1. The coil in a magnetic contactor requires 0.5A to provide a magnetizing force of 500AT.

How many
turn are necessary?

A. 250
B. 500
C. 1000
D. 2000

2. A solenoid 30-cm long is wound with 300 turns, what is the value of its field strength inside the
solenoid, when the coil is carrying a current of 2 amperes?

A. 1500 AT/m

B. 2000 AT/m

C. 1800 AT/m

D. None of these

3. Calculate the magnetic field intensity to produce a flux density of 10 x 10−3 tesla at the center of a
long straight solenoid.

A. 7959 AT/m

B. 6423 AT/m

C. 8323 AT/m

D. 7869 AT/m

4. If a current of 5 A flows through a long wire of radius 0.004 meter, what is the flux density (H)
produced 0.02 meter away from the surface of the wire.

A. 19.70 AT/m

B. 39.80 AT/m

C. 66.34 AT/m

D. 33.17 AT/m

5. The relative permeability of a certain silicon steel is 4500. A certain magnetic loop consists of a
silicon steel of 10 cm square, 20 cm long and an air gap of ¼ cm. What is the reluctance of the
magnetic circuit?

A. 2.54 x 10−2

B. 6.44 x 10−3

C. 6.44 x 10−4

D. 2.54 x 10−3
6. A certain laminated steel core has a permeability of 3000. The length is 5 cm and the cross section
is 2 sq. cm. What is its reluctance?

A. 7500

B. 8.33 x 10−4

C. 1200

D. 2.5

7. A coil with 900 turns is wound over a magnetic core with a reluctance of 10,000 AT/Wb. If a
current of 0.5 A is pass through the coil, how much is the magnetic flux that the coil generates?

A. 0.062 Wb

B. 0.058 Wb

C. 0.032 Wb

D. 0.045 Wb

8. An air-core circular coil has 5000 turns. The inner and outer diameters are 20 and 24cm
respectively. If a current of 2 A is passed through the coil, determine the flux density inside the coil.

A. 0.018 T

B. 0.021 T

C. 0.013 T

D. 0.015 T

9. A given magnetic circuit has a magnetic field intensity of 400 AT/m. If the length of the magnetic
path is doubled maintaining the same magnetomotive force, how much is the new magnetic field
intensity?

A. 800 AT/m

B. 400 AT/m

C. 200 AT/m

D. 600 AT/m

10. A magnetic circuit consist of silicon steel of 3000 permeability, of 10 cm length and a cross
section of 1.5 sq. cm and an air gap of the same cross section and of 2 cm length. A 1/2 –ampere
current flows through the 5000 – turn coil. What is the field intensity at the air gap?

A. 250 oersted

B. 795 oersted

C. 2262 oersted

D. 1567 oersted
11. The following information is given for a delta- connected load of three numerically equal
impedances that differ in power factor: line voltage = 120 volts; Zab= 15<30, Zbc= 15<0 Zca= 15 <-30
phase sequence of voltages is a-b-c. Using the phase sequence as a guide, calculate the total power
drawn by the load.

A. 2624W

B. 2472W

C. 2564W

D. 2731W

12. A three-phase motor takes 10kVA at 0.6 pf lagging from a source of 230 volts. It is in parallel
with a balanced delta load having 16 ohms resistance and 12 ohms capacitive reactance in series in
each phase. Determine the total line current.

A. 30.05A

B. 34.55A

C. 32.04A

D. 31.24A

13. In AC circuits, find the total power in kW in an unbalanced three phase circuit loaded as follows:
Phase I = 120 V, 100 A, unity pf. Phase II = 100 V, 230 A, 80% pf and phase III = 110 V , 85 A, 77% pf.

A. 37.6 kW

B. 35.3 kW

C. 32.8 kW

D. 38.2 kW

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