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Module 3
This is exam number 1.
Answer:
6. Faradays Law States that
a) the magnitude of the EMF is directly proportional to the rate of
change of flux
b)the magnitude of the EMF is indirectly proportional to the rate of
change of flux
c) the magnitude of the EMF is directly proportional to the magnetic
flux
Answer:
Answer:
Answers.
b,a,a,b,c,a,a,c,c,b
2. A Transformer has 4500 secondary turns and 750 primary turns. Its
turns ratio is
a) 1:6
b)6:1
c) 1/6
Answer:
3. Two inductive coils are placed in close proximity with each other at
90 degrees. The number of flux linkages is
a) 0
b)maximum positive
c) maximum negative
Answer:
5. If you apply this waveform to this circuit, what is the output across
the capacitor?
a) Zero
b)Pulsed negative
c)Pulsed positive
Answer:
8. What shape is the waveform when the input pulse and the time base are
unequal?
a) Square
b)Rectangular
c) Saw tooth
Answer:
9. A sine wave has 5 amps RMS value. What is the peak value?
a) 6.37 amps
b)7.07 amps
c) 10 amps
Answer:
3. In a delta-connected generator
a) line volts = phase volts, line current = root 3 times phase current.
b)line volts = phase volts, line current = phase current divided by root
c) line voltage = root 3 times phase voltage, line current = phase
current
Answer:
10. 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
Answer:
a) 20 hours
b)4 hours
c) 40 hours
Answer:c
5. 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
Answer:c
a) 115V
b)200V
c) 346V
Answer:c
10. 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
Answer:c
a) prevent spikes
b)block DC
c) provide a phase shift
Answer:c
8. A galvanometer measures
a) millivolts
b)megohms
c) milliamps
Answer:c
9. A battery rated at 40 Ah will supply 200 mA for
a) 200 hours
b)5 hours
c) 20 hours
Answer:a
a) 1 ohm
b)4 ohms
c) 16 ohms
Answer:b
4. A capacitor with double the area and double the dielectric thickness
will have
a) double the capacitance
b)half the capacitance
c) the same capacitance
Answer:c
9. An inductance/resistance motor is
a) better than a capacitance motor
b)restricted to low loads only
c) less efficient than a capacitance motor
Answer:a
5. 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
Answer:a
10. The diagram shows a 200 V long shunt generator. What is the voltage
4. This is a diagram of a
a) band pass filter
b)high pass filter
c) low pass filter
Answer:b
a) 100 ms
b)1 s
c) 100 s
Answer:b
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1. 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
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capacity
c) a high internal resistance condition
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10. Through which material will magnetic lines of force pass the most
readily?
a) aluminium
b)iron
c) copper
This is exam number 13.
Answer
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3. 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
4. In a star wound primary transformer, how could you wind the secondary
winding?
a) star only
b)delta only
c) either delta or star
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4. 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
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b)4 F
c) 36 F
c) wire wound
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c)
4. Transformer copper loss on full load is 220 Watts. On half load the
loss will be
a) 110 Watts
b)440 Watts
c) 55 Watts
8. What effect do the electrons of one atom have upon the electrons of
another atom?
a) They repel each other
b)They attract each other
c) They have no effect on each other
9. What is a molecule?
a) The smallest part of a compound
b)The smallest part of an electron
c) The smallest part of an atom
10. A coulomb is
a) one ampere per second
b)one ampere x second
c) one second per ampere
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3. 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
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4. A potentiometer varies
a) voltage
b)current
c) resistance
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b)brass
c) steel
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8. If service No. 1 is isolated from the supply busbar shown there will
be
a) an increase in supply voltage
b)a decrease in supply voltage
c) a decrease in total current consumption
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8. What is the ratio of turns between the primary coil winding and the
secondary coil winding of a transformer designed to triple its input
voltage?
a) primary will have three times as many turns as its secondary
b)primary will have twice as many turns as its secondary
c) primary will have one-third as many turns as its secondary
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1. 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
the current flowing in the 5 ohm resistor is 10 amps. What is the applied
voltage?
a) 100v
b)10v
c) 200v
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c) 15 amps
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3. Some electric motors have two sets of field winding wound in opposite
directions so that the
a) speed of the motor can be more closely controlled
b)motor can be operated in either direction
c) power output of the motor can be more closely controlled
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2. One Picofarad is
a) 1 x 1012 farad
b)1 x 10-6 farad
c) 1 x 10-12 farad
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4. A non-magnetic metal
a) has no permeability
b)has high retentivity
c) is a poor conductor
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3. A capacitor is a barrier to
a) both
b)A.C
c) D.C
b)180 degrees
c) 90 degrees
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5. A 1F capacitor is equivalent to
a) 0.000,001 Farads
b)1,000,000 Farads
c) 0.001 Farads
across it
This is exam number 35.
Answer
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the voltage drops across each are 10V and the total current flowing in the
circuit is 1A. How much true power is the circuit consuming?
a) 30VA
b)30W
c) 10W
3. Which wave form is stepped positive and negative with unequal length
sides?
a) Trapezoidal wave
b)Rectangular wave
c) Saw tooth wave
9. An electric current is
a) a surplus of free electron
b)an excitement of electrons in a metal
c) an ordered flow of electrons
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2. Carbon has a
a) negative temperature coefficient
b)positive temperature coefficient
c) temperature coefficient of zero
8. If the current flowing into a junction is 5A, 3A, 4A in and 10A out.
10. If 2 resistors, one red, yellow, black, gold and the other violet,
blue, black, silver were replaced by a single resistor. Ignoring
tolerance, what would the colour coding be?
a) Brown, black, brown
b)Brown, black, black
c) Black, brown, black
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1. Germanium and silicon have how many electrons in their outer shell
a) 4
b)2
c) 6
a) fully charged
b)fully dissipated
c) dry
c) 150V
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3. 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
D to C
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6. 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
9. In AC generators, 0.637 is
a) RMS
b)average value
c) form factor
10. In a 3 phase generator, what angle are the phases to each other?
a) 180o
b)120o
c) 0o
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c) 0o
8. Two 2 volt 10AH cells are connected in series, the output voltage and
the capacity would be
a) 2 volt, 20 AH
b)4 volt 10 AH
c) 4 volt 20 AH
10. Referring to the drawing below, if the volts dropped across the 20
ohm resistor is 10 volts, the resistance of R1 is
a) 20 ohms
b)16 ohms
c) 2 ohms
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7. The bridge circuit shown will be balanced when the value of the
unknown resistor R is
a) 18 ohms
b)14 ohms
c) 2 ohms
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c)
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a) upwards
b)downwards
c) sideways
7. Copper is a
a) paramagnetic materials
b)ferromagnetic material
c) diamagnetic material
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3. A sine wave of RMS value 7.07 volts has a peak to peak value of
a) 10.0 volts
b)0.707 volts
c) 20.0 volts
a) 141.4 volts
b)70.7 volts
c) 127.4 volts
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c)
c)
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8. A series motor draws a high current on start, and then the current
reduces. This is due to
a) the resistance of the field and the armature in series
b)the back EMF
c) the resistance of the field and armature in parallel
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a) interpoles
b)commutating coils
c) compensating windings
c)
a synchronous motor
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8. A DC shunt motor has 28 volts applied. The current taken from the
armature of 2 ohms resistance is 1 amp. The BEMF is
a) 30 V
b)27 V
c) 26 V
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a) 100%
b)5%
c) 0%
6. A transformer has 500 turns on the primary and 100 turns on the
secondary. When connected to a 100 V supply, the output is
a) 500 V
b)20 V
c) 25 V
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1. 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 ohms
a) 1 kohm
b)4 kohm
c) 16 kohm
7. In a resistive/inductive motor
a) the resistor circuit must be disconnected after starting
b)is less efficient than a capacitor start motor
c) can only be used for light loads
Answer
1.
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6. When switching off the supply, the back EMF in a collapsing field in
an inductor
a) never exceeds forward EMF
b)can be multiple times bigger than forward EMF
c)
10.
In this circuit, Rx is equal to
a) R3 x R2 R4
b)R3 x R4 R2
c) R2 x R4 R3
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1. A transformer to supply a 24V load with a 5:1 turns ratio will have
what primary supply?
a) 120 VDC
b)48 VAC
c) 120 VAC
4. A transformer has 2000V, 500 turns on the primary and 50 turns on the
secondary. What would be the line voltage if the transformer were
Delta/Star connected?
a) 200V
b)346V
c) 450V
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2. Phase angle is
a) the difference in degrees of rotation between 2 alternating voltages
or currents or a voltage and a current
6. Motor slip is
a) the percentage of difference in speeds between the stator and rotor
fields
b)a shifting of the MNA of the motor
c) a symptom of a weak field
8. There are more negative than positive plates in a lead acid battery
because
10.
In this circuit applied voltage is
a) Vt = IXC
b)Vt = IXL
c) Vt = I/R
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3. Armature reaction is
a) reactive sparking
b)due to dirty or worn commutator
c) the MMF opposing rotation
6. A shunt motor
a) gives constant torque with variations in speed
b)is constant speed
c) has high starting torque
8. The diagram shows a 200V long shunt generator. What is the voltage
accross the series resistor
a) 30V
b)6V
c) 10V
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5. Five different value resistors all have the same voltage dropped
across them, how are the resistors connected?
a) In Series
b)In Parallel
c) In Series/Parallel
6.
The input is 115V and is applied across the 300 turn portion. What is the
output?
a) 460V
b)115V
c) 28V
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a) is zero
b)increases
c) decreases
6. How would you find the direction of the current flow in an armature
located in a magnetic field?
a) Maxwells corkscrew rule
b)Flemings right hand rule
c) Flemings left hand rule
b)Ohm
c) Ohm-metre
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3. What happens if you reverse the supply to the field and armature of a
DC shunt motor?
a) Reverses direction of rotation
b)Continues to rotate in same direction
c) Fails to start
c)
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9. Power factor is
a) sin theta
b)cos theta
c) tan theta
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7. What would you use for the core in a generator current transformer?
a) Air core
b)Laminated core
c)
Steel Core
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7.
This is a diagram of a
a) Light Dependant Resistor
b)Logarithmic Differential Resistor
c) Laser Diode Rectifier
9. Disconnecting one of the phases from a 3-phase motor will cause the
motor to
a) stop
b)run at 2/3 speed
c) run at the same speed
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c)
5. Magnetic flux
a) is more concentrated at the centre of bar magnet
b)occupies the space around the magnet with equal flux density
c) exist in all space around the magnet
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1
This is a diagram of a
a) Variable Voltage source
b)Variable Resistor
c) Variable Current source
2.
Find voltage at point "B"
a) 10V
b)7V
c) 26V
a) 3400 kWh
b)3.4 kWh
c) 340 kWh
10. A generator supplies 150VAC phase and load is 10 Ohms per phase what is the phase current ?
a) 15 A
b)1.5 A
c) 25.5 A
This is exam number 67.
Answer
1.
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10. f the speed of a coil in a magnetic field is doubled and the field
strength is doubled the output will
a) halve
b)stay the same
c) quadruple
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5. XL is the symbol of
a) inductive reactance
b)capacitive reactance
c) impedance
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