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Multiple Choice: 8. What is the area in circular mils D. 78.3℃

(CM) of a conductor whose
1. The presence of electric current is diameter is 0.25 inch? 15. A 120V DC motor draws a current
only made known by the effect if of 100A and is located 1000ft from
produces. Three important effects A. 65,000 the supply. If the diameter of the
are: B. 62,500 copper transmission line is 0.45 in,
C. 70,000 what must be the voltage supply?
A. heating, electric shock & D. 67,500
generation A. 128.32V
B. generating, magnetic & electric 9. A wire has a resistance of 1Ω. If the B. 137.05V
shock length is increased four times and C. 129.82V
C. generation, chemical & electric the area is doubled the original, find D. 130.24V
shock the new resistance of the wire.
D. heating, magnetic & chemical 16. An electric water heater has a rating
A. 2Ω of 1kW, 230V. The coil used as the
2. It is a cell designed to produce B. 4Ω heating element is 10 m long and
electric current and can be C. 3Ω has a resistivity of 1.724x10^-6 ohm
recharged. D. 5Ω – cm. Determine the required
diameter of the wire in mils.
A. Secondary cell 10. An aluminum wire has a diameter of
B. Chemical cell 2 mm. What must be the diameter of A. 2.52 mils
C. Electrolytic cell copper wire of the same resistance B. 2.43 mils
D. Battery and length as aluminum? C. 3.21 mils
D. 1.36 mils
3. Which is the best conductor of A. 1.33 mm
electricity? B. 1.56 mm 17. A hot resistance of an incandescent
C. 1.45 mm lamp is 10 ohms and the rated
A. Aluminum D. 1.75 mm voltage is 50V. Find the series
B. Silver resistance required to operate the
C. Copper 11. A copper bar has a length of 20 ft, lamp from an 80V supply.
D. Carbon width of 4 inches and thickness of
0.5 inch. If the resistivity of copper A. 8 ohms
4. What is the other term for American is 10.37 ohm – cmf, what is the B. 4 ohms
Wire Gauge? resistance of the bar? C. 6 ohms
D. 10 ohms
A. JIS A. 81.4 µΩ
B. Brown & Sharpe B. 814 µΩ 18. Three resistances are connected in
C. DIN C. 8.14 µΩ series and has a total resistance of
D. VDE D. 0.814 µΩ 120 ohms. If Rx=20 ohms and Ry is
twice greater than Rz. Find Ry and
5. The Ampere – Hour capacity of a 12. A copper wire is drawn down such Rz.
battery depends on ___ of the plates. that its length is doubled but the
volume remains the same, what is A. Ry=75 ohms & Rz=25ohms
A. Area the new resistance of the wire? B. Ry=60 ohms & Rz=40 ohms
B. Strength C. Ry=67 ohms & Rz=33 ohms
C. Thickness A. R/4 D. Ry=50 ohms & Rz=50 ohms
D. Distance B. 2R
C. R/2 19. What is the total resistance of eleven
6. A 120-volt dc motor has 100A rated D. 4R 33 kΩ resistors connected in
current. The allowable voltage drop parallel?
is 3% of the input voltage. What is 13. The resistance of a copper wire at
the maximum distance from the 30°C is 50 ohms. If the temperature A. 33 kΩ
supply if the wire has a diameter of coefficient of copper at 0°C is B. 3 kΩ
316 mils and resistivity of wire is 0.00427 per °C, what is the C. 333 kΩ
10.4 ohm-cmf? resistance at 100°C? D. 11 kΩ

A. 508 ft A. 63.24 ohms 20. Two Resistors R1 and R2 are

B. 316 ft B. 58.2 ohms connected in parallel. R1 is twice of
C. 178 ft C. 24.5 ohms R2. If the current in R1, is I, what is
D. 203 ft D. 72.26 ohms the current in R2?

7. A one-meter rod of 2 cm diameter is 14. A copper wire whose resistivity is A. I/2

drawn until its resistance is 100 0.0043/℃ at 0℃ has its resistance B. 4I
times the initial resistance, its length increased by 25% of its initial value C. 2I
afterward is ___. at 20℃. What is the operating D. I2
temperature?
A. 8m 21. Find the total resistance if 3Ω is
B. 100 m A. 56.8℃ connected in series with the parallel
C. 12.5 m B. 52.5℃ combination of 4Ω,5Ω and 20Ω.
D. 10 m C. 83.1℃
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A. 4Ω A. 2. 889 A
B. 5Ω B. 2.669 A
C. 6Ω C. 2.999 A
D. 8Ω D. 2.5559 A

22. A voltage divider circuit of two 31. Using Maxwell’s Mesh, find the
resistors is designed with a total current flowing through the 50-V
resistance of the two resistors equal battery, which is the mesh current
to 100 ohms. If the output voltage is 𝐼2 .
20% of the input, what are the
values of the two resistors (ohms) in
the circuit?

A. 15 & 85
B. 2 & 98
C. 10 & 90 A. 1.25 A
D. 20 & 80 B. 0
C. 6.25 A
23. Twenty-four (24) dry cells are D. 0.33 A
arranged in rows of six (6) in series
and four (4) in parallel. The emf of 28. Two batteries A and B are A. 0
each cell is 1.4 Volts and the connected in parallel and load of 10 B. 1.25 A
internal resistance of each is 0.08 ohms is connected across their C. 2.5 A
ohm. Determine the current to an terminals. A has an emf of 12V and D. 3.75 A
external resistor of 3.2 ohms. an internal resistance of 2 ohms; B
has an emf of 8V and an internal 32. According to superposition theorem,
A. 2.35 A resistance of 1 ohm. Determine the in a network of linear resistances
B. 2.53 A potential difference across the containing more than one generator
C. 5.23 A external resistance. (or source of emf),
D. 3.52 A
(a) the current flow at any point is
24. Three resistors A, B, and C are the sum of all the currents which
connected in series to a 120-V would flow at that point if each
supply. If resistor A=50 ohms and generator were considered
the voltage across resistor B=40V separately, and
when the current is 1/2A, what is the
resistance of C in ohms? (b) all the other generators replaced
for the time being by resistances
A. 105 A. 8.85 V equal to their voltage drops.
B. 110 B. 8.55 V
C. 90 C. 8.75V A. Only statement a is true.
D. 100 D. 8.65 V B. Only statement b is true.
C. Both statements a and b are
25. Six (6) batteries connected in 29. Determine the current x in the 4Ω true.
parallel supplies a Walkman rated resistance of the circuit shown. D. Both statements a and b are
1.5 Volts at 1.5 mA. If each battery false.
stores 2 watt-sec energy, how long
will it take to drain the batteries 33. Find the current flowing through
completely? 0.04Ω resistor when the 2.15-V
source acted alone in the circuit.
A. 1.5 hrs
B. 2 hrs
C. 1 hr
D. 0.25 hr

26. A Walkman has 4-AA batteries. The A. 4.101 A

combination has a capacity of 200 B. 0.775A
watt-sec. How long will it take to C. 3.216A
discharge Walkman consumes D. 2.714 A
10mA at 6V?
30. Determine the value of mesh current
A. 56 min 𝐼1 for the circuit shown:
B. 65.6 min A. 23.37A
C. 45.6 min B. 1.168A
D. 55.6 min C. 24.538A
D. 0.088A
27. For the circuit shown, find current x.

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34. Find current I for the circuit shown. C. 32.58V A. voltage

D. -32.28V B. emf
C. current
38. Find the value of the maximum D. mmf
power transfer to the load resistor.
45. It is the difference in electric
potentials of two charged bodies.

A. voltage
B. current
C. potential difference
D. magnetomotive force
A. 0.05A
B. 30A
C. 30.05A
D. 29.95A A. 4.128W - END -
B. 3.128W
35. In the network shown below, find C. 3.125W
the equivalent emf when viewed D. 4.125W
from terminals A and B.
39. It is a property of matter that results
from the presence or movement of
electric charge.

A. Conductivity
B. Electricity
C. Admittance
D. Electromagnetism

40. These are materials that allow the

essentially free passage of current
A. 18 V when connected to a battery or other
B. 12 V source of electrical energy.
C. 19 V
D. 13 V A. conductors
B. Insulators
36. Find the current in the 2Ω resistor C. semiconductors
for the network shown below: D. resistors

41. These are materials that possess low

conductivity or offer a relatively
high resistance to the flow of
electric current.

A. Conductors
B. Insulators
C. Semiconductors
D. Resistors

42. These are materials that have

A. 5/3 conductivity about midway between
B. 4/3 good conductors and good
C. 7/3 insulators.
D. 8/3
A. conductors
37. What will be the voltage developed B. insulators
across the 40Ω resistor in the C. semiconductors
network? D. resistors

43. It is the driving force behind current

flow.

A. voltage
B. current
C. resistance
D. mmf

44. It is the motion or transfer of

A. 31.58V
charges from one region of a
B. -31.58V
conductor to another.
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