11.

Every Circuit Breaker having an interrupting rating other

P.E.C., CODE of ETHICS than ______ shall have its interrupting rating shown on the
SUPPLEMENTARY breaker itself.
A. 5000 Amp C. 7500 Amp
PROBLEMS/ QUESTIONS B. 2500 Amp D. 1000 Amp
1. That is the purpose of P.E.C. 2009?
A. Design specification C. Safeguarding of person and 12. Lamp holders installed over highly combustible material
property shall be of the ________ type.
B. Instructional manual D. Economical electrical design guide A. porcelain C. unswitched
B. smoke resistance D. switched
2. A piece of electrical equipment that is designed to operate at
alternate intervals of (1) load and no load; or (2) load and 13. The main purpose of bonding jumper is to connect equipment
rest; or (3) load, no load rest is called _____ duty. grounding conductors and ________ to the grounded
A. short time C. periodic conductor of the system.
B. Intermittent D. varying A. supply transformer C. load side of
service drop
3. For dwelling units, the demand factor for the first 3000 Volt- B. service-disconnect enclosure D. line side of
Amp of load is ______. service drop
A. 65% C. 85%
B. 35% D. 100%
14. That is the maximum allowable distance interval between
4. A single family dwelling unit having a floor area of 45 sq. supports securing busways?
meter has a total connected load of 2575 VA. What is the A. 1,000 mm C. 2,000 mm
minimum size service entrance conductor? B. 1,800 mm D. 1,500 mm
A. 2.0 sq. mm C. 5.5 sq. mm
B. 3.5 sq. mm D. 8.0 sq. mm 15. A 3-way and 4-way switches shall be so wired that all
switching is done in the _____ conductor.
5. Additional feeders or branch circuits shall be permitted
A. ungrounded C. neutral
where the capacity requirements are in excess of ______
B. grounded D. grounding
Amp at the supply voltage of _______ Volts or less.
A. 1500, 750 C. 1000, 230
B. 2000, 600 D. 25001 400 16. What is the minimum size of grounding rod?
A. 10 mm C. 13 mm
6. What is the current-carrying capacity of each of the three B. 12 mm D. 16 mm
copper bus-bars? The cross-sectional area of each is 1.30 cm
x 2.55 cm, if each bus-bar were replaced by aluminum, what 17. What is the minimum size of wire in lighting outlet?
is the corresponding current-carrying capacity? A. 3.5 sq. mm C. 2.0 sq. mm
A. 415 Amp & 316 Amp C. 514 Amp & 361 Amp B. 5.5 sq. mm D. 8.0 sq. mm
B. 500 Amp & 350 Amp D. 400 Amp & 325 Amp
18. Which is the safest type of insulation for indoor wiring
7. For service-entrance phase conductors larger than 500 mm 2 installation especially residential and commercial buildings?
copper or 800 mm2 aluminum, the required grounded A. XLPE C. Polyvinyl
conductor for the service shall be sized not less than _______ chloride
percent of the area of the largest service-entrance phase B. Polyethylene D. Ethylene
conductor. propylene rubber
A. 15 C. 12 1/2
B. 20 D. 25 19. What is the maximum bend of Rigid Metallic Conduit (RMC)?
A. 2 quarter C. 3 quarter
8. Which of the following is a standard rating of fixed-trip inverse
time CB? B. 4 quarter D. 5 quarter
A. 50 C. 750 20. Sign and outline lighting outlets shall be computed at a
B. 1500 D. 75 minimum of ______ VA for each required branch circuit.
9. All switches and circuit breakers used as switches shall be so A. 1500 C. 600
installed that the center of the grip of the operating handle B.180 D. 1200
when in its highest position shall NOT be more than ______
mm above the floor or working platform. 21. A hermetic motor-compressor has a rated load current of 20
A. 1,200 C. 2,000 Amp. What is the allowable ampacity of branch circuit
B. 1,500 D. 1,900 conductor?
A. 40 Amp C. 30 Amp
10. What is the demand factor for a single 8 kW household B. 20 Amp D. 25 Amp
electric range?
A. 65% C. 90% 22. What is the minimum ampacity of conductor for room air
B. 80% D. 70% conditioner with 12 Amp rated current?
A. 10 Amp C. 15 Amp
B. 12 Amp D. 13.8 Amp
23. According to Philippine Electrical Code, at ambient 34. In dwelling units, at least one wall receptacle outlet shall be
temperature of 300C, 8.0 mm2 copper conductors with the following installed within _____ mm of the outside edge of basin or bath
insulation have the following ampacities: TW insulation= 30 Amp; tub.
THW insulation = 45 Amp; THHN insulation = 50 Amp. If each of A. 1200 mm C. 600 mm
these insulated wires carry the same 40 Amp, which will generate B. 1600 mm D. 900 mm
heat the fastest?
35. In dwelling units, at least one receptacle outlet for hallways
A. Each will generate same heat C. THHN
more than _____ meter.
insulated wire
A. 3 C. 2
B. THW insulated wire D. TW insulated
B. 4 D. 5
wire
36. The lighting load for a dwelling unit expressed in terms of
24. Code name for polyethylene insulation or PVC 750C
volt-ampere per sq. meter must be at least_______.
A. TW C. THW
A. 16 C. 24
B. THHN D. THHN
B. 28 D. 12
25. The short circuit temperature rating of PVC insulated building
wires tor 30 second period
A. 200oC C. 300oC
B. 250oC D. 150oC 37. The lighting load for an office expressed in terms of volt-
26. Before installation of power cables the basic DC test voltage in ampere per square meter must be at least ______.
ascending more according to ICEA (Insulated Cable Engineer A. 28 C. 16
Association) specification for 100% insulation level in terms of
B. 12 D. 24
rated voltage is not above?
A. 5 times C. 4 times 38. What is the branch circuit demand for a 12 kW range and a 5
B. 3 times D. 2 times kW cook top in a residence of 230 volt 1-phase?
A. 11 kW C. 13 kW
27. Common cause of failure in termination of cable is _______ . B. 17 kW D. 14.6 kW
A. Improper insulation & penciling C. Wrong 39. Feeder supply several motor load shall have an ampacity equal
clearance to the sum of the full load current rating of all the motors plus
B. Splices D. Tracking _____ % of the highest rated current in the group.
A. 25 C. 100
28. What is the normal bending radius from inner edge of conduits
B. 80 D. 125
with relation to diameter?
A. 8-9 times C. 4-6 times
B. 6-7 times D. 3-4 times 40. A 3-Phase motor draws 50 Amperes at full-load. What shall
be the maximum inverse time circuit breaker that may be
29. Short circuit temperature of Polyethylene cable in degree used for short circuit protection?
centigrade is. A. 50 Amp C. 100 Amp
A. 200 C. 300 B. 125 Amp D. 75 Amp
B. 250 D. 350
41. Branch circuit conductor to one or more units of a data
30. What is the minimum distance receptacle outlet of a show processing system shall have an ampacity of % of the total
window in meters? connected load
A. 3 C. 2 A. 80%
B. 4 D. 5 C. 200%
B. 125%
31. Receptacle outlet shall be located not more than _______ mm D. 100%
above countertop.
A. 300 42. Conductors ______ and larger shall be stranded when
C. 250 installed in raceways.
B. 450 A. 3.5 mm 2 C. 8.0 mm 2
D. 600 B. 5.5 mm 2
D. 30 mm 2

32. Branch circuit larger than ______ Amp shall supply only 43. The residual voltage of a capacitor shall be reduced to
non-lighting outlet load. ______ Volts, nominal, or less with ______ minute/s after the
A. 50 C. 20 capacitor is disconnected from the source of supply.
A. 0, 0.5 C. 30,3
B. 30 D. 15 B. 15, 2 D. 50, 1
33. What is the distance from the flooring to the receptacle outlet
in dwelling unit in mm? 44. Equipment for hazardous locations shall be approved for the
A. 1800 C. 1700 following property,
B. 3700 D. 4000 EXCEPT
A. durability C. combustibility
B. ignitability D. explosibility
45. What is the minimum ampacity of supply feeder for a B. grounded conductor D. grounding
window type air conditioning unit with 8 Amp rated load electrode
current with other load supplied?
55. Which of the following is not accepted as if they have the
A. 15 Amp same meaning?
C. 12 Amp A. low voltage C. over voltage
B. 20 Amp B. no voltage D. under voltage
D. 10 Amp
56. What is called an electrically operated switch rated in
46. The primary winding of a step down transformer shall be amperes but also provide overload protection for motors?
protected on the primary side by an overcurrent device A. Magnetic starter C. Safety switch
rated NOT more than a certain percentage of the primary B. Magnetic contactor D. Manual starter
current. 57. Code of Ethics is Resolution NO. _____ series of 1995.
What is this percentage? A. 18 C. 22
A. 110% B. 23 D. 19
C. 125%
58. Which of the following establishes ethical behavior among
B. B. 135% professionals?
D. 150% A. legal contracts C. Hippocratic
oath
47. Where transformer vault is to be constructed with other B. taxation regulations D. rules of play
buildings below it, the minimum requirement for fire sports
resistance rating is ______ hours.
A. 4 C.2 59. Sec.7, Article III, R.A. 7920: An Electrical Engineer shall not
B. 1 ½ D.3 _______, vilify, or destroy the good name and reputation of
others.
48. Ferro resonance is destructive phenomenon associated with? A. modify C. compete
A. distribution transformer ` C. capacitor B. divulge D. malign
B. distribution line D. transmission 60. Integral part of contract requirement which set forth technical
line engineering requirements which are not shown completely on
drawing.
49. P.E.C. requires that the minimum area exposed surface A. specification C. notarization
affected by a plate electrode is: B. permit D. perfection
A. 1/6 sq. mts C. 1/5 sq. mts
B. 1/4 sq. mts D. 1/3 sq. mts
50. A ground ring encircling the building or structure, in direct
contact with the earth, consisting of at least 6,000 mm of bare
copper conductor not smaller than ______ mm2.
A. 30 C. 80
B. 50 D. 25
51. Grounding shall NOT be connected to_______.
A. exothermic welding C. soldered
fittings
B. listed clamps D. listed pressure
connectors

52. A concrete encased electrode consisting at least ______ mm

zinc galvanized coated steel reinforced or other electrically
conductive or rods not less than ______ mm diameter.
A. 5,000 mm, 13 mm dia. C. 5,000 mm, 12
mm dia.
B. 6,000 mm, 13 mm dia. D. 6,000 mm, 12
mm dia.
53. Self-contained device that automatically opens an electric
circuit, on severe overload without getting damage is:
A. fuse C. molded circuit
breaker
B. disconnect switch D. cut-out
54. Expansion joints and telescoping section of raceways shall be
made electrically continuous by equipment _______ or other
means approved for the purpose.
A. grounding conductor C. bonding
jumpers