TRY

1. Two currents i 1=2 t 2−3t +1and i 2=3 t 2+2 t−5 flow through a pure inductor of inductance 0.1H in the
same direction. Determine the voltage across the inductor after 2 seconds.
A. 1.5 B. 2.3 C. 1.9 D. 2 E. 1.75

It is desired to use Thevenin’s theorem to find the current in the

3 Ω resistor of the circuit below. Answer questions 2 to 4.

2. Find the value of

V th in volts.
A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 3.5 E. 4

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3. What is the value of th in ohms?
A. 1.5 B. 1.2 C. 1.15 D. 2 E. 2.1

4. What is the current in the 3 Ω resistor in amperes?

A. 0.153 B. 2.3 C. 1.08 D. 0.135 E. 0.238

5. It is desired to use superposition theorem to find the current in the 2 Ω resistor of the circuit below.
What is the current contribution of the 6 V battery?

A. 1.25 B. 2 C. 3 D. 0.65 E. 1

Consider the circuit below and answer questions 6 and 7.

6. Determine the total resistance of the circuit.

A. 0.72 B. 0.82 C. 0.92 D. 1.02 E. 1.12

7. Hence or otherwise, find the current in amperes in the1 Ω .

A. 4 B. 3.1 C. 3.5 D. 5 E. 1.03

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 Consider the circuit below and answer questions 8 to 10.

8. Find the short circuit current in amperes between terminals A and B.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

9. What is the total resistance seen between terminals A and B when all sources have been deactivated?
A. 0.1 B. 0.2 C. 0. 3 D. 0.4 E. 0.5

10. Hence or otherwise, determine the current in a3 Ω resistor placed between the two terminals.
A. 0.271 B. 0.371 C. 0.471 D. 0.571 E. 0.671

11. Determine the value of R in the circuit below.

A. 1 B. 2 C. 3 D. 4 E. 5

12. Consider figures A and B below and find the current in the 1 Ω resistor of figure B.

A B
A. 1.64 B. 2.64 C. 3.64 D. 4.64 E. 5.64
Consider the voltage waveform below and answer questions 13 and 14.

13. What is the average voltage?

A. 0.12 B. 2 C. 1.3 D. 0.23 E. 0

14. Find the effective value of the voltage waveform.

A. 3.71 B. 4.71 C. 5.71 D. 2.71 E.1.71

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15. Determine the rms value of the voltage v=5+7 sin ( wt−10 ) +12 sin ( 3 wt +15 ) .
0 0

A. 12.02 B. 11.02 C. 10.02 D. 9.02 E. 8.02

Consider the diagram below and answer questions 16 and 17.

16. Determine the value of the real component ofi .

A. 1.089 B. 2.089 C. 3.089 D. 4.089 E. 5.089

17. What is the rms value ofi ?

A. 1.37 B. 2.37 C. 3.37 D. 4.37 E. 5.37

A coil of resistance 10 Ω and inductance 0 . 1 H is connected in parallel with a 50 μF capacitor

across a200 V , 50 Hz ac supply. Use this information to answer questions 18 to 20.

18. Determine the impedance of the circuit.

A. 23.76 B. 33.76 C. 43.76 D. 53.76 E. 17.76

19. What is the current in the coil?

A. 8.42 B. 5.92 C. 4.57 D. 3.72 E. 11.26

20. What is the leading power factor of the circuit?

A. 0.296 B. 0.396 C. 0.496 D. 0.596

21. Find the value of I in the circuit below.

A. 0.83 B. 1.83 C. 2.83 D. 3.83 E. 4.83

An emf whose instantaneous value at time t is 300 sin ( 314 t +π /6 ) volts is applied to a capacitive
circuit and the current in the circuit is 7 . 5 sin ( 314 t+π /3 ) amperes. Answer questions 22 to 24.

22. Determine the resistance of the circuit in ohms.

A. 14.32 B. 15.32 C. 16.32 D. 17.32 E. 18.32

23. What is the capacitance of the capacitor in microfarad?

A. 169.15 B. 159.15 C. 149.15 D. 139.15 E. 129.15

24. Calculate the power in watts absorbed by the resistor.

A. 749.28 B. 824.79 C. 428.97 D. 974.28 E. 794.82

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 A fan rated,1 kVA 0.7pf lagging, a heater rated 2 kW and a capacitive load rated1 .25 kVA , 0.85pf
leading are connected across a220 V , 50 Hz supply. Answer questions 25 to 28.

25. Determine the total active power in kW taken by the loads.

A. 3.7625 B. 5.3762 C. 6.2537 D. 7.2563 E. 5.2673

26. Calculate the total reactive load in kVAr drawn from the supply.
A. 0.0755 B. 5.557 C. 7.555 D. 0.0557 E. 0.0032

27. What is the total current in amperes drawn from the supply?
A. 5.3769 B. 6.2539 C. 3.7629 D. 5.2679 E. 7.2569

28. Find the lagging power factor of the load.

A. 0.8888 B. 0.7777 C. 0.6667 D. 0.9999 E. 0.5555

29. The supply voltage across and the current through a load are( 20+ j5 ) V and ( 4− j3 ) A respectively.
What is the power factor of the load?
A. 0.63 B. 0.53 C. 0.73 D. 0.83 E. 0.753

A balanced star connected load of( 20− j 40 ) Ω per phase is connected in parallel with a balanced
delta connected impedance of ( 30+ j63 ) Ω per phase across a 415 V three-phase supply. Answer
questions 30 to 32.
30. Determine the current in amperes in the red phase.
A. 7.17 B. 5.15 C. 6.17 D. 9.19 E. 8.18

31. What is the lagging power factor of the combined load?

A. 0.734 B. 0.934 C. 0.834 D.0.634 E. 0.534

32. What is the total power in W drawn from the supply?

A. 2903.74 B.3903.74 C. 4903.74 D. 5903.75 E. 6903.75

A three-phase motor which produces an output of 3 . 6 kW at efficiency of 90 % and a power

factor of 0 . 75 lagging is connected to a three-phase 400 V supply. Answer questions 33 to 35.

33. Determine the reactive power in kVA consumed by the motor.

A. 3.527 B. 4.527 C. 4.153 D. 2.527 E. 5.134
34. Calculate the apparent power in kVA drawn from the supply.
A. 6.333 B. 5.333 C. 4.333 D. 7.333 E. 8.313

35. What is the motor line current in amperes?

A. 3.698 B. 4.698 C. 5.698 D. 6.698 E. 7.698

The following single-phase loads are connected to a 415 V three-phase supply. Z R =( 50− j 20 ) Ω ,
ZY =( 50+ j 10 ) Ω and Z B =( 30+ j 5 ) Ω . Answer questions 36 to 37.

36. What is the current in amperes in the yellow phase?

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A. 4 .7 ∠−131 .3 B. 5 .7 ∠−131 .3 C. 3 .7 ∠−131 .3 D. 3 . 9∠−101 .3

37. Find the magnitude of the current in the neutral conductor in amperes.
A. 7.77 B. 6.77 C. 5.77 D. 4.77 E. 3.77

38. Three resistive single-phase loads draw the following currents from a three-phase supply I 1=5 A ,
I 2=8 A and I 3=4 A . What is the magnitude of the neutral current?
A. 2.61 B. 3.61 C. 4.61 D. 5.61 E. 7.61

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The equivalent circuit of a magnetic core of a uniform cross sectional area of 1 .5 cm is shown
below. The lengths associated with reluctances S1 , S2 and S3 are0 . 15 m ,0 . 2m and0 . 25 m respectively.
The number of turns required to produce each mmf is 100 and the relative permeability of the core
is 3000. Given thatφ 1=100 μ Wb and φ 2=80 μ Wb answer questions 39 to 43.

39. Find the value of

φ 3 in μ Wb .
A. 150 B. 200 C. 210 D. 130 E. 180

40. Determine the value of S2 in AT /Wb .

A. 635377.6513 B. 533767.6513 C. 335677.6513 D. 353677.6513 E. 44105.1

41. Find the value of F 1 in ampere-turns.

A. 103.1 B. 105.1 C. 104.1 D. 106.1 E. 107.1

42. Find the value of F 2 in ampere-turns.

A. 105.9 B. 106.9 C. 107.9 D. 104.9 E. 102.9

43. Determine the current in coil 1 in amperes.

A. 1.071 B. 1.061 C. 1.041 D. 1.051 E. 1.031
44. A magnetic circuit comprises two parts A and B in series. If the flux density in part A is 0.3T and the
2 2
cross sectional areas of parts A and B are 50 cm and 70 cm respectively, find the flux density of
part B.
A. 0.52 B. 0.42 C. 0.32 D. 0.22 E. 0.62

45. A magnetic circuit of length0 . 5 m has a coil of 2000 turns. Determine the intensity of the magnetic
field if the current in the coil is60 mA .

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 A. 240 B. 235 C. 230 D. 245 E. 253

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46. A rectangular magnetic core of a uniform cross sectional area of 1 . 4 cm has an air gap. Determine the
length in cm of the air gap which produces a magnetomotive force drop of20 AT . The flux in the
circuit is0.05μWb .
A. 5 B. 6 C. 7 D. 8 E. 9

A 2000-turn coil carrying a current of 0 . 3 A is wound on the circular wooden former shown below
where r 1 =1 cm and r 2 =5 cm . Use this information to answer questions 47 to 48.

47. Determine the flux density in T in the wooden former.

A. 0.0034 B. 0.0024 C. 0.014 D. 0.043 E. 0.044

48. What is the flux in the wood in μ Wb ?

A. 13.8 B. 13.5 C. 4.4 D. 0.75 E. 1.07

If for the same coil turns and current, the flux became 550 μ Wb when the circular wooden former
above (for questions 47 and 48) was replaced with an iron former of the same dimension, answer
questions 49 and 50.

49. What is the relative permeability of the iron?

A. 629.46 B. 529.46 C. 729.46 D. 929.46 E. 829.46

50. Calculate the reluctance of the magnetic circuit in AT /Wb with the iron former.
A. 1090909 B. 1080808 C. 1040404 D. 1060606 E. 1050505