Name:___________________________ Quiz 3

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A sinusoidal voltage wave has an RMS value of 70.71 V and a frequency of 60 Hz. Determine the value
of the voltage0.0014 second after it crosses t axis.

a 70.71 V
c. 100 V
b 50 V
d. 141.42 V
The form factor of a sine wave alternating current is
a 1.11
c. 1.57
b 1.73
d. 1.0

A half wave rectified sine wave has an average value of 100 A. what is RMS value?

1.57

c. 444

1.73

d. 100

The effective value of v = 100 + B sin t V is known to be 103.1 V. The amplitude B of the sine term
is
a
b

25
35.48

c. 4.85
d. 100

An inductor drawn 5A of current at 100 volts, 60 Hz. Determine the inductance.

a 58.36 mH
c. 56.38 mH
b 53.68 mH
d. 38.56 mH
The total voltage in a series RL circuit __ the current by an angle__
a Lags, 90
c. leads, between 0 to 90
b Lags, between 0 to 90
d. leads, between 90 to 180
In a given circuit, the instantaneous voltage and current are given by e = 200 sin 377t volts and I = 10

sin (377t-60) A. What is the average power?

a 250 W
c.1000 W
b 500 W
d. 2000 W
Find the average power in a R= 1 ohms if the current in series form is i = 10 sin t + 5 sin t + 2 sin t

A.
9

a 65.4
c. 64.5
b 546
d. 54.6
The maximum values of alternating voltage and current are 400 V and 20 A respectively, in a circuit
connected to 50Hz source supply and the quantities are sinusoidal. The instantaneous values of voltage
and current are 283 V and 10 A respectively at t=0 both increasing positively. What is the pf of the
circuit?
a 70.7%
b 85%

c. 83%
d.96.6%

10 A series RL circuit has L= 0.02 H and an impedance of 17.85 . When a sinusoidal voltage is applied
the current lags the voltage by 63.5 degrees. What is the angular frequency?
a 400 rad/sec
c. 500 rad/sec
b 700 rad/sec
d. 600 rad/sec
11 A current of 5 A flows through a non-inductive in series with a choking coil when supplied at 250 V, 50
Hz. If the voltage across the resistance is 120 V and across the coil is 200 V. Calculate the power absorb
by the coil in watts.
a 168.75
b 156.87

c. 186.75
d. 165.78

12 A coil has R=6 and L=0.02 H. When a non-inductive resistor is connected in series with the coil, the
current drawn when connected to 220 V DC source is equal to the current drawn by the coil alone across
a 220 V, 60 Hz source. Determine the resistance of the non-inductive resistor.
a 3.63
c. 3.36
b 6.33
d. 36.3
13 If Z=6+j8 , then the conductance is equal to
a 0.06
c. 0.06
b 0.17
d. 0.125
14 A feeder supplies two loads, one at 50 A at 50% pf. the other is 150 A at unity pf. The total current
supplied by the feeder is approximately
a 200 A
c. 180 A
b 150 A
d. 190 A
15 An inductive reactance of 8 is connected in parallel with Xc= 18 . This combination is then
connected in series with a variable resistance. For what value of resistance will the pf be 50 %?
a 8.314
c. 3.814
b 8.413
d. 3.418

16 What capacitance must be placed in series with an inductance of 0.05 H so that at 100Hz, the impedance
becomes equal to the ohmic resistance?
a 50 F
c. 35.5 F
b 70.7 F
d. 87 F
17 A series circuit consist of 20 resistance, L =150 mh and an unknown capacitance. The circuit is
supplied with a voltage of V=100sin 377t. Find the capacitance of resonance
a 42 F
c. 47 F
18 A coil of R = 10 and L = 0.1H is connected in parallel with a capacitor of unknown capacitance. If the
total impedance is purely resistive of 100 , determine the value of the capacitance
a 50 F
c. 100 F

b 150 F
d. 200 F
19 The following data are given for a series RL and a series RC which are connected in parallel: XL = 15
, X c= 25 , Rc = 15 .For what value of RL will the circuit be in resonance?
a 17.32
c. 10.32
b 16.9
d. 7.58
20 A single phase AC generator is supplying power to a load of 3200 W at 230 V and a pf 60% lagging. If
the total loss is 10% of the load, what would be the savings in VA if the power factor is raised to 80%?
a 64.67
c. 240.50
b 247.8
d. 133.33