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1. A copper wire has a diameter of 0.032 inch. What is the area in circular mils?
A. 1,628 C. 1,224
B.810 D. 1,024*

2. A 120-V DC motor draws a current of 200 A and is located. 1,000 feet from the supply.
If the copper transmission wire has a diameter of 0.45 inch and with specific
resistance of 10.4 ohm-cmil per foot, what must be the voltage of the supply source?
A.136.90 C. 136.90
B.129.10 D. 140.50*

3. Three equal resistors are connected in series. The voltage in one of the resistors
is 15 V. What is the applied voltage?
A. 20 V C. 45 V*
B. 30 V D. 60 V

4. A 15-ohm and 45-ohm resistors are connected in parallel across 48-V source. What s
the combined resistance?
A.11.25 ohms* C. 16.75 ohms
B.15.25 ohms D. 14.75 ohms

5. A copper conductor with a diameter of 0.10 inch has a resistance of 1 ohm per 1,000
feet. What is the resistance of 200-foot copper wire with a diameter of 40 mils?
A.1.25* C. 1.45
B.1.35 D. 1.55

6. A series circuit consists of three resistors R1, R2 and R3 connected to a 240-volt

source. If the voltage drop across the resistors R1 is 60 volts when the circuit
current is 4 A and R2 = 1.5R3, what is the ohmic resistance of the resistor R2?
A. 18 C. 15
B. 27* D. 36

7. A parallel circuit has branch resistance of R1--,--- 20 ohms, R2 = 20 ohms and R3 - 5

ohms. If the current passing through R1 = 20-ohm resistor is 1 A, what is the
current passing through the 10-ohm resistor?
A. 5 A C. 6 A
B. 2 A* D. 3 A

8. The diameter of a conductor is 0.064 inch. What is the area in circular mils?
A. 10,000 C. 3,217
B. 6,280 D. 4,096*

9. An ampere is how many abampere?

A.0.5 C. 0.1*
B.0.3 D. 0.4

10. A 6-volt car radio draws a current of 6.5 A. What resistance in ohms must be
connected in series with it to operated it in a car with 12-volt battery?
A.0.972 C. 0.912
B.0.948 D. 0.923*

11. Two batteries are connected in series, one of 8 volts, 2 kohms and the other of 16
volts, 3 kohms. The combination supplies a 7-kohm load. Determine the power dissipated
in the 3-kohm battery.
A. 12 mW* C. 1.2 mW
B. 12 pW D. 1.2 W

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12. A certain x-ray tube requires a current of 7 mA at a voltage of 80 kV. The rate of
energy dissipation (in watts) is.
A.560* C. 26
B. 5,600 D. 11.4

13. Resistor 1 has twice the resistance of resistor 2. They are connected in parallel to
a battery. The ratio of the thermal energy generation rate in 1 to that in 2 is.
A. 1:4 C. 1:1
B. 1:2* D. 2:1

14. A certain galvanometer has a resistance of 100 ohms and requires 1 mA for full scale
deflection. To make this into a voltmeter reading 1 V full scale, connect a resistance
of.
A. 1,000 ohms in parallel C. 1,000 ohms in series
B.900 ohms in series* D. 10 ohms in parallel

15. A galvanometer has an internal resistance of 12 ohms and requires 0.01 A for full
scale deflection. To convert it to a voltmeter reading 3 V full scale, one must use
a series resistance of
A.102 ohms C. 300 ohms
B.288 ohms* D. 360 ohms

16. A certain voltmeter has an internal resistance of 10,000 ohms and a range from 0 to
12 V. To extend its range to 120 V, use a series resistance of.
A. 1,111 ohms C. 100,000 ohms
B. 90,000 ohms* D. 108,000 ohms

17. What is the value of Rx (in kilo-ohms) to be connected in parallel to a 75 kilo-ohms

to reduce the value of total resistance to 10 kilo-ohms?
A.11.70* C. 15.70
B.14.70 D. 10.70

18. Five resistances of 5, 10, 15, 20 and 25 ohms are in parallel. What is the total
resistance?
A.0.21898 C. 21.898
B.2.1898* D. 218.98

19. A flux of 13.6 mWb penetrates a coil of wire 240 mm in diameter. Find the magnitude
of the magnetic flux density in Tesla if the plane of the coil is perpendicular to
the field.
A.0.3* C. 0.4
B.0.8 D. 0.5

20. A straight conductor 100 cm long and carrying a current of 40 A lies perpendicular
to a magnetic field of 1.5 Wb/sq. m. What is the mechanical power in watts required
to move the conductor at a uniform speed of 5 m/s?
A.390 W C. 330 W
B.300 W* D. 360 W

21. A 3-H inductor has 2,000 turns. How many turns must be added to raise its inductance
of 5-E?
A.582* C. 1,333
B. 2,582 D. 3,333

22. When one coil of a magnetically coupled pair has a current of 7.0 A, the resulting
fluxes 4)11 and 412 are 0.50 mWb and 0.75 mWb, respectively. What is the coefficient
of coupling k, if the number of turns N1 and N2 are 100 and 300, respectively?
A.0.40 C. 0.20
B.0.80 D. 0.60*

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23. Two identical coupled coils have an equivalent inductance of 80 mH when connected
series aiding, and 35 mH in series opposing. What is the value of coefficient of
coupling k?
A.0.319 C. 0.391*
B.0.913 D. 0.139

24. When one coil over a magnetically coupled pair has a current of 5 A, the resulting
fluxes 4,11 and 1)12 are 0.2 mWb and 0.4 mWb respectively. If the turns are N1 = 500
and N2 = 1,500, find Ll.
A. 20 mH C. 60 mH*
B. 40 mH D. 120 mE
25. A magnetizing force of 1,000 ATim will produce a flux density of in air.
A. 1.257 mWb/sq.m.*
C. 0.758 Wb/sq.m.
B. 1.325 mWb/sq.m.
26. Two identical coupled coils have an equivalent inductance of 40 mH when connected in
series aiding and 17.5 mH in series opposing. What is the value of the mutual
inductance?
A.0.5625 mH C. 56.25 mH
B.562.5 mH D. 5.625 mH*

27. Suppose this page is perpendicular to a uniform magnetic field and the magnetic flux
through it is 5 Wb. If the page is turned by 30 degrees around an edge the flux through
it will be.
A.2.5 Wb C. 5.0 Wb
B.4.3 Wb* D. 5.8 Wb

28. Three capacitors of 3, 4 and 5 microfarads are connected in series with a 6-V battery.
When the current stops, what is the voltage across the 3-microfarad capacitor?
A.2.55 V* C. 3.42 V
B.1.53 V D. 1.62 V

29. One ampere-hour charge delivered by a secondary cell is equal to coulomb.

A.360 C. 3,600*
B. 60 D. 420

30. During a lightning discharge, 30 C of charge move through a potential difference of

1.0 x 10^8 V in 2.0 x 10"-2 s. The energy released by this lightning bolt is.
A.1.5 x 10'11 J C. 6.0 x 10'7 J
B.3.0 x 10'9 J* D. 3.3 x 10-'6 J

31. An equal number of electrons is placed on two metal spheres 3.0 cm apart in air. How
many electrons are on each sphere if the resultant force is 4 kN?
A.1.40 x 10'14 electrons C. 1.33 x 10'14 electrons
B.1.25 x 10'14 electrons* D. 1.47 x 10"14 electrons

32. A charge of 20 units is placed 5 cm from a like charge of 3 units of mica. The force
of repulsion is 0.52 dynes. Find the dielectric constant of mica.
A.2.40 C. 6.60
B.3.25 D. 4.61*

33. The area of one plate of a two-plate glass capacitor is 0.07 sq. m. and the capacitance
is 0.01 pF. If the dielectric constant of glass is 7.5, what is the separation between
plates?
A.6.41 mm C. 0.46 mm*
B.4.68 mm D. 0.59 mm

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34. A 220-V bulb draws a current of 10 A. How much in kilocoulomhs will pass through the
bulb in a period of two hours?
A. 7.2 C. 48
B. 4.8 D. 72*

35. A 20-F capacitor is charged to 200 V. Its stored energy is.

A. 4,000 J C. 0.4 J*
B. 4 J D. 2,000 3

36. Two plates are 2 cm apart. A potential difference of 10 volts is applied between
them, the electric field between plates is.
A. 20 N/C C. 5 N/C
B.500 N/C* D. 250 N/C

37. Three 6.66-ohm resistors are connected wye. What

connected resistors? is the equivalent of each delta
A.2.22 ohms
B. 20 ohms A. 11.54 ohms*
B. 10 ohms
38. In a series RC circuit the voltage
across the capacitor and the resistor are 60 V and 80 V respectively. What is the
total voltage of the circuit?
A.120 V C. 100 V*
B.115 V D. 105 V

39. A washing machine is, in effect, an RL circuit. If the machine takes 311 W and 4.5 A
from a 115-V source when operating normally. Find its power factor.
A.0.75 lag C. 0.70 lag
B.0.65 lag D. 0.60 lag*

40. A coil of inductance 0.1 H and resistance of 4 ohms is connected in series with a
condenser of 70.4 pF capacitance across 60 Hz, 240 V line. How much current will flow
on the circuit?
A. 60 A* C. 57 A
B. 55 A D. 52 A

41. An inductive coil consumes active power of 500 W and draws 10 A from a 60 Hz AC
supply of 110 V. What is the coil inductance?
A. 30 mH C. 28 mH
B. 26 mH* D. 32 mH

42. When 3 A flows through a circuit with an input admittance of 0.4 10.5 S, what is
the reactive power does in the circuit consumed?
A. 11 VAR C. -11 VAR*
B.8.7 VAR D. -8.7 VAR

43. An inductive load consisting of R and X in parallel feeding from a 2.4 kV rms supply,
absorbs 288 kW at a lagging power factor of 0.80. What is the value of R in ohms?
A. 20* C. 16
B. 18 D. 12

44. It is required to increase the power factor of a 750 kW three-phase balanced load
fr o m 7 0 p er ce n t l a g g i n g t o 9 0 p er ce n t l a g g i n g . T h e line voltage is 6 . 9 k V , 6 0 H z.
Specify the capacitor required to increases the power factor of this wye-connected
load in pF per phase.
A.20.37 C. 16.47
B . 18.12 D. 22.39*

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45. Three heater units each taking 1.5 kW are connected delta to a 120-V three-phase
line. What is the resistance of each unit in ohms?
A.7.5 C. 5.4
B.9.6* D. 8.6

46. In two-wattmeter method of power measurement, the readings of the two wattmeters were
6,717 watts and 2,658 watts, respectively. Find the power factor.
A.0.80* C. 0.90
B.0.70 D. 0.60

47. An inductance of 20 mH is connected in parallel with a capacitance of 80 pF. What is

the frequency when XL = Xcl?
A.125.8 Hz* C. 100 Hz
B.128.5 Hz D. 150 Hz

48. What is the complex expression for a given alternating current, i = 250 sin (cot -
25°)?
A.227 - j106 C. 160 - j75*
B.227 + j106 D. 160 + j75

49. A tuned circuit is resonant at 4 MHz. Its Q is 100. What is its bandwidth?
A. 40 kHz* C. 400 kHz
B. 4 kHz D. 400 Hz

50. A wire carries an AC current of 3 cos(100nt) A. What is the average current over 6
seconds?
A.n/6 A C. n/S A
B.n/3 A D. 0 A*

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REFRESHER WEEK 1 - TERMS

1. A car battery is at B A-h. An ampere-hour is a unit of.

A.power C. current
B.energy D. charge*

2. Current has units.

A.kilowatt-hour C. coulomb
B. ampere* D. v o l t

3. Current has units:

A.kilowatt-hour C. coulomb
B.coulomb/second* D. v o l t
4. The units of resistivity are.
A.ohm C.ohm/meter
B. ohm-meter* D.ohm/meterA2

5. The rate at which electrical energy is used may be measured in.

A.watt/second C. watt*
B.watt-second D. joule-second

6. Energy may be measured in.

A.kilowatt C. watt
B.joule-second D. watt-second*

7. Which of the following quantities is correctly matched to its unit?

A.Power - kW-h C. Potential Difference J/C* -

B.Energy - kW D. Current - A/s

B. Current is a measure of.

A.force that moves a charge past a point
B.resistance to the movement of a charge past a point
C.energy used to move a charge past a point
D.amount of charge that moves past a point per unit time*

9. "The sum of the currents into a junction equal the sum of the currents out of the
junction" is a consequence of.
A.Newton's third law C. Conservation of energy
B.Ohm's law D. Conservation of charge*

10. "The sum of the emf's and potential differences around a closed loop equals zero" is
a consequence of.
A.Newton's third law C. Newton's second law
B.Ohm's law D. Conservation of energy*

11. In the context of the loop and junction rules for electrical circuits a junction is.
A.where a wire is connected to a resistor
B.where a wire is connected to a battery
C.where only two wires are joined
D.where three or more wires are joined*

12. For any circuit the number of independent equations containing emf's, resistances
and currents equals.
A.the number of junctions C. the number of branches*
B.the number of junctions minus 1 D. the number of branches minus 1

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13. If a circuit has L closed loops, B branches, and J junctions the number of independent
loop equations is.
A. B 1* C. B
B.B - D. L

14. Which of the following characteristics of the plates of the battery will the Ampere-
Hour of the battery depends on?
A.area* C. distance
B.strength D. thickness

15. Nine identical wires, each of diameter d and length L, are connected in series. The
combination has the same resistance as single similar wire of length L but whose
diameter is:
A . 3 d C.d/3*
B . 9 d D.d/9

16. Two wires made of the same material have the same lengths but different diameters.
They are connected in series to a battery. The quantity that is the same for the
wires is.
A.the end-to-end potential difference
B.the current*
C.the current density
D.the electric field

17. The time constant RC has units of.

A.second/farad C. 1/second
B.second/ohm D. none of these*

18. An atom that losses or gains electrons is

19. the
A.neutron
sizes of conductors are expressed in C. p
A.circular
B.ion* mils*
roton
B. m il s D. isotope
C.diameters
D.millimeters
20. The property of a material that opposes the flow of currents is called
A.conductance C. resistance*
B.permeance D. susceptance

21. The resistance of a material is affected by four factors namely: length, cross-
sectional area, type of material and
A.temperature* C. voltage
B.insulation D. current

22. Which of the

A.Resistancefollowing is true, according to Ohm's
B.Voltage is is inversely proportional to voltage
C.Current is inversely proportional to resistance
D.Current is directly proportional to voltage*
directly proportional to
23. Ohm's law does
not applicable to
A.conductors
B.AC circuit

24. Two wires are made of the same material and have the same length but difference
radii. They are joined end-to-end and a potential difference is maintained across
the combination. Of the following the quantity that is the same for both wires is.
A.Potential difference C. Current density
B.Current* D. Electric field

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25. A "coulomb" is.
A.one ampere per second
B.the quantity of charge that will exert
distance of 1 m a force of I N on a similar charge at a
C.the amount of current in each of two
that produces a force of 2 x 10A-7 Wm long parallel wires, separated by 1 m,
D.the amount of charge that flows past a
I A* point in one second when the current

26. The units of motional emf are

A. volt-meter/second A. testa/second
B.volt/testa B. tesla-meterA2/second*
27. Faraday's law states that an induced emf is proportional to.
A.the rate of change of the magnetic field
B.the rate of change of the electric field
C.the rate of change of the magnetic flux*
D.the rate of change of the electric flux

28. A magnet moves inside a coil. Consider the following factors:

I.Strength of the magnet
II.Number of turns in the coil
III.Speed at which the magnet moves
Which can affect the emf induced in the coil?
A.II only A. I and II only
B.III only B. I, II, III*
29. A rectangular
loop of wire has area A. It is placed perpendicular to uniform magnetic field B and
then spun around one of its sides at frequency f. The maximum induced emf is.
A.BAf C. 2BAf
B.BAf D. 2nBAf*

30. A charged capacitor and an inductor are connected in series. At time t = 0 the current
is zero, but the capacitor is charged. If T is the period of the resulting
oscillations, the next time after t - 0 that the charge on the capacitor is a maximum
is.
A. T C. T/2*
B.T/4 D. I/T

31. Which of the following has the greatest effect in decreasing the oscillation frequency
of an LC circuit? Using instead.
A. L/2 and C/2 C. 2L and C/2
B. L/2 and 20 D. 2L and 2C*

32. An LC series circuit with an inductance L and a capacitance C has an oscillation

frequency f. Two inductors, each with inductance L, and two capacitors, each with
capacitance C, are all wired in series and the circuit is completed. The oscillation
frequency is.
A.f/4 C. f*
B.f/2 D. 2f

33. Which of the following is NOT a property of magnetic field lines?

A.The field is stronger where the lines are closer together
B.The lines intersect surfaces of equal intensity at right angles
C.Magnetic field lines have no beginnings and no ends
D.The line cross themselves only at right angles*

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34. The SI unit of magnetic flux is
A.henry C. weber*
B.maxwell D. ampere-turn

35. The value of permeability for the free space is

A. 4n x 10^-7 H/m* C. 4 x 10A-7 H/m
B. 4n x H/m D. 4 x 101.'7 H/m

remains in a magnet after the

36. The magnetism magnetizing force has been removed
_ magnetism.
that is called
C. A. r induction
D. esidua permeable

37. Materials with low retentivity are best in making magnets.

A.super C. permanent
B.weak D. temporary*

38. The process by which metallic parts are demagnetized is called.

A.demagnetizing C. degreasing
B.degaussing* D. degrading

39. According to Faraday, the force on a current carrying conductor is

increased by increasing the
A.strength of magnetic field C. length of wire
B.current D. all of these*

40. Inductance in a
A.current
41. The energy of a magnetic dipole in an external magnetic
C. field is least
change
B.voltage in current* when.
A.the dipole moment is parallel to the field*
B.the dipole moment is antiparallel to the field
C.the dipole moment is perpendicular to the field
D.none of these (the same energy is associated with all orientations)

42. The law that induces emf and current always opposes the cause producing them was
discovered by.
A.Maxwell C. Ohm
B.Faraday D. Lenz*
43. Tesla is a unit of
A.inductance C. capacitance
B.magnetic field intensity* D. permittivity

44. Three of the following terms in magnetic induction are identical. Which is
45. among
When athe
current carrying
following? conductor is brought into moves the
conductor
A.gauss* depends upon the ________________________ C.
A.direction
B.flux of the current D. magnetic field, the force
B.weight of the conductor that
C.value of current
D.length of conductor within the magnetic field*

46. Which does not belong?

A.lines per square centimeter C. flux*
B.maxwells per square centimeter D. gauss
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47. No kinetic energy is possessed by ___________
A.A shooting star
B.A rotating propeller on a moving airplane
C.A pendulum at the bottom of its swing
D.An elevator standing at the fifth floor*

48. An electromagnetic device used for finding short circuit coil is called a/an
A.ohmmeter C. megger
B.hi-pot D. growler*

49. A coulomb is the same as

A.an ampere/second C. an
B.half an ampere-secondA2 ampere/meter'2

50. A positively charged insulating rod is brought close to an object that is suspended
by a string. If the object is repelled away from the rod we can conclude.
A.the object is positively charged* C. the object is an insulator
B.the object is negatively charged D. the object is a conductor

51. A charged insulator can be discharged by passing it just above a flame. This is
because the flame.
A.warms it C. contains carbon dioxide
B.dries it D. contains ions*

52. A small object has charge Q. Charge q is removed from it and placed on a second small
object. The two objects are placed 1 m apart. For the force that each object exerts
on the other to be a maximum. q should be.
A. 2Q C. Q/2*
B. Q D. Q/4

53. Two small charged objects attract each other with a

force F when separated by a distance d. If the charge
on each object is reduced to one-fourth of its original value and the distance
between them is reduced to d/2 the force becomes.
A.F/16 C. F/4*
B.F/8 D. F/2

54. The units of electric field are.

A.N-C^2 C. N
B.C/N D.N/C*

55. The units of electric field are.

A.J/(C-m)* C. J-C
B.J/C D. Jim

56. An electron traveling north enters a region where the electric field is uniform and

points west. The electron.

A.speeds up C. veers
B.slows down D. veers
57. The torque exerted by an electric field on a dipole is.
A.parallel to the field and perpendicular to the dipole moment
B.parallel to both the field and dipole moment
C.perpendicular to both the field and dipole moment*
D.parallel to the dipole moment and perpendicular to the field

58. A particle with charge Q is placed outside a large neutral conducting sheet. At any
point in the interior of the sheet the electric field produced by charges on the
surface is directed.
A.towards the surface C. toward Q*
B.away from the surface D. away from Q
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