SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS

1. A lamp gives an average output of 628 lumens. What is its M.S.C.P.?

a. 200 Cd. b. 50 Cd c. 157 Cd d. 100 Cd

2. A lamp has luminous intensity of 250 Cd. Calculate the total luminous flux emitted by it.
a. 1,000 lm b. 785 lm c. 3, 142 lm d. 2,000 lm

3. A lamp giving 200 candelas uniformly below the horizontal plane is suspended 3 m
above a horizontal plane. Calculate the illumination at a point on the plane.

i. directly below the lamp

a. 66.66 lm/m2 b. 6.66 lm/m2 c. 22.22 lm/m2 d. 2.222 lm/m2

ii. 3 m away from the vertical axis

a. 66.67 lm/m2 b. 11.11 lm/m2 c. 33.33 lm/m2 d. 7.86 lm/m2

4. A 100 candela lamp emits light uniformly in all directions and is suspended 2 m above
the center of a working table which is 3 m square. Calculate the illumination at each
corner of the table.
a. 23.54 lux b. 8.07 lux c. 11.77 lux d. 4.04 lux

5. Two lamp posts are 13 m apart and are fitted with 1,000 Cd lamp each at a height of 5 m
above the ground. Calculate the illumination on the ground.

i. under each lamp

a. 41.85 lux b. 40 lux c. 80 lux d. 20.92 lux

ii. midway between the lamps

a. 37.18 lux b. 9.07 lux c. 18.14 lux d. 27.21 lux

6. A 40-watt fluorescent lamp 120 centimeters long produces 3,200 lumens of light in a
room having a general dimensions of 10 ft x 20 ft. find the illumination on the floor.
a. 640,000 fc b. 16 fc c. 160 fc d. 320 fc

7. In Prob #6, find the luminance if the reflectance factor of the wall is 40%.
a. 40 footlambert b. 102 footlambert c. 6.4 footlambert d. 2.56 footlambert

8. What must be the candle power of a point source of light which gives an illumination of
100 lm/m2 at a point A 2m vertically below the source?
a. 200 Cd b. 400 Cd c. 100 Cd d. 300 Cd

9. In Prob #8, if a plane mirror which reflects 75% of the light falling on it is placed
horizontally 30 cm above the source, what will be the illumination at A?
a. 100 lux b. 200 lux c. 44.4 lux d. 144.4 lux
 10. At what distance from a screen should the lamp of 120 Cd be placed to produce the same
illumination on the screen as a lamp of 30 Cd would give when placed at a distance of 40
cm from the screen?
a. 20 cm b. 40 cm c. 60 cm d. 80 cm

11. Two lamps A and B produce equal illumination on the screen of a photometer when A is
60 cm and B is 50 cm from the screen. A plane mirror is placed 6 cm behind B, the plane
of the mirror being at right angles to the line from B to the screen and it is then found that
to restore equality of illumination on the screen, the source A must be moved 10 cm
nearer the screen. What is the reflecting power of the mirror?
a. 68 % b 50% c. 62% d. 66%

12. After a balance was obtained between two lamps on a photometric bench, a sheet of plane
glass was interposed on one side of the photometer. To restore the balance, one of the
lamps was moved back through 10 cm making its distance from the photometer 110 cm.
What percentage of light incident on the glass was transmitted by it?
a. 90.9% b. 82.6% c. 86.2% d. 88.6%

13. A drawing office containing a number of boards having a total effective area of 70 m2 is
lit by a number of 40 W incandescent lamps giving 11 lm/W. An illumination of 72
lm/m2 is required on the drawing boards. Assuming that 60% of the total light emitted by
the lamps is available for illuminating the drawing boards, estimate the number of lamps
required.
a. 19 b. 21 c. 23 d. 25

14. A school classroom with a general dimension of 24 ft x 30 ft is lighted with 10

fluorescent fixtures of 4 lamps per fixture and 3, 200 lumens per lamp. What is the initial
illumination in footcandles assuming that coefficient of utilization is 0.35?
a. 178 b. 44, 800 c. 15, 680 d. 62.22

15. In Prob #14, what is the maintained illumination assuming that maintenance factor 0.70?
a. 43.55 fc b. 88.88 fc c. 30.49 fc d. 124 fc

16. A workshop measures 7 m x 13 m and is lighted by 10 lamps which are each rated at 200
W and have an efficiency of 15 lm/W. Assuming a depreciation factor of 1.5 and a
coefficient of utilization of 0.5, find the illumination on the working plane.
a. 102 lm/m2 b. 106 lm/m2 c. 110 lm/m2 d. 114 lm/m2

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17. A 40 ft by 20 ft office is to be illuminated with duplex fluorescent luminaires at a level of
50 footcandle. The maintenance factor and coefficient of utilization are estimated to be
70% and 60% respectively. Each fluorescent produces 3,300 lumens. How many
luminaires are required?
a. 18 b. 8 c. 14 d. 28
18. A colliery workshop 20 m x 10 m requires an average illumination of 135 lm/m2 on the
working plane. Calculate the electrical power and current required for the purpose. Allow
a coefficient of utilization of 0.45 and a depreciation factor of 1.4. The supply is 230 V at
50 Hz and the efficiency of each of the lamps is 12 lm/W.
a. 8 kW, 34.8 A b. 9 kW, 39.1 A c. 6 kW, 26.1 A d. 7 kW, 30.4 A

19. A drawing hall in an engineering college is to be provided with a lighting installation.

The hall is 30 m x 20 m x 8 m (high). The mounting height is 5 m and the illumination
required is 135 lm/m2. Using metal lamps, estimate the size and number of single lamp
luminaries. Assume
Utilization coefficient = 0.6; maintenance factor = 0.75
Space/height ratio = 1; lm/W for 300 W lamp = 13; lm/W for 500 lamp = 15
a. 500 W, 24 b. 500 W, 48 c. 300 W, 46 d. 300 W, 23

20. An office, 17 m by 8 m wide, is lighted by 8 lamps and each lamp has a luminous
intensity of 200 Cd. Allowing an absorption loss of 4,000 lm for the reflectors, walls and
ceiling, calculate the average illumination on the working plane.
a. 177 lm/m2 b. 136 lm/m2 c. 118 lm/m2 d. 152 lm/m2

21. Four lamps are suspended 8 m above the ground at the corners of a square of 3 m side.
Each lamp gives 250 candelas uniformly below the horizontal plane. Calculate the
illumination at the center of the square.
a. 14.12 lm/m2 b. 7.06 lm/m2 c. 3.53 lm/m2 d. 10.59 lm/m2

22. A work room 33 m long by 13 m wide is illuminated by means of 10 lamps suspended 3

m above the working plane. Determine the means spherical candle power of the lamps
required to give an average of 27 lm/m2 at the work table. Assume that 25 % of the total
light falls on the working plane.
a. 369 candelas b. 318 candelas c. 398 candelas d. 200 candelas

23. A building 25 m long and 18 m wide is to have a minimum illumination of 56 lm/m2.

Electric lamps of efficiency 10 lm/W are to be suspended 3 m above the floor; the
spacing/height ratio being 1.2. If coefficient of utilization is 0.6 and maintenance factor is
0.8, calculate the number of fittings required and the rating of each fitting in watts.
a. 35, 150 W b. 40, 132 W c. 50, 105 W d. 60, 88 W