MATHEMATICS REE APRIL 2019

1.) Listed below are functions each denoted g(x) and each involving a real number x,
constant c > 1. If f(x) = 2x, which of these functions yield the greatest value for f(g(x)),
for all x > 1?
A.) g(x) = cx
B.) g(x) = c/x
C.) g(x) = c – x
D.) g(x) = x/c
2.) Find the volume (in cubic units) generated by rotating a circle x2 + y2 + 6x + 4y + 12 = 0
about the y-axis.
A.) 47.23
B.) 59.22
C.) 62.11
D.) 39.48
3.) The area enclosed by the ellipse 4x^2 + 9y^2= 36 is revolved about the line x = 3, what is
the volume generated?
A.) 370.3
B.) 360.1
C.) 355.3
D.) 365.1
4.) Calculate the volume of the solid formed by revolving the area bounded by the parabola
y2 = 12x and the line x = 3 about the line x = 3.
ANS: 181
5.) A conic section whose eccentricity is less than one (1) is known as:
A.) a parabola
B.) an ellipse
C.) a circle
D.) a hyperbola
6.) If Rita can run around the block 5 times in 20 minutes, how many times can she run
around the block in hour?
A.) 10
B.) 50
C.) 15
D.) 100
7.) Evaluate the double integral of 1/ (x-y) dxdy with inner bounds of 2y to 3y and outer
bounds of 0 to 2.
A.) ln 3
B.) ln 4
C.) ln 2
D.) ln 8
8.) Find the angle in mils subtended by a line 10 yards long at a distance of 5000 yards.
A.) 2.5 mils
B.) 1 mil
 C.) 4 mils
D.) 2.04 mils
9.) A cone shaped icicle is dripping from the roof. The radius of the icicle is decreasing at a
rate of 0.2 cm/hr, while the length is increasing at a rate of 0.8cm/hr. If the icicle is
currently 4 cm in radius and 20 cm long, is the volume of the icicle increasing or
decreasing, and at what rate?
A.) decreasing at 20 cu. cm/hr
B.) increasing at 24 cu. cm/hr
C.) decreasing at 24 cu. cm/hr
D.) increasing at 20 cu. cm/hr
10.) Lisa originally brought exact amount of money to buy 10 chocolates. She then discovers
that the price of chocolate went up by 50 centavos each. She was able to buy 8 chocolates
and have an extra of 2 pesos. How much did Lisa bring originally?
ANS: C.) 30 pesos
11.) Find the area of a triangle having vertices at -4 – i 1 + 2i, 4 – 3i.
A.) 15
B.) 16
C.) 17
D.) 18
12.) There are four geometric mean between 3 and 729. Find the sum of the geometric
progression.
A.) 1092
B.) 1094
C.) 1082
D.) 1084
13.) What percentage of the volume of a cone is the maximum right circular cylinder that can
be inscribed in it?
A.) 24%
B.) 32%
C.) 44%
D.) 54%
14.) A and B can do the work in 5 hours, B and C can do the work in 4 hours, C and A can
do the work in 2.5 hours. How long will it take if all of them work together?
TROUBLESHOOT: 5→3
ANS: 2.03hrs
15.) The geometric mean and the arithmetic mean of numbers are 8 and 10 respectively.
What is the harmonic mean?
A.) 7.5
B.) 5.7
C.) 6.4
D.) 4.6
16.) The centroid of the area bounded by the parabola y2 = 4ax and the lin x = p coincides
with the focus of the parabola. Find the value of p.
 A.) 3/5 a
B.) 5/3 a
C.) 2/5 a
D.) 5/2 a
17.) N engineers and N nurses, if two engineers are replaced by nurses, 51% of the engineers
and nurses are nurses. Find N
A.) 100
B.) 110
C.) 50
D.) 200
18.) Two stones are 1 mile apart and are at the same level as the foot of a hill. The angles of
depression of the two stones viewed from the top of the hill are 5 degrees and 15 degrees
respectively. Find the height of the hill.
A.) 109.01m
B.) 209.01m
C.) 309.01m
D.) 409.01m
19.) Water is running out of a conical funnel at the rate of 1 cu. in/sec. If the radius of the
base of the funnel is 4 in and the altitude is 8 in, find the rate at which the water level is
dropping when it is 2 in from the top.
A.) -1/9pi in/sec
B.) -1/2pi in/sec
C.) 1/2pi in/sec
D.) 1/9pi in/sec
20.) Find the radius of curvature of the parabola y2 = 4x at point P (4,4)?
ANS: 22.4
21.) If Nannette cuts a length of ribbon that is 13.4 inches long into 4 equal pieces, how long
will each piece be?
A.) 3.35 m
B.) 3.25 m
C.) 3.15 m
D.) 3.45 m
22.) The equation y2 = cx is a general solution of
A.) y’ = 2y/x
B.) y’ = 2x/y
C.) y’ = y/2x
D.) y’ = x/2y
23.) Find the minimum distance from the point P (4,2) to the parabola y2 = 8x.
A.) 3 sqrt. of 3
B.) 2 sqrt. of 3
C.) 3 sqrt. of 2
D.) 2 sqrt. of 2
24.) Find the general solution of y” + 8y’ + 41y = 0.
A.) y = e-5x (c1cos4x + c2sin4x)
B.) y = e5x (c1cos4x + c2sin4x)
C.) y = e-4x (c1cos5x + c2sin5x)
D.) y = e-4x (c1cos5x + c2sin5x)
25.) Find the general solution of y” + 10y’ + 41y = 0.
A.) y = e-5x (c1cos4x + c2sin4x)
B.) y = e5x (c1cos4x + c2sin4x)
C.) y = e-4x (c1cos5x + c2sin5x)
D.) y = e-4x (c1cos5x + c2sin5x)
26.) A 15m transmitter is located atop a 3km hill. What is the furthest distance along the
surface of the earth that it can see assuming the earth’s radius is 6400km?
TROUBLESHOOT: not along surface (perpendicular to z axis)
ANS: 196km
27.) Find all the values for z for which e4z = i.
A.) 1/6 pi i + 1/2 k pi i
B.) -1/6 pi i + 1/2 k pi i
C.) 1/8 pi i + 1/2 k pi i
D.) -1/8 pi i + 1/2 k pi i
28.) 3 randomly chosen senior high school students was administered a drug test. Each student
was evaluated as positive to the drug test (P) or negative to the drug test (N). Assume the
possible combinations of the three student’s drug test evaluation as PPP, PPN, PNP, NPP,
PNN, NPN, NNP, NNN. Assume the possible combination is equally likely and knowing
that 1 student gets a negative result, what is the probability that all 3 students get a
negative result?
A.) 1/8
B.) 1/7
C.) 7/8
D.) 1/4
29.) Find the area under one arch of the cycloid x = a (theta – sin theta) and y = a (1 – cos
theta).
A.) 2pi a2/3
B.) pi a2
C.) 3pi a2
D.) 2pi a2
30.) Newton’s law of cooling states that the rate of change of the temperature of an object is
directly proportional to its difference in temperature to the surrounding. If the air is at
30˚C and it takes 15 minutes to cool down an object from 100˚C to 70˚C, how long will it
take to cool down from 100˚C to 50˚C?
ANS: 33.59 minutes
31.) How many possible positive real roots are there in x4 – 4x3 + 7x2 – 6x – 18 = 0.
ANS: 3 or 1
32.) Peter can finish in 2 hours while John can finish in 1.5 hours. How long will it take if
they work together?
ANS: 51.43 mins
33.) One end of a 32-meter ladder resting on a horizontal plane leans on a vertical wall.
Assume the foot of the ladder to be pushed towards the wall at the rate of 2 meters per
minute. How fast is the top of the ladder rising when its foot is 10 meters from the wall?
A.) +0.568 m/min
B.) +0.658 m/min
C.) +0.896 m/min
D.) +0.986 m/min
34.) A wall “h” meters high is 2 m away from the building. The shortest ladder that can reach
the building with one end resting on the ground outside the wall is 6 m. How high is the
wall in meters?
A.) 2.34
B.) 2.24
C.) 2.44
D.) 2.14
35.) A container is in the form of a right circular cylinder with an altitude of 6 in and a radius
of 2 in. If an asbestos of 1 in thick is inserted inside the container along its lateral surface,
find the volume capacity of the container.
A.) 12.57 cu.in
B.) 12.75 cu.in
C.) 18.58 cu.in
D.) 18.85 cu.in
36.) 60% of 390?
A.) 234
B.) 190
C.) 180
D.) 134
37.) Seven people are at the beach for a clambake. They have dug 12.6 pounds of calms. They
eat the following amounts of clams: 0.34 pounds, 1.6 pounds, 0.7 pounds, 1.265 pounds,
0.83 pounds, 1.43 pounds. How many pounds of clams are left?
A.) 7.892 pounds
B.) 4.566 pounds
C.) 5.945 pounds
D.) 6.655 pounds
38.) A game in a carnival consist of a player throwing a coin onto a table about 5 feet away.
The table contains a grid of 1-inch squares and the coin is ¾ inches in diameter. If the coin
is entirely inside of a 1-inch square, the player gains wins their bet. Otherwise, the player
loses. Given that the coin hits the table, what is the probability the player loses?
ANS: 15/16
39.) The differential equation x(y-1)dx + (x+1)dy = 0 has values at x = 1, y = 2; solve for the
value of y at x = 2.
ANS: 1.55
40.) Find the differential equation whose general solution is y = C1x + C2ex.
A.) (x – 1)y” – xy’ + y = 0
B.) (x + 1)y” – xy’ + y = 0
C.) (x – 1)y” + xy’ + y = 0
D.) (x + 1)y” + xy’ +y = 0
41.) Which of the following differential equations describes a family of circles centered at the
y-axis?
ANS: xy” + (y’)3 + y’ = 0
42.) At what value of x is y = sin2x at maximum?
ANS: pi / 4
43.) Solve for the limit
|(𝑛 2 + 1)(𝑛 + 𝑖 )|
lim
𝑛→∞ |𝑖𝑛 3 + 3𝑛 + 4 − 𝑖|
ANS: 1
44.) Evaluate the integral of sin(x) raised to the 5th power and the limits from 0 to pi/2.
ANS:
45.) Solve for the integral of cos(x) from pi/4 to pi/2.
ANS: 0.293
46.) Solve for the integral
∞
1
∫ 1.0001 𝑑𝑥
0 𝑥
ANS: infinity (ata, walang sagot sa paper eh)
47.) Solve for the value of |u x v| if |u| = 9, |v| = 3, and the angle between u and v is 85˚.
ANS: 26.897
48.) The suspension cable of a bridge of length 400m takes form of a parabola. If the sag is
50m, what is the equation of the parabola if the lowest part is at the origin?
A.) x2 = 800y
B.) x2 = 1600y
C.) y2 = 800x
D.) y2 = 1600x
49.) The suspension cable of a bridge of length 800m takes form of a parabola. If the sag is
100m, what is the equation of the parabola if the lowest part is at the origin?
A.) x2 = 1600y
B.) x2 = 3200y
C.) y2 = 1600x
D.) y2 = 3200x
50.) Find the number where 4 times added to 6 times added to 6 times its reciprocal is equal to
-14.
TROUBLESHOOT: 4x +6/x = -14 (remove extra “6 times added to”)
A.) -3, -1/2
 B.) -3, 1/2
C.) 3, 1/2
D.) 3, -1/2
51.) A man on an observation sees a fire directly south of him. A boy on another tower 20 km
east of the first tower observes the fire at a bearing S40˚15’W. What is the distance of the
first tower from the fire?
A.) 26.20 km
B.) 15.26 km
C.) 16.93 km
D.) 23.62 km
52.) What is the simplified expression of 3x2 multiplied to (2x3y)4?
ANS: 48x14y4
53.) Using area method, solve for the integral from x = -3 to x = 3 of sqrt (9 – x2).
ANS: 4.5 pi
54.) What is b so that the points (-2, -1, -3), (-1, 0, -1) and (a, b, 3) lie on a straight line?
A.) 2
B.) 4
C.) 3
D.) 1
55.) If equal spheres are piled in the form of a complete pyramid with a square base, find the
total number of spheres in the pile if each side of the base contains 4 spheres.
A.) 18
B.) 20
C.) 30
D.) 28
56.) Joey is x years old y years from now. How is he/she now?
ANS: x – y
57.) John, Noel, and Ryan working together is 6 hours more than John working alone and 1
hour more than Noel working alone, and twice that of Ryan working alone. How long will
it take if they all work together?
TROUBLESHOOT: John = 6hrs alone, Noel = 1hr alone, Ryan = 2x faster than John? =
3hrs alone
ANS: 40 mins
58.) Solve for the limit
lim |𝑥 + 2|
𝑥→−2
ANS: 0
59.) n is directly proportional to z. If a, b, and c are constants, which of the following describe
the relationship?
ANS: n = cz
60.) What is the polar form of 1 + i
ANS: sqrt.2(cos45˚ + isin45˚)
61.) Evaluate Re{-i-i}.
ANS: e3π/2
62.) Find the area of the ellipse 4x2 + 9y2= 36?
A.) 15.71
B.) 18.85
C.) 12.57
D.) 21.99
ENGINEERING SCIENCE AND ALLIED SUBJECTS REE APRIL 2019
1.) What is the MOST nearly effective annual interest rate of a loan if the nominal interest
rate is 9% compounded quarterly?
A.) 9.10%
B.) 9%
C.) 9.31%
D.) 8.93%
2.) Which of the following corresponds to the meaning of annuity?
A.) A lump sum at the end of the year.
B.) An annual repayment of the loan.
C.) A series of uniform amounts over a period of time.
D.) The future worth of a present amount.
3.) RA 9136 is ____________.
A.) Electric Power Installation Reform Act
B.) Energy Power Isolation Reform Act
C.) Electric Power Industry Reform Act
D.) Energy Power Institution Reliability Act
4.) When using net present worth calculation in comparing two projects, which of the
following could invalidate the calculation?
ANS: evaluating over a different period of time
5.) What is a borrower of a particular loan almost always required to do during repayment?
ANS: repay the loan over an agreed-upon period of time
6.) Under a very slow deformation and a high temperature, it is possible to have some plastic
to form in a crystal at a shear stress lower than the critical shear stress. What is the
phenomenon called?
A.) slip
B.) twinning
C.) creep
D.) bending
7.) The ability to convert assets to cash quickly is known as _________.
A.) Solvency
B.) Liquidity
C.) Leverage
D.) Insolvency
8.) Who is the current chairman of the Board of EE?
A.) Jaime V. Mendoza
B.) Francis V. Mapile
C.) Gregorio T. Cayetano
D.) Rodolfo B. Peñalosa
9.) Which of the following does not threaten the operation of a computer?
A.) Trojan Horse
B.) Worm
 C.) Firewall
D.) Hacking
10.) Protection of workers from impact penetration from falling and flying objects, blows,
and from limited electric shock and burns shall be provided where there is reasonable
probability of exposure to such hazards.
A.) Hard Hat
B.) Toe Board
C.) Harness
D.) Belt
11.) Also known as PRC Renewal Law
A.) RA 8189
B.) RA 8981
C.) RA 7920
D.) RA 184
12.) Which of the following are NOT examples of nonvolatile memory in the computer
system?
A.) Flash drives
B.) RAMs
C.) Optical disk
D.) Hard drives
13.) What is the term for a deadlock situation that occurs when a program references a
different page for almost every instruction and there is NOT even enough real memory to
hold MOST of the virtual memory?
ANS: thrashing
14.) Which of the following fluorescent luminaires CANNOT be directly mounted?
ANS: framing members
15.) Which of the following does NOT affect owner’s equity?
A.) Dividends paid
B.) Invested Capital
C.) Expense to get license of start business
D.) License to start business
16.) The president of an engineering firm wishes to give each of 50 employees a holiday
bonus. How much is needed to invest monthly for a year in a 12% nominal interest
compounded monthly if every employee will receive a P1000 bonus?
ANS: P3942.44
17.) What is the present worth of a P100 annuity starting on the end of year 3 and continuing
to the end of year 4 if the annual interest rate is 8%?
A.) 120
B.) 153
C.) 122
D.) 160
18.) What metal is used to recover copper from a solution of copper sulphate?
A.) Na
 B.) Ag
C.) Hg
D.) Fe
19.) BIOS stands for
A.) Basic Input Output Society
B.) Basic Input Output System
C.) Base Input Output Society
D.) Base Input Output System
20.) Rule used to determine the sizing and rating of circuit conductors and devices.
A.) manufacturing rule
B.) construction rule
C.) wiring design rule
D.) installation rule
21.) Which of the following is very reactive in its pure form?
A.) Na
B.) He
C.) HCl
D.) CO2
22.) What refers to a system in which there is a flow of mass across its boundaries?
A.) Open system
B.) Closed system
C.) Isolated System
D.) Non flow system
ANS: Open system
23.) What do you call a system in which there is a flow of matter through its boundaries?
This system usually encloses the device involving mass flow like compressor, turbine, or
nozzle.
A.) Closed System
B.) Open System
C.) Isolated System
D.) All of these
24.) An open system first law should be utilized on all of the following except
A.) compressor
B.) a turbine
C.) piston-cylinder device with no inlet/exhaust valves
D.) a nozzle
25.) A thin homogenous metallic plate containing a hole is heated sufficiently to cause
expansion. If the coefficient of surface expansion is linear, the area of the hole will
A.) Increase at twice the rate as the area of the metal increases
B.) Increases at the same rate as the area of the metal increases
C.) Stay the same
D.) Decrease at the same rate as the area of the metal decreases
26.) Combination of laminar and turbulent flow.
A.) critical
B.) continuous
C.) laminar
D.) turbulent
27.) A 40kg-boy walks on a 60kg-log with the speed of 1.5m/s. What is the speed of the log
with respect to the shore?
A.) 1 m/s
B.) 0.36 m/s
C.) 0.4 m/s
D.) 0.6 m/s
28.) A byte is composed of how many bits?
A.) 2
B.) 4
C.) 6
D.) 8
29.) An object that has momentum must also have
A.) acceleration
B.) impulse
C.) kinetic energy
D.) potential energy
30.) In how many years will an investment double in value at 5% simple interest?
A.) 10
B.) 14
C.) 20
D.) 15
31.) A laboratory room keeps a differential vacuum of 0.1kPa. How much force is acting on
a 1m x 2m door?
A.) 400 N
B.) 200 N
C.) 300 N
D.) 150 N
32.) The mathematical expression (1+i) ^ n refers to?
ANS: compound amount factor
33.) What does UPS stand for?
ANS: Uninterruptible Power Supply
34.) Which of the following is the Ideal Gas Law?
A.) V/T = k
B.) P1/T1 = P2/T2
C.) PV = nRT
D.) V = k x 1/P
35.) The binary representation 10101 corresponds to which base ten number?
ANS: 21
36.) How is material usage variance defined?
ANS: (quantity issued – standard quantity) (standard price)
37.) For a fully developed laminar flow of fluids in a pipe, the average velocity is what
fraction of the maximum velocity?
ANS: ½
38.) A Carnot engine operates between 250˚F and 1200˚F. What is the thermal efficiency?
A.) 79.17%
B.) 20.83%
C.) 42.77%
D.) 57.23%
39.) Which of the statements about area moment of inertia is false?
ANS: the areas closest to the axis of interest are the most significant
40.) Ceramics are mostly ______.
A.) carbide
B.) oxides
C.) nitrides
D.) all of the above
41.) In molecules of the same composition, what are the variations of atomic arrangements
known as?
A.) polymers
B.) monomers
C.) isomers
D.) crystal systems
42.) Which of the following statements is false?
ANS: Cold work decreases yield point of the metal
43.) For a completely corrosion-resistant stainless shell, what minimum percentage of
chromium in the alloy is required?
ANS: 11%
44.) What is the definition of normal strain ε? (δ is the elongation, L is the length of the
specimen)
𝛿
ANS: 𝜀 = 𝐿
45.) The vector which represents the sum of a group of force vectors is called the
A.) magnitude
B.) resultant
C.) sum
D.) force polygon
46.) Which of the following is a quasi-equilibrium process?
ANS: Compression of air in a cylinder
47.) Which of the following statements about work for a quasi-equilibrium process is
incorrect?
A.) The differential work is inexact
B.) Work is area under a P-T diagram
 C.) Work is a path function
D.) Work is always zero for a constant-volume process
48.) Air in a conference room is to be conditioned from its present state of 18˚C and 40%
humidity. Select the appropriate conditioning strategy.
ANS: Heat and Humidify
49.) In a certain experiment, argon effuses from a porous cup at 4.0mmol/min. How fast
would chlorine effuse under the same conditions?
A.) 3 mmol/min
B.) 4 mmol/min
C.) 6 mmol/min
D.) 7 mmol/min
50.) What is BASIC stands for?
A.) Basic All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
B.) Basic All-Purpose System Instruction Code
C.) Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
D.) Beginner’s All-Purpose System Instruction Code
ANS: Beginner’s All-Purpose Symbolic Instruction Code
51.) The test used to determine the chemical composition of coal
ANS: ultimate analysis
52.) What law of nature underpins the composition balance of chemical equations
A.) Faraday’s Law
B.) Gay-Lussac’s Law
C.) Second Law of Thermodynamics
D.) First Law of Thermodynamics
ANS: Law of Conservation of Mass
53.) What is true about current flow in multiple paths?
It will only flow in the least value of resistance path.
A.) TRUE
B.) FALSE
C.) Either TRUE or FALSE
D.) Neither TRUE nor FALSE
54.) What is the standard color for Hazardous Safety from Radiation?
ANS: purple with yellow
55.) Creating a reverse chronological text diary that comment on a present every day.
ANS: Blogging
56.) What does PRBEE stands for?
A.) Philippine Regulating Board of Electrical Engineering
B.) Professional Regulatory Board of Electrical Engineering
C.) Philippine Regulatory Board of Electrical Engineering
D.) Professional Regulating Board of Electrical Engineering
57.) Who can become chairperson of CPD counsel?
ANS: member of PRBEE
58.) When an electric circuit controls another electric circuit through a relay, the first circuit
is called
ANS: remote control circuit
59.) Which of the following is not a hazardous practice?
ANS: use of proper tools
60.) All of the following are grounds for revocation of PRC license except
ANS: non-payment of debt
61.) Which of the following is not a requirement for one to be a member of the BEE?
ANS: Person with final conviction by the court of an offense involving moral turpitude
62.) The severity of an electric shock depends on
A.) path of current flow
B.) amount of current flow
C.) duration of current flow
D.) all of the above
63.) What is the process used to eliminate redundancy in database systems?
ANS: normalization
64.) Which are NOT included in the duties and responsibilities of PRBEE?
A.) Supervise and regulate the practice of electrical engineering in the Philippines
B.) Issue special permit to individual foreign electrical engineer and electrician for
specific projects
C.) All of these
D.) Perform such other functions and duties as may be necessary to implement effectivity
of this Act.
65.) What color is used to designate caution limited to warning against starting, use of, or
movement of equipment which are under repair or being worked upon?
A.) Blue
B.) Orange
C.) Red
D.) Yellow
66.) Equation for converting temperature from Celsius to Fahrenheit.
9
ANS: 𝑇𝐹 = 5 𝑇𝐶 + 32
67.) Convert 26˚Celsius to Fahrenheit.
ANS: 78.8
68.) Water is pumped at a rate of 10 lps (liters per second) to a height of 10m with an exit
pressure of 137kPa. What is the power of the pump?
ANS: 4 hp
69.) A 100kg-box is raised to a height of 10m in 10 minutes. What is the work done in
raising the box?
ANS: 9800 J
70.) What is the unique state at which solid, liquid, and gaseous phase can coexist in
equilibrium?
ANS: Triple Point
71.) A surfer floats on quiet water (n = 1.33) waiting for a big wave. A shark swims toward
him at a depth of 4m. How close (horizontally) can the shark approach before the surfer
can spot him? The surfer is lying on his board with his eyes close to the water surface.
A.) 3.5
B.) 5.3
C.) 4.6
D.) 6.4
72.) You accumulated P50,000 is debt. The credit card company charges 18% nominal
annual interest compounded monthly. You can only afford to pay P1,000 per month. How
much will you have to pay as interest?
ANS: P43,111
73.) Consider a project involving an investment of $100,000 now and $100,000 after a year.
Revenues of $150,000 will be generated at the end of year 1 and 2. What is the present
worth of the project if the annual interest rate is 10%?
ANS: $69,420
74.) What annuity of ten-year period at 8% interest rate is equivalent to a present worth of
P100?
ANS: P14.90
75.) What is the effective annual interest rate of a loan if the nominal interest rate is 12%
compounded quarterly?
ANS: 12.55%
76.) How is material purchase variance defined?
ANS: (quantity purchased x actual price) – (quantity purchased x standard price)
77.) What is the minimum branch circuit rating with continuous and non-continuous load?
ANS: 125%, 100%
78.) Circuit breaker derating factor if installed inside an enclosed switchgear.
ANS: 80%
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING REE APRIL 2019
1.) Which statement about a charge placed on a dielectric material is true?
ANS: The charge is confined to the region in which the charge was placed
2.) Which of the following is NOT a property of magnetic field lines?
A.) The field is stronger where the lines are closer together.
B.) The lines intersect surface of equal intensity at right angles.
C.) Magnetic field lines have no beginning and no ends.
D.) The lines cross themselves only at right angles.
3.) Which statement is true?
A.) Magnetic flux lines have sources only
B.) Magnetic flux lines have sinks only
C.) Magnetic flux lines have both sources and sinks
D.) Magnetic flux lines does not have sources and sinks
4.) The equivalent capacitance of two capacitors C1 and C2 connected in series is 7.3μF. If the
value of C1 = 9.6μF, what is the value of C2?
ANS: 30.5μF
5.) In DC motors, what is the definition of “field resistance”?
ANS: It is the resistance of the excitation circuit
6.) Which of the following effects are generally less for an alternating current than for a
direct current?
A.) heating effects
B.) chemical effects
C.) magnetic effects
D.) impedance
7.) Which of the following cannot have a single unit of 100 MW?
A.) Hydro power plant
B.) Steam power plant
C.) Diesel power plant
D.) Nuclear power plant
8.) In the left-hand rule, thumb always represents direction of the _________.
A.) voltage
B.) force on conductor
C.) current
D.) magnetic field
9.) Three 3-ohm resistors are connected in parallel. This combination is then placed in series
with another 3-ohm resistor. What is the equivalent resistance in ohm?
A.) 12
B.) 9
C.) 4
D.) 6
10.) A transformer with a maximum rating of 25kVA supplies a load of 12kW at power
factor 60% lagging. How much additional kVA load can be added at 0.9 leading without
 exceeding the rating?
ANS: 11.8
11.) Copper loss of a transformer are determined by means of a/an __________ test.
A.) open-circuit
B.) polarity
C.) short-circuit
D.) inductive-circuit
12.) Two magnetically coupled coils have mutual flux ɸ11 and ɸ12 equal to 0.50mWb and
0.75mWb respectively. If the number of turns N1 and N2 is equal to 100 and 300
respectively, what is the coefficient of coupling?
ANS: 0.6
13.) Single-Side Band signal produces a peak to peak voltage of 720 v on voice peaks across
a 75-ohm antenna. What is the peak envelope power?
A.) 865 w
B.) 856 w
C.) 835 w
D.) 853 w
14.) An induction motor draws 50 KW at a 0.60 lagging power factor from a 480 v, 60 Hz
source. What parallel capacitor will increase the overall power factor to 0.90 lagging?
A.) 532 μF
B.) 489 μF
C.) 704 μF
D.) 582 μF
15.) A 69kV three-phase transposed line is composed of one ACSR 336,400 cmil, 26/7
Linnet conductor per phase with a horizontal configuration of D12 = 5 ft, D23 = 5 ft, and
D13 = 10 ft. The the conductors have a diameter of 0.721inch and a GMR of 0.0243ft.
Find the inductance per phase per kilometer of the line
A.) 1.0963 mH/km
B.) 1.1116 mH/km
C.) 1.1505 mH/km
D.) 1.1233 mH/km
16.) A 230/115 transformer operates on a frequency of 60Hz. Due to an emergency, the
transformer is used on a 50Hz system. What must the voltage be such that the magnetic
flux in 60Hz is the same as that of the 50Hz?
ANS: 191.67V
17.) What is/are the main reason/s for using high voltage in transmission of power in the grid
system?
I. to transmit bulk power with minimum line losses
II. increase system reliability
A.) II only
B.) both I and II
C.) either I or II
D.) I only
18.) In an inductive circuit, capacitors are connected in _____ to improve the power factor.
ANS: parallel
19.) In which type of electronic communication does the information travel in two
directions?
A.) Half duplex
B.) Full duplex
C.) Multiplex
D.) Bicomm
20.) A voltage divider of two resistors is designed with a total resistance of the two resistors
equal to 50 ohms. If the output voltage is 10% of the input voltage, what are the values of
the two resistors in the circuit?
A.) 49.5 and 0.5 ohms
B.) 40 and 10 ohms
C.) 42.5 and 7.5 ohms
D.) 45 and 5 ohms
21.) In a certain area, the energy consumption is expected to double in 10 years. Assuming a
simple exponential growth given by P = P0eat, what is the growth rate?
A.) 6.39%
B.) 5.39%
C.) 6.93%
D.) 5.93%
22.) Three 6.66 Ω resistors are connected wye. What is the equivalent of each delta
connected resistors?
A.) 2.22 Ω
B.) 20 Ω
C.) 11.54 Ω
D.) 10 Ω
23.) A 75-watt lamp is used to illuminate a desk that is 10ft away. What is the wattage of the
lamp if it must operate 12ft away from the desk to have the same illumination?
ANS: 108
24.) A device used to measure the impurities in the insulting oil.
ANS: Oil tester
25.) Which of the following insulators will be selected for high voltage applications?
A.) strain type
B.) disc type
C.) suspension type
D.) pin type
26.) The current flowing in L and C at parallel resonance are
A.) zero
B.) equal
C.) infinite
D.) different
27.) A light source located 2.75 m from a surface produces an illumination of 528 lux on that
surface. Find the illumination of the distance is changed to 1.55 m.
A.) 298 lux
B.) 1,662 lux
C.) 937 lux
D.) 168 lux
28.) A delta, 3ϕ, 4-wire secondary 230/115 V would have a high-leg to neutral voltage of
_______.
A.) 208 V
B.) 230 V
C.) 277 V
D.) 199 V
29.) For an unbalanced load, which connection is suitable?
A.) 3-wire open delta
B.) 4-wire wye connection
C.) 3-wire delta connection
D.) 3-wire wye connection
30.) Overhead transmission lines are protected from lightning with the use of
I. Overhead grounding conductor
II. Surge arrestors
A.) I only
B.) II only
C.) either I or II
D.) neither I nor II
31.) A 200:5 current transformer is used with a 10-amps ammeter. If the meter reads
3.75amps, determine the line current.
A.) 300 A
B.) 150 A
C.) 180 A
D.) 45 A
32.) The dc armature winding in which the coil sides are placed a pole pitch apart is called
_______ winding.
A.) Multiplex
B.) Full-pitch
C.) Fractional Pitch
D.) Pole-pitch
33.) What is the equivalent of 1 + a + a2?
A.) 0
B.) 1
C.) 1 + j
D.) -1
34.) The specific resistance of a conductor depends on
ANS: The nature of the material of the conductor only
35.) The load factor is
𝑨𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝑳𝒐𝒂𝒅
ANS:
𝑴𝒂𝒙𝒊𝒎𝒖𝒎 𝑳𝒐𝒂𝒅
36.) In the transformers,
A.) high tension winding is used near the core
B.) high tension winding is used away from the core
C.) low tension winding is used near the core
D.) low tension winding is used away from the core
37.) The effect of series capacitor on a transmission line is to improve
A.) steady state stability
B.) transient stability
C.) A and B both
D.) none of these
38.) In two-wattmeter method, the reading of one of the wattmeters will be zero when
A.) load in one of the phases is zero
B.) power factor is unity
C.) power factor is 0.5
D.) neutral is earthed
39.) Two inductors when connected in series aiding has a total inductance of 40mH. When
connected in series opposing, the total inductance is 17.5mH. What is the mutual
inductance?
ANS: 5.625mH
40.) A 4-pole induction motor running with 5% slip is supplied by a 60 Hz synchronous
generator. Determine the speed of the motor.
A.) 1,674 rpm
B.) 1,728 rpm
C.) 1,710 rpm
D.) 1,692 rpm
41.) Five resistors are connected in parallel; 5Ω, 10Ω, 15Ω, 20Ω, and 25Ω. The total
resistance is
ANS: 2.18978Ω
42.) What is used to prevent motorizing of a generator?
ANS: reverse power relay
43.) The electric motor generally used in household food mixer.
A.) Shaded Pole
B.) Universal
C.) Split Phase
D.) Capacitor Start
44.) A 120V, 200A single phase is supplied by a source 1000 ft. away through a copper
conductor with a diameter of 0.45in. and resistivity of 10.4 Ω-CM/ft. What voltage must
the supply be?
ANS: 140.50V
45.) What type of transformer bank is used to convert 2-phase to 3-phase power?
A.) wye-delta
 B.) scott-T
C.) delta-wye
D.) delta-delta
46.) By increasing the transmission voltage double of its original value, the same power can
be dispatch keeping the line loss
A.) Equal to its original value
B.) Half of the original value
C.) Double the original value
D.) One-fourth the original value
47.) In transmission systems, the weight of the copper conductor is proportional to
ANS: 1/E2
48.) Zero-sequence current can flow from line to transformer banks in ______ connection.
ANS: grounded star/delta
49.) A 30-Cd standard light source is compared with a lamp of unknown intensity using a
grease-spot photometer. The two light sources are placed 1 m apart, and the grease spot is
moved toward the standard light. When the grease spot is 25 cm from the standard light
source, the illumination is equal on both sides. Where should the grease spot be placed for
the illumination by the unknown light source to be exactly twice the illumination of the
standard source?
A.) 32 cm from standard
B.) 68 cm from standard
C.) 18 cm from standard
D.) 82 cm from standard
50.) Gauss-Seidel method is used for
ANS: linear algebraic equations only
51.) Combined cycle powerplant is used for
ANS: both base and peak load
52.) A 15-bus system with 3 voltage-controlled bus will have a Jacobian matrix of size
ANS: 25 x 25
53.) Compared to Gauss-Seidel, Newton-Raphson method has
ANS: less iterations but more time per iteration
54.) Circuit breakers are rated based on their ______ fault.
ANS: symmetrical
55.) A 3Ω resistor is connected in series with a 2Ω resistor. If an 8Ω resistor is connected in
parallel with the two, what is the total resistance?
ANS: 3.0769Ω
56.) A 440V, 8-pole, 50Hz induction motor has a rotor speed of 720rpm. What is the rotor
frequency?
ANS: 2 Hz
57.) According to ERC, the agreement between the User and the Distribution Utility which
specifies the terms and conditions pertaining to the connection of the User System or
Equipment to a new Connection Point in the Distribution System is
ANS: connection agreement
58.) Wooden transmission poles are protected from termites using
ANS: creosote oil
59.) Transient current in circuits are caused by
ANS: Change in energy stored in the inductor and capacitor
60.) An 8MVA, 69/13.2kV transformer has a percent impedance of 6.75%. What is the
actual impedance?
ANS: 1.47015Ω
61.) A 230V, 3-phase, 4-wire system supplies the loads 10<0˚, 20<20˚, and 12<-35˚. The
neutral line current is
ANS: 22.76 – j7.77 A
62.) A transformer has a 3% resistance 5.5% reactance drop. Find the voltage regulation at
full-load 0.8 power factor lagging.
ANS: 5.73197%
63.) A +25μC and +16μC charge is placed 90mm apart. A +60μC charge is place between
them and is 30mm away from the +25μC charge. What is the net force acting on the
+60μC charge.
ANS: 12.6kN to the right
64.) Which of the following is NOT a basic element of a transformer?
ANS: Mutual flux
65.) A 3-phase motor is rated for 50A. What is the minimum inverse time delay circuit
breaker rating?
ANS: 125
66.) A single-phase motor runs a duty cycle; 20kW for 10s, 40kW for 10s, 60kW for 5s,
80kW for 10s, and idle for 10s. What is the rating of the motor?
ANS: 63.8hp
67.) The phase currents of a system are:
IA = 3.5 +j3.5A
IB = -j2A
IC = -2.6 +j1.5A
What is the negative sequence current of phase A?
ANS: 0.318 +j0.689 A
68.) The pumped hydro powerplant in Caliraya is used for
ANS: peak
69.) Which of the following is a limited storage power plant?
ANS: Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Powerplant
70.) A wire has a diameter of 2mm and a conductance of 5 x 107 ℧/m with 1029 free electrons
per m3. It is subjected to an electric field of 10 mV/m. Calculate for the free electron
charge density.
ANS: -1.6 x 1010 C/m3
71.) The electric field density of an induction motor is given by B = Bmcos2ϴsin377t. What
is the synchronous speed of the motor?
ANS: 1800