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Department of Electrical Engineering

College of Engineering and Technology
Romblon State University – Main Campus
Electrical Engineering Problems
Engineering Science and Allied Subjects
Pre-Board Examination

Name: _______________________ Score: __________

Course / Block: _______________ Date: ___________

Instruction: Encircle the letter of the correct answer.

1. Partially protected locations under canopies, marquees, roofed open porches and like locations,
and interior locations subject to moderate degrees of moisture, such as some basements, some
barns, and some cold storage warehouses.
a. Dry b. Damp c. moist d. wet
2. A location not normally subjects to dampness or wetness. A location as ______ may be
temporarily subject to dampness or wetness, as in the case of a building under construction.
a. Dry b. Damp c. moist d. wet
3. Combination of a laminar and turbulent flow.
a. Critical b. Continuous c. Laminar d. Turbulent
4. A system or circuit conductor that is intentionally grounded.
a. Grounding Conductor
b. Grounded Conductor
c. Grounding Electrode Conductor
d. Grounding Equipment
5. Most common pressure measuring device use today
a. Bourdon tube gauge
b. Manometer
c. Kelvin gauge
d. Barometer
6. Poison’s Ratio is the ratio of the
a. Unit lateral deformation to the unit longitudinal deformation
b. Unit stress to unit strain
c. Elastic limit to proportional limit
d. Shear strain to compressive strain
7. Which is not covered by Thermodynamics?
a. Utilization of energy
b. Transformation of energy
c. Transfer of energy
d. Storage of energy
8. What is the SI unit of the mass?
a. Newton b. slug c. slug d. pound
9. What is the SI unit of the length?
a. Meter b. Centimeter c. feet d. inches
10. The differential of the shear equation is which one of the following?
a. Load on the beam
b. Tensile strength of the beam
c. Bending moment of the beam
d. Slope of the elastic curve

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11. Under very slow deformation and at high temperature, it is possible to have some plastic flow in
a crystal at a shear stress lower than the critical shear stress. What is the phenomenon called?
a. Slip b. Twinning c. creep d. bending
12. Which of the following elements and compounds is unstable in its pure form?
a. Sodium (Na)
b. Helium (He)
c. Carbon dioxide (CO₂)
d. Neon (Ne)
13. BIOS stands for
a. Basic Input Output Society
b. Basic Input Output System
c. Base Input Output Society
d. Base Input Output System
14. Mandarin Bank advertises 9.5% account that yields 9.84% annually. Find how often interest is
compounded.
a. Monthly b. Bimonthly c. Quarterly d. Annually
15. The minimum diameter of a steel ground electrode is
a. 10 mm b. 12 mm c. 14 mm d. 16 mm
16. The branch of mechanics which deals with bodies in motion is known as _______.
a. Statics
b. Dynamics
c. Kinetics
d. Kinematics
17. Bernoulli’s equation is based on
a. The second law of motion
b. The third law of motion
c. The conservation of momentum
d. The conservation of energy
18. Pluto travels from perihelion to aphelion. What is the work done by gravity on Pluto?
a. Zero
b. Negative
c. Positive
d. Undetermined
19. Carnot cycle is maximum efficiency in _______ engine.
a. Steam
b. Gas
c. Reversible
d. Well lubricated
20. It is the interest earned by the principal which is added to the principal will also earn an interest
for the succeeding periods.
a. Compounding interest
b. Simple interest
c. Discount
d. Interest rate
21. An ice with mass of 0.9 kg is freely floating in water. Find the buoyant force experienced by the
ice.
a. 7.8 N c. 10.2 N
b. 8.82 N d. 9.64 N
22. What refers to the case hardening process by which the carbon content of the steel near the
surface of a part is increased?
a. Carburizing
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c. Normalizing
d. Martempering
23. If two balls are thrown with the same initial velocity, with one ball is thrown 20 degrees above the
horizontal and the other is thrown horizontally. Neglecting air resistance, which ball will hit the
ground with the greatest speed?
a. The ones thrown horizontally
b. The ones thrown 20 degrees angle
c. Both balls will land in the same velocity
d. lack of data
24. if an automobile wheel 32 in diameter rotates at 800 r/min, what is the speed of the car in mph?
a. 12.1 c. 76.2
b. 24.2 d. 152.4
25. MS-DOS is a type of?
a. System software
b. Operating system
c. Application software
d. System architecture
26. MS-WORD is a type of?
a. System software
b. Operating system
c. Application software
d. System architecture
27. What is CD ROM?
a. Compact Disk Read Only Memory
b. Compatible Disk Read Only Memory
c. Compact Data Read Only Memory
d. Compatible Data Read Only Memory
28. What is the octal equivalent of the hexadecimal number EE?
a. 356 c. 653
b. 365 d. 635
29. (III) base 2 + (III) base 2 = ( ) base 2.
a. 11011 c. 11110
b. 11101 d. 11100
30. The second law of the thermodynamics can be stated as:
I – heat flows spontaneously from a hot object to a cold one, but not the revers;
II – natural process tend to move toward a state of greater disorder or greater entropy
a. I only
b. II only
c. I and II
d. Neither I nor II
31. Who is not a member of the board of EE?
a. Francis V. Mapile
b. Fortunato C. Leynes
c. Gregorio T. Cayetano
d. Jaime V. Mendoza
32. For REE board examination, the passing general average is 70% provided there is no grade
below _______ in any of the 3 subjects.
a. 50% c. 65%
b. 60% d. 40%
33. What is the weight percentage of electrical engineering professional subjects?
a. 40 c. 45
b. 35 d. 25

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34. In an ideal gas, both pressure and temperature increases to twice the original pressure and
temperature respectively. If the original volume is , then the new volume is
a. 2 c. /2
b. d. 4
35. What is the interest of P 8,600 after 4 years at 12% simple interest rate?
a. P 4,161 c. P 4,218
b. P 4,116 d. P 4, 128
36. The ampacity of the fuse should be 125% of the continuous load current is covered by
a. Installation design
b. Wiring design
c. Manufacturing design
d. Construction design
37. Generators and motors should be dust proof is covered by
a. Installation design
b. Wiring design
c. Manufacturing design
d. Construction design
38. In thermodynamics we focus our attention on which form of energy?
a. Kinetic
b. Potential
c. Internal
d. Total
39. A beam with rectangular cross-section with breadth of 20 cm. determine the depth of the beam if
the maximum shearing stress in the beam is 30 kg/cm² and = 10,000 kg.
a. 25 cm c. 20 cm
b. 23 cm d. 30 cm
40. What is a coal that has been previously burned in an oxygen-poor environment?
a. Tuyere
b. Coke
c. Diamond
d. Hematite
41. What is the most common reinforcement for polymer composites?
a. Boron
b. Ceramic
c. Graphite
d. Glass fiber
42. What is the principle behind fiber optics?
a. Reflection
b. Refraction
c. Diffraction
d. Dispersion
43. A conductor used to connect equipment or the grounded circuit of a wiring system to a grounding
electrode or electrodes.
a. Grounding Conductor
b. Grounded Conductor
c. Grounding Electrode Conductor
d. Grounding Equipment

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44. A loan of P 4,000 is made for a period of 16 months at a simple discount rate of 7%, what future
amount is due at the end of the loan period?
a. P 4,373.33
b. P 4,301.08
c. P 4,401.43
d. P 4,411.76
45. When magma rocks cool, these rocks are called
a. Granite
b. Sedimentary rocks
c. Igneous rocks
d. Metamorphic rocks
46. The conductor used to connect the grounding electrode to the equipment grounding conductor to
the grounded conductor, or to both, of the circuit at the service equipment or at the source of a
separately derived system.
a. Grounding conductor
b. Grounded Conductor
c. Grounding Electrode Conductor
d. Grounding Equipment
47. A device intended for the protection of personnel that functions to de-energize a circuit or portion
thereof within an established period of time when a current to ground exceeds some
predetermined value that is less than that required to operate the overcurrent protective device of
the supply circuit.
a. Grounding conductor
b. Grounding-Fault Circuit Interrupter
c. Grounding Conductor Equipment
d. Ground-Fault Protection of Equipment
48. A 40-kg boy walks on a 60-kg log with the speed of 1.5 m/s. what is the speed of the log with
respect to the shore?
a. 1 m/s c. 0.4 m/s
b. 0.36 m/s d. 0.8 m/s
49. The maximum bending moment of a beam simply supported at both end and subject to a total
load W uniformly distributed over its length L is expressed by the formula.
a. WL/8 c. WL/2
b. /8 d. WL/4
50. What is the form of the moment diagram of a beam supported at both ends and carrying a
uniformly distributed load?
a. Triangle
b. Hyperbola
c. Parabola
d. Rectangle
51. A byte is composed of how many bits?
a. 2 c. 6
b. 4 d. 8
52. What percentage of the human body will float in fresh water? Average density of human body is
980 kg/cu. m/
a. 98 c. 96
b. 2 d. 4
53. A gas in the atmosphere that traps sun’s UV rays.
a. Oxygen
b. Helium
c. Ozone
d. Water vapor

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54. Adiabatic process is?

a. No heat transfer
b. Reversible
c. Irreversible
d. Constant pressure
55. P 5,000 will become how much after one year at a simple interest rate of 15%?
a. P 5,850.00
b. P 5,750.00
c. P 5,980.00
d. P 5,680.00
56. The equipment grounding conductor of a branch circuit shall be identified by what color?
a. Green c. white
b. Black d. gray
57. In bathtub and shower area no part of cord-connected fixtures, hanging fixtures, light track,
pendants, or ceiling suspended (paddle) fans shall be located within a zone measure ____
horizontally and _____ vertically from the top of the bathtub rim or shower stall threshold.
a. 1000 mm, 3000mm
b. 600 mm, 3000 mm
c. 900 mm, 2400 mm
d. 800 mm, 2500 mms
58. What is the maximum operating temperature of type UF conductor?
a. 75 deg C
b. 90 deg C
c. 60 deg C
d. 110 deg C
59. Find the present worth with a total interest of P 5,000 after two years at a simple rate of 6.25%.
a. 35,000
b. 25,000
c. 50,000
d. 40,000
60. Find the future amount of P 12,000 after 12 years with an interest rate of 9% compounded
annually.
a. P 33,752
b. P 34,896
c. P 32,649
d. P 31,625
61. Find the future amount of P 12,000 after 12 years with an interest rate of 9% compounded semi-
annually.
a. P 33,272
b. P 34,426
c. P 34,512
d. P 36,186
62. What is temperature in degree C of 2 liters of water at 30 deg C after 500 calories of heat have
been added?
a. 35.70 c. 30.25
b. 38 d. 39.75
63. A light passes from glass to water. If the index of refraction for glass is 1.54 and for water is 1.33,
compute the critical angle for this light to pass the glass.
a. 59.7 deg
b. 45.8 deg
c. 67.4 deg
d. 50.9 deg

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64. What is the corresponding rate of interest for 18% simple discount rate?
a. 20.85% c. 22.64%
b. 23.72% d. 21.95%
65. Structural steel elements subjected to torsion develop
a. Tensile stress
b. Compressive stress
c. Shearing stress
d. Bending stress
66. A 300-g object slides 80 cm along a horizontal tabletop. How much work is done in overcoming
friction between the object and the table if the coefficient of kinetic friction is 0.20?
a. +0.74 J
b. -0.74 J
c. +0.47 J
d. -0.47 J
67. Compute the rational KE of a 25-kg wheel rotating at 6.0 rev/s if the radius of gyration of the
wheel is 22 cm.
a. 0.68 kJ
b. 0.86 kJ
c. 0.93 kJ
d. 0.39 kJ
68. The chief source of energy in the world today is
a. Coal c. natural gas
b. Oil d. uranium
69. Which element is present in all organic compounds?
a. Oxygen c. nitrogen
b. Carbon d. phosphorous
70. A substance that, when added to a solution, makes changing the pH of the solution more difficult.
a. Catalyst c. solvent
b. Solute d. butter
71. An object has that has momentum must also have
a. Acceleration
b. Impulse
c. Kinetic energy
d. Potential energy
72. At the highest or lowest point of the momentum diagram
a. Maximum shear occur
b. Shear is zero
c. Maximum moment is twice the shear
d. Shear is negative
73. An asset is purchased for P 120,000.00. its estimated life is 10 years, after which it will be sold for
P12,000.00. find the depreciation for the second year using the sum-of-the-years-digit method.
a. P18,400 c. P17,673
b. P18,200 d. P17,763
74. The chemical shorthand name for molybdenum is
a. Mo c. Md
b. Mb d. Mn
75. Formula for magnesium Nitrite
a. Mg₂(NO₂)₂
b. MgNO₂
c. Mg(NO₂)₂
d. Mg₂(NO₂)₃

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76. A force causing a rise of liquid in tubes of small diameter.

a. Cohesion
b. Surface tension
c. Capillarity
d. Adhesion
77. In RA 9136, what is SGC stands for
a. Successor Generating Company
b. Successor Generation Company
c. Special Generating Company
d. Special Generation Company
78. In RA 9136, what is CREM stands for?
a. Competitive Retail Electricity Market
b. Competitor Retail Electricity Market
c. Competitive Retail Energy Market
d. Competitor Retail Energy Market
79. During the takeoff roll, a Boeing 747 jumbo jet is accelerating at 4 m/sec2. If it requires 40 sec to
reach takeoff speed, determine the takeoff speed.
a. 110 m/sec
b. 120 m/sec
c. 140 m/sec
d. 160 m/sec
80. if $10,000 is borrowed now at 6% interest, how much will remain to be paid after a $3,000
payment is made four years from now.
a. $9,625 c. $9,400
b. $9,725 d. $9,835
81. A Carnot engine operates between reservoirs at 20 deg C and 200 deg C. if 10 kW of power is
produced, the rejected heat rate is nearest:
a. 26.3 kJ/s
b. 20.2 kJ/s
c. 16.3 kJ/s
d. 12 kJ/s
82. Calculate the military of a solution of a 0.0150 mol of NaCl in 50.0 g of water if the solution has a
density of 1.02 g/ml.
a. 0.306 M c. 0.603 M
b. 0.301 M d. 0.103 M
83. Article II of Code of Ethics for Electrical Engineers contains:
a. SEC. 1 to 8
b. SEC. 1 to 7
c. SEC. 1 to 6
d. SEC. 1 to 9
84. Article IV, Rule _____. Requirements for examination as a REE
a. 14 c. 16
b. 15 d. 17

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85. A man paid a 10% down payment of P2,000,000 for a house and lot and agreed to pay the
balance on monthly installments for 5 years at an interest rate of 15% compounded monthly.
What is the monthly installment in pesos?
a. 44,528.34
b. 42,821.87
c. 43,625.92
d. 45,825.65

86. An automobile travelling at a speed of 30 mph accelerates uniformly to a speed of 60 mph in 10

sec. how far does the automobile travel during the time of acceleration?
a. 880 ft c. 770 ft
b. 660 ft d. 990 ft
87. During an isentropic expansion of air, the volume triples. If the initial temperature is 200 deg C,
find T₂ and deg C.
a. 32 c. 16
b. 28 d. 8
88. If the pressure in a tank of oil ( sp. gr. = 0.80) is 400 kPa, what is the equivalent head in meters of
water?
a. 50.97 c. 59.70
b. 40.77 d. 47.70
89. How many grams are there in 0.01 mole of Na₂SO₄?
a. 7.1 g c. 9.6 g
b. 14.2 g d. 1.42 g
90. What rules are included in Article V of RA 7920?
a. RULE 1 to 10
b. RULE 11 to 20
c. RULE 21 to 27
d. RULE 28 to 34
91. What is the static head corresponding to a flow velocity of 10ft/sec?
a. 1.55 ft c. 2.05 ft
b. 1.75 ft d. 2.25 ft
92. Water flows through a long 0.5 in inside diameter hose at 3 gpm. Water velocity in fps is nearest
to:
a. 1 c. 10
b. 5 d. 20
93. A high velocity flow of gas at 800 ft/sec possesses kinetic energy nearest to which of the
following?
a. 1.03 BTU/lb
b. 4.10 BTU/lb
c. 9.95 BTU/lb
d. 12.8 BTU/lb
94. How many months at an interest rate of 1 percent per month does money have to be invested
before it will double in value?
a. 59 c. 70
b. 62 d. 76
95. The phenomenon of melting under pressure and freezing again when the pressure is reduced is
known as
a. Sublimation
b. Condensation
c. Deposition
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96. A single rivet is used to join two plates. If the diameter of the rivet is 20 mm and the load P is 30
kN, what is the average shearing stress developed in the rivet?
a. 61.95 MPa
b. 165.2 MPa
c. 41.3 MPa
d. 82.6 MPa
97. If a solid circular shaft of 1.25 in diameter is subject to a torque of 2500 lb-in causing an angle of
twist of 3.12 degrees in a 5 ft length. Determine the shear modulus of the material.
a. 10.6 x psi
b. 12.8 x psi
c. 11.5 x psi
d. 9.3 x psi
98. Which of the following cycle is used in vapor cycle power plant?
a. Brayton cycle
b. Rankine cycle
c. Diesel cycle
d. Ericson cycle
99. A simply supported beam of length 10 ft and rectangular cross section 1 in x 3 in carries a
uniform load of 200 ln/ft. the beam is titanium, type Ti-5AI-2.55n, having a yield strength of
115,000 psi and E = 16 x psi. Determine the maximum deflection of the beam.
a. 1.25 in c. 1.00 in
b. 2.85 in d. 2.05 in
100. What is the centripetal force required to cause a 3200-pound car to go around a curve of 880-ft
radius at a speed of 69 mph?
a. 990 lb c. 770 lb
b. 880 lb d. 1100 lb

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