SERIES PRE-BOARD EXAM No.

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1. Protons are about____ heavier than electrons. a. 1,2,3 and 4 only b. 1,2,3 and 5 only
a. 8100 times b. Less than thrice c. 1,2,3,4 and 5 d. 1,2,4 and 5 only
c. 1800 times d. Twice 17. Inserting a soft iron core into a coil has what effect on the
2. The current needed to operate a soldering iron which has a rating of inductance of the coil?
600 watts at 110 volts is. a. Increase inductance b. Decrease inductance
a. 5.455 A b. 66,000 A c. Does not affect the inductance d. None of these
18. Which of the following characterizes inductance?
c. 18200 A d. 0.182 A
a. oppose DC b. oppose change in current
3. The ammeter reads 230 amperes while the voltmeter is 115 volts. c. oppose change in voltage d. Opposes all frequencies
What is the power in KW at the time of reading (April, 2004) 19. The relation of the voltage across an inductor to its current is
a. 264.5 b. 2645 described as
c. 264500 d. 26.45 a. leading the current by 90 deg b. lagging the current by 90 deg
4. What type of circuit whose parameters are constant which do not c. leading the current by 180 deg d. in phase with the current
change with voltage or current? 20. What is the resonant frequency of a circuit when L is 1 microhenry
a. lumped b. tuned and C is 10 picofarads are in series?
c. reactive d. Linear a. 15.9 MHz b. 50.3 MHz
5. Which of the following generating machine will offer constant voltage c. 15.9 MHz d. 50.3 kHz
on all loads? 21. If you need an LC circuit to resonate at 2500 Hz and used a 150mH
a. Self excited generator b. Separately excited generator coil, what should the capacitance value be?
c. Level compounded generator d. All of these a. 0.15F b. 27F
6. A DC generator works on the principle of c. 0.015F d. 0.027F
a. Lenzs Law b. Ohms Law 22. A filter having a single continuous transmission band with neither
c. Faradays Law of Electromagnetic induction the upper nor the lower cutoff frequencies being zero or infinite is
d. None of the above called_________.
7. A four-pole lap wound armature has 120 slots and four conductors a. Band pass filter b. longitudinal suppression filter
per slot. The flux per pole is 50mWb and it generates 240 volts. Find c. high pass filter d. band rejection filter
the speed. 23. When resistors are connected in series, what happens?
a. 1200 rpm b. 800 rpm a. the effective resistance is decreased
c. 600 rpm d. 300 rpm b. nothing
8. The definite discrete amount of energy required to move an electron c. the tolerance is decreased
from lower shell to another shell d. the effective resistance is increased
a. Negative energy b. Positive energy
24. Find the phase angle between the voltage across through the circuit
c. Quantum d. Quanta
when XC is 25 ohms, R is 100 ohms and XL is 50 ohms.
9. 10. How are static charges created?
a. By motion b. By friction a. 76 degrees with voltage leading the current
c. By immersion d. By conduction b. 14 degrees with the voltage lagging the current
10. Very few metals are now used in their pure state. A mixture of two or c. 14 degrees with the voltage leading the current
more metals or a mixture of metal and another material is called? d. 76 degrees with the voltage lagging the current
a. Alloy b. Colloid 25. Calculate the period of an alternating current I =20sin120t
c. Compound d. Amalgam a. 4.167 ms b. 8.33 ms
11. It exhibits positive temperature coefficient
c. 16.67 ms d. 33.33 ms
a. Conductor b. Glass
26. What do you mean by root-mean-square (rms) value?
c. Semiconductor d. Superconductor
a. It is the average value
12. Which of the following is not a good conductor of electricity
a. Silver b. Copper b. It is the effective value
c. Aluminum d. Mica c. It is a value that causes the same heating effect as the dc voltage
13. The total resistance of two similar wire conductors connected in d. both b or c
parallel is _____. 27. Solve for flux density (in gauss) from a magnetic flux of 5,000 Mx
a. Same resistance of 1 wire b. Double the resistance of 1 wire through a perpendicular area of 2 cm x 5 cm.
c. One half the resistance of 1 wire a. 5,000 G b. 500 G
d. Resistance of 1 wire multiplied by 4 c. 10,000 G d. 50 G
14. A rheostat is a device that regulates the strength of an electric 28. The natural magnet refers to
current by a. Steel b. Soft iron
a. Increasing the magnetic field in the circuit c. Magnesia d. Lodestone
b. Varying the voltage in the circuit 29. It is the air space between poles of magnet .
c. Varying the resistance in the circuit a. Air gap b. Vacuum
d. Varying the current in the circuit c. Free zone d. Free space
15. The reciprocal of capacitance is called________ 30. Where do you classify hydrogen as a material?
a. Elastance b. Permitivitty a. Diamagnetic b. Paramagnetic
c. Permeability d. Conductance c. Non-magnetic d. Ferromagnetic
31. What is the law whereby the attraction or repulsion between two
magnetic poles is directly proportional to their strength? (April, 1998)
16. The following are the factors that affect the inductance of a coil
a. Coulombs law b. Newtons law
1. The number of turns in a coil 2. The diameter of a coil c. Coulombs first law d. Nortons law
3. The coil length 4. The type of core material 32. Permeability is the _________
5. The number of layers of windings in the coil a. Power found in the electromagnet
 b. Power found in the magnetic field 50. The description of two sine waves that are in step with each other
c. Ease with which metals maybe magnetized or demagnetized going through their maximum and minimum points at the same time
d. Power found in the transformer and in the same direction
33. The current of electric circuits is analogous to __________ a. Sine waves in phase b. Stepped sine waves
parameter of a magnetic circuit.
a. Flux density b. Reluctivity c. Phased sine waves d. Sine waves in coordination
c. Mmf d. Flux 51. The voltage applied in DC circuit having a power of 36 watts and a
34. Which one is the paramagnetic material? total resistance of 4 ohms.
a. Copper b. Oxygen a. 6 V b. 9 V
c. Carbon d. Bismuth c. 12 V d. 24 V
35. When you demagnetize properly by applying an AC field and then 52. How many degrees are there in one complete cycle?
gradually reduced it to zero, it is called______ (November, 1997)
a. 720 b. 360
a. Damping b. Decaying
c. Degaussing d. Gaussing c. 180 d. 90
36. What is the flux density in gauss (G) having a flux of 12,000 Mx 53. If an AC signal has an average voltage of 18 V, what is the rms
through a perpendicular area of 6 cm squared? voltage?
a. 2000 G b. 72000 G a. 12.726 V b. 19.980 V
c. 72 G d. 200 G c. 25.380 V d. 16.213 V
37. A magnet that is heated will _____ 54. How many nodes are needed to completely analyze a circuit
a. Increase in magnetism b. Decrease in magnetism according to Kirchoffs Current Law ?
c. Not change in magnetism d. Become demagnetized a. One
38. The difference between the charges in the conductor is equal to the
b. Two
difference in potential. This voltage caused in the moving magnetic
field is called c. All nodes in the circuit
a. Electromagnetic force b. Induced voltage d. One less than the total number of nodes in the circuit
c. Electromotive force d. Counter-electromotive force 55. A common connection between circuit elements or conductors from
39. What is the resonant frequency of a circuit when L is 30 H and C is different branches.
40 F that are in parallel? a. Node b. Junction
a. 2.6 MHz b. 3.6 MHz c. Ground d. Mesh
c. 4.6 MHz d. 5.6 MHz 56. In mesh analysis, we apply:
40. A __________ network is a two-port circuit made up of a repeated a. KCL b. KVL
L, T, pi or H networks. c. Source transformation d. Millmans Theorem
a. Lattice b. Ladder 57. It is an electrical current that flows in one direction only?
c. Hybrid d. Hierarchy a. Normal current b. Alternating current
41. Find the half power bandwidth of a parallel resonant circuit, which c. Direct current d. Eddy current
has a resonant frequency of 3.65 MHz and a Q of 218 58. A 33-kohm resistor is connected in series with a parallel
a. 606 kHz b. 47.4 kHz combination made up of 56-kohm resistor and a 7.8-kohm resistor.
c. 58.7 kHz d. 16.5kHz What is the total combined resistance of the three resistors?
42. Which network provides the greatest harmonic suppression? a. 39067 ohms b. 49069 ohms
a. L-network b. Pi-L network c. 63769 ohms d. 95000 ohms
c. Pi-network d. Inverse L-network 59. Term used for the out of phase, non-productive power associated
43. A filter that has a flat time delay in passband is____ with inductors and capacitors
a. Chevyshev filer b. Butterworth filter a. Effective power b. True power
c. Bessel filter d. Elliptic filter c. Reactive power d. Peak envelope power
44. A battery with a rating of 9 volts has an internal resistance of 20 60. The product of current and voltage in an AC circuit refers to the
ohms, what is the expected resistance of the bulb that is connected a. Real power b. Useful power
across the battery to attain a maximum power transfer? c. Apparent power d. Dc power
a. 20 ohms b. 10 ohms 61. The distance covered or traveled by a waveform during the time
c. 5 ohms d. 2 ohms interval of one complete cycle
45. In a series circuit of 2 resistors 2200 and 4500 with an impressed a. Frequency b. Wavelength
voltage of 10, what is the circuit current in mA? c. Time slot d. Wave time
a. 1.49 b. 6.76 62. The power dissipated across the resistance in an AC circuit
c. 4.34 d. 1.34 a. real power b. reactive power
46. What is the total resistance of two equal valued resistors is series? c. apparent power d. true power
a. twice as one b. the sum of their reciprocal 63. It is the number of complete cycles of alternating voltage or current
c. the difference of both d. the product of both completed each second
47. What do you expect when you use two 20 kohms, 1 watt resistor in a. Period b. Frequency
parallel instead of one 10 kohms, 1 watt? c. Amplitude d. Phase
a. provide more power b. provide lighter current 64. The impedance in the study of electronics is represented by
c. provide less power d. provide wider tolerance resistance and ________
48. Which of the following cannot be included in a loop of Kirchhoffs a. Reactance b. Inductance and capacitance
Voltage law c. Inductance d. Capacitance
a. Current sources b. Voltage sources
c. Resistance d. Reactance 65. It is the current that is eliminated by a synchro capacitor?
49. A series connected circuit consists of 3 loads and consume a total a. Magnetizing stator b. Loss
power of 50 Watts. It was reconfigured such that 2 are in parallel c. Stator d. Rotor
and the other load is in series with the combination. What is the 66. It is a rotating sector that represents either current or voltage in an
expected power to be consumed then? AC circuit
a. 50 Watts b. 25 Watts a. Resistance b. Phasor
c 75 watts d. 45 watts c. Solar diagram d. Velocity
67. The maximum instantaneous value of a varying current, voltage or 84. When the magnetic field of the inductor completely collapse, where
power equal to 1.414 times the effective value of a sine wave. is the energy of the tank stored?
a. RMS value b. Peak value a. In the circuit b. Capacitor
c .Effective Value d. Peak to Peak value c. Expanding the inductor d. Dissipated as heat
68. If an AC signal has a peak voltage of 55 V, what is the average 85. A 4-pole DC generator with duplex lap winding has 48 slots and four
value? elements per slot. The flux per pole is 2.5 x 106 Maxwells and it
a. 34.98 V b. 61.05 V c. 86.34 V d. 38.89 V runs at 1500 rpm. What is the output voltage?
69. A 220-volt, 60Hz is driving a series RL circuit. Determine the current a. 60 b. 360 c. 225 d. 120
if R = 100 ohms and 20 mH inductance 86. Find the frequency in kilocycles per second in the armature of a 10
a. 2.2A (lagging) b. 2.0 A (lagging) pole, 1200 rpm generator?
c. 2.2 A (leading) d. 2.0 A (leading) a. 100 b. 1000 c. 10 d. 0.1
70. Ignoring any inductive effects, what is the impedance of RC series 87. The all-pass filter is sometimes called a _____
capacitor made up of a 56 Kilo ohm resistor and a 0.33 F capacitor a. Tow Tomas filter b. Delay equalizer
at a signal frequency of 4650 Hz c. KHN filter d. State-variable filter
a. 66730 ohms b. 57019 ohms 88. If a DC signal is applied to a passive high pass filter, the DC signal
c. 45270 ohms d. 10730 ohms will be?
71. What is the time constant of a 500mH coil and a 3300 ohm resistor a. Attenuated b. Amplified
in series? c. Passed d. Disappear
a. 0.00015 sec b. 6.6 sec 89. Pole in filters refers to _______
c. 0.0015 sec d. 0.000015 sec a. Feedback circuit b. Single RC filter
72. What is the relationship between frequency and the value of Xc? c. Active filter d. Op-amp
a. Frequency has no effect b. XC varies inversely with freq 90. An LC circuit resonates at 2000 kHz and has Q of 100. Find the
c. XC varies indirectly with freq d. XC varies directly with freq lower and upper cut-off frequencies.
73. The reactance of a 25 mH coil at 5000 Hz is which of the following? a. 1950 kHz, 2050 kHz b. 1900 kHz, 2100 kHz
a. 785 ohms b. 785000 ohms c. 1990 kHz, 2010 kHz d. 1990 kHz, 2005 kHz
c. 13 ohms d. 0.0013 ohm 91. Find the Thevenins impedance equivalent across R2 of a linear
74. There are no transients in pure resistive circuits because they close circuit having 10-V supply in series with resistors (R1 =100
a. Offer high resistance b. Obey Ohms Law ohms and R2 = 200 ohms
c. Are linear circuits d. Have no stored energy a. 666 ohms b. 6.66 ohms
75. What is the ability of a filter circuit to reduce the amplitude of c. 66.6 ohms d. 6.66 ohms
unwanted signals below the level of desired output frequency? 92. How much power does electronic equipment consume, assuming a
a. Attenuation b. Discrimination 5.5 A current flowing and a 120-V power source (November, 1997)
c. Elimination d. Filtration a. 60 W b. 66 W c. 660 W d. 125.5 W
76. The center frequency of a bandpass filter is always equal to 93. What is the term for the number of times per second that tank circuit
the_____ energy is stored in an inductor or capacitor?
a. Bandwidth a. Resonant frequency b. Non-resonant frequency
b. Geometric average of the cutoff frequencies c. Circuit frequency d. Broadcast frequency
c. Bandwidth divided by Q 94. Characteristics of current in a series R-L-C circuit at resonance.
d. 3-dB frequency a. It is dc b. It is maximum
77. The Q of a narrowband filter is always______ c. It is minimum d. It is zero
a. Small b. Equal to BW divided by fc 95. What is the voltage regulation when the full load voltage is the same
c. Less than 1 d. Greater than 1 as no-load voltage assuming a perfect voltage source?
78. The higher the value of the Q the______ a. 100% b. 10% c. 1% d. 0%
a. More selective the circuit b. Less selective the circuit 96. In dc motors, the emf developed which opposes to the supplied
c. More sensitive the circuit d. Less sensitive the circuit voltage.
79. A bandstop filter is sometimes called_________ a. Residual emf b. Coercive emf
a. Snubber b. Phase shifter c. Induced emf d. Counter emf
c. Notch filter d. Time-delay circuit 97. What will happen to a dc series motor when its load is removed?
80. The biquadratic filter _____ a. the motor will stop
a. Has low component sensitivity b. Uses three or more op-amps b. the motor speed remains the same
c. Also called a Tow Thomas filter d. All of these c. the torque remains the same
81. In series resonant LC circuit, what is the impedance at resonant d. the motor will over speed
frequency? 98. The armature of a DC generator is laminated to ____________.
a. Zero b. Maximum impedance value a. Reduce the bulk b. Provide passage for cooling air
c. Infinity d. Determine solely by the DC resistance c. Reduce eddy current losses d. Insulate the core
82. When is the line current minimum in a parallel LC circuit? 99. DC generator preferred for charging automobile batteries is _____.
a. At the broadcast frequency b. At the circuit frequency a. Shunt generator b. Long shunt compound gen.
c. At the highest frequency d. At the resonant frequency c. Series generator d. Any of these
100. The purpose of providing dummy coils in a generator is ________.
83. ._______is a parallel LC circuit a. To reduce eddy current losses b. To enhance flux density
a. Parallel resisting circuit b. Hartley circuit c. To amplify voltage
c. Static circuit d. Tank circuit d. To provide mechanical balance for the rotor