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This document contains 10 multiple choice questions related to electrical engineering concepts such as resistance, current, temperature coefficients, and circuits. The questions cover topics like calculating resistance given temperature, determining operating temperatures based on resistance increases, and calculating voltages and currents in circuits.

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Ee 1 For LMS Problems

This document contains 10 multiple choice questions related to electrical engineering concepts such as resistance, current, temperature coefficients, and circuits. The questions cover topics like calculating resistance given temperature, determining operating temperatures based on resistance increases, and calculating voltages and currents in circuits.

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1. A certain copper wire has a resistance of 25 ohms at 10°C.

Take the temperature coefficient at 10°C to


be 0.00409 deg/C. What must be the maximum operating temperature of the wire if its resistance is to
increase by at most 20%?
a. 58.89 c. 59.24
b. 60.13 d. 59.25
2. A single-phase transmission line 90 km is made up of hard drawn copper 500 mils in diameter. If the
resistivity of the hard drawn copper at 20°C is 1.77 x 10 -8 ohm-meter. Determine the loop resistance at
20°C.
a. 0.1394 ohm/km c. 0.546 ohm/km
b. 1.348 ohm/km d. 0.434 ohm/km
3. A capacitor is charged at 100 000 micro-coulomb in 2 seconds. What is the current in mA?
a. 0.5 c. 5
b. 0.005 d. 50
4. Copper has resistivity of 16 ohm-nm at zero degrees centigrade. What is its temperature coefficient of
resistance at zero degrees centigrade?
a. 3.93 x 10-3 /°C c. 4.27 x 10 -3 /°C
b. 3.65 x 10-3 /°C d. 2.73 x 10-3 /°C
5. Two resistors when connected in series has a total resistance of 40 ohms and when connected in parallel
has a total resistance of 7.5 ohms. Find the value of each resistance.
a. 24 & 16 c. 20 & 20
b. 30 & 10 d. 12 & 28
6. A wire has a resistance of 0.75 ohm per ft. at an area 10 m2. Determine the resistance of a 200 ft long
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conductor if the area is 3 x 10-5 m2.


a. 2.5 c. 50
b. 25 d. 12.5
7. A copper has a resistance of 2.4 ohms at 20°C. Find its resistance at 75°C. Resistance temperature
coefficient at 20°C is 0.034/°C.
a. 3.78 ohms c. 12.18 ohms
b. 6.89 ohms d. 7.48 ohms
8. The resistance of length of copper wire is 2.6 ohms at 20°C. The temperature coefficient of resistance at
20°C for copper is 0.00393/°C. What is the resistance at 75°C?
a. 3.670 ohms c. 11.38 ohms
b. 3.162 ohms d. 4.378 ohms
9. A 110 V dc motor draws current of 30 A and is located 500 ft from the power source. What is the supply
voltage if the diameter of the copper wire is 0.25 inch?
a. 119 V c. 121 V
b. 117 V d. 115 V
10. A light bulb having a tungsten filament, draws 0.5A at 110 V. the cold resistance of the filament is 20
ohms at 20 °C. at this temperature the temperature coefficient of resistance for tungsten is 0.005 per °C.
Determine the operating temperature of the bulb.
A. 1220°C B. 520°C C. 2520°C D.2020 °C

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