MULTIVECTOR REVIEW AND TRAINING CENTER

AC CIRCUITS – PART I

SINGLE PHASE SYSTEM – SUPPLEMENTARY PROBLEMS

1. A voltage wave is given by v = 100 sin314t. How long does it take this wave form to complete
forth cycle?
a. 20ms b. 10ms c. 5ms d. 1ms
2. When a 15 V square wave is connected across a 50 volt AC voltmeter, it will read __________
a. 21.21 V b. 10.61 V c. 15 V d. 9.55 V
3. Calculate the effective value of v (t) = 100sin400t + 50 sin800t +10 cos1200t V.
a. 79.5 V b. 57.9 V c. 112.25 V d. 121.52 V
4. A circuit draws a current of (3 – j8) A from a source of (100 + j37) V. find the true power of the
circuit.
a. 4 W b. 596 W c. 300 W d. 296 W
5. Across a 230 V, 60 Hz power supply is a 15 ohm non-inductive resistor. What is the equation of
the voltage and resulting current?
a. E = 398.4 sin60t, I = 21.6 sin 60t b. E = 325.5 sin377t,I = 21.6sin 60t
c. E = 230 sin377t, I = 15.3 sin 60t d. E = 230 sin120t, I = 15.3 sin 120t

6. A resistor and a coil are connected in series with a voltage source. If the voltage across the coil is
10sin (866t + 70°) V and the current flowing thru the resistor is 2cos (866t - 80°) A, what is the
resistance of the coil?
a. 4.92Ω b. 2.5Ω c. 5Ω d. 4.33Ω
7. Ten impedances connected in parallel draws the following individual current;
5∠0°, 5∠5°, 5∠10°, 5∠15°, 5∠20°, 5∠25°, 5∠30°, 5∠35°, 5∠40°, 5∠45°. What is the effective
value of the total current?
a. 48.444 A b. 34.255 A c. 25.345 A d. 84.389 A
8. Using problem 7, what is the equivalent impedance that could replace the impedances if the
source voltage is 100 sin150t V?
a. 1.325∠-30° Ω b. 6.026 ∠-2.5° Ω c. 32.51 ∠50° Ω d. 1.46 ∠-22.5° Ω

9. Using problem 7, what is the equivalent power factor of the circuit?

a. 0.924 b. 0.866 c. 0.707 d. 0.876
10. Using problem 7, what element should be connected across the circuit so that the current would
be in phase with the source?
a. 54 mH b. 25.4 mH c. 13 mH d. 31 mH
11. An impedance has a lagging power factor and take 250 W when connected across 100 V, 60 Hz
source. What power will it absorb when connected across 100 V, 50 Hz source?
a. 325 W b. 352 W c. 322 W d. 235 W
 12. A telephone circuit makes power available at a pair of terminals. The open circuit voltage across
the terminals is 1 volt and the impedance looking into the terminals is 500-j500 Ω. What is the
maximum power that can be drawn from the circuit?
a. 0.002 W b. 0.0005 W c. 0.001 W d. 0.0014 W
13. The ohmic resistance of a large magnetic contactor is measured to be 20 Ω. 230 V is impressed
on the contactor and the current is taken as 3.2 A. neglecting core loss, determine the
inductance of the contactor.
a. 261 mH b. 183 mH c. 315 mH d. 215 mH
14. A coil has a resistance of 6 ohms and an inductance of 0.02 H. when a non inductive resistor is
connected in series with the coil; the current drawn when connected to a 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. 3.63Ω b. 6.39Ω c. 3.69Ω d. 3.96Ω
15. A series RL circuit has L = 0.02 H and an impedance of 17.85 Ω. When a sinusoidal voltage is
applied, the current lags the voltage by 63.5°. What is the value of the angular frequency?
a. 400 rad/sec b. 500 rad/sec c. 600 rad/sec d. 800 rad/sec

REE – April 1997

16. A current of 2.5 A flows through a series circuit consisting of a 100 Ω resistor and an unknown
capacitor across a source of 460 V, 50 Hz. What is the value of the capacitive reactance?
a. XC = 91.86 Ω b. XC = 39.19 Ω c. XC = 154.45 Ω d. XC = 184.0 Ω

REE – April 1996

17. A circuit consists of a 4 Ω resistor and 300μF capacitor in series. It is connected across a 60 Hz
voltage source with a 500 V peak voltage. What is the phasor form of the current?
a. I = 19.7 ∠57.5° b. I = 8.84 ∠73.2° c. I = 36.5 ∠65.7° d. I = 10.5 ∠65.7°
18. A small single phase, 240 V induction motor is tested in parallel with 160 Ω resistor. The motor
takes 2 amperes and the total current is 3 amperes. What is the power of the whole circuit?
a. 800 W b. 360 W c. 220 W d. 580 W
19. A capacitor is placed in parallel with two inductive loads, one of 20 A at 30° lagging and another
of 40 A at 60° lagging. What current in amperes should flow in the capacitor so that the circuit
will have a unity power factor?
a. 35.8 A b. 44.6 A c. 28.8 A d. 50.2 A
20. A single phase AC generator is supplying power to a load of 3200W at 230 V and power factor of
60%. If the total loss is 10% of the load, what would be the saving watts if the power factor is
raised to 80%?
a. 64 b. 240 c. 427 d. 140
21. When 240 V, 50 Hz supply is applied to a parallel combination of 15 Ω resistor and inductor, the
total current is 22.1 amperes. What must be the value of the frequency for a total current of 34
amperes?
a. 25 Hz b. 60 Hz c. 75 Hz d. 100 Hz
 22. A coil of 10 Ω resistance and 0.1 H inductance is connected in parallel with a capacitor of
unknown capacitance. If the total impedance of the combination is 100 Ω, determine the value
of the capacitance.
a. 50μF b. 100μF c. 150μF d. 200μF

REE – March 1998

23. A coil of 50 Ω resistance and 150 mH, inductance is connected in parallel with a 50μF capacitor.
The source voltage is 100 sin (ωt + 30°) V. what is the equation of the line current?
a. 1.91 sin (ωt + 52.5°) b. 1.25 sin (ωt + 75.5°)
c. 1.25 sin (ωt - 62°) d. 1.32 sin (ωt - 75.5°)

24. An impedance equal to 4.4∠60°Ω is connected across a 220 V source. What should be the value
of the second impedance in parallel with the first. If the total power delivered to the circuit is to
be 16.5kW and the overall power factor is to be unity?
a. 2.21∠30.1°Ω b. 3.33∠-40.9°Ω c. 5.63∠30°Ω d. 6.53∠-45°Ω
25. An inductive reactance of 8 ohms is connected in parallel with a capacitive reactance of 18
ohms. This combination is then connected in series with a variable resistance. For what value of
resistance will the power factor be 0.5?
a. 8.314Ω b. 3.138Ω c. 13.81Ω d. 1.381Ω
26. What size of condenser must be placed across an inductance having a resistance of 10 ohms and
reactance of 20 ohms to draw minimum current from the line when the combination is
connected across a 60–cycle line (Assume a condenser of negligible resistance).
a. 20μF b. 106μF c. 10μF d. 6.33μF
27. A circuit draws 25 A when connected across a source of frequency f1. Determine the current
drawn by the same circuit at resonance if f1 is half the resonant frequency.
a. 12.5 A b. 17.68 A c. 35.35 A d. 50 A
28. A series RLC circuit is connected across a 120 V, 60 Hz source and draws a leading current of 5 A.
determine the voltage across the capacitor at resonance if R = 5Ω and L = 25 mH.
a. 47.12 V b. 164.5 V c. 236.6 V d. 422.6 V
29. The Q-factor of a coil is given by _____________.
a. The ration of its maximum energy stored to its energy dissipated per cycle
b. Its power factor
c. The reciprocal of its power factor
d. The ratio of its resistance to its inductive reactance
30. A coil takes apparent power and reactive power of 100 VA and 80VAR, respectively. What is the
Q factor of the coil?
a. 1.33 b. 10 c. 8 d. 6
31. A coil is to be wound with Q-factor of 8. A lamp rated 120 V, 480 W is connected in series with
the coil and connected across 230 V, 60 Hz source. What is the impedance of the coil if the
voltage across the lamp is maintained at 120 V.
a. 35.2∠82.9°Ω b. 27.5∠72.4°Ω c. 45.5∠82.9°Ω d. 40.5∠72.4°Ω
 32. An inductive coil having a resistance of 25 ohms and inductance of 0.2 H is connected in parallel
with a 100 μF capacitor. Find the frequency at which the total current is in phase with the
supply voltage.
a. 35.6 Hz b. 46.5 Hz c. 29.5 Hz d. 52.9 Hz
33. The series circuit of R = 3Ω and X = 4Ω and a parallel circuit of R’ and X’ have the same
impedance and power factor calculate the value of R’ and X’
a. 8.33Ω, 6.25Ω b. 2.25Ω, 3.83Ω c. 7.47Ω, 7.51Ω d. 5.62Ω, 9.84Ω
34. A parallel circuit with one branch of R = 5Ω and a single unknown element in the other branch
has the following applied voltage and the current e = 10cos (560t + 60°) V and I = 5.38 cos (50t-
8.23°) A. the unknown element is ____________.
a. L = 0.04 H b. L = 0.02 H c. C = 10μF d. C = 5μF
35. The voltage across the resistor, inductor and capacitor connected in series is 60 V, 90 V, 10 V
respectively. What is the voltage across the circuit?
a. 160 V b. 140 V c. 100 V d. 50 V

REE – April 1997

36. Determine the power factor angle in the series circuit which consist of R = 25Ω, L = 0.2 H, across
a power supply of 200 V, 30 Hz.
a. 36.4° b. 46.4° c. 52.4° d. 56.4°

REE – March 1997

37. A load of 20 + j35 Ω is connected across a 220 V source. Determine the power factor and the
VARS.
a. 49.6 %, 1042 VARS b. 85.3 %, 975 VARS
c. 52.2 %, 1023 VARS d. 42.3 %, 1087 VARS

38. An incandescent lamp load, generally considered to be made up of resistor; take 4.8kW from a
120 volt source. The instantaneous maximum value of power is ____________.
a. 4800 watts b. 9600 watts c. 2400 watts d. 480 watts

39. A factory takes 50 kW at 0.75 lagging power factor from a 480 V source. In order to raise the
power factor to 0.9 lagging, a synchronous motor rated 10 HP with an efficiency of 87.5% is
used. Find the power factor of the motor.
a. 0.476 lagging b. 0.825 lagging c. 0.476 lading d. 0.825 leading

REE – April 2004

40. The wavelength of international distress of frequency is 600 m. what is the equivalent frequency
in kHz?
a. 200 b. 300 c. 400 d. 500
 41. The voltage across a given circuit is 75 + j50 V. what is the power supplied to the circuitif the
current through it is (8 – j5) A?
a. 850 W b. 550 W c. 750 W d. 350 W

REE – Sept 2002

42. A resistor R and capacitor C are connected in series across a 100 V, 60 cycle source. The reading
of an ammeter connected in the circuit is 2 A and the reading of a voltmeter connected across
the capacitor is 80 V. calculate the values of R and C.
a. 66 Ω & 30μF b. 30 Ω & 60μF c. 30 Ω & 66μF d. 36 Ω & 60μF

REE – Sept 2003

43. The following are in series: r = 1000Ω, L = 100 μH and C = 20000 pF. The voltage across the
circuit is 100 V. what is the total impedance expressed in ohms if the frequency is 3MHz?
a. 1882 Ω b. 1000 Ω c. 2132 Ω d. 1885 Ω

REE – Oct 1994

44. A capacitor branch having a ratio of X to R of 5 is paralleled with an impedance consisting of 4 Ω

resistance and 3Ω inductive reactance. The power factor of the resulting circuit is 0.8 leading.
Find the size of the capacitor in μF if the frequency is 60Hz.
a. 778.92 μF b. 923.31 μF c. 552.31 μF d. 392.13 μF
45. An impedance of 3 - j3 Ω is connected in parallel with 5 + j2Ω. The voltmeter connected across 3
Ω resistance measures 45 V. Calculate the total current of the circuit.
a. 22.4 A b. 41.3 A c. 13.4 A d. 7.91 A
46. The open circuit voltage of an alternator is 127 V and its internal impedance is 10∠10°Ω. Find
the voltage across a load of 30∠-30°Ω.
a. 100∠-9.7°Ω b. 97∠-10°Ω c. 79∠10°Ω d. 100∠-7.9°Ω

REE – Oct 1998

47. The maximum instantaneous voltage and current output of an alternator are 300 V and 20 A,
respectively. What is the power output in watts if the voltage leads the current by 30°?
a. 2598 b. 5196 c. 6000 d. 3000
48. The following data are given for a series RL and a series RC which are connected in parallel: XL =
15Ω, XC = 25Ω, RC = 15Ω. For what value of RL will the circuit be in resonance?
a. 169 ohms b. 916 ohms c. 16.9 ohms d. 91.6 ohms