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a) Zero
b) Pulsed negative
c) Pulsed positive
16. What value is the same as the equivalent D.C. heating effect?
# a) Root Mean Square
b) Average
c) Peak
17. What is the relationship between the voltage and the current in an A.C
circuit containing resistance & inductance?
a) Current leads voltage by up to 90
# b) Current lags voltage by up to 90
c) Current lags voltage by 90
18. What shape is the waveform when the input pulse and the time base are
unequal?
a) Square
# b) Rectangular
c) Saw tooth
19. A sine wave has 5 amps RMS value. What is the peak value?
a) 6.37 amps
# b) 7.07 amps
c) 10 amps
20. In this circuit:
27. When measuring the phase and line voltages of a generator, it was found
that line and phase voltages were equal. The generator is?
# a) delta wound
b) star wound.
c) either delta or star wound
28. To change the direction of a 3-phase induction motor you would :
# a) swap two of the stator connections
b) swap all of the input connections
c) remove one of the input connections
29. To calculate generator output you need to know the:
a) armature speed and number of series conductors
b) armature speed and number of parallel conductors
# c) armature speed and field strength
30. In a shunt motor, if you reverse both field current and armature current,
the motor will
a) stop
b) change direction
# c) continue to run in the same direction
31. The permanent magnet in an A.C generator induces
# a) A.C. in the exitor generator
b) D.C. in the exitor generator
c) A.C. in the main generator
32. What does the following circuit represent?
a) Integrator
b) Low pass filter
c) Differentiator
35. Two 10V, 20 Ah batteries are connected in parallel and connected across
a 10-ohm load. How long could they supply normal current before the
voltage begins to decay?
a) 20 hours
b) 4 hours
# c) 40 hours
36. A 10 V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 ohms for 1 minute. What is
the power supplied :
a) 100 W
b) 10 VA
# c) 10 W
37. A 10V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 ohms for 1 minute. What is
the work done?
a) 60J
b) 10J
# c) 600J
38. Three capacitors 10 microfarads, 10 Nan farads and 10 millifards are
connected in parallel. What is the total capacitance?
# a) 10.01001mF
b) 111mF
c) 1.001001mF
39. If a 1mF capacitor has a potential difference across it of 5V what is the
energy stored?
a) 12.5 J
# b) 12.5 mJ
c) 25 mJ
40. A capacitor is fully charged after 25 seconds to a battery voltage of 20 V.
The battery is replaced with a short circuit. What will be the voltage
across the capacitor after 1 time constant?
a) 12.64 V
# b) 7.36 V
c) 0 V
41. Glass is an example of a:
a) paramagnetic material
# b) diamagnetic material
c) coercive material
42. Which of the following is absolute permeability?
# a)
b) o
c) r
43. A solenoid of 10 turns per meter carries a current of 5A. If the current is
reduced to 2.5A, how many turns would be required to maintain the same
magnetic field?
a) 5
b) 50
# c) 20
44. The point of coercivity occurs when the :
a) magnetizing force applied causes the material to become magnetically
saturated.
# b) magnetic flux is zero even though a magnetizing force is being
applied.
c) magnetizing force reaches a peak positive or negative value.
45. What is the mutual inductance if two coils of 10mH and 500mH have 90%
of the flux transferred from one to the other?
a) 4.5mH
b) 459mH
# c) 63mH
46. An inductor has 1,000 turns of wire and a cross sectional area of
0.001m2. If the core has a permeability of 0.000,001 and the coil is 0.1m
what is the value of the inductor:
# a) 10mH
b) 100microH
c) 100mH
47. Three inductors 10 mH, 5 mH and 20 mH are connected in parallel. What
is the total inductance?
a) 35mH
# b) 2.86mH
c) Without knowing the coupling factor the total inductance cannot be
found
48. If the current reaches a maximum through an inductor of 2A in 15 secs,
what is the current after 3 secs?
# a) 1.26A
b) 0.63A
c) 1A
49. If the phase voltage in a star connected generator is 200V what will be the
line voltage?
a) 115V
b) 200V
# c) 346V
50. A generator is labeled as having 115V/200V, 20A and PF 0.8. What is the
apparent power in each line that the generator can produce?
a) 2.3kW
b) 2.3kVA
# c) 4kVA
a) 1 ohm
b) 4 ohms
c) 16 ohms
67. The frequency of the output of a 4 pole generator is 400 Hz. The
generator is turning at:
# a) 12000 RPM
b) 6000 RPM
c) 3000 RPM
68. What is the wave shape of the x-axis input of a traversing oscilloscope
image?
a) square
b) rectangular
# c) triangular
69. An inductance/resistance motor is :
a) better than a capacitance motor
b) restricted to low loads only
# c) less efficient than a capacitance motor
70.
# a) 7 V
b) 21 V
c) 28 V
71. A 4:1 step down transformer draws 115 V and 1 A. The output power will
be :
# a) 28.5 V at 4 A
b) 28.5 V at 16 A
c) 460 V at 0.25 A
72. The voltage induced in the stator of an AC generator is produced by:
a) a fixed magnetic field
# b) a rotating magnetic field
c) an alternating field
73. A low frequency supply:
# a) may damage inductive components
b) will have no effect on inductive components
c) will make the circuit operate faster due to the reduced impedance
74. A zinc-carbon battery life depends upon :
a) the purity of the carbon rod
# b) the amount of zinc
c) the amount of the electrolyte paste
75. When checking the s.g. of the electrolyte in a lead acid battery, you
should
# a) check all cells because they may be different
b) check only the no. 1 cell because it is the master cell
c) check any cell because they will all be the same
76. If electrons are added to an atom it becomes:
a) a positive ion
# b) a negative ion
c) a neutral ion
77. An element whose atoms have fewer than 4 electrons in their valency
hell are
# a) good conductors
b) good insulators
c) semiconductors
78. In a purely resistive AC circuit, the current vector is:
# a) in phase with the voltage vector
b) +90o out of phase with the voltage vector
c) -90o out of phase with the voltage vector
79. The PD at the terminals of an open circuit battery with a small internal
resistance will be :
a) more than the EMF
b) less than the EMF
# c) the same as the EMF
80. The diagram shows a 200 V long shunt generator. What is the voltage
dropped across the series resistor?
a) 200 V
b) 0.12 V
c) 0.2 V
91. A 10 ohm resistor has a 14.14 V peak drop across it. What power is
dissipated?
a) 19.99 W
# b) 10 W
c) 1.414 W
92. This is a symbol for :
93. If a generator speed is halved and the field strength is doubled, the
voltage output will be :
a) halved
b) doubled
# c) unchanged
94. Point A on the armature of the generator shown is producing:
a) maximum current
b) minimum current
c) zero current
118. If the resistance of a resistor which is in series with two other resistors
is doubled
a) the current in that resistance is doubled
b) the current in that resistance is halved
# c) the volts drop across that resistor increases
119. One purpose of a growler test is to determine the presence of:
# a) a shorted armature
b) an out-of-round commutator
c) a broken field lead
120. Through which material will magnetic lines of force pass the most
readily?
a) aluminum
# b) iron
c) copper
121. Electricity conducts through:
a) solids only
# b) solids and liquids
c) vacuum
122. The secondary coil of a transformer has 1500 turns and 10 resistance.
The primary coil has 1 k resistance. How many turns does the
primary coil have?
# a) 15,000
b) 150,000
c) 1,500,000
123. Two batteries 12V and 40 Ah each, are in series. What is the total
capacity?
a) 12V 80 Ah
b) 24V 80Ah
# c) 24V 40 Ah
124. In a star wound primary transformer, how could you wind the secondary
winding?
a) star only
b) delta only
# c) either delta or star
125. The phases in supply to a 2 phase motor are electrically:
# a) 90 degrees apart from each other
b) 180 degrees apart from each other
c) 120 degrees apart from each other
126. A 30 KVA rated generator has a power factor of 0.8. What is its
maximum consistent power :
a) 30 KW
# b) 24 KW
c) 37.5 KW
127. A 50 F capacitor is fed with a current of 25 mA. How long will it take to
charge it to 100V?
a) 1 s
# b) 0.2 seconds
c) 12 minutes
128. The total resistance of the circuit shown is :
a) 1.33 Ohms
b) 12 Ohms
# c) 3 Ohms
129. A step up transformer has :
a) one winding
# b) two windings
c) three windings
130. The three voltages of a three phase generator are connected :
# a) independently of each other
b) in series with each other
c) in parallel with each other
131. E.M.F. in an electric circuit corresponds to what in a magnetic circuit :
# a) mmf
b) flux
c) reluctance
132. Time constant of an inductor is :
a) LR
# b) L/R
c) L2/R
133. Permanent magnets have :
a) high reluctance, low coercive force
b) low reluctance, high coercive force
# c) high reluctance, high coercive force
134. A.C. value that can produce the same heat as D.C. is called :
# a) r.m.s value
b) average value
c) peak value
135. If a battery has got low internal resistance, then :
a) on load voltage will be greater than no load voltage
# b) no load voltage will be greater than on load voltage
c) no load voltage will be the same as on load voltage
a) Increases
b) Remains the same
c) Reduces
163. A sine wave has a periodic time of 0.5 milliseconds. What is the
frequency ?
a) 200 Hz
# b) 2 kHz
c) 20 kHz
164. Three branches in a circuit have currents entering of 3A, 4 A and 5 A. A
forth branch has 10 A leaving. A fifth branch must have :
a) 2A entering
# b) 2A leaving
c) 22A leaving
165. Where are the output windings on an AC generator?
# a) Stator
b) Rotor with slip rings
c) Rotor with commutator
166. If the field strength of a generator is doubled, and the speed is doubled,
the output EMF will :
# a) quadruple
b) double
c) stay the same
167. If the rate of change of current is halved, mutual inductance will:
a) double
# b) stay the same
c) halve
168. If a capacitor of 50 microfarads has a current of 25 mA, how long does it
take to charge to 100 V :
# a) 200 milliseconds
b) 200 seconds
c) 150 seconds
169. in a Wheatstone Bridge, the ammeter reads zero, and the variable
resistor is adjusted to 5 ohms. Resistor P has a value of 10 ohms and Q
has a value of 100 ohms. What is the value of the unknown resistor?
a) 0.5 ohms
b) 5 ohms
# c) 50 ohms
170. in a tuned circuit at resonance, the circuit will be:
a) inductive
# b) resistive
c) capacitive
171. The time constant for an inductor is:
# a) L/R
b) R/L
c) L x R
182. 20 amperes flow for 20 seconds. How many coulombs has flowed?
# a) 400
b) 20
c) 1
183. An atom is :
# a) the smallest part of an element that retains its characteristics
b) the smallest part of a compound that can exist independently
c) the smallest particle of matter
184. A neutron is a particle which is:
# a) contained within the nucleus of most atoms
b) orbits the nucleus of the atom
c) contained in the nucleus of all atoms
185. An electric current is a flow of :
a) electrons from a positively charged area to a negatively charged area
b) protons from a positively charged area to a negatively charged area
# c) electrons from a negatively charged area to a positively charged area
186. An element could be considered to be a conductor if it has :
a) a large number of electrons
b) a large number of electrons in its outer orbit
# c) a small number of electrons in its outer orbit
187. A volt can be considered to be a:
# a) unit of electrical pressure
b) quantity of electrical energy
c) unit of electrical power
188. If the resistance of an electrical circuit is increased :
a) the voltage will increase
b) the current will increase
# c) the current will decrease
189. If 2 coulombs flowed through a circuit in 2 seconds, the circuit would
Have:
a) 2 volts PD
b) 2 amps
# c) 1 amp
190. In general, increasing the cross sectional area of an electrical cable:
# a) enables it to carry more current
b) enables it to carry more voltage
c) increases its resistance
191. Doubling the running time of an electrical machine would :
# a) double the joules used
b) double the watts used
c) double the current used
228. In the circuit shown the 24 volt battery has an internal resistance of 1
ohm and the ammeter indicates a current of 12 amperes. The value of
the load resistance is
a) 1 ohm
b) 2 ohms
c) 6 ohms
235. Unless otherwise specified, any values given for current or voltage in an
AC circuit are assumed to be :
a) maximum values
# b) effective values
c) instantaneous values
236. If a heavy mechanical load is removed from a series motor :
# a) the speed will increase and the armature current will decrease
b) the speed will decrease and the armature current will decrease
c) the speed will increase and the armature current will increase
237. In a vector diagram showing the magnitude and direction of the
inductance, capacitance and resistance in an AC circuit
# a) the inductive reactance would be in opposition to the capacitive
reactance and resistance at 90 degrees
b) the inductive and capacitance reactance would be additive with the
resistance subtractive
c) it is impossible to show values of this kind using vectors
238. If service No. 1 is isolated from the supply busbar shown there will be:
252. Why are the iron cores of most induction coils laminated?
# a) To reduce the effects of eddy currents
b) To increase the core permeability
c) To reduce the core reluctance
253. A 48-volt source is required to furnish 192 watts to a parallel circuit
consisting of three resistors of equal value. What is the value of each
resistor?
a) 12 ohm
b) 4 ohm
# c) 36 ohm
254. If voltage is 100V, resistance is 25 ohms, what is the current?
a) 2500 amperes
# b) 4 amperes
c) 0.4 amperes
255. A soft iron core is used in an ELECTRO magnet because:
a) it has HIGH permeability and HIGH coercivitly
# b) it has HIGH permeability and LOW coercivitly
c) it has LOW permeability and HIGH coercivity
256. The resistance to electrical flow in a wire depends on:
# a) the diameter, length, material of wire and temperature
b) the material only - copper or aluminum
c) the length and material of the wire only
257. A transformer should always have its:
# a) secondary open circuit or on load
b) secondary shorted or on load
c) primary shorted or off load
258. How can the direction of rotation of a DC electric motor be changed?
a) interchange the wires which connect the motor to the external power
source
# b) reverse the electrical connections to either the field or armature
windings
c) rotate the positive brush one commutator segment
259. An AC generator's frequency will :
a) always be constant regardless of the generators drive speed
b) vary with changes in field strength
# c) be proportional to the RPM at which it is driven
260. A short circuit between the supply and earth:
a) does not matter if the circuit uses the aircraft earth as a return
# b) could be very dangerous as the current drawn will be very high
c) is not dangerous as the current drawn will be low
261. When two coils are linked by a common flux, a voltage can be induced
in one by a changing current in the other. This process is known as :
# a) mutual induction
b) the magnetic effect
c) self induction
262. A circuit consists of 3 ohm, 5 ohm and 12 ohm resistors in series, the
current flowing in the 5 ohm resistor is 10 amps. What is the applied
voltage?
a) 100v
b) 10v
# c) 200v
263. Copper is an inferior conductor to aluminum when comparing
# a) weight for weight
b) load for load
c) CSA with CSA
264. In an AC circuit how is the value of true power calculated?
# a) By volts multiplied by amps multiplied by power factor
b) By wattmeter readings multiplied by power factor
c) By voltmeter readings multiplied by ammeter readings
265. A frequency wild AC generator is used for:
a) instruments and navigation
# b) de-icing loads
c) any AC load
266. Which of the following is not one of the purposes of interpoles in a
generator?
# a) Reduce field strength
b) Overcome armature reaction
c) Reduce arcing at the brushes
267. Which of the following would be used to calculate transformer turns
ratio?
a) primary turns secondary turns
b) primary turns secondary turns
# c) secondary turns primary turns
268. A good electrical insulator is a material which:
a) has more protons than electrons
# b) has its electrons tightly bound to their parent atoms
c) contains a large number of positive ions
269. To reverse the direction of a series motor:
a) the direction of the current through the field is reversed
# b) a second series field is fitted
c) the direction of the current through the field and the armature is
reversed
306. The method most often used in overcoming the effect of armature
reaction is through the use of :
a) shaded poles
# b) interpoles
c) drum-wound armatures in combination with a negatively connected
series field
307. The core material used for an electromagnet is soft iron because:
# a) it demagnetizes easily
b) it retains most of its flux density when demagnetized
c)its magnetism is not easily destroyed
308. The switch on a DC circuit containing a fully charged capacitor is
opened. The voltage across the capacitor
a) drops immediately to zero
b) starts to fall exponentially to zero
# c) remains equal to the original charging voltage supply
309. in a 3 phase generator with balanced load, the potential between the
neutral point and earth is:
a) equal to line volts
b) equal to phase volts
# c) zero volts
310. A direct current of 12 milliamperes flows through a circuit which has a
resistance of 1000 ohms. The power dissipated by the circuit is :
a) 12 milliwatts
b) 12 watts
# c) 144 milliwatts
311. An increase in which of the following factors will cause an increase in
the inductive reactance of a circuit?
a) Resistance and capacitive reactance
b) Resistance and voltage
# c) Inductance and frequency
312. in transformer operation, hysteresis losses are
a) current overcoming coil resistance
b) induced current in the iron core
# c) energy wasted in reversing core magnetization
313. The starting current of a series-wound DC motor, in passing through
both the field and armature windings produces a :
a) low starting torque
b) speed slightly higher when unloaded
# c) high starting torque
314. A non-magnetic metal :
# a) has no permeability
b) has high retentivity
c) is a poor conductor
325. If the North pole of a magnet is brought nearer to the North pole of
another magnet:
a) attraction between them will be increased
# b) repulsion between them will be increased
c) repulsion between them will be reduced
326. A 200 volt motor is taking 10 amperes armature current, the armature
resistance is 0.1 ohm. The B.EMF under these conditions will be
a) 201 volts
# b) 199 volts
c) 1 volt
327. What is the effect of inserting an iron core into a current carrying coil?
# a) The flux density of the original magnetic field produced by the coil is
increased
b) The flux density of the original magnetic field remains constant
c) The core tends to move from a stronger to a weaker part of the field
328. What is the total capacitance of a parallel circuit containing three
capacitors with capacitance of 0.25microfarad, 0.03microfarad, and
0.12microfarad, respectively?
a) 0.04 F
b) 0.04 pF
# c) 0.4 F
329. At resonant frequency the phase difference between the voltage and
current of an AC supply feeding an inductive and capacitive network is:
# a) 0 degrees
b) 180 degrees
c) 90 degrees
330. The frequency of a power wave in an AC resistance circuit is :
a) the same as the frequency for voltage and current
b) half the frequency for voltage and current
# c) twice the frequency for voltage and current
331. The reading on the ammeter in the circuit shown is:
a) 3A
b) 6A
c) 12A
332. The 'A' phase of a three phase power system is color coded
a) blue
b) yellow
# c) red
a) 12 Ohms
# b) 3 Ohms
c) 7.5 Ohms
334. What is a method used for restoring generator field residual
magnetism?
# a) Flash the fields
b) Reseat the brushes
c) Energize the armature
335. A 1F capacitor is equivalent to:
# a) 0.000,001 Farads
b) 1,000,000 Farads
c) 0.001 Farads
336. The opposition offered by a coil to the flow of alternating current is
called (disregard resistance):
a) impedance
b) reluctance
# c) inductive reactance
337. A high surge of current is required when a DC electric motor is first
started. As the speed of the motor increase :
a) the applied emf increases proportionally
b) the counter emf decreases proportionally
# c) the counter emf builds up and opposes the applied emf, thus reducing
the current flow through the armature
338. The tolerance of the AC generator frequency is:
a) 40 Hz
# b) 10 Hz
c) 20 Hz
339. The various parts of an aircraft airframe are maintained at the same
potential by:
a) the supply bus-bars
b) static discharge wicks
# c) bonding
340. When two capacitors are connected in series:
a) the charge stored on each is directly proportional to its capacitance
# b) the charge stored on each is the same
c) the charge stored on each is inversely proportional to the voltage
across it
a) 26V
b) 28V
c) 2V
a) 50V
b) 200V
c) 150V
383. A transformer with a 5:1 ratio has a 24V output. What is the input :
a) 120 V DC
b) 4.8 V AC
# c) 120 V AC
384. The mark-to-space ratio of the following waveform is :
a) A to B
B to C
b) A to D
D to E
c) D to E
D to C
391. A circuit has 1 megohm and 8 microfarads. What is the time constant?
a) 1 second
# b) 8 seconds
c) 40 seconds
392. Current in an inductive circuit will :
a) lead voltage
# b) lag voltage
c) be at unity
393. Power factor of a generator is :
a) sin
# b) cos
c) tan
394. In a an AC motor, the rotation of the MNA :
a) is the same as the rotation of the armature
# b) is opposite to the rotation of the armature
c) is slightly less speed than the rotation of the armature
395. in a wave wound generator with 4 poles, what would be the minimum
number of brushes?
a) 4
# b) 2
c) 8
396. A capacitor rating is :
# a) the maximum continuous voltage it can take
b) the voltage it will rupture at
c) the voltage it will charge to
397. in conventional flow, the left hand rule applies to:
a) generators
# b) motors
c) batteries
398. Copper losses in a transformer are caused by:
a) circulating currents through the transformer
# b) the resistance in the windings
c) wasting of the copper wires due to friction
399. in AC generators, 0.637 is:
a) RMS
# b) average value
c) form factor
400. In a 3 phase generator, what angle are the phases to each other?
a) 180o
# b) 120o
c) 0o
401. In a 2 phase generator, what angle are the phases to each other?
# a) 90o
b) 180o
c) 0o
402. Delta wound line current is :
a) equal to phase current
# b) root 3 x phase current
c) less than the phase current
403. The multiplier color coding on a capacitor is in :
a) farads
b) microfarads
# c) picofarads
404. Form Factor for a sine wave AC output is:
a) 0.707
b) 1.414
# c) 1.1
405. In a simple voltaic cell the collection of ions on the cathode causes:
a) hydration
b) sulphation
# c) polarisation
406. The electrolyte in a Nicad battery would rise if the battery was:
a) discharging
# b) charging
c) remaining at constant voltage