A.

10

INHOUSE REVIEW ADAMSON UNIVERSITY

Exam in DC and AC Circuits

B. 50

C. 90

D. 100

14. A shunt resistor is used to limit the load current to 0.5

A, if the load resistance is 100 and the original
current is 1 amp, what should be the value of shunt
resistance?
A. 25
B. 50
C. 75
D. 100

1.

A copper wire has a diameter of 0.83 cm. and a

resistance of 0.6 ohm at 20C. Calculate its length if
the resistivity of copper wire is 1.724 x 10 8 ohm m
A. 1.66 m
B. 1.79 m
C. 1.87 m D. 1.95 m

15. A 33 kilo ohms resistor is connected in series with a

parallel combination made up of a 56 kilo ohm resistor
and a 7.8 kilo ohm resistor. What is the total combined
resistance of these 3 resistors?
A. 63.8 kilo ohms
C. 95.8 kilo ohms
B. 49.1 kilo ohms
D. 39.1 kilo ohms

2.

A given wire has a resistance of 17.5 ohms. If its

length is 560 m, how much length must be cut off from
the wire in order to reduce its resistance to 12.5
ohms?
A. 460 m
B. 360 m
C. 260 m
D. 160 m

16. If you need a 1.25 kilo ohm resistance and you only
have resistors of 5 kilo ohm, how many of these
available resistors you should connect parallel to get a
1.25 kilo ohm value?
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 5

3.

The field windings of series motor has a resistance of

120 ohms at 15 deg. C. After running for two hours,
the resistance increases to 140 ohms. If the
temperature coefficient of the windings at 0C at
0.004, find the new temperature of the windings.
A. 49.2C
B. 59.2C
C. 69.2C D. 79.2C

17. Two resistors, R1 = 100 and R2 = 200 are

connected in parallel. If the voltage across R2 is 20 V,
what is the voltage across R1?
A. 5 V
B. 10 V
C. 15 V D. 20 V

4.

5.

A carbon resistor dissipates at 60 W of power from a

120 V source. Find the resistance.
A. 200
B. 240
C. 220
D. 300
An electric kettle was marked 500 W, 230 V found to
take 15 minutes to bring 1 kg. of water at 15C to
boiling point. Determine the heat efficiency of the
kettle.
A. 59%
B. 69%
C. 79%
D. 89%

6.

The equivalent delta element of 3 equal resistors each

equal to R and connected in wye is
A. R
B. R/3
C. 3R
D. 3R/2

7.

Determine the total resistance if 1 ohm resistor is

series with the parallel combination of 2 ohm, 3
ohm, and 4 ohm resistors.
A. 0.6
B. 1.5
C. 1.9
D. 3

8.

A shunt resistor is used to limit the load current to 0.5

A, if the load resistance is 100 and the original
current is 1 amp, what should be the value of shunt
resistance?
A. 25
B. 50
C. 75 D. 100

9.

Two resistors, R1 = 100 and R2 = 200 are

connected in parallel. If the voltage across R2 is 20 V,
what is the voltage across R1?
A. 5 V
B. 10 V
C. 15 V
D. 20 V

10. An aluminum wire of unknown cross section has

diameter of 0.635 cm and a resistance of 0.28 . If
the wire is drown through a series of dies until its
diameter is reduced to 0.127 cm. What is the
resistance of the length conductor?
A. 250 B. 175 C. 145 D. 200
11. An electronic device draws 300 watts from its 24 volt
power source. Find effective resistance.
A. 1.92
B. 19.2 C. 1.25 D. 12.5
12. A 50 resistor is connected in series with a 150
resistor and to a supply voltage of 20 V. What is the
current through 50 resistor?
A. 0.01 A
B. 0.1 A
C. 1 A D. 10 A
13. Two resistors, 10 and 100 are connected in
parallel, approximately, what is the total resistance?

18. If 12 V are applied to a circuit that consumes 78 W,

what is the current flow through the circuit?
A. 6.5 A
B. 9.4 A
C. 1.5 A D. 936 A
19. An inductance of 0.106 H is connected to a 120 V,
60 Hz source. Calculate the inductive reactance.
A. 30
B. 40
C. 36
D. 42
20. A load of 250 kVA operating at a power factor of 0.86
lagging is connected to a 2,300 volt AC system.
Calculate the reactive power.
A. 215 kVAR
C. 109 kVAR
B. 128 kVAR
D. 151 kVAR
21. A series RL network is supplied with a 200 volt, 60
cycle source. If the voltage across the resistor is 100
V, what is the voltage across the inductor?
A. 0 V
B. 100 V C. 173.2V
D. 200 V
22. A 6 ohm resistor is connected in series with a
capacitive reactance of 8 ohms. If the supply voltage
is 200 V, what is the apparent power of the circuit?
A. 1200 VA
C. 3200 VA
B. 2400 VA
D. 4000 VA
23. What is the total impedance of a series circuit
consisting of R = 6 ohms, Xc = 8 ohms and XL = 16
ohms?
A. 10
B. 14
C. 25
d. 30
24. The apparent power of a series RC circuit is given to
be 4000 VA. If R = 6 ohms and Xc = 8 ohms, calculate
the true power of the network.
A. 1200 W
C. 3200 W
B. 2400 W
D. 4000 W
25. What is the average voltage of alternating voltage, v =
100 sin 120t?
A. 31.8 V B. 63.6 V
C. 70.7 V
D. 0 V
26. Determine the effective voltage of v = 100 sin 120t?
A. 31.8 V B. 35.5 V
C. 70.7 V
D. 90 V
27. The reactance of 25 mH coil at 500 Hz is
A. 785 ohms
C. 13 ohms
B. 785 kiloohms
D. 13 milliohms

28. A 220 volt, 60 Hz source is driving a series RL

circuit. Determine the current in the circuit if R = 100
ohms and XL = 100 ohms
A. 1.1 A
B. 1.55 A
C. 2.2 A D. 4.4 A
29. How many electrical degrees a current will lead the
voltage in a series RC load with R = 100 ohms and Xc
= 50 ohms?
A. 13.28
B. 26.56
C. 31.72 D. 63.44
30. What is the power factor of a series RL circuit having
R = 50 ohms and XL = 20 ohms?
A. 0.63
B. 0.71
C. 0.81
D. 0.93
31. The voltage across each phase of a star connected
source is 265 V. What will be the current in each of
the three line wires if a balanced load of 200 kW at a
power factor of 0.82 is delivered?
A. 306.8 A
C. 531.4 A
B. 920.4 A
D. 1594.2 A
32. What is the voltage of the delta connected source that
delivers a 0.85 power factor load of 500 kW at 148 A?
A. 765 volts
C. 1325 volts
B. 2295 volts
D. 3975 volts
33. A 10 HP 230 volt three phase motor draws
current of 25 amperes when operating at rated
if the motor efficiency is 91%, calculate the
factor.
A. 0.749
B. 0.823
C. 0.532
D.

a line
output
power
0.675

34. Three equal impedances each one equal to 6.12 +

j5.13 are connected in star and to a 3 phase 208
V source. Calculate the line current.
A. 8.66 A
B. 10 A
C. 15 A D. 17.32 A
35. A balanced 3-phase load draws 75 amperes line
current at 230 V line to line and 0.848 lagging power
factor. Solve for the reactive power being drawn.
A. 15.83 kVAR
C. 15.35 kVAR
B. 15.26 kVAR
D. 15.94 kVAR
36. The total resistance of two similar wire conductors
connected in parallel is
A. Resistance of one wire multiplied by 4
B. Same resistance of one wire
C. One half the resistance of one wire
D. Double the resistance of one wire
37. When resistors are connected in series, what
happens?
A. The effective resistance is decreased
B. Nothing
C. The tolerance is decreased
D. The effective resistance is increased
38. Open circuit voltages is the potential difference
between two points when the impedance between
these points is
A. Zero B. Reactive C. Capacitive D. Infinity
39. What do you call the element that conducts electricity
very readily?

A. Semi conductors
B. Conductors

C.
D.

Insulators
Dielectric

40. In DC circuit, there is only one basic type of load,

which is
A. Inductive
C. Resistive
B. Amperage
D. Reversing
41. Capability of doing work of moving charges
A. Voltage
B. Current C. Power D. Energy
42. Ratio of consuming energy
A. Voltage
B. Current

C. Power

43. Voltage divider is used for ____ circuit

A. Series B. Parallel
C. Wye

D. Energy
D. Delta

44. What is the significance of connecting loads in

parallel?
A. It makes power consumption less
B. It provides greater efficiency
C. It increases the safety factor
D. It allows independent operations of loads
45. What will happen when the power factor of a circuit is
increased?
A. Reactive power increases
B. Active power increases
C. Reactive and active power increase
D. Reactive and active power decrease
46. A resistive and capacitive load of equal magnitude is
connected in series, determine the phase difference
between the voltage and the current
A. Current leads the voltage by 45 degrees
B. Current lags the voltage by 45 degrees
C. Current leads the voltage by 90 degrees
D. Current lags the voltage by 90 degrees
47. Most AC supplies are in the form of _____ wave.
A. Sine
C. Triangular
B. Square
D. Rectangular
48. Advantage/s of AC over DC
A. Economically produced
B. Transmission of AC is more efficient
C. AC voltages can be easily changed
D. All of the above
49. The value of sine wave of voltage or current at one
particular instant of time
A. Average value
C. Rms value
B. Instantaneous value
D. Effective value
50. When comparing rms voltages and average voltages,
which of the following statement is true, assuming
sine waves?
A. Either the rms voltage or average voltage might
be larger
B. The rms voltage is always greater than the
average voltage
C. There will always be a very large difference
between the rms voltage and the average voltage
D. The average voltage is always greater than the
rms voltage