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1 ampere equals

1,000,000 milliamps

1,000,000
millicoulombs per
second

1,000 milliamps

2 amperes

8 amperes

3 lights, each rated at 24 watts, are connected in parallel and


supplied by a 12 volt battery. What total current does the
battery need to deliver?

6 amperes

8 volts are applied to a 2 Ohm resistor. What current will


flow?
A 10 V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 Ohm for 1
minute. What is the power supplied?
A 10 V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 Ohm for 1
minute. What is the work done?
A 12 volt battery is connected to a 24 watt light bulb. The
battery lasts for 10 hrs. What is the battery capacity?

4 coulombs

4 amps

24 watts

100 Watts

600 Joules

10 Watts

60 Joules

10 Watts

600 Joules

2 Amperes

20 Ampere hours

240 Watts

A 12V battery is connected to two resistors in series, (R1 and


R2). If the voltage across R1 is 8V,

the resistance of R2
is double the
resistance of R1

the current through R2


is half of the current
through R1

the resistance of R2 is
half the resistance of
R1

A 2 Ohm resistor has 3 amps flowing through it. What is the


voltage across the resistor?
A 2 Ohm resistor has 3 amps through it. What power is being
consumed by the resistor?
A 20 pico Farad capacitor with a 1MW resistor takes how
long to charge?
A 24 V battery has an internal resistance of 1 ohm. When
connected to a load, 12 amps flow. The value of the load is

0.67 volts

1.5 volts

6 volts

18 joules per second

18 watts

6 watts

20 milli seconds

0.1 millisecond

10 seconds

12 Ohm

1 ohm

1/2 ohm

A 24-volt source is required to furnish 48 watts to a parallel


circuit consisting of four resistors of equal value. What is the
voltage drop across each resistor?

12 volts

A 3 ohm resistor dissipates 27 watts. How much current flows


through it?

3A

a
b
c
c
b

c
c
b
b
b

24 volts

3 volts
b

9A

0.15 A

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A 3 phase system, with one end of each phase connected to


a common neutral point, is known as
A 30 KVA rated generator has a power factor of 0.8. What is
its maximum consistent power?
A 3-phase AC generator has 3 separate stator windings
spaced at

a delta connection

a line connection

a star connection

30 KW

24 KW

375 KW

90

60

120

A 3-phase induction motor can be reversed by

isolating one phase

A 3-phase star-delta wound transformer gives

90 phase shift

reversing the rotor


connections
no phase shift

changing over any two


phases
30 phase shift

A 4:1 step-down transformer draws 1 A from a 200V supply.


The output power will be
A 400 Hz, 4-pole motor will rotate at

50V at 4 A

800V at 0.25A

50V at 0.25A

12,000 rpm

6,000 rpm

8,000 rpm

A 500 ohm resistor carries a 3 amp current. What is the


power dissipated?
A band stop filter

5 kW

4.5 kW

500 W

passes all
frequencies above a
specified value

attenuates frequencies
either side of a narrow
range

passes frequencies
either side of a narrow
range

A battery is made up of 5 NiCad cells connected in series.


Each cell has a capacity of 20 Ah. What is the rating of the
battery?

6 V; 20 Ah

30 V; 100 Ah

6 V; 100 Ah

A battery voltage "V" is connected to R1 and R2 that are in


parallel. If R1 has 2 amps running through it and is twice the
value (resistance) of R2 then the total current flowing from
the battery is

3 amps

A battery voltage V and two resistors (R1 and R2) which are
connected in series. If R1 is 2 Ohms and has 3 amps flowing
through it, what current is flowing through R2?

impossible to tell
without further
information

3 amps

A battery voltage V and two resistors (R1 and R2) which are
connected in series. If R1 is 2 Ohms, V is 24 volts, what is
the current through R1?

impossible to tell
without further
information

12 amps

c
b
c
c
c
a
a
b
c

a
4 amps

6 amps
c
0.67 amps
b
at least 12 amps
a

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A capacitor connected to a 20V battery is fully charged after


25 seconds. If the battery is replaced with a short circuit, what
will be the voltage across the capacitor after 1 time constant?

12.64 V

A charged body is said to have

a surplus or lack of
electrons
2 amps

A circuit comprises a 5ohm resistor connected in series with


a 10 ohm resistor. If the current in the 5 ohm resistor is 1 A,
what is the current in the 10 ohm resistor?

7.36 V

1V
b

a surplus of protons

a lack of neutrons

It cannot be found
without knowing the
applied voltage.

1 amp

parallel

series/parallel

A circuit comprising five resistors of different value have the


same voltage dropped across each of them. The resistors are
connected in

series

A circuit consists of three resistors of equal value connected


in parallel. When connected to a 48V supply, the circuit
dissipates 192 watts. What is the value of each resistor?

12 ohm

A circuit contains three resistors of equal value connected in


parallel. If one resistor burns out (goes open circuit), the
current in the each of remaining two resistors will

increase

A component consuming 80 watts at 8 amps would require a


supply of
A conventional aircraft AC generator will be

10 Volts

100 Volts

5 Volts

series wound

delta wound

star wound

A Coulomb is a current flow of

one ampere per


second
12 milliwatts

one ampere x second

one second per


ampere
144 milliwatts

A direct current of 12 milli-amperes flows through a circuit


which has a resistance of 1000 ohm. The power dissipated
by the circuit is
A filter comprising a capacitor in series and inductor in
parallel with the load is a
A filter with a small bandwidth has

b
4 ohm

36 ohm
c

decrease

remain the same


c

12 watts

a
c
b
c

band pass filter

high pass filter

low pass filter

a high value of Q

a low value of Q

a Q of zero

b
a

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A fully charged battery rated at 24 V, 60 Ah, is connected to a


48 watt light bulb. Approximately how long will the battery
last?

30 hrs

120 hrs

2.5 hrs

A fully charged, 10 cell NiCad battery has a nominal voltage


of
A generator is labelled as having 115V/200V, 20A and PF
0.8. What is the apparent power in each line that the
generator can produce?

1.2 Volts

12 Volts

13.6 Volts

2.3 kW

2.3 kVA

4 kVA

A generator rated at 30 KVA and power factor 08 has a


maximum continuous power output of
A generator supplies 25 A, 4 V and 50 W. What is the
apparent power and the power factor?
A good conductor has

30 kW

24 kW

37.5 kW

100 VA and 2

400 VA and 0.5

100 VA and 0.5

a large number of
electrons

a large number of
electrons in its outer
orbit

a small number of
electrons in its outer
orbit

A high pass filter attenuates frequencies

above a certain value

below a certain value

A high pass filter has

high impedance to
low frequency, low
impedance to high
frequency

high impedance to
high frequency, low
impedance to low
frequency

within a particular
band
high impedance to
both high and low
frequency

A lead acid battery comprises three cells connected in series,


each cell of capacity 20Ah. If 4 such batteries were
connected in parallel, what would be the specification of the
resulting combination?

8 V and 60 Ah

2 V and 240 Ah

A material with a narrow hysteresis loop

has high retentivity

has low retentivity

cannot be magnetised

A material's opposition to flow of current is termed its

resistance

reluctance

conductance

A molecule is the smallest part of

a compound

an electron

an atom

A neutron is a particle which is

contained within the


nucleus of most
atoms

orbiting around the


nucleus of the atom

contained in the
nucleus of all atoms

a
b
c
b
c
c
b

6 V and 80 Ah
c

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A parallel circuit with any number of 2 terminal connections

has the same current


throughout

the individual voltage


drops is equal to the
emf

the resistance is
dependent on current

A photovoltaic cell produces electricity when subjected to

light

heat

pressure

A piezo-electric device generates electricity through

pressure

friction

light

A pure capacitor, inductor and resistor are connected in


series and the voltage drops across each are 10 V. The total
current flowing in the circuit is 1 A. How much true power is
the circuit consuming?

30 VA

30 W

10 W

A resistor is consuming 2 watts. How much power will be


consumed if the applied voltage is doubled?

impossible to tell
without further
information

2 watts

A short circuit between the supply and ground

does not matter if the


circuit uses the
aircraft ground as a
return

could be very
dangerous as the
current drawn will be
very high

is not dangerous as
the current drawn will
be low

A simple circuit has 4 amps flowing through a 5 ohm resistor.


How much power is being used?
A sine wave has a frequency of 20 Hz. Its period is

20 watts

100 watts

80 watts

0.05 seconds

20 cycles per minute

5 milliseconds

A sine wave of RMS value 7.07 volts has a peak to peak


value of
A single-phase circuit has an input voltage of 100 V. The
current is 10 A and the circuit has a power factor of 0.5. The
true power is

10 volts

0.707 volts

20 volts

1000 W

50 W

500 W

A soft iron core is used in an electro-magnet because it has

high permeability and


high coercivity
one winding

high permeability and


low coercivity
two windings

low permeability and


high coercivity
three windings

1 kohm

4 kohm

16 kohm

A step up transformer has


A transformer has 1200 turns primary and 4800 turns
secondary. What value of load resistance would be required
to give a reflected impedance of 1000 Ohm

b
a
a
c

8 watts
c

c
a
c
c
b
b
c

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A Transformer has 4500 secondary turns and 750 primary


turns. Its turns ratio is
A transformer has 500 turns on the primary and 100 turns on
the secondary and the secondary is connected to a 10 ohm
load. When connected to a 100 V supply the primary current
is

1:6

6:1

1/6

10 amps

0.4 amps

2 amps

A transformer has 500 turns on the primary and 100 turns on


the secondary. When connected to a 100 V supply, the
output is

500 V

A transformer has an input of 400V and a ratio of 2:1. If the


transformer is delta/star wound, what will the line voltage
output be?

115 V

A transformer is designed to operate at 60 Hz. It is connected


across a 50 Hz supply. The primary windings would

draw more current

A transformer rated at a frequency of 200 Hz

may be used at any


other frequency

may only be used at


the rated frequency or
above

may only be used at


the rated frequency or
below

A Transformer with 115 V primary voltage and a ratio of 5:1 is


supplying a landing light (load 24v 45 amps). What is the
current drawn?

205 amps

9 amps

4.5 amps

A transformer with a 5:1 ratio has a 24 V output. What is the


input?
A tuned circuit at resonance is

120 VDC

4.8 VAC

120 VAC

inductive

resistive

capacitive

A two-phase induction motor has

2 poles

3 poles

4 poles

AC frequencies are expressed in

degrees/second

cycles per minute

Hertz

AC value that can produce the same heat as DC is called

rms value

average value

peak value

According to Faraday's Law, an EMF induced in a coil

has the same polarity


as the current
producing it

has a magnitude
proportional to the rate
of change of flux

opposes the magnetic


field producing it

b
20 V

25 V
b

200 V

346 V
c

draw less current

draw the same current


a

b
c

a
b

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According to Lenz's Law, the polarity of the current induced in


a coil

is the same as the


polarity of the voltage
producing it

increases the strength


of the magnetic field
producing it

opposes the magnetic


field producing it

According to Ohm's Law, the current in a DC circuit is

proportional to both
the voltage and the
resistance

inversely proportional
to the resistance and
proportional to the
voltage

inversely proportional
to the voltage
regardless of the
resistance

number of pole pairs

rotational speed of the


driving motor

both statements are


true

1250 watts

1000 watts

800 watts

1.43

0.3

0.7

6,000 RPM

8,000 RPM

12,000 RPM

a universal motor

an induction motor

a synchronous motor

50 Volts

71 Volts

141 Volts

hydration

polarization

ionization

a balanced load is
guaranteed
100 VA

two voltages are


available
400 W

the line and phase


voltages are equal
500 W

the smallest part of


an element that
retains its
characteristics
an excess of free
electrons

the smallest part of a


compound that can
exist independently

the smallest particle of


matter

an excitement of
electrons in a metal

an ordered flow of
electrons

Alternator output frequency is affected by


An 80 watt light bulb is switched on for 4 hrs. How much
energy is dissipated in total?
An AC circuit has a power factor of 0.8, and is drawing 10 A
at 100 Volts. How many watts are being used?
An AC generator has an output of 200 KVA. The real load is
140 KW. The power factor is
An AC generator has four poles. To produce a frequency of
400Hz it must achieve a speed of
An AC motor that rotates at the same speed as the supply
frequency is called
An AC signal has an amplitude of 100 volts. The RMS value
would be
An accumulation of hydrogen on the plates of a battery is
known as
An advantage of a star connected generator over a delta
connected generator is
An alternator delivers 500V RMS at 1 ampere with at a power
factor is 08. What is the true power?
An atom is

An electric current is

c
c
c
c
b
b
b
b

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An electric current is a flow of

electrons from a
positively charged
area to a negatively
charged area

protons from a
positively charged
area to a negatively
charged area

electrons from a
negatively charged
area to a positively
charged area

An electrical circuit contains 3 resistors of equal value


connected in parallel. The total current in the circuit will be
equal to

the current flowing


through one resistor

three times the current


in one resistor

one third the current in


one resistor

An element whose atoms have fewer than 4 electrons in their


valency shell is
An increase in which of the following factors will cause an
increase in the inductive reactance of a circuit?
An induced current in a coil

a good conductor

a good insulator

a semiconductor

resistance and
capacitive reactance
opposes the EMF
producing it
10 mH

resistance and voltage

inductance and
frequency
does not affect the
EMF producing it
100 mH

An inductor has 1,000 turns of wire and a cross sectional


area of 0.001m. If the core has a permeability of 0.000001
and the coil is 0.1m, what is the value of the inductor?

aids the EMF


producing it
100 microH

b
a
c
a

An LCR circuit supplied with 100 V draws 0.5 amps, and


consumes 50 watts. The phase difference between the
votage and current is

180

90

An oxygen molecule contains two oxygen atoms with shared

electrons

neutrons

protons

Apparent power in an AC circuit is found by

VxI

V x I x cos

V x I x sin

Apparent Power is measured in

KW or Watts

KVA or VA

KVAR or VAR

Applying friction to an insulating material


Armature reaction is

alters the number of


electrons in its atoms
reactive sparking

As a lead-acid cell discharges, its internal resistance

decreases

has no effect on its


atomic structure
due to dirty or worn
commutator
increases

alters the number of


protons in its atoms
the MMF opposing
rotation
remains constant

As the generator load is increased (within its rated capacity),


the voltage will

remain constant and


the amperage output
will decrease

decrease and the


amperage output will
increase

remain constant and


the amperage output
will increase

c
a

a
c
b
c

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Atoms contain
Commutator ripple can be reduced by

Connecting batteries in parallel

Connecting batteries in series

Copper losses in a transformer are caused by

Devices that generate electricity by immersing dissimilar


metals in an electrolyte are
Doubling the running time of an electrical machine would
double the
Eddy currents in a transformer can be reduced by
constructing the core with
Electric lines of force between two negatively-charged objects
will
Electrical charges build up on aircraft in flight due to

molecules
using a ripple filter

hydrogen
increasing the speed
of rotation

electrons
connecting a resistor
in series with the
armature

increases the
capacity; the voltage
remains the same

increases the voltage


and capacity

increases the voltage;


the capacity remains
the same

increases the
capacity; voltage
remains the same

increases the voltage


and capacity

increases the voltage;


the capacity remains
the same

circulating currents
through the
transformer

the resistance in the


windings

wasting of the copper


wires due to friction

photo-voltaic cells

voltaic cells

thermo-electric cells

joules used

watts used

current used

special non-metallic
material
cross over each
other
friction

a single, solid piece of


soft iron
attract each other

laminated formers

the conductive skin of


the aircraft cutting the
Earth's magnetic flux

chemical action
between the aircraft
skin and the moisture
in the air

repel each other

c
a

b
b
a
c
c

Electrical power is expressed in

Watts

Coulombs

Volts

Electricity conducts through

solids only

solids and liquids

vacuum

Electromotive force is measured in


Electrons from different atoms

ohms
attract each other

volts
repel each other

b
c

Ferro-magnetic materials have a

watts
have no effect on
each other
high reluctance

low resistance

low reluctance

Frequency (Hz) is the number of cycles per

revolution

minute

second

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Generators are usually

excited by a
permanent magnet
solar cells

externally excited

self excited

friction

thermocouples

amperes at rated
voltage
0.01 A

watts at rated voltage

How many amperes are there in 10,000 micro amps?

impedance at rated
voltage
10 A

0.1 A

How many millivolts are there in 3.25 volts?

0.325

3,250

325,000

How much power is dissipated when a current of 3A flows


through a 500 ohm resistor?
How much power is supplied by a 24V generator connected
to two 12 ohm resistors in parallel?
Hydrogen atoms consist of

1.5 kW

4.5 kW

15 W

144 watts

576 watts

96 watts

two protons and one


electron
2 volts

two neutrons and two


protons
2 amps

one proton and one


electron
1 amp

the magnet is
destroyed

two bar magnets are


formed

one bar magnet and


one non-magnet is
formed

200 milliseconds

200 seconds

150 seconds

Heat is converted into electrical energy by


How are generators rated?

If 2 coulombs flowed through a circuit in 2 seconds, the circuit


current would be
If a bar magnet is cut in half

If a constant current of 25 ma is flowing through a capacitor


of 50 microfarads, how long will it take to charge to 100 V?
If a DC circuit with a total resistance of 2 Ohms has 12 volts
DC applied the resulting current would be
If a generator sparks, a possible reason is

c
c
c

b
c
c
c
b

a
24 A

0.167 A

6A

the brush springs are


loose

the brushes have been


placed around the
magnetic coil

magnetic flux
deflecting the EMF

If a transformer winding has some of its turns shorted


together

the input voltage will


reduce

the transformer will get


hot in normal operation

the output voltage will


be high

If a voltage of 10 V is applied to a resistance of 250 ohms,


what current will flow?

25 amps

4 milliamps

40 milliamps

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If an AC sinewave has an RMS value of 5V its peak value is

14.14 V

6.37 V

7.07 V

If an insulated conductor is placed near to a negatively


charged rod, the nearest end of the conductor becomes
If electrons are added to an atom it becomes

negatively charged

positively charged

no change will occur

a positive ion

a negative ion

a neutral ion

If energy is supplied to a circuit for 5hrs at 800 j/sec, the total


energy consumed is
If several resistors of different value are connected in parallel,
the total resistance is
If the area and thickness of a capacitor's dielectric are both
doubled, its capacitance will
If the core losses in a transformer at half load are 200 W, at
full load they will be
If the cross sectional area of a conductor is doubled, the
maximum voltage it can carry will
If the cross-sectional area of a conductor is increased, its
resistance will
If the current flowing into a junction is 5 A, 3 A, 4 A and 10 A
out, what is the 5th wire carrying?
If the current reaches a maximum through an inductor of 2A
in 15 sec, what is the current after 3 sec?
If the field strength of a generator is doubled, and the speed
is doubled, the output EMF will
If the North Pole of a magnet is brought nearer to the North
Pole of another magnet

4 KW hrs

240 KW hrs

1.6 KW hrs

equal to the lowest


value reistor
double

smaller than the lowest


value resistor
half

greater than the lowest


value resistor
remain the same

200 W

100W

400W

half

double

remain the same

remain the same

decrease

increase

2 A in

2 A out

5 A out

1.26 A

0.63 A

1A

quadruple

double

stay the same

attraction between
them will be
increased
12,000 RPM

repulsion between
them will be increased

repulsion between
them will be reduced

6,000 RPM

3,000 RPM

delta connected

star connected

unbalanced

115 V

200 V

346 V

If the output frequency of a 4 pole generator is 400 Hz, it's


speed is
If the phase and line voltages from a 3-phase generator are
equal, the generator is
If the phase voltage in a star connected generator is 115V
what is he line voltage?

c
b
b
a
b
c
a
c
b
b
a
a
b
a
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If the resistance of a resistor which is in series with two other


resistors is doubled
If the resistance of an electrical circuit is increased

the current in that


resistance is doubled
the voltage will
increase
halved

the current in that


resistance is halved
the current will
increase
doubled

the volts drop across


that resistor increases
the current will
decrease
unchanged

infinity

practically zero

unaffected

the current is
doubled
halved

the resistance is
halved
inverted

the current is halved

If there was a mainly inductive load on an AC generator, the


voltage with respect to the current would
If two 12 Volt, 10 Ah batteries are connected in parallel, the
resulting combination would be
If two AC signals of equal amplitude and frequency are at
different points in their cycle at any given moment, they are
said to be

lead

lag

be in phase

24 volts; 20 Ah

12 volts; 10 Ah

12 volts; 20 Ah

in anti-phase

attenuated

out of phase

Impedance is the combined effect of

resistance and
reactance
45

real and imaginary


power
90

resistance and
conductivity
180

90

180

line voltage is greater


than phase voltage
180

line current is equal to


phase current
120

line voltage is equal to


phase voltage
0

remains at the same


speed

runs at 1 third speed

If the speed of a generator is halved and the field strength is


doubled, the output voltage will be
If the temperature of a pure metal is reduced to absolute
zero, its resistance will be
If the voltage across a resistor is doubled
If the voltage in a resistive circuit is doubled, the current is

In a 2-phase generator, the windings are electrically ______


apart from each other.
In a 2-phase generator, what angles are the phases to each
other?
In a 3 phase delta connected AC generator
In a 3-phase generator, what angle are the phases to each
other?
In a 3-phase motor, if 1 phase is lost, the motor

doubled

c
c
c
b
a
c
a
c
c

runs at 2 thirds speed

a
b
a
c
b
a

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In a 4:1 step up transformer, what would give a reflected


impedance of 1k Ohm?
In a balanced Wheatstone bridge, the current through the
centre of the bridge is
In a circuit C = 25 microfarads and the current flow is 40
micro amps for 4 seconds. What is the voltage?
In a circuit containing resistors in parallel,

1k Ohm

4k Ohm

16k Ohm

zero

maximum positive

maximum negative

12.8 V

6.4 V

3.2 V

the voltage is the


same in all parts of
the circuit

the sum of the voltage


drops equals applied
voltage

resistance is
determined by value of
current flow

2 Ohm

25 Ohm

50 Ohm

equal to phase
current
line current = phase
current multiplied by
root 3

root 3 x phase current

less than the phase


current
line current = phase
current

In a Le Clanche cell, the plates are made of

mercury and lithium

nickel and cadmium

zinc and carbon

In a parallel LCR circuit, if the capacitance is increased by 4


times, what happens to the impedance?
In a parallel RLC circuit, the value of the capacitor is
quadrupled, then the value of the impedance would

increases by 4 times

decreases by 75%

remains the same

reduce

increased

remain the same

In a parallel tuned circuit, at frequencies below resonance,


the
In a purely resistive AC circuit, increasing the frequency will

voltage and current


are in phase
increase the
resistance
in-phase with the
voltage vector
double the resistance

voltage leads the


current
decrease the
resistance
+90 out of phase with
the voltage vector
halve the current

current leads the


voltage
not affect the
resistance
-90 out of phase with
the voltage vector
double the current

100 ohms

120 ohms

zero

In a DC circuit, power = 100 watts and voltage = 50 volts.


What is the resistance?
In a Delta wound system the line current is
In a delta-connected generator

In a purely resistive AC circuit, the current vector is


In a resistive circuit, doubling the EMF will
In a series LCR circuit at resonance, R = 100 ohm, L and C
are each 10 ohm. The total impedance is

line current = phase


current divided by root
3

c
a
b
a
b
b
a
c
c
a
b
c
a
c
a

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In a series resistive circuit, the total current is

the sum of the


currents flowing
through each resistor

the same as the


currents flowing
through each resistor

the sum of the current


reciprocals

the current leads the


voltage
current and voltage
are in phase
hydration

the voltage leads the


current
voltage leads the
current
sulphation

the current and voltage


are in phase
current leads the
voltage
polarisation

transfer of material
between the anode
and the cathode

build up of hydrogen
on the anode

build up of hydrogen
on the cathode

the generator speed

controlling the current


flow through the
voltage field windings

the number of pairs of


poles

star only

delta only

either delta or star

In a vector diagram showing the magnitude and direction of


inductive reactance, capacitive reactance and resistance in
an AC circuit

the inductive
reactance would be
in opposition to the
capacitive reactance
and resistance at 90
degrees

the inductive and


capacitance reactance
would be additive with
the resistance
subtractive

it is impossible to show
values of this kind
using vectors

In AC generators 0.637 of the peak voltage is the

RMS

average value

form factor

current lags voltage

In a series tuned circuit at resonance


In a series tuned circuit, at frequencies above resonance, the
In a simple voltaic cell the collection of ions on the cathode
causes
In a simple voltaic cell, polarisation reduces output voltage
because of the
In a single-phase AC generator, frequency is determined by

In a star wound primary transformer, how could you wind the


secondary winding?

b
c
b
b

In an AC circuit containing resistance and inductance, the

current leads voltage

In an AC circuit, real current is 3 A and imaginary current is 4


A. The power factor is
In an AC circuit, the effective voltage is

0.75

1.33

current and voltage


are in phase
0.6

equal to the
maximum
instantaneous
voltage

greater than the


maximum
instantaneous voltage

less than the


maximum
instantaneous voltage

b
b
a

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In an AC circuit, what happens if frequency is reduced?


In an AC generator, the phase windings are usually mounted
on the
In an electrical circuit with 28 V, 7 A, and 4 ohms, the
dissipated power is equal to
In an LCR circuit the reactive power is 6KVAr and the real
power is 8KW. The power factor is
In order to produce an alternating voltage of 400 Hz the
number of pole-pairs required in an AC generator running at
6,000 rpm is

capacitive elements
may be damaged
stator
4 watts

inductive elements
may be damaged
rotor
196 watts

there will be no effect


field electromagnet
12.25 watts

0.8

0.75

1.33

12

b
a
b
a
a

In the discharged state, the electrolyte of a lead acid cell


would be

a weak concentration
of sulphuric acid in
water

a weak concentration
of hydrochloric acid in
water

a weak concentration
of nitric acid in water

In their pure form, germanium and silicon are both

insulators

conductors

semi-conductors

In transformer operation, hysteresis losses are

current overcoming
coil resistance

induced current in the


iron core

energy wasted in
reversing core
magnetization

Increasing the current being carried by the windings of an


electromagnet will have an effect on the resulting flux density.
It will

increase the flux


density up to a
certain limit because
of saturation

Increase the flux


density proportional to
field current

have no influence on
flux density unless the
number of turns on the
winding is changed

Increasing the operating temperature of conductors carrying


electrical current causes

an increase in
resistance and a
decrease in current

a decrease in
resistance and an
increase in current

no effect on the
resistance and current

Interpole windings fitted to DC series-wound generators are

in series with the


field

in parallel with the load

in series with the load

a
c

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Kirchhoff's Law states that

the algebraic sum of


all the voltages
entering or leaving a
series circuit of
components will be
equal to zero

the algebraic sum of


all the currents
entering or leaving a
series of components
will be equal to one

the inverse sum of all


the voltages entering
or leaving a series of
components will be
equal to one

real power

total power

Lines of magnetic flux pass from

reactive (or
imaginary) power
N to S

E to W

S to N

Magneto motive force m.m.f. can be found by

N/I

IxN

Blv

Material with good electrical insulating properties has

more protons than


electrons
high retentivity

electrons tightly bound


to their parent atoms
high permeabilty

a large number of
positive ions
high reluctance

kVAR is a unit which is used for

Materials used for shielding sensitive electronic circuits from


magnetic fields should have

b
b

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