 52.92 D. 55.07
16. A wye connected load is connected to a 440V, 3 phase, 3 wire a-b-c system. The impedance are Z a=5cis30, Zb=10cis45 and Zc=10cis60, all
in ohms. Find the current in line c in amperes.
A. 30.51 C. 33.75
B. 27.67 D. 24.32
E. 25.4
17. The phase sequence components of phase b currents are: Zero sequence component = 0.47+j1.49; Positive sequence component = 18.4cis-
31.60 A; Negative sequence component = 3.23cis168.20 A Determine line current Ib.
A. 17.9720cis-144.91 C. 22.51cis82
B. 14.9864cis-30 D. 55.504cis114
18. The phase currents in a wye connected, unbalanced load are: Ia = 44-j33; Ib = -(32+j24); Ic = (-40 + j25). Obtain the positive sequence
component of line current Ib.
A. 14.17cis-131.2 C. 41.76cis-132.2
B. 18.37cis-47 D. 19.05cis-60
E. 41.76cis-12.2
19. A 3 phase purely resistive load draws 7.53 A from a 230V, 3 phase supply. Two watt-meters are used to measure the power. Find the
reading of each wattmeter in watts.
A. 1500;1500 C. 1300;1700
B. 1700;1300 D. 1200;1500
20. Two watt-meters connected to measure the input power of a 230V, 3 phase motor indicate the total input power to be 10KW. The power
factor of the motor is 0.3 lag. Find the readings of each wattmeter in KW
A. 0.5,0.9 C. 3.6,6.4
B. -6.15,16.15 D. -4.18, 14.18
21. A transformer has a primary winding of 2, 000 turns and of 2, 400 Volts and current of 8.66 − 𝑗5 Ampere with an impedance 𝑍2 connected
across the secondary winding. If the secondary winding has 500 turns, what is the value of the secondary current?
A. 20-j34.6 A C. 34.64–j20 A
B. 34.64+j20 A D. 20+j34 A
22. A small single-phase transformer has 10.2 watts no-load loss. The core has a volume of 750 cubic cm. The maximum flux density is 10,000
gauss and the hysteresis constant of the core is 5 × 10−4, using the Steinmetz law to find the hysteresis, determine the eddy current loss.
A. 4.55 Watts C. 5.55 Watts
B. 3.55 Watts D. 2.55 Watts
23. The primary of transformer has 200 turns and is excited by a 240 V, 60 Hz source. What is the maximum value of the core flux?
A. 4.04 mWb C. 4.50 mWb
B. 4.13 mWb D. 4.32 mWb
24. A transformer rated 2,000 kVA, 34,500/240 volts has 5.75% impedance. What is the per unit impedance?
A. 0.0635 C. 0.0656
B. 0.0575 D. 34.2
25. A 3,000 kVA, 2,400 V, 75% power factor load is to be supplied from a 34,500-V, three-phase line through a single bank of transformers.
What is the voltage rating of each transformer if the connection is wye-wye?
A. 20, 000/1, 380 C. 18, 500/1, 350
B. 18, 000/1, 850 D. 19, 000/1, 350
26. . The CT ratio and PT ratio used to protect a line are 240 and 2,000, respectively. If the impedance of each line is 10 Ω, what is the relay
impedance to protect the line from fault?
A. 83.33 ohms C. 1.2 ohms
B. 48, 000 ohms D. 12 ohms
27. Two identical transformers bank on open delta serve a balanced three-phase load of 26 kVA at 240 V, 60 Hz. What is the minimum size of
each in kVA needed to serve this load?
A. 25 C. 10
B. 30 D. 15
28. A transformer is rated 500 kVA, 4, 800/480 V, 60 Hz when it is operated as a conventional two winding transformer. This transformer is to
be used as a 5280/4800 V step-down autotransformer in a power distribution system. In the autotransformer, what is the transformer rating
when used in this manner?
A. 5 MVA C. 6 MVA
B. 5.5 MVA D. 6.5 MVA
29. A 20 kV/7.87 kV autotransformer has 200 A current in the common winding. What is the secondary line current?
i. 143.52 C. 200
B. 56.48 D. 329
30. A 50-kVA, single-phase transformer has 96% efficiency when it operates at full-load unity power factor for 8 hours per day. What is the
all-day efficiency of the transformer if the copper loss is 60% of full-load losses?
A. 92% C. 90%
B. 89.5% D. 93%
31. A 10-turn conducting loop with a radius of 3.0 cm spins at 60 revolutions per second in a magnetic field of 0.50T. The maximum emf
generated is
A. 5.3 V C. 6.4 V
B. 8.7 V D. 3.9 V
32. A magnet, which generates 800 Maxwells of flux, is inserted through a coil of 1000 turns. It is then withdrawn within 0.15 sec. What is the
voltage that appears across the coil?
A. 0.22 V C. 53.3 V
B. 533 V D. 0.0533 V
33. A conductor, 50 mm long, moves at a velocity of 2.5 meters per second across a magnetic field of 0.90 Wb/m 2. What is the voltage
generated?
A. 0.125 V C. 0.0648 V
B. 0.1125 V D. 0.072 V
34. A piece of conductor 10 cm long moves across a magnetic field of 10,000 gauss at a velocity of 120 cm/sec. What voltage appears across
the conductor?
A. 0.24 V C. 0.12 V
B. 60 V D. 120 V
35. What is the coefficient of coupling of two coils whose mutual inductance is 1 H and whose self-inductance are 1.2 and 2 H?
A. 1.549 C. 2.400
B. 0.645 D. 0.912
36. The total inductance of two coils, A and B when connected in series aiding is 0.5 H and 0.2 H when connected in series opposing. Coil A
when isolated from coil B has a self – inductance of 0.2 H. Calculate the self – inductance of coil B.
A. 0.16 H C. 0.12 H
B. 0.20 H D. 0.15 H
37. How much is the inductance of a coil that induces 500 V when the current changes at the rate of 5 mA in 2 μs?
A. 12.5 μH C. 0.2 H
B. 0.1 H D. 2 mH
38. Two coils of inductances 4 and 6 henry are connected in parallel. If their mutual inductance is 3 henry, calculate the equivalent inductance
of the combination if mutual inductance assists and if mutual inductance opposes the self-inductance respectively
A. 2.4 H & 1.4 H C. 3.75 H & 0.94 H
B. 6.25 H & 2.75 H D. 16 H & 4 H
39. A coil of inductance 8 mH, produces 80 μWb of magnetic flux. Of this total flux, 60 μWb are linked to a second coil of inductance 2 mH,
how much is the mutual inductance between coils?
A. 3 mH C. 4 mH
B. 5 mH D. 2 mH
40. A coil of 250 turns is wound on a closed iron ring whose cross sectional area is 20 cm^2 and mean length of 100 cm. Determine the energy
stored in the magnetic field if a current of 2 A is passed through it. Assume the permeability of iron is 900
A. 2.83 J C. 3.12 J
B. 2.03 J D. 1.88 J
41. A 240 – V, 25 Hz sinusoidal generator is connected to a 20 ohms resistor. Determine the instantaneous current when elapsed time is 0.01
second.
A. 15.43 A C. 16.30 A
B. 16.97 A D. 12.00 A
42. An inductive coil takes a current of 2A and consumes 160 W when connected to a 240 V AC supply. A second coil when connected across
the same supply takes 3 A and 500 W. Find the total power when the two coils are connected in series to this supply.
A. 144.56 W C. 134.31 W
B. 150.22 W D. 128.35 W
43. Determine the power angle in the series circuit which consist of R = 25 Ω, L = 0.2 H across a power supply of 200 V, 30 Hz?
A. 36.4 C. 52.4
B. 46.4 D. 56.4
44. Find the total impedance in rectangular for the following three series impedances: 12∠10, 25∠15, 34∠26
A. 66.52 + j23.46 C. 68.34 + j20.54
B. 74.31 + j21.56 D. 67.70 + j22.04
45. The maximum instantaneous voltage and current outputs of an alternator are 300 V and 20 A, respectively. What is the power output in
watts if the voltage leads the current by 30?
A. 2598 C. 6000
B. 5196 D. 3000
46. Three impedances Za, Zc, Zr are connected in parallel. If at 60 Hz, Za=0+j8 Ω, Zc=0-j2 Ω and Zr=5+j0 Ω. Solve for the resultant power
factor.
A. 0.471 lagging C. 0.471 leading
B. 0.573 lagging D. 0.573 leading
47. Two impedances Z1=3+j4 Ω and Z2=5-j8.66 Ω respectively are connected in parallel. If the combination is connected across a 240 V AC
source. How much is the total current?
A. 44.4 A C. 42.1 A
B. 40.6 A D. 39.9 A
48. Three impedances Z1=1-j4, Z2=-j6 and Z3=4+j3 Ω respectively are connected in series parallel. Z 1 is connected in series with the parallel
combination of Z2, Z3. If this circuit is connected across a 230 V, 60 Hz source, determine the voltage across the parallel combination of Z 2
and Z3.
A. 156.3 V C. 146.8 V
B. 135.7 V D. 163.2 V
49. 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. 50.7 µF C. 35.5 µF
B. 70.7 µF D. 87.0 µF
50. Two impedances Z1=15+j20 and Z2=5-jXc are connected in parallel. Solve for the value of Xc so that the total current drawn by the
combination will be in phase with any supply voltage V.
A. 28.54 Ω C. 30.43 Ω
B. 33.12 Ω D. 29.55 Ω