CERTC EE

Electrical/Electronics Engineering
Instruction: Select the correct answer for each of the following 13. A 10-ohm and a 20-ohm resistance are connected in parallel.
questions. Mark only one answer for each item by shading the box Another resistance of 5-ohm is connected in series with the two. If
corresponding to the letter of your choice on the answer sheet provided. the supply voltage is 48 volts, what is the current through the 10-
ohm resistance?
Strictly no erasures allowed. Use pencil no. 1 only. A. 3.21 A C. 2.74 A
NOTE: Whenever you come across a caret (^) sign, it means B. 4.02 A D. 5.72 A
exponentiation.
14. A 30-ohm resistor is connected in parallel with a variable resistance
1. Three resistors of 10, 15 and 20 ohms each are connected in R. The parallel combination is then connected in series with a 6-
parallel. What is the equivalent resistance? ohm resistor and connected across a 120 V source. Find the
A. 45 ohms C. 17.2 ohms minimum value of R if the power taken by R is equal to the power
B. 0.22 ohm D. 4.62 ohms taken by the 6-ohm resistor.
A. 10.35 Ω C. 12.24 Ω
2. A 5-volt dc source in parallel with a 5-ampere current serves a B. 10.24 Ω D. 11.46 Ω
common load of 1-ohm. Determine the power in the load.
A. 100 watts C. 120 watts 15. Two resistances of 10 and 15 ohms, each respectively are
B. 260 watts D. 150 watts 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
3. A series circuit of 600-Ω and an unknown resistor R is connected in are the current and power?
series to a voltage source of 35-volts dc. A voltmeter with an A. 1.2 A, 17.28 W C. 0.96 A, 11.52 W
internal resistance of 1200-Ω is placed across the 600-Ω resistor. If B. 1.09 A, 13.1 W D. 1.5 A, 20.25 W
the voltmeter reads 5-Vdc, determine the value of R.
A. 6.8k Ω C. 2.4k Ω 16. An electric kettle was marked 500 W, 230 V found to take 15
B. 7.1k Ω D. 3.5k Ω minutes to bring 1 kilogram of water at 15 0C to boiling point.
Determine the heat efficiency of the kettle.
4. Originally a wire has a resistance of 10-ohms. If it is uniformly A. 79.1% C. 75.3%
stretched to 5 times its original value, what will be its new B. 72.4% D. 74.8%
resistance?
A. 150-Ω C. 350-Ω 17. A process equipment contains 100 gallons of water at 25 degC. It is
B. 550-Ω D. 250-Ω required to bring it to boiling in 10 minutes. The heat loss is
estimated to be 5%. What is the kW rating of the heater?
5. The equivalent resistance of three resistors A, B and C connected A. 125 kW C. 252 kW
in parallel is 1.714 ohms. If A is twice of B and C is half as much as B. 50.5 kW D. 207 kW
B, find the equivalent resistance when the three of them are 18. A total of 0.8 kg of water at 20 degC is placed in a 1-kW electric
connected in series. kettle. How long a time in minute is needed to raise the temperature
A. 17.5 ohms C. 21.0 ohms of the water to 100 degC?
B. 24.5 ohms D. 28.0 ohms A. 4.46 min. C. 5.32 min
6. Three resistors of 10, 12 and 15 ohms are connected in parallel. B. 6.34 min D. 4.56 min
Evaluate the value of current to the parallel system that will make 19. How many calories does an electric heater of 100 watts generate
the current in the 10 ohm resistor equal to 2 A. per second?
A. 5 A C. 6 A A. 10 C. 23.88
B. 4 A D. None of these B. 1000 D. 42.25
7. Three resistor of 10, 15 and 20 ohms each are connected in 20. The electric energy required to raise the temperature of water in a
parallel. What is the total conductance? pool is 1000 kWh. If the heat losses are 25%, the heating energy
A. 0.217 mho C. 3.41 mhos required will be ___.
B. 4.62 mhos D. 0.52 mho A. 1111 kWh C. 1266 kWh
8. Two heating units x and y are connected across a 100 V supply. B. 1750 kWh D. 1333 kWh
Unit y takes twice as much power as unit x. Total power supplied by 21. A circuit consisting of three resistors rated: 10 ohms, 15 ohms and
the source is 2280 watts. Determine the total power drawn by the 20 ohms are connected in delta. What would be the resistances of
heating units if they are connected in series across the same the equivalent wye connected load?
source. A. 0.30, 0.23 and 0.15 ohm
A. 615.32 W C. 506.58 W B. 3.0, 4.0 and 5.0 ohms
B. 582.45 W D. 604.38 W C. 3.33, 4.44 and 6.66 ohms
9. Three resistors R1, R2 and R3 are connected in series-parallel D. 5.77, 8.66 and 11.55 ohms
with R1 in series with the parallel combination of R2 and R3. The 22. The equivalent wye element of 3 equal resistors each equal to R
whole combination is connected across a 120 V DC source. and connected in delta is
Resistors R1, R2 and R3 take 750 W, 250 W and 200 W, A. R C. 3/2R
respectively Calculate the resistance R2. B. R/3 D. 3R
A. 8.10Ω C. 8.52Ω
B. 7.84Ω D. 9.22Ω 23. Three resistors of 6-ohm resistance are connected in delta. Inside
the delta another three 6-ohm resistors are connected in wye. Find
10. Two lamps X and Y are connected in series. Lamp X is rated 50 W its resistance between any two corners.
at 100 V while lamp Y is rated at 100 W at 100 V also. The two A. 2 ohms C. 3 ohms
lamps are to be connected in series across a 200 V source. What B. 4 ohms D. 1 ohm
resistance must be connected across lamp A so that each lamp will
operate properly? 24. A positively charged dielectric has a charge of 2 coulombs. If 12.5 x
A. 150 ohms C. 100 ohms 10^18 free electrons are added to it, what will be the net charge on
B. 200 ohms D. 180 ohms the said dielectric?
A. 4 C C. -2 C
11. A 5-ohm resistance is connected in parallel with a 10-ohm B. 8 C D. Zero
resistance. Another set, a 6-ohm and an 8-ohm resistances are also
connected in parallel. The two sets are connected in series. What is 25. A battery can deliver 10 joules of energy to move 5 coulombs of
the equivalent resistance? charge. What is the potential difference between the terminals of
A. 6.76 ohms C. 9.25 ohms the battery?
B. 14.4 ohms D. 21.2 ohms A. 2 V C. 50 V
B. 0.5 V D. 5 V
12. Two resistances of 10 and 15 ohms each respectively are
connected in parallel. The two are then connected in series with a 26. A cloud of 2.5 x 1019 electrons move past a given point every 2
5-ohm resistance. What is the equivalent resistance? seconds. How much is the intensity of the electron flow?
A. 11 ohms C. 12 ohms A. 1 A C. 2 A
B. 10 ohms D. 9 ohms B. 2.5 A D. 1.5 A

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27. The current in an electric lamp is 5 amperes. What quantity of 42. A current of 16 amperes divides between two branches in parallel of
electricity flows towards the filament in 6 minutes? resistances 8 ohms and 12 ohms respectively. The current in each
A. 30 C C. 3600 C branch is
B. 72 C D. 1800 C A. 6.4 A, 6.9 A C. 6.4 A, 9.6 A
B. 4.6 A, 6.9 A D. 4.6 A, 9.6 A
28. A constant current of 4 A charges a capacitor. How long will it take
to accumulate a total charge of 8 coulombs on the plates? 43. A coil of copper wire has a resistance of 5.46 Ω at 75° C. What will be its
A. 2 s C. 32 s resistance at 25° C?
B. ½ s D. 12 s A. 5.02 Ω C. 4.35 Ω
29. The substation bus bar is made up of 2-inches round copper bars B. 4.84 Ω D. 4.58 Ω
20 ft. long. What is the resistance of each bar if resistivity is 1.724 x
44. Suppose that a surge of 280V for a moment. What percentage does
10^-6 ohm-cm.
power output of a 240V 100W light bulb increase? Assume that the
A. 7.21 x 10-5 ohm C. 13.8 x 10-6 ohm
B. 5.185 x 10-5 ohm D. 2.96 x 10-5 ohm resistance does not change.
A. 56% C. 36%
30. Determine the resistance of a bus bar made of copper if the length B. 46% D. 27%
is 10 meters long and the cross-section is a 4 x 4 cm2. Use 1.7241
micro ohm-cm as the resistivity. 45. A 600-V 30,000 ohms voltmeter is used to measure the insulation
A. 2.121 x 10-4 ohm C. 4.312 x 10-4 ohm resistance of a motor. When connected in series with the insulation
B. 3.431 x 10-5 ohm D. 1.078 x 10-4 ohm of across a 240V line, the instrument reads 6V. What is the value of
the insulation resistance of the motor?
31. A coil has 6,000 turns of wire and a resistance of 380 ohms. The A. 1.42 Mohms C. 1.71 Mohms
coil is rewound with the same quantity (weight) of wire, but has B. 1.24 Mohms D. 1.17 Mohms
13,400 turns. How many ohms will the new coil have?
A. 1895 ohms C. 1825 ohms 46. A certain copper wire has a resistance of 0.5 Ω when the length is
B. 1792 ohms D. 1905 ohms 10 m. What is its diameter in mils?
32. A copper wire of unknown length has a resistance of 0.80 ohm. By A. 38 C. 33
successive passes through drawing dies, the length of the wire is B. 26 D. 21
increased to 2 ½ times its original value. Assuming that resistivity
remains unchanged during the drawing process, determine the new 47. If a certain conductor has an area of 336,400 circular mils, what is
value of its resistance. the radius of this conductor in cm?
A. 4 Ω C. 3 Ω A. 0.663 C. 0.921
B. 5 Ω D. 6 Ω B. 0.737 D. 0.810

33. A one-meter rod of 2-cm diameter is drawn until its resistance is 48. A coil of copper wire has a resistance of 5.46 Ω at 75° C. What will
100 times the initial resistance. Its length afterward is? be its resistance at 25° C?
A. 10 m C. 100 m A. 5.02 Ω C. 4.35 Ω
B. 12.5 m D. 5 m B. 4.84 Ω D. 4.58 Ω
34. A kilometer of wire having a diameter of 11.7 mm and a resistance
49. A lead-acid battery having a 100 Ah capacity is 25% charged. After
of 0.031 ohm is drawn down so that its diameter is 5.0 mm. What
being charged at 10 A for 5 hours, it will be approximately ____
does its resistance become?
charged.
A. 0.85 ohm C. 0.78 ohm
A. 1/2 C. 3/4
B. 0.93 ohm D. 0.81 ohm
B. fully D. Over
35. A conductor whose diameter is 0.175 inch has a resistance of 0.5
ohm. The wire is drawn through a series of dies until its diameter is 50. A load of 10 ohms was connected to a 12-volt battery. The current
reduced to 0.08 inch. Assuming the specific resistance of the drawn was 1.18 amperes. What is the internal resistance of the
material remains constant, what is the resistance of lengthened battery?
conductor? A. 0.35 ohm C. 0.20 ohm
A. 11.45 Ω C. 10.22 Ω B. 0.25 ohm D. 0.30 ohm
B. 12.75 Ω D. 10.82 Ω
36. A certain wire has a resistance R. The resistance of another wire <<GOD BLESS>>
identical with the first except for having twice its diameter is
A. 4R C. ½R
B. 2R D. ¼ R
37. 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. 160 m C. 170 m
B. 145 m D. 155 m
38. What is the size in square millimeter (mm2) is the cable of 250
MCM size?
A. 118.656 mm2 C. 126.675 mm2
B. 112.565 mm2 D. 132.348 mm2
39. A 500 MCM ACSR cable has 37 strands. Determine the diameter in
mils of each strand.
A. 116.25 C. 120.24
B. 118.34 D. 110.35
40. A copper transmission line is to be replaced by one of aluminum
having the same total resistance. If the cross sectional area of the
copper wire is 500 MCM, what would be the cross sectional area of
the new aluminum wire?
A. 800 MCM C. 820 MCM
B. 850 MCM D. 900 MCM
41. Three resistors of 10, 15 and 20 ohms each are connected in
parallel. What is the equivalent resistance?
A. 45 ohms C. 17.2 ohms
B. 0.22 ohm D. 4.62 ohms

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