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SIGALAGALA NATIONAL POLYTECHNIC
QUALIFICATION: TELECOMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY LEVEL 6-MODULE II
QUALIFICATION CODE: 0714554A
FORMATIVE II
UNIT OF COMPETENCY: ELECTRICAL PRINCIPLES I UNIT CODE: 071354107AT
TIME: THREE (3) HOURS
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
Write your registration/ admission number on the answer booklet.
Answer questions in the answer booklet provided.
Mobile phones and unauthorized electronic gadgets are NOT allowed in the examination
room.
Any exam malpractice will lead to disciplinary action.
Do not write on the question paper.
Use a blue coloured pen for writing.
Candidates should answer the questions in English unless stated otherwise.
Hand in BOTH the question paper and answer sheet at the end of the exam.
Marks for each question are indicated in the brackets.
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SECTION A: SHORT ANSWER QUESTIONS (40 MARKS)
Answer all questions in this section.
1. Complete the table below (4 marks)
Quantity Symbol SI Unit
Current
Capacitance
Charge
Electromotive Force
2. State Ohm’s law. (2 marks)
3. An electric heater consumes 1.8 MJ when connected to a 250V supply for 30 minutes. Find:
a) the power rating of the heater (3 marks)
b) the current taken from the supply. (2 marks)
4. State THREE applications of capacitors. (3 marks)
5. What is a transformer? (2 marks)
6. Differentiate between frequency and cycle of a waveform. (4 marks)
7. State any FOUR instruments used in electrical and electronics engineering. (4 marks)
8. An alternating current completes 5 cycles in 8 ms. What is its frequency? (4 marks)
9. Define the following terms as applied in electrostatics.
a) Electric flux density (2 marks)
b) Electric field strength (2 marks)
10. Outline four care and maintenance practices for lead acid accumulator. (2 marks)
11. State Kirchhoff’s voltage law. (2 marks)
12. Outline THREE applications of batteries. (2 marks)
13. What is impedance as applied in electrical engineering? (2 marks)
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SECTION B: EXTENDED RESPONSE QUESTIONS (60 MARKS)
Answer ANY THREE questions in this section.
14.
(a) Describe any TWO factors that affect resistance of a metal conductor. (4 marks)
(b) Sketch a well labelled diagram showing ammeter and voltmeter connections in a circuit.
(3 marks)
(c) An alternating voltage is represented by the expression v= 35 Sin (314.2 t) volt. Determine
the;
(i) maximum value (2 marks)
(ii) frequency (2 marks)
(iii) period of the waveform (2 marks)
(d) Given that the values of voltages across the resistors in Figure Q below are V1=5V, V2 =2V
and V3=6V
Figure Q
Use figure Q above to determine;
(i) The battery voltage V (3 marks)
(ii) The total resistance of the circuit (3 marks)
(iii) Current through resistor R2 (1 mark)
15.
a) Draw a well labelled diagram of a sine wave and indicate the amplitude, cycle and periodic
time. (3 marks)
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b) How are the following types of capacitors constructed?
i) Paper plate capacitor (3 marks)
ii) Electrolytic capacitor (4 marks)
c) Use Figure Y below to answer the questions that follow;
Figure Y
i) The equivalent circuit capacitance (4 marks)
ii) The voltage across capacitor C4 (3 marks)
iii) The maximum charge stored by C1 capacitor (3 marks)
16.
(a) Define reluctance as applied in electromagnetism. (2 marks)
(b) Describe the following losses that occur in a transformer.
(i) Copper losses (2 marks)
(ii) Iron losses (2 marks)
(c) Determine the excitation current required in 600 turn coils in order to produce a magneto-
motive force of 1500 ampere-turns. (4 marks)
(d) 16. A 400kVA transformer has a primary winding resistance of 0.5Ω and a secondary
winding resistance of 0.001Ω. The iron loss is 2.5kW and the primary and secondary
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voltages are 5 kV and 320V respectively. If the power factor of the load is 0.85, determine
the efficiency of the transformer on full load. (10 marks)
14. For the circuit shown on Figure X below,
Figure X
Calculate the;
a) equivalent circuit resistance (6 marks)
b) current drawn from the source, E. (2 marks)
c) p.d. across each resistor (3 marks)
d) current through each resistor (6 marks)
e) power dissipated by R3 (3 marks)
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