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    This document contains 15 practice problems from past electrical engineering board exams related to basic principles of electricity. The problems cover topics such as calculating resistance of bus bars and wires given their material properties and dimensions, effects of temperature on resistance, and relationships between resistance, length, diameter, and cross-sectional area of conductors. The full document provides the questions, answers, and relevant formulas to calculate and solve for resistance, temperature coefficients, and other electrical properties.

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    The passage discusses electric circuits and concepts related to resistance, including formulas to calculate resistance of different materials.

    The passage discusses concepts related to electrical circuits and resistance, including sample problems from electrical engineering board exams.

    Resistivity is given by p = 1.724 x 10-6 ohm-cm.

    TEST SET 1 Basic Principles of Electricity

    Problem 1: Past EE Board Exam


    The substation bus bar is made up of 2-inches round copper bars 20 ft. long. What is the
    resistance of each bar if resistivity is 1.724 x 10-6 ohm-cm.
    A. 7.21 x 10-5 ohm
    B. 13.8 x 10-6 ohm
    C. 5.185 x 10-5 ohm
    D. 2.96 x 10-5 ohm
    Problem 2: Past EE Board Exam
    Determine the resistance of a bus bar made of copper if the length is 10 meters long and the
    cross-section is a 4 x 4 cm2. Use 1.7241 micro ohm-cm as the resistivity.
    A. 2.121 x 10-4 ohm
    B. 4.312 x 10-4 ohm
    C. 3.431 x 10-5 ohm
    D. 1.078 x 10-4 ohm
    Problem 3: Past EE Board Exam
    One turn of a copper bar is produced by cutting a copper washer along a radius and spreading the
    ends. The washer is cut from soft-drawn copper having a resistivity at 20C of 1.732 x 10 -6 ohmcm. The washer is 0.125 inch thick and has inside diameter and outside diameter of 1 inch and 9
    inches respectively. Calculate the exact resistance between the two ends of the turn to direct
    current, taking into account the non-uniform current distribution. Assume the contact along the
    ends of the turn to be perfect over the entire cross-section.
    A. 12.74 x 10-6 ohm
    B. 15.53 x 10-6 ohm
    C. 17.22 x 10-6 ohm
    D. 14.83 x 10-6 ohm
    Problem 4: Past EE Board Exam
    Determine the resistance of a conductor 0.10m long, with a uniform diameter of 1.0cm and
    having a resistivity which varies as a function of length L measured from one end of the
    conductor according to the formula: p = 0.003 + 10-4 L2 ohm-cm.
    A. 0.0852 ohm
    B. 0.0915 ohm
    C. 0.0806 ohm
    D. 0.0902 ohm
    Problem 5: Past EE Board Exam

    A coil has 6,000 turns of wire and a resistance of 380 ohms. The coil is rewound with the same
    quantity (weight) of wire, but has 13,400 turns. How many ohms will the new coil have?
    A. 1895 ohms
    B. 1825 ohms
    C. 1792 ohms
    D. 1905 ohms
    Problem 6: Past EE Board Exam
    A copper wire of unknown length has a resistance of 0.80 ohm. By successive passes through
    drawing dies, the length of the wire is increased to 2 times its original value. Assuming that
    resistivity remains unchanged during the drawing process, determine the new value of its
    resistance.
    A. 4
    B. 3
    C. 5
    D. 6
    Problem 7: Past EE Board Exam
    A one-meter rod of 2-cm diameter is drawn until its resistance is 100 times the initial resistance.
    Its length afterward is?
    A. 10 m
    B. 100 m
    C. 12.5 m
    D. 5 m
    Problem 8: Past EE Board Exam
    A kilometer of wire having a diameter of 11.7 mm and a resistance of 0.031 ohm is drawn down
    so that its diameter is 5.0 mm. What does its resistance become?
    A. 0.85 ohm
    B. 0.78 ohm
    C. 0.93 ohm
    D. 0.81 ohm
    Problem 9: Past EE Board Exam
    A certain wire has a resistance R. The resistance of another wire identical with the first except for
    having twice its diameter is
    A. 4R
    B. R
    C. 2R
    D. R

    Problem 10: Past EE Board Exam


    What is the size in square millimeter (mm2) is the cable of 250 MCM size?
    A. 118.656 mm2
    B. 126.675 mm2
    C. 112.565 mm2
    D. 132.348 mm2
    Problem 11: Past EE Board Exam
    The resistance of a copper wire at 30C is 50 ohms. If the temperature coefficient of a copper at
    0C is 0.00427, what is the resistance at 100C?
    A. 72.26 ohms
    B. 54.25 ohms
    C. 63.24 ohms
    D. 58.15 ohms
    Problem 12: Past EE Board Exam
    The resistance of a wire is 126.48 ohms at 100C and 100 ohms at 30C. Determine the
    temperature coefficient of copper at 0C.
    A. 0.00427
    B. 0.00615
    C. 0.0256
    D. 0.0356
    Problem 13: Past EE Board Exam
    Two heating elements which is 500 ohms and 250 ohms are connected in series with temperature
    coefficients of 0.001 and 0.003 ohms per C, respectively at 20C. Calculate the effective
    temperature coefficient of the combination.
    A. 0.00215
    B. 0.00626
    C. 0.00712
    D. 0.00167
    Problem 14: Past EE Board Exam
    The insulation resistance of a kilometer of the cable having a diameter of 2 cm and an insulation
    thickness of 2 cm is 600 ohms. If the thickness of the insulation is increased to 3 cm, find the
    insulation resistance of the cable.
    A. 725 ohms
    B. 850 ohms
    C. 757 ohms
    D. 828 ohms

    Problem 15: Past EE Board Exam


    The resistance of n120 meters of wire is 12 ohms. What is its conductance?
    A. 0.0521 mho
    B. 0.083 mho
    C. 6 mhos
    D. 12 mhos

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