WorksheetsPhilippine Electrical Code (Subject 5) - Nth
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 50mins
1. All metal enclosures for service conductors and equipment must be:
Grounded
Ungrounded
Made from 10 gauge steel or above
PVC (plastic)
2. On a switchboard with busbars, phase B would have the highest voltage to ground in a:
Delta-Wye system
High-leg delta-connected system
Wye-Wye system
Scott connection
3. A 200-ampere panelboard may supply a maximum load of:
100 amperes
180 amperes
160 amperes
200 amperes
4. Which of the following is not a requirement for an intersystem bonding termination?
Consists of at least three terminals
Contains at least 50 percent bronze or brass
It be accessible for connection and inspection
It be listed for grounding and bonding
5. Branch circuit conductors supplying information technology equipment shall have an ampacity of:
20 amperes maximum
25 amperes minimum
250 percent of the computed load
125 percent of the connected load
6. What is the maximum number of overcurrent devices permitted in a panelboard?
40
No fewer than the maximum busbar rating after all correction factors have been applied
As many as will fit
More than 42 requires that a permanent label be affixed to the deadfront
7. Insulated grounded conductors, in sizes larger than No. 6 AWG, may be identified by:
Continuous white or natural gray outer finish
Three continuous white stripes on other than green insulation
Distinctive white markings encircling the conductor at its terminations
All of the above
8. The minimum size copper equipment grounding conductor for a 200-ampere circuit is:
No. 3 AWG
No. 6 AWG
No. 8 AWG
No. 10 AWG
9. Auxiliary gutters must not be filled to greater than:
20%
30%
40%
50%
10. The working clearance between live parts for a system operating at 480 volts with exposed live parts on one side and grounded parts on the other side is:
1 foot
2 feet
3 feet 6 inches
4 feet
11. In other than a dwelling, switchboards and panelboards must be marked to indicate:
Where the power supply originates
Emergency contact phone numbers
When the equipment was serviced
Date of installation
12. Panelboards equipped with 30-ampere or less snap switches must be protected not in excess of:
30 amperes
150 amperes
200 amperes
225 amperes
13. Panelboards installed in health care facilities and serving the same individual patient vicinity must be bonded together with copper conductors not smaller than:
No. 12 AWG
No. 10 AWG
No. 8 AWG
No. 6 AWG
14. The panels of switchboards must be made of:
Moisture-resistant, noncombustible material
Raintight material
Impact-resistant material
Waterproof material
15. How shall busbars be mounted in a panelboard?
Snug, but not tight
Loose
Rigidly
Horizontal to the floor
16. The maximum rating of overcurrent devices protecting panelboard instrument circuits is:
10 amperes
20 amperes
15 amperes
30 amperes
17. When blades of knife switches are open, they must be:
Energized
De-energized
Warning tags installed
Insulated
18. What is the minimum wire bending space allowed in a panelboard being fed with paralleled pairs of 2/0 conductors entering the enclosure through the wall opposite the terminals?
6 inches
7 inches
8 inches
9 inches
19. What is the minimum length required of a junction box in a straight pull?
Eight times the cross sectional area of the smallest conductor
Four times the cross sectional area of the largest conductor
Not less than eight times the diameter (trade size) of the largest raceway
Six times the trade diameter of the largest raceway
20. Knife switches rated at over 1200 amperes at 250 volts or less, and at over 600 amperes at 251 to 600 volts, shall not be opened only under what condition?
When switches are fully loaded
When switches are isolated
In case of fire
Under no load
21. Panelboards must be mounted in:
Cabinets
Enclosures designed for the purpose
Cutout boxes
Any of these
22. What type of front must be used for panelboard enclosures?
Live-front
Dead-front
Gray-colored front
Gray-colored front with yellow stripes
23. Metal panelboard cabinets and their related frames must be:
Isolated from each other
Separately bonded
In physical contact with each other
None of the choices
24. The working clearance between live parts for a system operating at 480 volts with exposed live parts on one side and no live or grounded parts on the other side of the working space must
be a minimum of:
3 feet
3.5 feet
4 feet
5 feet
25. Receptacles in patient care areas of pediatric locations must be:
Protected by a GFCI
Protected by an AFCI
Childproof
Tamper resistant
26. What is the allowable ampacity for a 1/0 THHN conductor in a conduit with 5 other current carrying conductors?
170 amps
150 amps
136 amps
200 amps
27. What must be provided in a lighting and appliance panelboard to prevent installing more overcurrent devices than the number for which the panelboard is rated?
A warning sign
A highly visible tag
A padlock
Physical means
28. When keeping within the NEC requirements for the number of overcurrent devices allowed in a lighting and appliance panelboard, how many overcurrent devices are counted in one
2-pole circuit breaker?
1
2
3
4
29. How many overcurrent device spaces are counted when using one 3-pole circuit breaker?
1
2
3
4
30. A 40-circuit, single-phase, 3-wire lighting and appliance panelboard contains 18 1-pole circuit breakers. What is the maximum number of 2-pole circuit breakers that may be installed
in the panelboard?
10
11
12
13
31. What is the maximum number of main circuit breakers that may be used to protect a lighting and appliance panelboard on the supply side?
None
1
2
3
32. When is it permissible to install two wires under the same set-screw in a neutral?
Only on branch circuits
Only on relays mounted on switchboards
When the terminal is identified as allowing more than one conductor
It is never permitted
33. A metal pole supporting a light fixture shall have an accessible handhole not less than ______ inches.
2 × 6 inches
3 × 4 inches
2 × 4 inches
4 × 8 inches
34. What is the maximum overcurrent device rating allowed for the protection of panelboard instrument circuits?
30 amperes
20 amperes
15 amperes
10 amperes
35. What is the minimum wire bending space required at the top and bottom of a panelboard that has one 3/0 conductor connected to each busbar in the panelboard?
6 1/2 inches
7 inches
7 1/2 inches
8 inches
36. What is the minimum wire bending space required at the top and bottom of a panelboard that has two 3/0 conductors connected to each busbar or terminal in the panelboard?
6 1/2 inches
7 inches
7 1/2 inches
8 inches
37. What is the minimum wire bending space required at the top and bottom of a panelboard that has three 3/0 conductors connected to each busbar or terminal in the panelboard?
6 1/2 inches
7 inches
7 1/2 inches
8 inches
38. All switches and circuit breakers, used as switches under normal operation, must be so located that they may be operated from:
A cat walk
A rubber mat
An inaccessible location
A readily accessible place
39. What is the highest position the operating handle of a safety switch or circuit breaker may be located above the floor or working platform under normal working conditions?
4 1/2 feet
5 feet
6 feet
6 feet 7 inches
40. On busway installations, fused switches and circuit breakers may be located at the same level as the busway provided:
A suitable means is provided to operate the device from a step ladder
A suitable means is provided to operate the device from floor level
A suitable means is provided to operate the device from an extension ladder
Another disconnect switch is provided at the working platform
41. When installing a grounded conductor in a panelboard each grounded conductor must be terminated in an individual terminal that is not also used for another conductor unless:
Terminal is identified for use with more than one conductor
Conductors are under No. 2 AWG
Conductors are under No. 4 AWG
Not permitted under any situation
42. What is the maximum voltage allowed between adjacent snap switches, receptacles, and similar devices in an enclosure?
120 volts
300 volts
240 volts
480 volts
43. If safety switches are horsepower rated, the rating must be marked on the switch as well as:
Current and voltage rating
Voltage and wattage rating
Current and resistance rating
Voltage and resistance rating
44. A fused safety switch must not have the fuses connected in:
Series
Parallel
Line with the load
None of the above
45. A cutout box installed in a damp and wet location shall be:
Raintight
Waterproof
Weatherproof
Rainproof
46. The minimum spacing allowed between bare metal surface-mounted, current-carrying parts of opposite polarity in a panelboard with voltage not exceeding 125 volts is:
1/4 inch
1/2 inch
3/4 inch
1 inch
47. If the bare metal parts specified in previous question are held free in air, what is the minimum distance?
1/4 inch
1/2 inch
3/4 inch
1 inch
48. The minimum spacing allowed between bare metal surface-mounted, current-carrying parts to ground in a panelboard with voltage not exceeding 125 volts is:
1/4 inch
1/2 inch
3/4 inch
1 inch
49. The minimum spacing allowed between bare metal surface-mounted, current-carrying parts of opposite polarity in a panelboard with voltage not exceeding 250 volts is:
1/2 inch
3/4 inch
1 inch
1 1/4 inches
50. The minimum spacing allowed between bare metal current-carrying parts (not exceeding 250 volts) of opposite polarity where held in free air is:
1/2 inch
3/4 inch
1 inch
1 1/4 inches
