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ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PRE FINAL EXAM

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SUBJECT: ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROFESSIONAL SBUJECTS

Ω resistor. What is the current from V1 to V2?

1. A 10 Ω and a 15 Ω resistor are connected in
parallel. A 30 V supply is applied across the A. 2.5 A
combination. What is the total current drawn?
B. 5 A
A. 3.2 A
C. 10 A
B. 4.0 A
D. 7.5 A
C. 3.6 A
7. Superposition theorem is not applicable to
D. 2.5 A circuits with:

2. A 12 V battery supplies a circuit with three A. Dependent sources

resistors: 4 Ω, 6 Ω, and 12 Ω in parallel. Find
the power supplied by the battery. B. Independent sources only

A. 36 W C. Nonlinear elements

B. 48 W D. Multiple loops

C. 24 W 8. In a two-mesh loop, mesh 1 has 10 V source

and 4 Ω resistor, mesh 2 has 6 Ω resistor, and
D. 60 W both share a 2 Ω resistor. Find current in mesh
1.
3. For a Wheatstone bridge with arms: AB = 100
Ω, BC = 120 Ω, CD = 150 Ω, DA = 125 Ω, is the A. 1 A
bridge balanced?
B. 2 A
A. Yes
C. 0.5 A
B. No
D. 1.25 A
C. Undecided
9. Maximum power is transferred to a load when:
D. Neither
A. Load resistance is double the source
4. Apply Thevenin’s Theorem to a 10 V source in
series with a 10 Ω resistor and a load of 5 Ω. B. Load resistance is zero
Find the Thevenin equivalent across the load
C. Load resistance equals source resistance
A. Vth = 10 V, Rth = 10 Ω
D. Load current is maximum
B. Vth = 6.67 V, Rth = 10 Ω
10. A 24 V source has an internal resistance of 2
C. Vth = 5 V, Rth = 10 Ω Ω. What is the maximum power the source can
deliver?
D. Vth = 6.67 V, Rth = 5 Ω
A. 48 W
5. If a circuit has three resistors of 10 Ω, 20 Ω,
and 30 Ω in series with a 60 V battery, what is B. 72 W
the voltage drop across the 20 Ω resistor?
C. 144 W
A. 20 V
D. 36 W
B. 25 V

C. 30 V

D. 15 V

11. Two point charges +Q and –Q are placed 10

cm apart. What is the electric field at the
midpoint?
6. In a nodal analysis problem, the node voltages
are V1 = 10 V, V2 = 5 V. Between them is a 2 A. 0
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A. 10 mA
B. Directed toward –Q
B. 5 mA
C. Directed toward +Q
C. 1 mA
D. Infinity
D. 100 mA
12. Capacitance between two plates increases
when: 19. An ammeter with internal resistance 0.2 Ω is
connected to measure 10 A. Power loss in
A. Distance increases ammeter is:

B. Dielectric constant increases A. 2 W

C. Area decreases B. 0.5 W

D. Air is removed C. 5 W

13. A capacitor of 10 μF is charged to 100 V. How D. 1 W

much energy is stored?
20. A moving coil galvanometer has a sensitivity of
A. 0.05 J 1 mV/div. A deflection of 5 divisions indicates:

B. 0.1 J A. 1 mV

C. 0.5 J B. 10 mV

D. 1 J C. 5 mV

14. The electric field intensity 2 cm from a 10 nC D. 15 mV

point charge is:
21. Which instrument is best for measuring low
A. 22.5 kV/m resistance?

B. 35.7 kV/m A. Voltmeter

C. 45 kV/m B. Ammeter

D. 71.6 kV/m C. Megger

15. Force between two charges is inversely D. Kelvin Double Bridge

proportional to:
22. To convert a galvanometer into a voltmeter,
A. Square of distance you need to add:

B. Distance A. Shunt resistor

C. Product of charges B. Series resistor

D. Dielectric constant C. Parallel inductor

16. A 5 μF capacitor in series with a 10 μF D. Capacitor

capacitor. Net capacitance is:
23. A wattmeter has a voltage coil of 500 Ω and
A. 15 μF current coil of 0.5 Ω. Which coil carries full load
current?
B. 3.33 μF
A. Voltage
C. 5.5 μF
B. Current
D. 7.5 μF
C. Both
17. Unit of electric flux is:
D. None
A. V/m

B. Nm²/C 24. Which instrument can measure both AC and

DC?
C. C/m²
A. Moving Iron
D. V·m
B. Moving Coil
18. A 100 V voltmeter has an internal resistance of
10 kΩ. What current flows through it at full C. Electrodynamometer
scale?
D. Hot-wire
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lag, what is reactive power?
25. In a series RLC circuit, Z = 50∠30°, V = 100 V.
What is current? A. 300 VAR

A. 2∠–30° A B. 400 VAR

B. 1∠–30° A C. 500 VAR

C. 2∠30° A D. 250 VAR

D. 1.5∠–30° A 33. A 1 kW load at 0.8 PF lag requires how much

kVAR to correct to unity PF?
26. If a capacitor draws 3 A and an inductor draws
3 A in opposite phase, net current is: A. 0.75 kVAR

A. 0 A B. 0.6 kVAR

B. 6 A C. 0.5 kVAR

C. 3 A D. 0.8 kVAR

D. 4.24 A 34. In a balanced delta load of 10 Ω, line voltage is

400 V. What is line current?
27. Power factor in an RLC circuit at resonance is:
A. 40 A
A. 0
B. 69.3 A
B. 1
C. 23.1 A
C. 0.5
D. 34.6 A
D. Undefined
35. A balanced star load draws 20 kW at 0.8 PF
28. A 10 μF capacitor at 50 Hz has what lag. Line voltage is 400 V. What is line current?
reactance?
A. 36.1 A
A. 159.2 Ω
B. 40.2 A
B. 318.3 Ω
C. 28.9 A
C. 15.9 Ω
D. 25.4 A
D. 31.8 Ω
36. In a star connection, phase voltage is 230 V.
29. A 100 W lamp operating at 220 V has what What is line voltage?
resistance?
A. 230 V
A. 484 Ω
B. 398 V
B. 220 Ω
C. 400 V
C. 100 Ω
D. 415 V
D. 470 Ω
37. A 3-phase system has total power of 10 kW at
30. If current leads voltage by 90°, the circuit is: 0.9 PF. Find total current at 400 V line voltage.

A. Resistive A. 16.03 A

B. Inductive B. 18.0 A

C. Capacitive C. 20.2 A

D. Mixed D. 25.6 A

31. Real power in a purely inductive circuit is: 38. Total power in a 3-phase system is:

A. Zero A. √3 × VL × IL × cosθ

B. Maximum B. 3 × VP × IP × cosθ

C. Half of apparent C. Both A and B

D. Equal to reactive power D. None

32. A circuit with 100 V and current 5 A at 0.6 PF 39. Total power in a 3-phase system is:
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C. 4 kW
A. 15 A
D. 5 kW
B. 8.66 A
46. In a star load, IL = 10 A, what is IP?
C. 10.5 A
A. 17.32 A
D. 20 A
B. 5.77 A
40. Power consumed by a 3-phase balanced load
is measured by: C. 10 A

A. One wattmeter D. 8.66 A

B. Two wattmeters 47. If phase angle is 60°, what is power factor?

C. Three voltmeters A. 0.5

D. One energy meter only B. 0.866

41. Two wattmeter method reads 3 kW and 2 kW. C. 1

Total power is:
D. 0.707
A. 3 kW
48. A balanced three-phase star-connected load
B. 2 kW draws 10 kW at 0.8 lagging power factor from
a 400 V, 50 Hz supply. What is the phase
C. 5 kW current?

D. 1 kW A. 14.43 A

42. Power factor from two wattmeters with equal B. 20.21 A

reading:
C. 18.04 A
A. 0
D. 16.67 A
B. 0.5
49. Two wattmeters connected to measure power
C. 1 in a balanced 3-phase system read W1 = 3.5
kW, W2 = 1.5 kW. What is the power factor?
D. 0.707
A. 0.866
43. For a lagging load, W1 = 3 kW, W2 = –1 kW.
What is power factor? B. 0.707

A. 0.866 C. 0.5

B. 0.5 D. 0.6

C. 0.707

D. 0

50. In a balanced delta-connected load, the line

44. A load takes 10 kW and 7 kVAR. What is total voltage is 415 V. Each impedance is 20∠30°
kVA? Ω. What is the total real power consumed?

A. 12 kVA A. 9.34 kW

B. 13 kVA B. 8.91 kW

C. 10.6 kVA C. 7.48 kW

D. 7.8 kVA D. 10.2 kW

45. A 3-phase load has Z = 20∠30°. If VL = 400 V, 51. A three-phase generator supplies a 20 kW, 0.9
find real power per phase. PF lagging load. Reactive power supplied is:

A. 2 kW A. 9.7 kVAR

B. 3 kW B. 8.6 kVAR
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C. 12.3 kVAR
D. 5.55 kVA
D. 5.2 kVAR
58. A 50 Ω resistor, 200 mH inductor, and 1000 μF
52. A sinusoidal voltage v(t) = 150 sin(314t + 30°) capacitor are connected in series with a 24 V
is applied across an RLC series circuit. What is DC supply. What is the initial current just after
the angular frequency? the switch is closed?

A. 100π A. 0 A

B. 314 rad/s B. 0.48 A

C. 50 Hz C. 24 A

D. 628 rad/s D. ∞ A

53. In a three-phase system, if each line has 59. In a series RLC circuit with R = 10 Ω, L = 2 H,
impedance Z = 10∠45° Ω, and line voltage is C = 0.5 F, and V = 20 V DC, what is the
400 V (rms), compute total complex power steady-state current after a long time?
consumed (delta connection).
A. 0 A
A. 24 + j24 kVA
B. 2 A
B. 20 + j20 kVA
C. 4 A
C. 30 + j30 kVA
D. ∞ A
D. 27.7 + j27.7 kVA
60. The energy stored in the capacitor of a DC RLC
54. A three-phase star load has line current of 10 circuit with C = 100 μF and steady-state
A and power factor 0.6 lagging. Find the total voltage across it of 25 V is:
reactive power if VL = 400 V.
A. 0.03125 J
A. 8.3 kVAR
B. 0.125 J
B. 9.2 kVAR
C. 0.625 J
C. 6.9 kVAR
D. 1.25 J
D. 7.4 kVAR

55. Voltage in an AC circuit is 61. In a purely inductive AC circuit, the current:

v(t)=100√2cos(100ϖt+ϕ) What is the RMS
value? A. Lags the voltage by 90°

A. 100 V B. Leads the voltage by 90°

B. 70.7 V C. Is in phase with the voltage

C. 141.4 V D. Is zero

D. 50 V

62. The power factor of a purely resistive AC

circuit is:
56. A purely capacitive circuit has a current of 5 A
when connected to a 230 V, 50 Hz source. A. 0
What is the value of capacitance?
B. 1
A. 69.2 μF
C. 0.5
B. 138.4 μF
D. -1
C. 87.2 μF
63. In a single-phase RLC series circuit at
D. 49.3 μF resonance, the:

57. The total apparent power in a 3-phase system A. Voltage across inductor is maximum
with line voltage 380 V and line current 15 A
is: B. Impedance is minimum

A. 9.88 kVA C. Current is minimum

B. 8.52 kVA D. Power factor is zero

C. 12.3 kVA 64. Which instrument measures true power in an

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AC circuit?
A. Maximum
A. Voltmeter
B. Zero
B. Wattmeter
C. Depends on power factor
C. Ammeter
D. Equal to line current
D. Power factor meter
72. A three-phase system is preferred over a
65. The total impedance of a series RLC circuit at single-phase system because:
resonance is equal to:
A. It is less efficient
A. Zero
B. It requires more copper
B. Resistance only
C. It provides constant power transfer
C. Inductive reactance only
D. It is more complex
D. Capacitive reactance only
73. In a star connection, line voltage is related to
66. The power factor of an inductive load is phase voltage as:
typically:
A. VL = VP
A. Unity
B. VL = √3 × VP
B. Leading
C. VL = VP / √3
C. Lagging
D. VL = 2 × VP
D. Zero
74. In a delta connection, the line current is:
67. The apparent power in an AC circuit is
measured in: A. Equal to phase current

A. Watts B. √3 times phase current

B. VAR C. Less than phase current

C. VA D. Zero

D. Ohms

68. The unit of reactive power is:

A. Watt

B. VA
75. The power in a three-phase balanced load is
C. VAR given by:

D. kW A. √3 × VL × IL × cos(θ)

69. The phasor diagram of a capacitive circuit B. VL × IL × sin(θ)

shows current:
C. 3 × VL × IL
A. Lagging voltage
D. 3 × VP × IP × sin(θ)
B. Leading voltage
76. Which of the following connections is
C. In phase with voltage commonly used for high-voltage transmission?

D. Opposite to voltage A. Delta-Star

70. In an AC circuit, real power is given by: B. Star-Star

A. VI cos(θ) C. Delta-Delta

B. VI sin(θ) D. Star-Delta

C. VI 77. A balanced three-phase system on how many

line and neutral conductors?
D. V/I
A. 2 line, 1 neutral
71. In a balanced three-phase system, the sum of
the instantaneous currents is: B. 3 line, 1 neutral
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85. A 120 V, 60 Hz source is connected across a
C. 3 line only parallel RLC circuit. The inductor has L=0.5 H,
and the capacitor has C=100 μF. At what
D. 2 line, no neutral frequency will the circuit behave as purely
resistive?
78. Which connection gives a neutral point in a
three-phase system? A. 22.5 Hz
B. 45 Hz
A. Delta C. 71.0 Hz
D. 159.2 Hz
B. Star
86. A series RLC circuit resonates at 1 kHz. If the
C. Open Delta inductance is doubled and the capacitance is
quartered, what is the new resonance
D. Zigzag frequency?

79. The phase sequence in a three-phase system A. 1 kHz

determines: B. 2 kHz
C. 0.5 kHz
A. Line current magnitude D. 4 kHz

B. Direction of rotation of motors 87. The bandwidth of a series RLC circuit is 200 Hz
with a resonant frequency of 2 kHz. If the
C. Frequency resistance is 20 Ω, what is the value of the
inductance?
D. Voltage level
A. 79.6 mH
80. In a three-phase system, the power factor can B. 15.9 mH
be improved by: C. 25.3 mH
D. 10.6 mH
A. Inductors
88. A coil with internal resistance RRR and
B. Resistors inductance L is connected in series with a

30∘ If ∣Z∣=100 Ω, what is R?

capacitor C. The current lags the voltage by
C. Capacitors

D. Transformers A. 86.6 Ω
B. 50 Ω
81. A series RLC circuit with R=10 Ω, L=100 mH, C. 100 Ω
and C=10 μF connected to a 100 V (RMS), 60 D. 70.7 Ω
Hz source. What is the total impedance Z and
current magnitude?

89. In a parallel RLC circuit operating at

resonance, the total current is 1 A, and the
82. At resonance, the voltage across the inductor inductor current is 5 A. What is the circuit’s Q-
in a series RLC circuit is 500 V, and the supply factor?
voltage is 100 V. What is the quality factor Q
of the circuit? A. 0.2
B. 5
A. 0.2 C. 10
B. 2 D. 25
C. 5
D. 10 90. A series RLC circuit has R=5 Ω, L=50 mH, and
C=100 μF. What is the phase angle θ between
83. A parallel RLC circuit has a supply of 230 V at voltage and current at 100 Hz?
50 Hz. The circuit draws a leading current of 2
A. If the capacitor's reactance is 50 Ω, what is A. +33.7∘
the value of the inductor’s reactance? B. −45.0∘
C. +45.0∘
A. 115 Ω D. −33.7∘
B. 45 Ω
C. 62.5 Ω 91. Kirchhoff's Current Law (KCL) states that:
D. 75 Ω
A. The total voltage around a closed loop is zero
84. In a series RLC circuit, the power factor is
0.707 lagging. The inductive reactance is 80 Ω. B. The algebraic sum of currents at a node is zero
What is the capacitive reactance if the
resistance is 60 Ω? C. Current is constant in a closed loop

A. 40 Ω D. Power consumed is equal to power supplied

B. 20 Ω
C. 100 Ω 92. In a resistive circuit, maximum power is
D. 80 Ω transferred to the load when:
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A. Load resistance is zero A. Work done per unit charge in bringing a
charge to that point
B. Load resistance equals source resistance
B. Charge density
C. Load resistance is infinite
C. Force on a unit charge
D. Source voltage is maximum
D. None of the above
93. The Thevenin equivalent resistance is
calculated by: 100.A capacitor stores energy in the form of:

A. Turning off all sources and calculating total A. Magnetic field

resistance seen from load
B. Electric field
B. Dividing voltage by current
C. Current
C. Using only voltage sources
D. Resistance
D. Shorting the load

94. Norton’s theorem represents the network

using:

A. A voltage source and a series resistor

B. A current source and a parallel resistor

C. Only one resistance

D. Capacitive source

95. Superposition theorem can be applied to:

A. Non-linear circuits

B. AC circuits only

C. DC linear circuits

D. Magnetic circuits

KEY ANSWER
96. The unit of electric field intensity is:
1. C
A. V/m 2. B
3. B
B. C/m 4. B
5. A
C. J/m² 6. A
7. C
D. N·m²/C 8. A
9. C
97. The law governing the force between two 10. D
charges is: 11. B
12. B
A. Newton’s Law 13. C
14. A
B. Ampere’s Law 15. A
16. B
C. Coulomb’s Law 17. C
18. A
D. Gauss’s Law 19. A
20. C
98. If two like charges are placed near each other, 21. D
they will: 22. B
23. B
A. Attract 24. C
25. B
B. Remain still 26. A
27. B
C. Repel 28. A
29. A
D. Lose charge 30. C
31. A
99. The electric potential at a point is the: 32. B
33. B
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34. B
35. A
36. D
37. B
38. C
39. B
40. B
41. C
42. C
43. B
44. A
45. A
46. C
47. A
48. A
49. D
50. B
51. A
52. B
53. A
54. A
55. A
56. A
57. A
58. A
59. B
60. A
61. A
62. B
63. B
64. B
65. B
66. C
67. C
68. C
69. B
70. A
71. B
72. C
73. B
74. B
75. A
76. A
77. B
78. B
79. B
80. C
81. C
82. D
83. A
84. C
85. C
86. B
87. B
88. A
89. B
90. A
91. B
92. B
93. A
94. B
95. C
96. A
97. C
98. C
99. A
100. B