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SECTION A : MULTIPLE CHOICE

ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ( 2 MARKS EACH )

1.1.

1.2.

1.3.

1.4.

Which one of the following is not a type of energy source?

A)

battery

B)

solar cell

C)

generator

D)

potentiometer

The current through a flashlight bulb is 20mA and the total battery voltage is
4.5V. The resistance of the bulb is
A)

90

B)

225

C)

4.44

D)

45

A 12V battery is connected to a 600 load. Under these conditions, it is rated

at 50Ah. How long can it supply current to the load?
A)

2500h

B)

50h

C)

25h

D)

4.16h

While putting four 1.5V batteries in a flashlight, you accidentally put one of
them in backward. The voltage across the bulb will be
A)

6V

B)

3V

C)

4.5V

D)

0V

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1.5.

1.6.

1.7.

1.8.

The power dissipation in each of four parallel branches is 1W. The total power
dissipation is
A)

1W

B)

4W

C)

0.25W

D)

16W

A certain Wheatstone bridge has the following resistor values: Rv = 8k, R2 =

680, and R4 = 2.2k. The unknown resistance is
A)

2473

B)

25.9k

C)

187

D)

2890

A certain circuit produces 15V across its open output terminals, and when a
10k load is connected across its output terminals, it produces 12V. Maximum
power is transferred to a
A)

10k load

B)

2.5k load

C)

an infinitely large resistance load

D)

none of these answers

In the node voltage method,

A)

currents are assigned at each node

B)

currents are assigned at the reference node

C)

the current directions are arbitrary

D)

none of the above answers

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1.9.

If a conductor is moved back and forth at a constant rate in a constant magnetic

field, the voltage induced in the conductor will
A)

remain constant

B)

reverse polarity

C)

be reduced

D)

be increased

1.10. A phasor represents

A)

the magnitude of a quantity

B)

the magnitude and direction of a quantity

C)

the phase angle

D)

the length of a quantity

1.11. An uncharged capacitor and a resistor are connected in series with a switch and
a 12V battery. What is the voltage across the capacitor when it is fully charged?
A)

12V

B)

6V

C)

24V

D)

-6V

1.12. A sinusoidal voltage is applied across an inductor. When the frequency of the
voltage is increased, the current
A)

decreases

B)

increases

C)

does not change

D)

momentarily goes to zero

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1.13. When a 12Vdc battery is connected across the primary of a transformer with a
turns ratio of 4, the secondary voltage is
A)

0V

B)

12V

C)

48V

D)

3V

1.14. In a series RC circuit, the voltage across the capacitor is

A)

in phase with the source voltage

B)

lagging the resistor voltage by 90

C)

in phase with the current

D)

lagging the source voltage by 90

1.15. To reduce the current in a series RL circuit, the frequency should be

A)

increased

B)

decreased

C)

constant

D)

none of the above answers

1.16. In a series RLC circuit that is operating below the resonant frequency, the
current
A)

is in phase with the applied voltage

B)

lags the applied voltage

C)

leads the applied voltage

D)

none of the above answers

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1.17. In a certain series resonant circuit, VC = 150V, VL = 150V, and VR = 50V. The
value of the source voltage is
A)

150V

B)

300V

C)

50V

D)

350V

1.18. In order to get maximum power transfer from a capacitive source, the load must
A)

have a capacitance equal to the source capacitance

B)

have an impedance equal in magnitude to the source impedance

C)

be inductive

D)

have an impedance that is the complex conjugate of the source

impedance

1.19. Advantages of a three-phase system over a single-phase system are

A)

smaller cross-sectional area for the copper conductors

B)

slower rotor speed

C)

smaller chance of overheating

D)

none of the above answers

1.20. A certain Y-Y system produces phase currents of 15A. Each line and load
current is
A)

26A

B)

8.66A

C)

5A

D)

15A

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SECTION B : STRUCTURED QUESTIONS
ANSWER ALL QUESTIONS ( 10 MARKS EACH )

2.

a.

Determine the current for the case of 5C in 2 seconds.

( 2 marks )

b.

Determine the R2 as shown in Figure 2.1.

( 2 marks )

Figure 2.1 Current versus Voltage

c.

Determine the number of kilowatt-hours (kWh) for 100,000W for 5 hours.

( 2 marks )

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d.

Determine the unspecified voltage drop, V2 in the circuit as shown in the

Figure 2.2.
( 2 marks )

Figure 2.2

e.

Find I1 and I2 in the circuit as shown in Figure 2.3.

( 2 marks )

Figure 2.3

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3.

a.

Find the resistance between nodes RAD and RAE as shown in the
Figure 3.1.
( 4 marks )

Figure 3.1

b.

For the circuit as shown in the Figure 3.2, maximum power is to be

transferred to the load RL. Determine the appropriate value of RL.
( 3 marks )

Figure 3.2

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c.

As shown in the Figure 3.3, convert the wye network to a delta network.
( 3 marks )

Figure 3.3

4.

a.

Find the node voltage VA in the circuit as shown in Figure 4.1.

( 3 marks )

Figure 4.1

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b.

Determine the flux and the flux density of the magnetic core as shown in
Figure 4.2. Figure 4.2 represents the cross section of a magnetized
material. Assume that each dot represents 100 lines or 1Wb.
( 4 marks )

Figure 4.2

c.

Determine the instantaneous value at the 90 reference point on the

horizontal axis for each voltage sine wave as shown in Figure 4.3.
( 3 marks )

Figure 4.3

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5.

a.

A student decides to construct a capacitor using two conducting plates

30cm on a side. He separates the plates with a paper dielectric (r = 2.5)
that is 8 x 10-5m thick. What is the capacitance of his capacitor?
( 2 marks )

b.

Find the total reactance for the circuit as shown in Figure 5.1 when a
voltage with a frequency of 5 kHz is applied across the terminals.
( 3 marks )

Figure 5.1

c.

Determine the following quantities as shown in Figure 5.2.

i)

Primary current

ii)

Secondary current

iii)

Secondary voltage

iv)

Power in the load

( 5 marks )

Figure 5.2
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6.

a.

Determine the total impedance for the circuit as shown in Figure 6.1.
( 5 marks )

Figure 6.1

b.

Find the following for the circuit as shown in Figure 6.2:

i)

Total impedance

ii)

Phase angle between the source voltage and the total current

( 5 marks )

Figure 6.2

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7.

For the system in Figure 7.1, determine the following:

i) Line voltages
ii) Phase currents
iii) Line currents
iv) Load currents

( 10 marks )

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