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7. A certain amount of dc power is to be sent over each of two f. Millman’s Method 8. The inductive reactance of the circuit is _________ frequency
transmission lines to a distant point, the lines operate at 220 volts and a. directly proportional to b. inversely proportional to
11000 volts respectively. What must be the relative diameter of the 2. Calculate the total resistance and the current at node ab using wye c. independent of d. reciprocal
wires if the line loss is to be identical in two cases. to delta or delta to wye conversion. 9. The ratio of true power to apparent power is called the ______
a. 20/1 b. 50/1 c. 40/1 d. 25/1 a. quality factor b. power factor c. reactive factor d. true factor
8. Twelve resistors 1 ohm each are arranged along the edge of a cube R1 R2 10. What is the form factor of a sine wave?
with a junction at corners. What resistance will be measured between a. 1.11 b. 0.707 c. 1.414 d. 0.637
terminals of symmetrically opposite corners of a cube? 3Ω 2Ω 11. Which of the following is a reactive factor?
a. 6/5 ohm b. 5/9 ohm c. 5/6 ohm d. 6/11 ohm a. sinθ b. cosθ c. tanθ d. secθ
9. Two 10 ohm resistors in parallel are connected in series to a 5 ohm V1 R3 12. An alternating voltage is given by I = 10sin157t. The frequency of
resistor. The combination is connected to a 24 V dc source. What is the 12 V the alternating voltage is
6Ω
power in watts dissipated by the 5 ohm resistor. a. 50 Hz b. 25 Hz c. 100 Hz d. 75 Hz
a. 57.6 b. 115.2 c. 23.04 d. 28.8 13. What is the wavelength of one complete cycle of the commercial
R4 R5
10. Two 115 V incandescent lamps A & B are connected in series across power?
230 V DC source. Lamp A is rated 100 Watts and Lamp B is rated 60 W. 6Ω 4Ω a. 5m b. 5 Mm c. 5 km d. 5mm
Which lamp is abnormally bright and hence will burn out soon? 14. The strength of the magnetic field depends upon:
a. Lamp B b. both c. Lamp A d. none a. the number of turns of the wire in the coil
b. the amount of current in the coil
1. Determine the voltage and current at branch the middle branch using: AC Circuits c. the ratio of coil length to coil width
a. Mesh analysis 1. What is the number of complete cycles of alternating voltage/current d. all of the choices
completed each second? 15. What is the phase relationship between two voltage waves that
a. period b. frequency c. wavelength d. revolution differ in phase by 360 degrees.
2. The AC power line voltage of 120Vrms has a peak value of a. in phase b. out of phase by a certain angle
V1 V2
a. 100V b. 170 V c. 240 V d. 338 V c. 360 degrees out of phase d. 180 degrees out of phase
5V 12 V
3. If two waves have the same frequency and one is at the maximum 16. If any point on a sine wave is selected at random and the value of
R2 value when the other is at zero, the phase angle between them is the current of voltage is measured at that one particular moment, what
10Ω a. 0⁰ b. 90⁰ c. 180⁰ d. 360⁰ value is being measured?
R3
R1 4. With higher frequencies, the amount of capacitive reactance a. peak b. average c. instantaneous d. RMS
15Ω
5Ω a. increases b. stays the same c. decreases d. increases 17. A wattmeter reads
only when the voltage increases a. true power b. reactive power c. apparent power d. effective
5. What disadvantage of a direct current is due to the resistance of the power
transmission wires? 18. The active and reactive components of line current of an inductive
a. a smaller current is required b. the I2R power loss is excessive circuits are equal. The power factor of the circuit is
c. The resistance limits the power d. the I2R power loss is minimal a. 1 b. 0.5 lagging c. 0.707 lagging d. 0.866 lagging
b. Nodal analysis 6. An alternating voltage or current is a ________ quantity. 19. When the circuit current is always leading, the circuit is
c. Superposition analysis a. scalar b. vector c. phasor d. reactive a. capacitive b. resistive c. inductive d. passive
d. Thevenin’s theorem 7. When the circuit current is always leading, the circuit is 20. What circuit load has zero power dissipation?
e. Norton’s theorem a. capacitive b. inductive c. resistive d. passive
a. inductor b. capacitor c. resistor d. both a & b 3. Given the parameters: (R1 = 10Ω, Xc1 = 30Ω, Xl1 = 20Ω in series) series 6. Given the circuit, determine the total current, voltage drop at each
21. Which of the ff. has the highest frequency? Period = to (R2 = 30Ω, Xc2 = 20Ω, Xl2 = 30Ω in parallel) with a source of 50Vac, component and the impedance.
a. 1/1000 s b. 1/100 s c. 1/60 s d. 1 s determine the voltage drop in all the components.
22. A current of 100mA through an inductive reactance of 100Ω 4. Determine the impedance, total current, and the voltage drop at
produces a voltage drop equal to each component.
a. 1V b. 6.28V c. 10V d. 100V
23. A 160μH inductance will have a 5kΩ reactance at a frequency of
a. 5kHz b. 200kHzc. 1MHz d. 5MHz
24. A coil has an inductive reactance of 1kΩ. If its inductance and
frequency is doubled, what is will be its inductive reactance?
a. 1kΩ b. 2kΩ c. 4kΩ d. 16kΩ
25. If two waves have the same frequency of 1 kHz and one is at positive
maximum value and the other is in negative maximum value, the phase
angle between them is
a. 0⁰ b. 90⁰ c. 180⁰ d. 360⁰
26. If the length of the coil of wire increased, the inductive reactance
will 5. Given the circuit, determine the total current, voltage drop at each
a. increase b. decrease c. stay the same d. none of the above component and the impedance.
27. If the inductive reactance increased, the number of turns of the coil
of wire will
a. increase b. decrease c. stay the same d. none of the above
28. If the area of the plate of the capacitor decreased, the capacitive
reactance will
a. increase b. decrease c. stay the same d. none of the above
29. If the capacitive reactance increased, the distance between the
plates will
a. increase b. decrease c. stay the same d. none of the above
30. Assuming a reactive power of 50 VAR and a true power of 50 watts,
determine the phase angle
a. 45⁰ b. 60⁰ c. 90⁰ d. 30⁰
Computation
1. Compute the total impedance of three components in series with the
ff. values Z1 = 1kΩ<-15⁰, Z2 = 240Ω<-45⁰, Z3 = 480Ω<60⁰.
2. Given the parameters: (R1 = 5Ω, Xc1 = 20Ω, Xl1 = 15Ω in series) parallel
to (R2 = 10Ω, Xc2 = 20Ω, Xl2 = 10Ω in series) with a source of 10Vac,
determine the voltage drop in all the components.