RES EE-1

MANILA CEBU BACOLOD

RES-ST3: Electricity & Magnetism, DC Circuits, AC Circuits
PLEASE DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING ON THE QUESTIONNAIRE.
WRITE YOUR SOLUTIONS ON THE ATTACHED SCRATCH PAPER.
DO NOT BRING THIS QUESTIONNAIRE OUTSIDE THE EXAMINATION CENTER.
ALWAYS AIM PERFECT!

2.

1. What are the effects of moving a closed wire loop through a magnetic field?
A. A voltage is induced in the wire.
B. A current is induced in the wire.
C. The polarity across the wire depends on the direction of motion.
D. All of the above
Twelve 6 resistor are used as edge to form a cube. The resistance between two
diagonally opposite corner of the cube is
A. 240 V
C. 120 V
B. 60 V
D. 30 V
3. In the circuit of fig. 1 a charge of 600 C is delivered to the 100 V source in
a 1 minute. The value of v1 must be?
A. 240 V
C. 120 V
B. 60 V
D. 30 V
4. Which two values are plotted on a B-H curve graph?
A. Reluctance and flux density
B. Permeability and reluctance
C. Magnetizing force and permeability
D. Flux density and magnetizing force
5. Find R1=? See Fig. 2.
A. 25
C. 50
B. 100
D. 2000
6. What is the reluctance of a material that has a length of 0.045 m, a crosssectional area of 0.015 m2, and a permeability of 2500 Wb/Atm?
A. 833.33 At/Wb
B. 0.27 At/Wb
C. 1200 At/Wb
D. More information is needed in order to find the reluctance.
7. A conductor carries a current of 10 A at right-angles to a magnetic field
having a flux density of 500 mT. If the length of the conductor in the field
is 20 cm, the force on the conductor is:
A. 100 kN
C. 100 N
B. 1 kN
D. 1 N
8. The force on an electron travelling at 107 m/s in a magnetic field of density
10T is 1.61017N. The electron has a charge of:
A. 1.61028C
C. 1.61019C
B. 1.61015C
D. 1.61025C
9. The total charge that a battery can deliver is usually specified in amperehours (Ah). An ampere-hour is the quantity of charge corresponding to a
current flow for 1 A for 1 h. Find the number of coulombs corresponding to 1
Ah.
A. 3.6 C
B. 36 C
C. 360 C
D. 3600 C

Page 1 of 7

RES EE-1
MANILA CEBU BACOLOD
RES-ST3: Electricity & Magnetism, DC Circuits, AC Circuits
10. A conductor moves with a velocity of 15 m/s at an angle of 90 to a magnetic
field produced between two square-faced poles of side length 2 cm. If the flux
leaving a pole face is 5Wb, find the magnitude of the induced e.m.f. in each
case.
A. 3.75 mV
C. 1.875 mV
B. 3.25 mV
D. 2.215 mV
11. A flux of 400Wb passing through a 150-turn coil is reversed in 40 ms. Find
the average e.m.f. induced.
A. -3 V
C. -1.5 V
B. -1.5 V
D. -3 V
12. Find v1 =? See Fig. 3.
A. -11V
C. 5 V
B. 8 V
D. 18 V
13. An average e.m.f. of 40 V is induced in a coil of inductance 150 mH when a
current of6 A is reversed. Calculate the time taken for the current to
reverse.
A. 45 ms
C. 15 ms
B. 31 ms
D. 23 ms
14. Calculate the coil inductance when a current of 4 A in a coil of 800 turns
produces a flux of 5 mWb linking with the coil.
A. 2 H
C. 1 H
B. 3 H
D. 4 H
15. A flux of 25 mWb links with a 1500 turn coil when a current of 3 A passes
through the coil. Calculate the energy stored in the magnetic field.
A. 13.35
J
C. 21.25 J
B. 10.4
J
D. 56.25 J
16. A certain car battery is rated at 700 Ah at 3.5 A, which means that the
battery can deliver 3.5 A for approximately 700/3.5 = 200 h. However, the
larger the current, the less the charge that can be drawn. How long can this
battery deliver 2 A?
A. 350 s
C. 1,260,000 s
B. 700 s
D. 2,520,000 s
17. Two coils have a mutual inductance of 0.2 H. If the current in one coil is
changed from10 A to 4 A in 10 ms, calculate the change of flux linked with
the second coil if it is wound with500 turns.
A. 1.2 mWb
C. 3.2 mWb
B. 2.4 mWb
D. 1.5 mWb
18. If a 45-Vdc battery is connected in series with the 117-V utility mains as shown
in Fig. 4, the peak voltages will be:
A. + 210 V and - 120 V
C. + 396 V and - 286 V
B. +162 V and - 72 V
D. Both equal to 117 V
19. A certain circuit has 10 ohms resistor connected in series with a ceramic
capacitor having a capacitive reactance of 15 ohms. If this given circuit will be
connected to a 200V supply voltage, what will be the power consumed by this circuit?
A. 1230 W
C. 2218 W
B. 1846 W
D. 4000 W
20. A series RL network is supplied with a 200-volt, 60-cycle AC-source. If the
voltage across the resistor R is 100 V, what is the voltage across the inductor L?
A. 0 V
C. 100 V
B. 173.2 V
D. 200 V
21. Three capacitors C1=2 F, C2=5 F, and C3=10 F have breakdown voltage of 200 V,
500 V, and 100 V respectively. The capacitors are connected in series and the
applied direct voltage to the circuit is gradually increased. Which capacitor will
breakdown first?
Page 2 of 7

RES EE-1
MANILA CEBU BACOLOD
RES-ST3: Electricity & Magnetism, DC Circuits, AC Circuits
A. C1
C. C3
B. C2
D. Depends on which one is closest to the
source
22. Ionization is the process by which an atom or a molecule acquires a negative or
positive charge by gaining or losing electrons to form ions, often in conjunction
with other chemical changes. Ionization can result from the loss of an electron
after collisions with sub atomic particles, collisions with other atoms, molecules
and ions, or through the interaction with light. What is the term for an ion that is
the result of an atom losing some of its valence electrons?
A. Anion
C. Cathode
B. Cation
D. Anode
23. If an alternating voltage has a magnitude of 20 V at 30 degrees, what is the
maximum voltage?
A. 20 V
C. 40 V
B. 30 V
D. 50 V
24. A 60-cycle current has a maximum value of 10.2 amp. What will be the instantaneous
value of current 0.0025 sec after the wave passes through zero in a positive
direction?
A. 5.25 A
C. 4.25 A
B. 7.25 A
D. 8.25 A
25. An ac circuit consists of a resistor and a capacitor. To increase the phase angle
above 45, the following condition must exist:
A.
R = XC
C. R < XC
B.
R > XC
D. 5R = XC
26. In a liquid, negative ions, each with a single surplus electron, move to the left
at a steady rate of 2.1 x 10 20 ions per minute and positive ions, each with two
surplus protons, move to the right at a steady rate of 4.8 x 10 19 ions per minute.
Find the current to the right.
A. 0.178 A
C. 1.780 A
B. 0.817 A
D. 8.170 A
27. When a circuit consists of a capacitor and a resistor in series with a voltage
source, and the voltage across the resistor is zero, then the capacitor is:
A. charging
C. fully charged
B. discharging
D. fully discharged
28. In Fig. 5, the current is flowing in what direction?
A. clockwise
B. counterclockwise
C. in both directions at the same time
D. 50% of the time clockwise and 50% of the time counterclockwise
29. A resistor draws a current i=8sint A at a voltage v=200sint V. Calculate the
energy consumed by the resistor per cycle (or per one period of the current wave).
A. 4800/ J
C. 4800/ J
B. 1600/ J
D. 1600/ J
30. A positive electric pole
A. has a deficiency of electrons
B. has fewer electrons than the negative pole
C. has an excess of electrons
D. has more electrons than the negative pole
31. A Two coils with Terminals T1, T2 and T3, T4 respectively are placed side by side.
When measured separately, the inductance of the first coil is 1200 mH and that of
the second is 800mH. With T2 joined to T3, the inductance between T1 and T4 is 2500 mH.
If T2 will be joined to T4 , what will be the resulting inductance between T1 and T3 ?
A. 400 mH
C. 1500 mH
B. 1300 mH
D. 2000 mH
32. The force between a magnet and a piece of ferromagnetic metal that has not been
magnetized
A. can be either repulsive or attractive.
B. is never repulsive.
C. gets smaller as the magnet gets closer to the metal.
D. depends on the geomagnetic field.

Page 3 of 7

RES EE-1
MANILA CEBU BACOLOD
RES-ST3: Electricity & Magnetism, DC Circuits, AC Circuits
33. Which of the following capacitances can be obtained with a 1- and a 3- micro Farad
capacitor?
A. 4 pF
C. 2.0 F
B. 1.2 pF
D. 0.75 F
34. Determine the form factor of the current waveform shown in Fig. 6.
A. 1.0
C. 1.22
B. 1.11
D. 1.55
35. A 6 esu magnitude charge will produce what potential at 3 m away?
A. 4.0 V
C. 7.5 V
B. 6.0 V
D. 9.0 V
36. Find the equivalent of 10 Oersted (Oe)
A. 100 Gb/cm
C. 10 Gb/cm
B. 1 Gb/cm
D. 1 Gb/cm
37. Find Req, see Fig. 7
A. 4.0 V
C. 7.5 V
B. 6.0 V
D. 9.0 V
38. You could decrease the time constant of an RL circuit by
A. adding a resistor in parallel with the circuit resistance
B. adding an inductor in series with the circuit inductance
C. decreasing the amplitude of the input voltage
D. exchanging the position of the resistor and inductor in the circuit
39. A 33 half-watt resistor and a 330 half-watt resistor are connected across a 12 V
source. Which one(s) will overheat?
A.
33
C. both resistors
B.
330
D. neither resistor
40. A resistor marked as 4K7 indicates a value of:
A. 47
C. 0.47
B. 4.7
D. 4.7 k
41. A series combination of 2 capacitors 20 uF and 40 uF is connected across an
unknown dc source. If it was known that the charge across the 20 uF capacitor equals
1.33x10^-3 C, determine the charge across the 40 uF capacitor.
A. 0.0665x10^-3 C
C. 1.33x10^-3 C
B. 2.66x10^-3 C
D. 5.32x10^-3 C
42. A positively charged dielectric has a charged of 2 Coulombs. If you will remove
12.5x10^18 free electrons from it, what will be the resulting charge on the said
dielectric?
A. +4 C
C. +8 C
B. -2 C
D. 0 C
43. A parallel plate capacitor has the following values: k=81; d=0.025 inches; A=6
square inches. What is the capacitance of the capacitor?
A. 19440 pF
C. 4372 pF
B. 19.440 pF
D. 43.72 pF
44. At the exact moment a 60Hz ac sine wave is at its positive peak voltage, the
instantaneous rate of change in the voltage is
A. Zero
C. Large and negative
B. Small and negative
D. Unity
45. An energy of 12 Joules is expended in moving a 2 Coulomb charge from
infinity(assumed to be at zero potential) to a point A. If an additional energy of
3 J is required to move the 2 Coulomb charge from point A to another point B,
calculate the (a) potential difference between points A and B; (b) potential
difference between point B and infinity.
A. 1.5 V; 6.0 V
C. 2.1 V; 8.5 V
B. 1.5 V; 7.5 V
D. 2.1 V; 9.0 V
46. If the atomic number and mass number of a neutral atom is 6 and 15 respectively,
how many electrons does the atom have?
A. 6
C. 9
B. 15
D. 21
47. The current in an electric circuit rises exponentially as given by i=10 ( 1e2 t ) A
. Calculate the charge flowing through the circuit in 250 ms.
A. 10 A
C. 2.67 A
B. 6.82 A
D. 0.53 A
48. Calculate the voltage dropped across R1 in the given circuit shown in Fig. 8.
A.
14 V
C. 28 V
B.
26.8 V
D. 0
49. The circuit admittance is Y = 0.2 j0.6. the circuit is _________.
A. Resistive
C. Capacitive
Page 4 of 7

RES EE-1
MANILA CEBU BACOLOD
RES-ST3: Electricity & Magnetism, DC Circuits, AC Circuits
B. Inductive

D. Reactive

50. A flux of 0.5 mWb is produced by a coil of 900 turns wound on a ring with a
current of 3 A in it. Calculate the e.m.f. induced in the coil when a current of 5 A
is switched of assuming the current to fall to zero in 1 millisecond.
A. 250 V
C. 750 V
B. 500 V
D. 1000 V
51. Whenever a conductor cuts magnetic flux, an emf is induced in it. This is known as
A. Coulombs law
C. Faradays law
B. Joules law
D. Ohms law
52. Electric utilities employ as the unit of energy the kilowatt-hour (kWh). The power
consumed in a household over a 24-h period is as follows: 8 A.M. to 2 P.M. 1.5 kW;
2 P.M. to 6 P.M. 0.5 kW; 6 P.M. to 11 P.M. 2600 W; and 11 P.M. to 8 A.M. 1000
W. What is the energy consumption in megajoules?
A. .033
C. 119
B. 33
D. 119,000
53. Calculate the distance of separation between two electrons (in vacuum) for which
the electric force between them is equal to the gravitation force on one of them at
the earths surface.
A. 2.05 m
C. 7.22 m
B. 5.08 m
D. 9.84 m
54. The voltage and current in a circuit element are respectively given by
v =100 2 sin t V and 5 2 sin t A . Calculate the instantaneous power delivered to
the circuit.
A. p = 250 250 cos 2t W
C. p = 250 250 cos 4t W
B. p = 500 500 cos 2t W
D. p = 500 500 cos 4t W
55. If the steel disk in a crankshaft position sensor has stopped with the tab in the
magnet's air gap, the induced voltage
A. increases
C. is zero
B. decreases
D. will remain constant
56. If the resistance R increases in an RC circuit, but the capacitance and frequency
are nonzero and constant, then the vector in the RC plane will
A. get longer and rotate clockwise
B. get longer and rotate counterclockwise
C. get shorter and rotate clockwise
D. get shorter and rotate counterclockwise
57. A resistor supplied by a ramp generator producing a voltage v=10t V is used as a
heating element to boil a certain amount of water. It takes 2 kcal of heat energy to
boil the water in 30 s. Calculate the value of the resistance. ( 1 kcal =4.184 kJ)
A. 92.4 ohms
C. 212.4 ohms
B. 107.5 ohms
D. 277.5 ohms
58. Carbon-composition resistors
A. can handle gigantic levels of power
B. have capacitance or inductance along with resistance.
C. have essentially no capacitance or inductance.
D. work better for ac than for dc
59. A three-phase delta connected load having a (3+j4) ohms impedance per phase is
connected across a 220 V three-phase source. Calculate the magnitude of the line
current.
A. 16.72 A
C. 62.17 A
B. 21.67 A
D. 76.21 A
60. When a load resistance is removed from the output of a voltage divider circuit,
the current drawn from the source
A. decreases
C. remains the same
B. increases
D. is cut off
61. A three phase 450 Volts 25 Hertz source supplies power to a balanced three-phase
resistive load. If the line current is 100 A and the load is purely resistive,
determine the active and reactive powers drawn by the load.
A. 22.5 kW and 0 VAR
C. 0 kW and 22.5 VAR
B. 77.9 kW and 0 VAR
D. 0 kW and 77.9 VAR
62. At the exact moment a 60Hz ac sine wave is at its positive peak voltage, the
instantaneous rate of change in the voltage is
A. Zero
B. Positive
Page 5 of 7

RES EE-1
MANILA CEBU BACOLOD
RES-ST3: Electricity & Magnetism, DC Circuits, AC Circuits
C. Negative
D. Either positive, negative, or zero depending on the magnitude
63. Determine the work done in moving a 50 C electric charge through a distance of
50cm in the direction of a uniform electric field of 50 kV/m.
A. 5 J
C. 1.25 J
B. 2.5 J
D. 0.625 J
64. When one of three series resistors is removed from a circuit and circuit is
reconnected, the current
A. increases
B. decreases by the amount of current through the removed resistor
C. increases by one-third
D. decreases by one-third
65. A 50 F capacitor is charged to 300 C. An uncharged 100 F capacitor is then
connected in parallel with the first capacitor. Evaluate the charge transferred to
the 100 F capacitor.
A. 100 F
C. 200 F
B. 150 F
D. 300 F
66. As the number of turns in a coil that carries ac increases without limit, the
current in the coil will
a. eventually become very large
c. decrease, approaching zero
b. stay the same
d. be stored in the core material
67. A high impedance rms voltmeter is used to measure the voltage drop across each of
three series-connected ideal circuit elements. If the rms readings are 40V, 25 V,
and 60 V for VL , VR , VC , respectively, determine the equation for the voltage wave
representing the driving voltage whose frequency is 20 Hz.
A. 32.02sin(125.66t + 38.66) V
C. 45.28sin(125.66t + 38.66) V
B. 32.02sin(125.66t 38.66) V
D. 45.28sin(125.66t 38.66) V
68. What is the value of a capacitor labeled 102?
A.
10,000 pF
C. 1000 F
B.
1000 pF
D. 10,000 F
69. A direct current of one ampere is passed through a coil of 5000 turns and produces
a flux of 0.1mWb. Assuming that whole of this flux threads all the turns, what is
the inductance of the coil? And what would be the maximum voltage developed across
the coil if a capacitor of 10micro Farad were connected across the switch breaking
the d.c. supply?
A. 0.5 H and 24 V
C. 22.5 mH and 24 V
B. 0.5 H and 224 V
D. 22.5 mH and 24 V
70. In a series RLC circuit that is operating above the resonant frequency, the
current
A. lags the applied voltage
C. is zero
B. leads the applied voltage
D. is in phase with the applied voltage

ALWAYS AIM PERFECT PERCians!

REVIEW YOUR ANSWERS

FIGURES
Figure 6:

Figure 1:
Page 6 of 7

RES EE-1
MANILA CEBU BACOLOD
RES-ST3: Electricity & Magnetism, DC Circuits, AC Circuits

Figure 7:

Figure 2:

Figure 8:

Figure 3:

Figure 4:

Figure 9:

Figure 5:

Figure 10:

Page 7 of 7