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Sample Questions
1. The following devices are passive in electrical circuits except
A. Resistor
B. Transistor
C. Generator
D. Capacitor
2. Which of the following is not a concept of parallel circuit
A. Same voltage across all elements
B. All elements will have individual currents regarding resistance
C. Effective resistance is always less than the smallest resistance
D. Powers are additive
3. The following concept are true in a series circuit except
A. Voltage drops are additive
B. Resistances are additive
C. Powers are additive
D. Conductances are additive
4. Which of the following is not a limitations of ohm’s law
A. It does not apply to non-metallic conductors
B. It does not apply to Zener diode
C. It is applied to vacuum tubes
D. It is true for metal conductors at constant temperature
5. Three resistors of 6 , 9 and 15 are connected in parallel to an 18V supply. The current in the
9 resistor is
A. 2 A
B. 3 A
C. 2.5 A
D. 3.5 A
6. The applications of series circuit are except
A. Series combination is used where many lamps of low voltage are to be operated on the
main supply
B. When a load of low voltage is to be operated on a high voltage supply, a fixed value of
resistance is connected in series with the load
C. Whenever a variable voltage is to be given to a load
D. When all appliances can be controlled individually with the help of a separate switch
7. When n number of equal resistances each of R ohms are connected parallel then, total resistance
RT is given by
R
A. RT =
n
n
B. RT =
R
C. RT = nR
D. RT = n R
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8. When n number of resistances are in parallel, with a total voltage V applied across them, then
the voltages across any resistance Rn is
Rx
A. Vx = V
n Rn
i =1
n Rn
B. Vx = V i =1
Rx
C. Vx = V i =1 Rn
n
n
D. i =1
VRn
Figure 1
9. The resistance between the terminals A and B in Figure 1 is
A. 3
B. 4
C. 5
D. 19
Figure 2
10. The total resistance of the resistive circuit in Figure 2 is
A. 3.434
B. 3.692
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C. 3.578
D. 3.011
Use the information below to answer question 11 and 13
An aluminium wire 10m long and 2 mm in diameter is connected in parallel to a copper wire 6 m long. A
total current of 2 A is passed through the combination and it is found that current through the aluminium
wire is 2.25 A. The specific resistance of copper is 1.6 10 −6 cm and that of aluminum is 2.6 10 −6 cm
11. The resistance of copper wire is
A. 1.380
B. 0.138
C. 8.267
D. 0.827
12. The aluminium wire has a resistance of
A. 1.3080
B. 0.1380
C. 8.2670
D. 0.0827
13. The diameter of the copper wire is
A. 0.094mm
B. 0.094cm
C. 0.940mm
D. 0.940cm
Use the information below to answer question 14 and 15
A capacitor A is connected in series with two capacitors B and C connected in parallel. If the capacitance
of A, B and C are 4, 3, and 6 F , respectively and a potential difference of 20 V is maintained across the
whole circuit.
14. The equivalent capacitance of the combination is
A. 6.22 F
B. 7.65 F
C. 9.45 F
D. 2.77 F
15. The charge on the 3 F capacitor is
A. 18 C
B. 19 C
C. 18.5 C
D. 19.5 C
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Figure 3 Figure 4
16. Which of the following is true regarding the currents in the 5 and 15 in Figure 3 by Kirchhoff’s
Law
137.5 −112.5
A. I1 = A, I 2 = A
100 100
13.75 112.5
B. I1 = A, I 2 = A
100 100
−13.75 112.5
C. I1 = , I2 =
100 100
−137.5 112.5
D. I1 = , I2 =
100 100
17. Given the mesh network in Figure 4, which of the following is correct after converting the current
source into the equivalent voltage source using Nodal analysis
6 4 I1 10
A. =
14 1 I 2 5
6 4 I1 10
B. =
14 4 I 2 5
6 4 I1 10
C. =
4 14 I 2 10
6 4 I1 10
D. =
14 1 I 2 10
18. Which of the following is true regarding V1 in Figure 5 using Nodal analysis
A. 1 = V1 (0.3)
B. 1 = V1 (0.5)
C. 1 = V1 (1.5)
D. 1 = V1 (2.5)
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Figure 5
19. The following values represent the algebraic sum of the currents in the branches of the circuit using
superposition theorem in Figure 6 except
A. 6.78 A-6.42 A
B. -3.21 A +6.78 A
C. -6.78 A + 5.22 A
D. -2.85 A+3.57 A
Figure 6
Figure 7
20. The open circuit voltage ( Voc ) using Thevenin’s theorem to find through current in R3 in Figure
7 is
A. 5 V
B. 5.2 V
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C. 5.9 V
D. 7 V
21. Using Norton’s theorem, state the short-circuiting current to determine in the 2 load in figure 8
A. 4.5 A
B. 5.0 A
C. 5.5 A
D. 6.0 A
Figure 8
22. The readiness with which magnetic flux is developed in a magnetic material is termed as
A. Permeability
B. Permeance
C. Reluctance
D. Flux density
23. A coil is wound uniformly with 300 turns over an iron ring having a mean circumference of 400
mm and a cross-section of 500mm 2 . If the resistance of the coil is 8 and is connected across a
20 V d.c supply, the magnetic field intensity is
A. 5555.6 A m
B. 5447.2 A m
C. 4555.6 A m
D. 4687.5 A m
Use the information below to answer question 24 and 27
An iron rod of 1 cm radius is bent to a ring of mean diameter 30 cm and wound with 250 turns of wire.
Assume the relative permeability of iron as 800. An air gap of 0.1 cm is cut across the bent ring as shown
in Figure 9 without leakage.
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Figure 9
24. The reluctance of the air gap is
A. 2.50 106 M A wb
B. 25.09 106 M A wb
C. 2.50 105 M A wb
D. 2.50 105 M A wb
25. The total reluctance of the magnetic circuit is
A. 2.98 106 M A wb
B. 2.0 106 M A wb
C. 2.50 105 M A wb
D. 2.0 105 M A wb
26. The magnetomotive force with useful flux of 20, 000 10 −8 is
A. 1100.8 Amp.turns
B. 1109.7 Amp.turn
C. 1102.8 Amp.turn
D. 1114.6 Amp.turn
27. The current in the magnetic circuit is
A. 4.41 A
B. 4.96 A
C. 5.01 A
D. 6.00 A
28. A coil of resistance 150 is placed in a magnetic field of 0.1mwb . The coil has 500 turns and
move in 0.1 sec from the given field to another of 0.3mwb . The average induced emf is
A. 0.1 V
B. 0.2 V
C. 0.3 V
D. 1.0 V
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29. The coupling coefficient between two coils can be altered by varying the following parameters
except
A. Mutual Induction
B. Mutual Inductance between the coils
C. Self-Inductances of the coils
D. Distance between the coils
Use the information below to answer question 30 and 31
When two coils are connected in series, their effective inductance is found to be 10.0 H. However, when
the connection to one coil is reversed, the effective inductance is 6.0 H. If the coupling coefficient is 0.6
30. The self-inductance of the coils is
A. 5.44 H or 0.37 H
B. 7.63 H or 5.44 H
C. 7.63 H or 0.37 H
D. 0.37 H or 5.78 H
31. The mutual inductance between the two coils is
A. 0.37 H
B. 1. 00 H
C. 5.44 H
D. 7.63 H
32. What is the root mean square value of a sinusoidal current with peak value of 10 A
A. 0.707 A
B. 7.007 A
C. 0.636 A
D. 6.636 A
Use the information below to answer question 33 and 34
An alternating quantity is expressed as 20 sin(1000t )v .
33. The peak to peak power is
A. 200 watts
B. 400 watts
C. 800 watts
D. 1000 watts
34. The frequency of the alternating quantity is
A. 200 Hz
B. 150 Hz
C. 159 Hz
D. 259 Hz
Use the information below to answer question 35 and 36
Figure 10 below is a half wave rectified sine wave expressed as i = I m sin , for 0 and 0 ,
for 2
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Figure 10
35. The average value of the half wave rectified sine wave is
A. I m
B. 2 I m
C. I m
D. 2 I m
36. What is the root mean square value of the half wave rectified sine wave
A. I m 2
B. I m 2
C. I m
D. 2 I m
37. A pure inductance, L = 0.01H takes a current, 10 cos(1500)t A. The expression for
instantaneous voltage is
A. 50 cos(1500t + 90 )
B. 150 cos(1500t − 90 )
C. 15cos(1500t + 90 )
D. 15cos(1500t − 90 )
38. The rate of energy conversion or dissipation taken as an average over one or more complete
cycles is
A. Apparent power
B. Reactive power
C. Wasteful power
D. True power
39. The useful means of rating appliances and equipment, bearing in mind that conductor heat losses
occur whether or not the current is in phase with the voltage is
A. Active power
B. Reactive power
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C. Apparent power
D. Wasteful power
Use the information below to answer question 40 and 41
An 11.9 KW, 400 V single phase motor operates at a power factor of 0.7 lagging
40. The apparent power in Kilovolts ampere is
A. 14 KVA
B. 15 KVA
C. 16 KVA
D. 17 KVA
41. The reactive component of the current is
A. 29.42 A
B. 30.00 A
C. 30.35 A
D. 40.00 A
Use the details below to respond to question 42 and 44
An impedance of Z1 = (7 + j 5) ohms is connected in parallel with another circuit having an impedance of
Z 2 = (10 − j8) ohms. The supply voltage is 230 V, 50 Hz.
Figure 11
42. The admittance of the combined circuit is
A. YT = (0.156 − j 0.019)
B. YT = (0.019 + j 0.156)
C. YT = (0.156 + j 0.019)
D. YT = (0.019 − j 0.156)
43. The magnitude of the supply current in the circuit is
A. 28.22 A
B. 30.88 A
C. 32.11 A
D. 36.11 A
44. The power factor of the circuit is
A. 0.899 leading
B. 0.993 leading
C. 0.899 lagging
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D. 0.992 lagging
Answer questions 45 to 49 using the information below
A balanced three phase system has a load of impedance Z l = (3 + j 4) connected to 400 V supply
45. What is the phase voltage when the system is star connected
A. 240 V
B. 250 V
C. 231 V
D. 220 V
46. The line current of a star connected system is
A. 22.60 A
B. 33. 07 A
C. 46.02 A
D. 50.30 A
47. In star connected system, what is the total power
A. 15.6 KW
B. 16.0 KW
C. 18.5 KW
D. 19.2 KW
48. The phase angle is
A. 90
B. 45
C. 53
D. 50
49. What is the phase voltage when the system is connected in delta
A. 240 V
B. 250 V
C. 400 V
D. 450 V
50. Which of the following statements is false regarding the purpose of connecting the distribution
transformer in a star
A. To complete the earth fault loop path
B. To obtain single phase from three phase
C. To make sure no phase attains potential greater than 240 V
D. To allow current to flow through the neutral conductor
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