INTERVIEW QUESTIONS

By Prof/ Magdy El-Attar.

Electrical Engineering Department ,Faculty of Engineering , Alexandria university, Egypt

1) Why Transformer and Generator are rated in KVA not KW?

2) Why power systems are interconnected?
3) Why E. Power are transmitted ion HV?
4) What are the advantages of 3-ph systems?
5) What are the applications of transformer?
6) Elec. Execution is due to V or I and how much?
7) Resistance of human body.
8) High current and low current in trans.
9) Transformer Groups: G1 , G2 , G3 and G4
10) How can reverse the direction of rotation:
- DC shunt motor
- DC Series motor
- AC 3-ph motor.
11) Why DC generator is not used very often nowadays?
12) Why 3-ph I.M motor is used very often nowadays?
13) Why starting resistance is not used in D.C motors nowadays?
14) What is meant by soft starting?
15) Methods of starting of 3-ph I.M (advantage and disadvantage of each method)?
16) Symbols of elements
17) Meaning of in-ruch current? How can it be reduced?
18) Multi winding transformers
19) Transformer Polarity
20) BTL of a transformer
21) Brushless sync. Generator
22) Auto transformer & transform
23) SCADA + PLC + DCS + CNC + Microprocessor + bit +Byte
24) What are the reasons of under voltage and overvoltage ? How can you provide
the protection against them ?
25) What is meant by floating neutral ? How does it happen ?

26 ) What is the difference between Power transformer and distribution

transformer?
27 ) Does transformer and gear box transform the power ?
28 ) What is meant by Leakage current , residual current ? what are their reasons ?
29 ) In protecting devices What is meant by :
kA , Breaking capacity , making capacity , co-ordination , Fuse and CB, MCB, MCCB
30 )What is the difference between phase sequence protection and phase failure
protection ?
31) Why distribution transformers are connected Delta/star 4 wires ?
32) What is meant by pollution in power systems ? What is the source of pollution ?
33) what is the difference between Sag in Transmission Lines and Sag in power
Systems ?
34 ) What is the source of harmonics in Power systems ? Which one of them is most
dangerous ?
35 ) Why Low voltage generators are connected Star 4 wires ?
36 ) why power factor should be compensated ?
37) what is meant by voltage regulation and speed regulation ?
38 ) What type of loads characterized by low PF and high PF ?
39 ) What type of loads are classified as inductive loads and capacitive loads ?
40 ) What is the importance of Grounding in power systems ? What is the minimum
value of the ground resistance ?
41 ) What are the conditions and reasons for connecting :
*Generators in parallel ?

* Transformers in parallel ?

42 )State Three specifications for

Generator , motor , transformer, drive system, Circuit breaker and fuse ?
43 ) What is the difference between :
Load break switch and Disconnecting switch ?

44) What is the difference between : Contactor and Circuit breaker ?

45 ) What is the difference between : Relay and contactor ?
46) What is the touch Voltage ? What is its maximum value ?
47 ) What is meant by the insulation class ?
48 ) what is meant by the insulation resistance of an electric cable ?
49 ) give numerical values for : earth resistance , insulation resistance , conductor
resistance of a cable .Which one of them is proportional to the length ?
50 ) What is the allowable of voltage drop in a cable ? How can you reduce it ?
51 ) What is meant by IP number ?
52 ) How can you identify dc motor , induction motor and synchronous motor ?
53 ) What is the difference between Sag in TL and sag in Voltage ?
54 ) What is meant by grounding systems ? TT ,

IT

55) What is meant by mosfet , IJBT , Power Transistor. Thyristor ,SCR ..

56) What is the difference between ROM , EPROM ?

57) What is the difference between melli , micro . pico,

, femto ?

58 ) What is the difference between Mega and Giga ?

59 ) What is the difference between brushless motor and brushless generator ?
60 ) How can you control the voltage and frequency of an ac generator ?
61 ) what is the effect of reducing the voltage of an Induction motor ?
62 ) what is the effect of increasing the voltage of an Induction motor ?
63 ) what is the effect of removing one phase ( phase failure fault ) of a 3-phase
Induction motor ?
64 ) What is the difference between soft starter and electric drive ?
65 ) What is meant by intelligent panel , and intelligent sensor or transducer ?
66) ) What is meant by the term co ordination ? How can you provide it ?
67 ) ) What is meant by adjustable beaker ?

68 ) What is meant by design class of an induction motor ?

69 ) What is meant by skin effect and deep bar effect in 3-phase IM ?
70 ) Why induction motor is provided some times with another rotor cage (double
cage ) ?
71 ) What is meant bus bar trunking ?
72 ) What is the difference between Bus bar and bus way ? How many bars inside
them ?
73 ) In transformers why primary and secondary windings are located
CONCENTRICALY ?
74 ) Why the external body of electrical Machines is provided by fins ?
75 ) What is meant by self excited ac generators ? How it is achieved in ac and dc
generators ?
76 ) What is meant by A T S ? why it is preferred to be 4-pole ?
77 ) In 3-phase system neutral current may exists with balanced loads ?