Seat No.: Republic of the Philippines PROFESSIONAL REGULATION COMMISSION MANILA BOARD OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING ya ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS Licensure Examination Sunday, August 20, 2023 08:01 00 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING INSTRUCTION: Select the correct answer for each of th only one answer for each item by shading the box corres ur choice on the answer sheet provided. STRICTLY Nt MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. [APRIL2023] The sum of all currs i equals to the sum of all currents leaving it opposite of A. Newton's Second Law B. Ohm's Law ‘chhoff’s current Law 2. A transformer wit je side gives an induced voltage of 240 V when a pplied. Solve for the Flux A. 12.0 m\ C. 10.0 mWb B. 8.0m) D. 9.0 mWb 3. [API r drawback of using SF6 circuit breakers? al t ith the gas. in the gas system — dangerous. I C. Either of these D. Both | & I 23] A 600 V, 30,000-ohm voltmeter is used to measure the insulation ince of a motor. When connected in series with the insulation across a }0-volt line, the Instrument reads 5 volts. What is the value of the insulation resistance of the motor? A141M0 C.4.11 MQ B.2.21MQ D. 1.22 MQ ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 45. [APRIL2023] Tappings in on-load tap changing transformer are provided on A.LV side C. both LV and HV side B. HV side D. None of these 6. Three identical delta-connected loads when supplied from a 230 volts, 3-phase, 3-wire supply draws a line current of 15 A at a pf of 0.8 lag Determine the inductance of the load per phase ‘A. 24.4038 mH C. 42.2685 mH B. 37.5149 mH D. 45.3796 mH 7. [APRIL2023] When the sole purpose of an alternating cu the selection of conductor is based on A. average value of the current C. insta B. root mean square D. peak 8. [APRIL2023] When a generator is bein: jenerated emf is 230 V. What is the generated emf if the s| Icec 10 rpm, the field flux remains unchanged. A. 210.83 V B. 215.74,V. 218.5! 9. [APRIL2023] Which ponent? A. receiver enna B. transmitter }. communication channel 10. At what fall -cd lamp provide the same illumination as ym the wall? C. 1.86 m D.4.42m ich type of electronic communications does the information C. multiplex D. bicomm 2023] A hermetic motor has a rated load of 18A, what is the allowable ting for branch overload protection is fused is: A.22.5A C.31.5A B.20.7a D.36A ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 213. [SPLE2023] For which of the following power plants highly skilled engineers are required for running the plant? A. nuclear power plant C. solar power plant B. gas turbine power plant D. hydro-electric power plant 14, [APRIL2023] A 125-volt d-c generator whose internal resistance is 0. connected through a 0.45-ohm line resistor to charge two 90-volt batteries A and B in parallel. If the internal resistance of batter! respectively, 0.32 ohm and 0.4 ohm, what are the charging ci A. 30A, 158 C.25A, 208 B. 23A, 22A D.40A, 5A 15, [APRIL2023] What is the MAXIMUM voltage dro lighting? A 5% B.7% 16, [SEPT2022/APRIL2023] What is. over a three-phase short tran: + 0.4) Q if the receiving-end regulation is not to exc A. 108.9 MW B. 112.86 MW 17, [SEPT2022/) number of AC Time Overcurrent Relay. A67 c.50 B. 27, D.51 18 What i8 the required calculated ampacity of branch circuit pace heating unit? 7 C. 28.754, 1 D. 37.5A circuit, the inductor current current the resistor s C. is equal to ds D. is negative of ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 320.[APRIL2023] A 100-KVA, 60-Hz, 2200-V/220-V transformer is designed to operate at a maximum flux density of 1 T and an induced voltage of 15 volts per tum, Determine the number of tums of the primary winding A. 110 turns C. 147 turns B. 158 turns D. 130 turns 21.[SEPT2022] The net reactance in a series RLC circuit is AXL C.Xe+ XL B. XC D.XL- xc 22. [APRIL2023] Two alternators operating in parallel supply a power factor of 80% lagging. If one machine deli factor of 95% lagging. What is the power supplie ‘A. 1,500 kw C1 B. 1,400 kw 23. [APRIL2023] Which is NOT a characterist A. Ithas no magnetic leakage B. it has zero resistance windit 24, [APRIL2023] Given the 2V1+V2=5; “V1 +3V2 +2 B “V1 + 2V3 = Deter A. 2: C. 1.333 V D. -0.667 V 0: reason why you need to install a capacitor bank? gel. prevent system loss, €. both lor Il D. either | or It imum tidal head available for a proposed tidal-power station is 6 m, it must be the area of the tidal bay to generate an average of 1000 MW of ower? A. 96.8 km? C. 126.8 km? B. 116.7 km? D. 106.6 km? ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 427.[APRIL2023] Two wattmeter method can be used in . A. Unbalanced load only C. Both balanced and unbalanced B. Balanced load only D. none of these. 28.A 230/115 transformer operates on a frequency of 60Hz. Due to an em the transformer is used on a 50Hz system. What must the voltage be the magnetic flux in 60Hz is the same as that of the SOHz? A. 191.67V C.118.67V B. 110.15V D. 143.23V 29, [SEPT2022/APRIL2023] In order to transfer the load fror ter another alternator, when they are operating in par A. field current is increased B. field current is decreased C. speed is decreased D. prime mover power input is incre: 30. [APRIL2023] A circular top is | emits 2000 lumens. What illu A. 4.58 lux B. 5.09 lux 3m to the left of a lamp that 1e surface of the table? 31.In a circuit breaker t instant of the fault to the extinction A. operation C. lag time B. total D. lead time 32. [API e 3:1 step-up transformer is connected to a source d onnected to a resistor R. The power dissipated by R in this nnected directly to the source, it will dissipate a power of: Cc. P/3 D. 3P. One primary and one secondary terminal of the two-winding former are connected to an ohm-meter instrument. What will be the reading instrument? . Infinity C. Zero oF infinity Equal to winding resistance D. Zero ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 534.[APRIL2023] The rated voltage drop of a device is 50 volts and the current drawn is 30 A. What is most nearly the power rating of this device. ‘A. 0.866 HP C.2HP B. 1 HP D.1.5HP 35. [APRIL2023] An initially uncharged capacitor C is connected in series resistor R. This combination is then connected to a battery of emf lime elapses so that a steady state is reached. Which of the fol is NOT true? A, The final charge on C is independent of R B. The time constant is independent of Vo C. The total thermal energy generated by Ris it D. The total thermal energy generated by R is in 36.[APRIL2023] A capacitor has a current of i capacitor is 16.8C. What is the charge A.48.7C B. 84.7C I charge of the 37. [APRIL2023] KW is th generation sources ins eligible for the Zero- by the customer can E Act. Renewable Energy yr PV) above this will only be ans excess energy not consumed ich as Meralco grid rogram, A100 75: B. 150 D. 50 38.[APRI inning at 1200 rpm for a load which requires an arm t from 230 volt source. At no load, the armature ‘ct of armature reaction has reduced the air-gap flux by load, determine the no load speed. The armature nce i y C. 1200 rpm D. 1182 rpm 23] “Tall growing plants" refer to plants, vines and other plant species, ‘grow or have the potential to grow more than m? 2 cs . 3 D.4 ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 640.[APRIL2023] Two magnetically coupled coils have mutual flux ®,,, and 12 are 0.50 mWb and 0.75 mWb respectively. If the number of turns Ni and Np is equal to 100 and 300 respectively, what is the coefficient of coupling? A060 C.0.40 B. 0.50 D.0.70 41. [APRIL2023] The rms value of sinusoidal ac current is equal to its value at angle of ___ degrees. A45° c.30° B. 60° D. 90° 42,[SEPT2019] A 3-H inductor has 2000 turns. How increase the inductance to 5 H? A. 825 turns B. 582 turns 43.A circuit breaker will normally operate A. when the switch is put on B. when the line is to be checl power is to be supplied he fault in line occurs 44. [APRIL2023] A 3 phas impedance of 5%. Wi requires 100 MVA bi MVA 69/13.2 kV and has a series new dance when the system study A.0.341 0.314 B. 0.335 45. thre if all the three phases have the same Ait C. power factor e factor D. power late, istance of 11 — 33 kQ resistor connected in parallel. c.3kO D. 3.3 kO (on utility's tariff practice to penalize industrial consumers whose power falls below ___ and give incentive for power factor above 80%, 90% C. 85%, 85% 75%, 90% D. 75%, 85% ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE748.A short transmission line delivering 20 MW at 0.707 lagging pf. Line voltage at the load side is 69 kV and the total copper loss does not exceed 5% of the power output. Calculate the maximum distance of the line if the resistance per phase per km is 0.01. A. 484 km. C. 737 km B. 656 km. D. 595 km 49. In a purely inductive circuit, the current lags the voltage by A. Zero C. One-half of a cycl B. One-fourth of a cycle D. Three-fourth: 50. [APRIL2023] Three capacitances C1 = 6yF, C2 = connected in series across a 120V supply. What le tance in microfarad? A214 B.5.47 rties and/or characteristics jodate the present and 51.Refers to the process of increasi of the power line and its asso future requirements of the sys A. Uprating ssearch and Development B. Upgrading jovation 52. The Maximum, in nt is 8OMW and connected load of 100MW. Its output 400,000MWh. What is the load factor of the plant? C.0.75 D.0.53 of Art. IV: Sundry Provisions Relative to Practice of ig states that: required on of plans, supervision of instal jot allowed for firms and corporations bitions in the Practice of Electrical Engineering ion application of PEC code ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 854.A 115V de shunt motor has an armature resistance of 200 milliohm. If the full load armature current is 75 A. Find the resistance needed to limit the starting current to 150% of the full load value. Allow brush contact drop of 2 V. A. 0.802 C.1.100 B.0.709 D.1.15.0 55.When the amplitude of the oscillator in a series RLC circuit is doul A Current amplitude is doubled ——_C. The voltage acro halved B. Impedance is doubled D. Capacitor rea 56.A wind generator with an efficiency of 80% has a wind velocity is 30km/hr. How much in kW is. A456 KW B. 54.9 kW 57. [APRIL2023] Moisture content lt a transformer? A1% B. 1.5% at 0.6 lag pf from a 480 v, 60 Hz 1e overall pf to 0.9 lagging? . 247.85 pF D. 339.74 UF 58. [APRIL2023] An ind source. What parall A. 488.73 pF B. 520.42 ul ss of improving the structural and mechanical id size, and other related electrical equipment and d its associated facilities to meet the required liable and continuous conveyance of electricity in the C. Research and Development D. Innovation 23] A three-phase, wye-connected, 20-MW load of power factor 0.866 is to be supplied by a transmission line at 138 kV. It is desired that the losses not exceed 5 percent of the load. If the per-phase resistance of the line is 0.7 Q, what is the maximum length of the line? A.42 km c. 51 km B. 55 km D. 69 km ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 961.[APRIL2023] Which of the following is a non-variable renewable energy A. Solar C. Wind B. Run off river power plant D. Nuclear 62. Three 60 mH inductors are connected in parallel. Find the total inductar A. 180mH C. 20mH B. 15mH. D. 120 mH 63.[SEPT2022] An ACSR conductor has seven steel strands, iti twenty-four aluminum conductors, it is specified as A.7/M1 ACSR C. 24/7 ACSR B, 24 ACSR D.11 Ry 64, In a laboratory experiment, the impedance of a ct Hz. These are 75.48 ohms and 57.44 ohi of the coil? A. 150 mH B. 160 mH the inductance 65. [APRIL2023] The root mean current is the same as __ value. A. Maximum rage B. Instantaneous fective consists of 19 strands of identical copper C. 2.0362 D.2.148.0 ‘Which of the following is true with respect to EEPROM? n be erased byte wise only. nts of full memory can be erased together. tents can be erased using ultraviolet rays contents cannot be erased ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 1068.[APRIL2023] Two loads connected in parallel are supplied from a single-phase 240-V rms source. The two loads draw a total real power of 400 kW at a power factor of 0.8 lagging. One of the loads draws 120 kW at a power factor of 0.96 leading. Find the complex power of the other load A, 280 - 265 kVA C. 280 - 335 kVA B. 280 + 265 kVA, D. 280 + 335 KVA 69. [APRIL2023] The winding of power transformer usually develops si uit account of A. insulation failure C. loose conne B. mechanical vibration D. impulse volt: 70. [APRIL2023] What is the minimum required amp; 2 ors. supplying a 5A, single-phase motor and a 10A li A 14.258 B.17.5A 71.[APRIL2023] For constant transmis the size of the conductor wou! A. reduced to (1/n) times B. increased to n’ time: C. reduced to (1/n) ti D. increased to n ti jon effic tage is increased n times, ‘A. 87.45% C. 89.49% B. 80.69% D. 94.76% ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 4475. [SEPT2022] For the remote operation, the circuit breaker must be equipped with a trip. A. Time Delay C. Inverse time B. Shunt D. FulHload 76.An RLC circuit is supplied by a sinusoidal current source. Determine factor if R = 200, L = 80mH, C = 30y,, and the angular frequency i A.08 lagging C.06 lagging B. 0.8 leading D.0.6 leading 77. Itis better to send 10,000 kW of electric power long distar than at 220 V because: A. there is less heating in the transmission wi B. the resistance of the wires is less at high vol C. more current is transmitted at high voll D. the insulation is more effective at hi 78. Suppose the electric company ct kWh. How much does it cost to use 125 W lamp 4 hours a A.P1.20 B. 1.50 79. You buy a"75 W" that: A. no matter h power will be 75W uch higher than 75W out after you use up its 75W wer factor of 0.80 lagging has a group of resistive t the unity power factor. How many kW do these units take, rall power factor is 0.85 lagging? C.4.2 0.2.4 2022/APRIL2023] Which of the following fluorescent luminaires CANNOT directly mounted? A. Plasters C. Framing Members B. Concrete ceiling D. Plywood ceiling ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 1282.[APRIL2023] A capacitor is rated 100 kVAR, 380 V, 50 Hz. Find its rating at 60 Hz, 230 V. A. 44 KVAR C. 46 KVAR B. 42 kVAR, D. 48 KVAR 83. The resistance of resistor 1 is twice the resistance of resistor 2. The connected in parallel and a potential difference is maintained acro: combination. Then: A. the current in 1 is twice that in 2 B. the current in 1 is half that in 2 C. the potential difference across 1 is twice that across 2 D. the potential difference across 1 is half that acr 84, [APRIL2022] A transformer rated at a maxim at a power factor 75% lagging. How man} unity power factor without exceeding t W load. be added at A24 B.29 85, [SPLE2023] What is the ma le load of a 20A circuit breaker supplying motor load, lighti load? A108 B.14A A, 86. [SEPT2022] i of a short transmission line is (0.3+ j0.4) Q. The s ge is 3300 V. and the load at the receiving end i at 0.8 power factor lagging. Calculate the recei C. 1628 V D. 1768 V ri it consists of a battery with internal resistance r and an external these two resistances are equal (r = R) then the thermal energy er unit time by the internal resistance r is: ame as by R C. half that by R e that by R D. unknown unless the emf is given ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 1388. transformer has a tums ratio of 5. If a 100 0 resistor is connected across the secondary, what is its resistance (in ) referred to the primary? ‘A. 2000 C. 2500 B. 5000 D. 4000 89, (APRIL2022] Capacitors C1 and C2 are connected in series and a difference is applied to the combination. If the capacitor that is equivalent t combination has the same potential difference, then the charg iva capacitor is the same as: A. the charge on C1 B. the sum of the charges on C1 and C2 C. the difference of the charges on C1 and C2 D. the product of the charges on C1 and C2 90. Two alternators operating in parallel supp 0.85 power factor lagging, alternator A lagging. Solve for the power factor of the A. 0.820 lagging ; ging B. 0.834 lagging t 250 kW at 92 power factor 91 [APRIL2023] The perm A. strength of permat B. strength of an ele fer exciting field has been removed magnetic lines of force 92.A sin generator has an internal impedance Zg of 20. Usin Js ator as base values, determine the generated e reqlired to produce full-load current under short-circuit pl C.0.50 pu 2: D.0.85 pu During a short circuit test, the iron losses are negligible, because: al flux is small C. Power factor is low rent is high D. None of these ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 1494. Two million cu. m. of water is stored in a reservoir feeding a water turbine. If the center of the mass is 50 m above the turbine and losses are negligible. The density of the water is 993 kg/cu.m, How much energy in kWh/s will that volume of water produce? A271 C.275 B. 265 D. 280 95.[APRIL2023] A magnet moves inside the coil. Consider the followin Fs: |. Strength of the magnet, I, Number of turns in the coil Ill, Speed at which the magnet moves Which can affect the emf induced in the coil? A. land Il only B. Il and Ill only 96.A 13.2-kV single-conductor cable has an the conductor radius for the mos! A.1.84cm B. 1.56 cm mete! .0 cm. Determine jal-ratio) configuration. 97. The horizontal, verti the power line corridi and approved nce requirements that constitute the Board of Electrical Engineering nd shall be in accordance with the current (PEC 2) jon (ERC) nductor diameter of an optimally designed single-core cable 5 KV with a permissible dielectric stress of 6000 kVim? C. 5.66 om om D. 7.64 om \PRIL2023] Which is not a characteristic of an ideal transformer? A finite permeability C.no losses B. infinite permeability D. no leakage flux ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 15100. [SEPT2022] A 115 kV three-phase transposed transmission line is composed of 2-ACSR 336,400 cmil. 30/7 Oriole conductors per phase with horizontal configuration: Dj, = 7ft. Dzs = 7ft, and D,, = 14ft. The line spacing is measured from the center of the bundled conductors. The distance between the conductors of the bundle is 6 inches. The conductors have a diameter of 0.741 in GMR of 0.02255 ft. Find the capacitance per phase for 20 km of the li A.0.2498 C. 0.2609 B. 0.1852 D.0.3204 -§ Se s ENGR. JOHNNERELL I. CAMANSA, ENGR. FLORENZO MIGUEL A. ACLAN PAGE 16