Romblon State University

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

EE CORRELATION 3 - EXAM 1 (Solving)

Basic EE / Cells & Batteries, Dc Circuit SET A

INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of the following questions. Mark only the answer for each item by encircling the letter of your choice on the
answer sheet provided. STRICTLY NO ERASURE ALLOWED.

MULTIPLE CHOICE

1. A coil has 6,000 turns of wire and a resistance of 380 ohms. The coil is rewound with the same quantity (weight) of wire, but has 13,400
turns. How many ohms will the new coil have?
A. 1895 ohms C. 1825 ohms
B. 1792 ohms D. 1905 ohms
2. What is the size in square millimeter is the cable of 20 (250) MCM size?
A. 118.656 C. 126.675
B. 112.565 D. 132.348 E. error
3. If a resistor rated at 5 watts and 6 volts are connected across a battery with an open circuit voltage of 6 volts. What is the internal resistance
of the battery if the resulting current is 0.8 A?
A. 0.3 C. 0.26
B. 0.23 D. 0.03
4. A total of 0.8 kg of water at 20 deg C is placed in a 1-kW electric kettle. How long a time in minute is needed to raise the temperature of
the water to 100 deg C?
A. 4.46 min. C. 6.34 min
B. 5.32 min D. 4.56 min
5. A circuit consisting of three resistors rated: 10 ohms, 15 ohms and 20 ohms are connected in delta. What would be the resistances of the
equivalent wye connected load?
A. 0.30, 0.23 and 0.15 ohm C. 3.33, 4.44 and 6.66 ohms
B. 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 ohms D. 5.77, 8.66 and 11.55 ohms
6. Two resistances of 10 and 15 ohms each respectively are connected in parallel. The two are then connected in series with a 5-ohm
resistance. What is the equivalent resistance?
A. 11 ohms C. 10 ohms
B. 12 ohms D. 9 ohms
7. Two resistances of 10 and 15 ohms, each respectively are connected in parallel. The two are then connected in series with a 5-ohm
resistance. It is then connected across a 12-V battery, what are the current and power?
A. 1.2 A, 17.28 W C. 1.09 A, 13.1 W
B. 0.96 A, 11.52 W D. 1.5 A, 20.25 W
8. The power drawn by a resistive coil made of copper wire is 220 W at 100 V and 20 C. Calculate the power consume by the coil at 115 V
and 100 C. The temperature coefficient of resistance at 20 C is 0.00393.
A. 175 W C. 183 W
B. 211 W D. 225 W
9. A Barangay power station supplies 60 kW to a load over 2,500 ft, 100 mm, two-conductors copper 2 feeder, the resistance of which is
0.078 ohm per 1000 ft. The bus bar voltage is maintained constant at 600 V. Determine the load current.
A. 105 A C. 110 A
B. 108 A D. 102 A
10. A resistive coil draws 2 A at 110 V after operating for a long time. If the temperature rise is 55 oC above the ambient temperature of 20 0C,
calculate the external resistance which must be initially connected in 0 series with the coil to limit the current to 2 A. The temperature
coefficient of the material of the coil is 0.0043 per 0C at 2 0C.
A. 10.12 ohms C. 11.45 ohms
B. 10.52 ohms D. 12.05 ohms
11. A LRT car, 5 km distance from the Tayuman, takes 100 A over a 100 mm hard drawn copper trolley wire having a resistance of 0.270 ohm
per km. The rail and ground return has a resistance of 0.06 ohm per km. If the station voltage is 750 V, what is the voltage of the car?
A. 585 V C. 585 V
B. 590 V D. 590 V
12. A 120 V DC motor draws current of 100 A and is located 1000 ft from the supply source. If the diameter of the copper transmission line is
0.45 inch, what must be the voltage of the supply?
A. 125.32 V C. 129.32 V
B. 130.24 V D. 127.05 V
13. When two resistors A and B are connected in series, the total resistance is 36 ohms. When connected in parallel, the total resistance is 8
ohms. What is the ratio of the resistance Ra to resistance Rb. Assume Ra < Rb.
A. 0.5 C. 0.8
B. 0.4 D. 0.6
14. Find the value of R in the given circuit.
A. 8.2 ohms C. 10 ohms
B. 6 ohms D. none of these

15. Find V in the circuit shown.

16. Two charges of 2 x 10^-5 C and 3 x 10^-6 are placed 10 cm apart. Find the force in kg on each charge.
A. 5.5 kg C. 10 kg
B. 7.7 kg D. 2.25 kg
17. Two point charges 10 cm apart exert a force of 0.001 g on each other. If the charges are of the same value, what is each charge in
statcoulomb?
A. 8.9 statC C. 6.90 statC
B. 9.90 statC D. 7.90 statC
18. A capacitor in an LC oscillator has a maximum potential difference of 15V and a maximum energy of 360 μJ. At a certain instant the
energy in the capacitor is 40 μJ. At that instant what is the potential difference across the capacitor?
A. Zero C. 10V
B. 5V D. 15V
19. Three equal positive charges of 10 statcoloumb each are located at the vertices of an equilateral triangle of 2 cm leg. What is the magnitude
of the force acting on each charge?
A. 12.5 dynes C. 25 dynes
B. 43.3 dynes D. 50 dynes
20. Two electrons in a vacuum experience a force of 2x10^-15 N. How far apart are the electrons?
A. 0.48 x10^-7 m C. 2.84 x10^-12 m
B. 3.39 x10^-7 m D. 5.05 x10^-12 m
21. Two sphere separated from each other by 10m have a charges of 0.001 coulomb and 0.003 coulomb respectively. In between the two
spheres is a point of zero electric field. What is the distance from the 0.001 coulomb sphere?
A. 6.34 m C. 7.78 m
B. 2.24 m D. 3.66 m
22. The result of capacitance C1 = 6 microfarads and c2 connected in series is 3 microfarads. Capacitor C2 in microfarad is
A. 3 C. 4
 B. 8 D. 6
23. Three capacitors A,B and C are charged as follows: A = 10 uF, 100 V : B = 15uF, 150V and C = 25 uF, 200V. They are connected in
parallel with terminals of like polarity together. What is the voltage across the combination?
A. 150V C. 120V
B. 185V D. 165V
24. The substation bus bar is made up of 2-inches round copper bars 20 ft. long. What is the resistance of each bar I the resistivity is 1.724 x
10^-6 ohm-cm.
A. 7.21 x10^-5 ohm C. 13.8 x10^-6 ohm
B. 5.185 x10^-5 ohm D. 2.96 x10^-5 ohm
25. Determine the resistance of a bus bar made of copper if the length is 10 meters long and the cross section is a 4x4 cm^2. Use 1.7241 micro
ohm-cm as the resistivity.
A. 2.121 x 10^-4 ohm C. 4.312 x10^-4
B. 3.431 x10^-5 D. 1.078 x10^-4
26. A coaxial cable has 10 m diameter inside conductor and a metallic sheath with an inside diameter of 20 mm. If the insulating medium has a
dielectric constant, k=2, and a permittivity of 1.113 x10^-10, what is the capacitance between the conductor and the shield per km?
A. 0.1605 uF/km C. 0.8036 uf/km
B. 0.0803 uf/km D. 0.0403 uf/km
27. The resistance of a copper wire at 30 deg C is 50 ohms. If the temperature coefficient of copper at 0 deg C is 0.00427, what is the resistance
at 100 deg C.
A. 72.26 C. 54.25
B. 63.24 D. 58.15
28. The resistance of a wire is 126.48 ohms at 100 deg C. and 100 ohms at 30 deg C. Determine the temperature coefficient of copper at 0 deg
C.
A. 0.00427 C. 0.00615
B. 0.0256 D. 0.0356
29. Two heating elements which is 500 ohms and 250 ohms are connected in series with temperature coefficient of 0.001 and 0.003 ohms per
deg C, respectively at 20 deg C. Calculate the effective temperature coefficient of the combination.
A. 0.00215 C. 0.00626
B. 0.00712 D. 0.00167
30. The insulation resistance of a kilometer of cable having a diameter of 2 cm and an insulation thickness of 2 cm is 600 ohms. If the
thickness of the insulation is increased to 3 cm, find the insulation resistance of the cable.
A. 725 C. 850
B. 757 D. 828
31. The resistance of 120 meters of wire is 12 ohms. What is its conductance?
A. 0.0521 mho C. 0.083 mho
B. 6 mhos D. 12 mhos
32. A lead-sheath cable for underground service has a copper conductor (diameter = 0.350 inch) surrounded by 0.2 inch wall of rubber
insulation. Assuming the dielectric constant of 4.3 for rubber, calculate the capacitance of the cable per mile length.
A. 1.01 uF/mile C. 0.504 uF/mile
B. 0.76 uF/mile D. 0.252 uF/mile
33. A 12V battery o 0.05 ohms resistance and another battery o 12V and 0.075 ohm resistance supply power to a 2 ohms resistor. What is the
current through the load?
A. 5.85 C. 5.53
B. 5.72 D. 5.91
34. The lead storage batteries A and B are connected in parallel. A has an open circuit voltage of 12 V and an internal resistance of 0.2 ohms.
Battery B has an open circuit voltage of12.2V and an internal resistance of 0.3 ohm. If the two batteries together delivers power to a 0.5
ohm power resistor. Neglecting effects of temperature, how much current is contributed by the battery?
A. 29.62 C. 16
B. 12.85 D. 25.24
35. A coil with 900 turns is wound over a magnetic core with a reluctance of 10,000 AT/Wb. If a current of 0.5 A is pass through the coil, how
much is the magnetic flux that the coil generates?
A. 0.062 Wb C. 0.058 Wb
B. 0.032 Wb D. 0.045 Wb
36. An air-core circular coil has 5000 turns. The inner and outer diameters are 20 and 24 cm respectively. If a current of 2 A is passed through
the coil, determine the flux density inside the coil.
 A. 0.018 T C. 0.021 T
B. 0.013 T D. 0.015 T
37. A coil in a magnetic contactor requires a 0.5 A provide a magnetizing force of 500 AT. How many turns are necessary?
A. 250 C. 500
B. 1000 D. 2000
38. A given magnetic circuit has a magnetic field intensity of 400 AT/m. If the length of the magnetic path is doubled maintaining the same
magnetomotive force, how much is the new magnetic field intensity?
A. 800 AT/m C. 400 AT/m
B. 200 AT/M D. 600 AT/m
39. A lead storage battery is rated at 12 volts. If the internal resistance is 0.01 ohm, what is the maximum power that can be delivered to the
load?
A. 1,200 C. 3600
B. 7200 D. 1800
40. A 120V battery having an internal resistance of 0.5 ohm, is connected through a line resistance of 9.5 ohm to a variable load resistor. What
maximum power will battery deliver to the load resistor?
A. 36 C. 63
B. 630 D. 360
41. Twelve similar wires each of resistance 2 ohms are connected so as to form a cube. Find the resistance between the two diagonally opposite
corners.
A. 1.45 C. 1.66
B. 2.01 D. 1.28
42. The reluctance of non-magnetic circuit is 12 units. How much flux will be set up if surrounded by a coil 600 turns carrying a current of 3A?
A. 150 C. 16.67
B. 50 D. 200
43. If a current of 5A flows through a long wire of radius 0.004 meter, what is the flux density (H) produced 0.02 m away from the surface of
the wire.
A. 19.7 AT/m C. 39.8 AT/m
B. 66.34 AT/m D. 33.17 AT/m
44. The relative permeability of certain silicon steel is 4500. A certain magnetic loop consist of a silicon steel of 10 cm square, 20 cm long and
an air gap of ¼ cm. What is the reluctance of the magnetic circuit?
A. 2.54 x10^-2 C. 6.44 x10^-3
B. 6.44 x10^-4 D. 2.54 x10^-3
45. A certain laminated steel core has a permeability of 3000. Length is 5 cm and the cross section is 2 sq. cm. What is its reluctance?
A. 7500 C. 8.33 x 10^-4
B. 1200 D. 2.5
46. A permanent magnet loudspeaker is equipped with a 10 ohm 10 turn voice coil wound on a tube 1 inch in diameter. The flux density in the
air gap is 10,000 lines per square inch. If the impedance of the voice coil is a pure resistance, what will be the maximum thrust delivered to
the core if the impressed signal is 20 dB above 0.005 watt?
A. 0.0336 N C. 0.0116 N
B. 0.0276 N D. 0.0532 N
47. A small single – phase transformer has 10.2 watts at no load. The core has a volume of 750 cubic cm. The maximum flux density is 10,000
gauss and the hysteresis constant of the core is 5 x 10^-4. Using the Steinmetz law to find the hysteresis, determine the eddy current loss
A. 4.55 W C. 5.55 W
B. 3.55 W D. 2.55 W
48. A magnetic ring (Relative Permittivity = 800) has a mean radius of 10 cm and a cross sectional area of 5 cm^2. An air gap measuring 1.5
mm is cut in the ring. Determine the required mmf in order to produce a flux of 0.25 mWb in the air gap.
A. 890 C. 920
B. 909 D. 972
49. A magnetic circuit consists of silicon steel of 3000 permeability and an air gap. The length of the steel core is 10 cm and the air gap is 2
cm. Both have the same cross section of 1.5 sq. cm. A current of ½ ampere flows through the windings to produce 2351 maxwells flux.
How many turns are there in the coil?
A. 4120 turns C. 5000 turns
B. 2500 turns D. 1250 turns
50. A magnetomotive force is supplied by a current of one ampere through 100 turns. The magnetic circuit consists of a steel core of 1000
permeability, 10 cm long and 4 sq. cm area and an air gap one cm long. What is the field intensity at the air gap
A. 12.25 oersted C. 497.6 oersted
B. 100.53 oersted D. 124.4 oersted