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1. A capacitor is fully charged after 25 seconds to a battery voltage of 20 Volts. The battery is replaced with a
short circuit. What will be the voltage across the capacitor after one time constant?
a) 12.64 volts
b) 7.36 volts
c) 0 volts
8. 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?
a) 115V
b) 200V
c) 346V
9. What is the phase difference in a circuit with 100V, drawing 0.5 amps, consuming 50 Watts?
a) 45
b) 90
c) 0
1. A Transformer with 115V primary voltage and a ratio of 5:1 is supplying a landing light (load 24V 45 amps) is
used, what is the current drawn?
a) 205 amps
b) 9 amps
c) 4.5 amps
2. A Transformer has 4500 secondary turns and 750 primary turns. Its turn ratio is
a) 1:6
b) 6:1
c) 1/6
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
5. If you apply this waveform to this circuit, what is the output across the capacitor? [Ref attached diagram]
a) Zero
b) Pulsed negative
c) Pulsed positive
7. 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
8. What shape is the waveform when the input pulse and the time base are unequal?
a) Square
b) Rectangular
c) Saw tooth
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
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 3
c) line voltage = root 3 times phase voltage, line current = phase current
7. 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
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
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5. Two 10V, 20 Ah batteries are connected in parallel and connected across a 10ohm load. How long could they
supply normal current before the voltage begins to decay?
a) 20 hours
b) 4 hours
c) 40 hours
6. 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
7. A 10V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 ohms for 1 minute. What is the work done?
a) 60J
b) 10J
c) 600J
8. Three capacitors 10 microfarads, 10 nanofarads and 10 millifarads are connected in parallel. What is the total
capacitance?
a) 10.01001mF
b) 111mF
c) 1.001001mF
9. 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
10. 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
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1. Glass is an example of a
a) paramagnetic material
b) diamagnetic material
c) coercive material
3. A solenoid of 10 turns per metre 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
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
6. 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
7. Three inductors 10mH, 5mH and 20mH 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
8. 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
9. If the phase voltage in a star connected generator is 200V what will be the line voltage?
a) 115V
b) 200V
c) 346V
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
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2. Thermocouple harnesses are made from the same materials as the thermocouple so that
a) they will not corrode
b) mini junctions are not formed
c) the resistance is not increased beyond limits
8. A galvanometer measures
a) millivolts
b) megohms
c) milliamps
10. The unknown resistance R in the wheatstone bridge shown is [Ref attached diagram]
a) 1 ohm
b) 4 ohms
c) 16 ohms
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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
5. In a transformer, if the rate of change of current increases, the mutual inductance will
a) increase
b) decrease
c) remain the same
6. If the brake coil on an actuator motor goes open circuit, the actuator will
a) over-ride its mechanical stops
b) stop
c) run slower
7. 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
8. What is the wave shape of the x-axis input of a traversing oscilloscope image?
a) square
b) rectangular
c) triangular
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
1. 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
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
7. An element whose atoms have fewer than 4 electrons in their valency shell are
a) good conductors
b) good insulators
c) semiconductors
9. 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
10. The diagram shows a 200 V long shunt generator. What is the voltage dropped across the series resistor?
[Ref attached diagram]
a) 200 V
b) 0.12 V
c) 0.2 V
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5. When comparing the average values of an AC generator output, to the peak values
a) average voltage = same as the peak voltage
b) average voltage = 0.63 x peak voltage
c) average voltage = 0.707 x peak voltage
7. A resistor dissipates 80 Watts. If it runs for 4 hours 15 minutes, how much energy is dissipated in total?
a) 1.224 MJ
b) 20.4 kJ
c) 191.25 J
8. The earth lead of a 24 V equipment is 0.5 ohm resistance and carries 80 A. How much power does it dissipate?
a) 3.2 kW
b) 1.152 kW
c) 1.92 kW
10. The time required to fully charge a 1F capacitor in series with a 100 k ohm resistor is
a) 100 ms
b) 1 s
c) 100 s
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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
3. If a generator speed is halved and the field strength is doubled, the voltage output will be
a) halved
b) doubled
c) unchanged
4. Point A on the armature of the generator shown is producing [Ref attached diagram]
a) maximum current
b) minimum current
c) zero current
4. The only practical method of maintaining a constant voltage output from an aircraft generator under varying
conditions of speed and load is to vary the
a) strength of the magnetic field
b) number of conductors in the armature
c) speed at which the armature rotates
6. Which of the following is most likely to cause thermal runaway in a nickel-cadmium battery
a) excessive current draw from the battery
b) high current charging of the battery to more than 100 percent of its capacity
c) a high internal resistance condition
7. Electric motors are often classified according to the method of connecting the field coils and armature. Aircraft
engine starter motors are generally of which type
a) compound
b) shunt (parallel)
c) series
2. The method of ascertaining the voltage of a standard aircraft lead-acid battery is by checking
a) the voltage on open circuit
b) the voltage with rated load switched ON
c) the voltage off load
3. If the correct supply were connected to a DC shunt motor which had lost its residual magnetism it would
a) fail to run
b) run in the reverse direction
c) run normally
5. A DC circuit containing a total resistance of 100 ohms has a current flow of 250 mA. The power dissipated in
the circuit is
a) 0.4 watts
b) 6.25 watts
c) 5 watts
8. 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
10. Through which material will magnetic lines of force pass the most readily?
a) aluminum
b) iron
c) copper
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2. The secondary coil of a transformer has 1500 turns and 10 resistance. The primary coil has 1k resistance.
How many turns does the primary coil have?
a) 15,000
b) 150,000
c) 1,500,000
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
6. 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
7. A 50 F capacitor is fed with a current of 25 mA. How long will it take to charge it to 100V?
a) 1 second
b) 0.2 seconds
c) 12 minutes
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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
6. In a parallel R, L, C circuit, the value of the capacitor is quadrupled, then the value of the impedance would
a) reduce
b) increased
c) remain the same
7. In a circuit C = 25 microfarads and the current flow is 40 microamps for 4 seconds. What is the voltage
a) 12.8V
b) 6.4V
c) 3.2V
8. A 3, 5 and 2 ohms resistance is connected in series with a 10 V battery. The voltage across the 2 ohms resistor
is
a) 10V
b) 2 V
c) 4 V
9. The power in a circuit when voltage and resistance is given can be found by
a) VxR
b) VxV / R
c) VxVxR
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3. In a transformer core loss is 200 W and copper loss is 220W at no load. What is the core loss at full load
a) 200 W
b) 220 W
c) 0 W
9. In conventional current flow, what is Fleming's right hand rule used for
a) Motors
b) Generators
c) Inductors
2. A 500 ohm resistor carries a 3 amp current. What is the power dissipated?
a) 5 kW
b) 4.5 kW
c) 500 W
6. The secondary winding of a transformer has an impedance of 10 ohms and 1500 turns. For the primary
winding to have an impedance of 1 k ohm, how many turns must it have?
a) 15,000
b) 150,000
c) 1,500,000
8. A 3 ohm resistor dissipates 27 Watts. How much current flows through it?
a) 3 A
b) 9 A
c) 0.15 A
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1. In the circuit below, what happens to the total circuit impedance if L is tripled? [Ref attached diagram]
a) Increases
b) Remains the same
c) Reduces
3. A sine wave has a periodic time of 0.5 milliseconds. What is the frequency
a) 200 Hz
b) 2 kHz
c) 20 kHz
4. Three branches in a circuit have currents entering of 3A, 4A and 5A. A forth branch has 10 A leaving. A fifth
branch must have
a) 2A entering
b) 2A leaving
c) 22A leaving
6. 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
8. If a capacitor of 50 microfarads has a current of 25 mA, how long does it take to charge to 100 V
a) 1000 milliseconds
b) 200 milliseconds
c) 150 seconds
9. 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
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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1. In a circuit containing three resistors of equal value connected in parallel, one resistor goes open circuit. The
current in the other two resistors will
a) increase
b) decrease
c) remain the same
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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7. The line voltage from a generator with a delta type connection will be
a) higher than the phase voltage
b) lower than the phase voltage
c) the same as the phase voltage
3. An electric motor produces a force of 5 N at a distance of 0.2m from the centre of rotation and rotates at a
speed of 100 revs/sec. The motors output is
a) 100 horsepower
b) 628.4 watts
c) 314.2 watts
4. A potentiometer varies
a) voltage
b) current
c) resistance
6. How can it be determined if a transformer winding has some of its turns shorted together?
a) measure the input voltage with an ohmmeter
b) the transformer will get hot in normal operation
c) the output voltage will be high
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1. A circuit has a resistance of 50 ohms and an inductance of 0.2 Henry. If it is connected to a 200 volt 50 Hz
supply the reactance will be
a) 31.42 ohms
b) 62.84 ohms
c) 6.284 ohms
2. 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?
a) 12 volts
b) 24 volts
c) 3 volts
3. Of the following which pair of materials would most readily become magnetized?
a) copper and steel
b) nickel and bronze
c) iron and steel
6. What is the combined value of resistances of 4 ohm and 6 ohm connected in parallel?
a) 24 ohm
b) 2.4 ohm
c) 0.24 ohm
8. The method of ascertaining the voltage of a standard aircraft lead-acid battery is by checking
a) the voltage off load
b) the voltage on open circuit
c) the voltage with rated load switched ON.
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1. As the generator load is increases (within its rated capacity), the voltage will
a) remain constant and the amperage output will decrease
b) decrease and the amperage output will increase
c) remain constant and the amperage output will increase
6. The total current flowing in a circuit of 200 lamps in parallel, each of a resistance of 400 ohm and connected
across an input of 100 volts is
a) 50 amps
b) 25 amps
c) 40 amps
8. 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 [Ref attaches diagram]
a) 1 ohm
b) 2 ohms
c) 6 ohms
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3. What device is used to convert alternating current, which has been induced into the loops of the rotating
armature of a DC generator into direct current as it leaves the generator?
a) a commutator
b) an inverter
c) a rectifier
5. 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
7. 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
8. If service No. 1 is isolated from the supply busbar shown there will be [Ref attached diagram]
a) an increase in supply voltage
b) a decrease in supply voltage
c) a decrease in total current consumption
1. The basis for transformer operation in the use of alternating current is mutual
a) reactance
b) inductance
c) capacitance
2. The exciter winding in a brushless AC generator is supplied with electrical power from
a) permanent magnets
b) the busbar
c) a rotating generator integrally mounted on the same shaft as the AC windings
3. If the cross-sectional area of a conductor is doubled, with voltage constant, the current will
a) halve
b) double
c) remain constant
5. If two resistors of 5 and 10 ohm respectively are connected in series and the current in the 5 ohm resistor is 1A.
what is the current in the 10 ohm resistor?
a) 1/3 amp
b) it cannot be found without knowing the applied voltage
c) 1 amp
7. 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
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
9. 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
1. Which aircraft circuit would be most likely to use frequency wild 200V AC?
a) windscreen heating
b) hydraulic pump
c) standby compass
3. 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
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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
2. 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
10. How many cycles of AC voltage are produced in a six-pole alternator of the revolving-field type, with each
revolution of the rotor?
a) Four
b) Six
c) Three
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3. A piece of equipment is rated at 750 watts and the applied voltage is 30 volts. The value of the protection fuse
should be
a) 20 amps
b) 30 amps
c) 15 amps
5. When different rated capacitors are connected in parallel in a circuit, the total capacitance is
a) equal to the capacitance of the highest rated capacitor
b) less than the capacitance of the lowest rated capacitor
c) equal to the sum of all the capacitances
6. The voltage in a transformer secondary coil that contains twice as many loops as the primary coil will be
a) less and the amperage greater than in the primary coil
b) greater and the amperage greater than in the primary coil
c) greater and the amperage less than in the primary coil
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1. Two resistors are connected in series and have an e.m.f. of V volts across them. If the voltages across the
resistances are V1 and V2 then by Kirchhoff's law
a) V = V1 + V2
b) V2 = V1 + V
c) V1 = V2 + V
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
6. What is the ampere-hour rating of a storage battery that is designed to deliver 45 amperes for 2.5 hours?
a) 90.0 ampere-hour
b) 112.5 ampere-hour
c) 45.0 ampere-hour
7. How much power must a 24-volt generator furnish to a system which contains the following series loads?
(5 ohm, 3 ohm and 12 ohm)
a) 450 watts
b) 402 watts
c) 28.8 watts
1. Since electrical supplies taken from a bus-bar are in parallel, isolating some of the services would
a) reduce the current consumption from the bus-bar
b) increase the current consumption from the bus-bar
c) not affect the current consumption, it would reduce the voltage
2. One Picofarad is
a) 1 x 1012 farad
b) 1 x 10-6 farad
c) 1 x 10-12 farad
8. One of the chief advantages of alternating current is that it can be transmitted at a high voltage with
a low power loss; the voltage can then be changed to any desired value of
a) AC by means of transformers
b) DC by means of transformers
c) DC by means of inverters
9. An AC generator is producing the required voltage but a higher frequency than that required. To
remedy this, the following action must be taken?
a) Decrease the speed of the prime mover, and then decrease the strength of the field
b) Decrease the speed of the prime mover
c) Decrease the speed of the prime mover, and then increase the strength of the field
10. How many amperes will a 28-volt generator be required to supply to a circuit containing five lamps
in parallel, three of which have a resistance of 6 ohms each and two of which have a resistance of 5
ohms each?
a) 25.23 amperes
b) 1 ampere
c) 1.11 amperes
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2. The current flowing through a circuit can be increased to four times its original value by
a) doubling the applied voltage and halving the resistance
b) halving the applied voltage and halving the resistance
c) doubling the resistance and doubling the applied voltage
3. When more than two inductors of different inductances are connected in parallel in a circuit, the total
inductance is
a) equal to the sum of the individual inductances
b) less than the inductance of the lowest rated inductor
c) equal to the inductance of the highest rated inductor
5. What happens to the resistance of a copper conductor when the temperature increases?
a) It increases
b) It decreases
c) It remains the same
6. 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
8. 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
9. 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
10. 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
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1. 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
3. 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
4. A non-magnetic metal
a) has no permeability
b) has high retentivity
c) is a poor conductor
7. In a circuit containing three resistors of equal value connected in series and one of the resistors short circuits,
the effect is for the current in the other two resistors to
a) increase
b) remain the same
c) decrease
3. A capacitor is a barrier to
a) both
b) A.C
c) D.C
5. 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
6. 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
7. 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
8. 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
9. 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
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1. The reading on the ammeter in the circuit shown is [Ref attached diagram]
a) 3A
b) 6A
c) 12A
5. A 1F capacitor is equivalent to
a) 0.000,001 Farads
b) 1,000,000 Farads
c) 0.001 Farads
6. The opposition offered by a coil to the flow of alternating current is called (disregard resistance)
a) impedance
b) reluctance
c) inductive reactance
7. 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
9. 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
5. The resistance of the current return path through the aircraft is always considered negligible, provided the
a) generator is properly grounded
b) voltage drop across the circuit is checked
c) structure is adequately bonded
1. A pure capacitor, inductor and resistor are connected in series and 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
2. If a capacitor 1F and an inductor 10mH are connected in parallel what is their approximate resonant
frequency?
a) 62Hz
b) 3.2MHz
c) 1.6kHz
3. Which wave form is stepped positive and negative with unequal length sides?
a) Trapezoidal wave
b) Rectangular wave
c) Saw tooth wave
4. The value of an AC sine wave that will give an equivalent heating effect in a DC resistor is the
a) average value
b) RMS value
c) peak value
7. To reverse the direction of rotation on a DC shunt motor, you must change the direction of the current through
a) the field windings or the armature windings
b) the armature windings only
c) the field windings and the armature windings
8. If the field current to a shunt wound DC motor is decreased when operating at a constant load, the motor speed
will
a) reduce
b) increase
c) not change
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
7. If a load in series has a current passing through it, the magnetic field can be worked out by using
a) the corkscrew rule
b) left hand rule
c) right hand rule
8. If the current flowing into a junction is 5A, 3A, 4A in and 10A out. What is the 5th wire carrying?
a) 2A in
b) 2A out
c) 5A out
9. If an insulated conductor is placed near to a negatively charged rod, the nearest end of the conductor becomes
a) negatively charged
b) positively charged
c) No change will occur
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 color 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
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
5. A generator supplies 25 A, 4 V and 50 W. What is the apparent power and the power factor?
a) 100 VA and 2
b) 400 VA and 0.5
c) 100 VA and 0.5
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5. In a wave wound generator with 4 poles, what would be the minimum number of brushes?
a) 4
b) 2
c) 8
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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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 [Ref attached diagram]
a) 20 ohms
b) 16 ohms
c) 2 ohms
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6. If the temperature of a pure metal is reduced to absolute zero, its resistance will be
a) infinity
b) practically zero
c) unaffected
7. The bridge circuit shown will be balanced when the value of the unknown resistor R is
[Ref attached diagram]
a) 18 ohms
b) 14 ohms
c) 2 ohms
9. In the previous question, the power developed across the 10 k ohm resistor is
a) 250 mW
b) 250 W
c) 50 mW
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1. In the following circuit, the input at P is 4 amps and at Q is 5 amps. What is the voltage across the 6 ohm
resistor? [Ref attached diagram]
a) 54V
b) 1.5V
c) 6V
4. A single phase circuit has an input voltage of 100V. The current is 10A and the circuit has a power factor of 0.5.
The true power is
a) 1000W
b) 50W
c) 500W
2. To determine the direction of the magnetic field around a conductor you would use
a) the corkscrew rule
b) Fleming's left hand rule
c) Fleming's right hand rule
5. The diagram shows a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field. The conductor will move
[Ref attached diagram]
a) upwards
b) downwards
c) sideways
7. Copper is a
a) paramagnetic materials
b) ferromagnetic material
c) diamagnetic material
8. Switching on or off the current in one coil produces an emf in another coil adjacent to it. The two coils are said
to have
a) self inductance
b) mutual inductance
c) auto inductance
9. The time constant in an inductive circuit is the time required for the current to reach
a) 63.2% of maximum value
b) 63.7% of maximum value
c) 70.7% of maximum value
10. Self induced emf in a coil supplied with a current varying at a uniform rate can be found by
a) N dI
dt
b) L d
dt
c) L dI
dt
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2. An AC inductive circuit has an inductance 0f 10 mH and a frequency input of 1000Hz. The opposition to
current flow is approximately
a) 63,000 ohms
b) 630 ohms
c) 63 ohms
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
8. The copper loss on a single phase transformer is 25 Watts on full load. What will it be on half load?
a) 5 Watts
b) 12.5 Watts
c) 6.25 Watts
10. A transformer is designed to operate at 60 Hz. It is connected across a 50 Hz supply. The primary windings
would
a) draw more current
b) draw less current
c) draw the same current
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10. In an inductive resistive circuit, 1 amp flows from a supply of 100V dissipating 50 Watts of power. The phase
angle is
a) 60o
b) 90o
c) 45o
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2. An alternator delivers 500V RMS at 1 ampere. The power factor is 0.8. The true power is
a) 100VA
b) 400W
c) 500W
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
10. Single phase components in a three phase system may be connected between
a) phase A and B only
b) phase and neutral only
c) any phase and neutral OR between any two phases
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2. In a DC generator, the effect of armature reaction may be reduced by moving the brush gear
a) from MNA to GNA
b) in the direction of armature rotation towards the MNA
c) against the direction of armature rotation towards the MNA
8. A generator rated at 30 KVA and power factor 0.8 has a maximum continuous power output of
a) 30 kW
b) 24 kW
c) 37.5 kW
9. An AC motor which rotates at the same speed as the supply frequency is called
a) a universal motor
b) an induction motor
c) a synchronous motor
1. In the circuit shown, if the frequency is increased from zero to resonant frequency, the circuit current would
[Ref attached diagram]
a) increase
b) decrease
c) stay the same
6. A 24V battery has an internal resistance of 1 ohm. When connected to a load, 12 amps flows. The value of
the load is
a) 12 ohms
b) 1 ohm
c) 1/2 ohm
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3. If there was a mainly inductive load on an AC generator, the voltage with respect to the current would
a) lead
b) lag
c) be in phase
7. In a series LCR circuit at resonance, R = 100 ohms, L and C are each 10 ohms. The total impedance is
a) 100 ohms
b) 30 ohms
c) zero ohms
8. An AC generator has four poles. To produce a frequency of 400Hz it must achieve a speed of
a) 6000 RPM
b) 8000 RPM
c) 12000 RPM
1. An inductor of resistance 5 k ohms and inductance 2mH is connected to a DC circuit. The time constant is
a) 400 ns
b) 10 seconds
c) 40 ms
3. The flux density of a magnetic field is 1.5T. The length of the conductor in the field is 2 m and the speed of the
conductor is 10 m/s. The EMF induced is
a) 0.3 V
b) 30 V
c) 7.5 V
4. A DC generator armature has 6 poles and is lap wound. The number of brushes required are
a) 6
b) 2
c) 3
7. The flux density of a magnetic field is 1.5T. The length of the conductor in the field is 2 m and the current
flowing through the conductor is 5 amps. The force on the conductor is
a) 15 Newtons
b) 0.6 Newtons
c) 3.75 Newtons
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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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
7. In the previous question, the secondary is connected to a 10 ohm load. The primary current is
a) 10 amps
b) 0.4 amps
c) 2 amps
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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
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1. The power output of a similar sized 3 phase compared to a single phase generator is
a) less
b) same
c) more
3. In a high Q parallel resonant circuit, what happens to impedance if capacitance is increased by a factor of 4?
a) It reduces by 75%
b) It remains the same
c) It increases by factor of 4
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) is equal to forward EMF
7. If the energy supplied to a circuit for 4hrs 15 mins at 800 j/sec what would be the energy consumed?
a) 3.4 KW Hrs
b) 3400 KW Hrs
c) 340 KW Hrs
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
7. An A.C. shunt wound motor sometimes uses a volts dropping resistor. The resistor would be
a) in series with the supply
b) in series with the field
c) in series with the armature
8. The time to fully charge a 1 micro farad capacitor in series with a 100K ohm resistor is
a) 100 ms
b) 10 ms
c) 1 ms
9. A sine wave has a periodic time of 0.5 milliseconds, what is its frequency?
a) 200 Hz
b) 2Khz
c) 20Khz
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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
b) the difference in degrees between the positive and negative parts of an ac sine wave
c) the cosine of the peak value of an ac voltage
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
a) the positive plates are prone to warping if the chemical action is taking place only on one side
b) it reduces the internal resistance of the cell
c) it is necessary for chemical action to take place
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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 across the series resistor
[Ref attached diagram]
a) 30V
b) 6V
c) 10V
9. In a parallel LCR circuit, if the capacitance is increased by 4 times, what happens to the impendence?
a) increases by 4 times
b) decreases by 75%
c) remains the same
10. In a DC shunt motor, if the field resistance is increased what happens to the back EMF?
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains the same
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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? [Ref attached diagram]
a) 460V
b) 115V
c) 28V
7. A near perfect 4:1 step up transformer has it's primary connected to 120VAC, if the secondary is connected to
a load with 1600 ohms resistance what is the current in the primary
a) 1 amp
b) 0.3 amps
c) 1.2 amps
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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
7. If in a electrical circuit there is a difference between the capacitive reactance and the inductive reactance, what
would the power factor of the circuit be?
a) Unity
b) Less than unity
c) More than unity
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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
6. What is the formula for working out the capacitance of a capacitor if K = dielectric constant, A = area of the
plates, d = distance plates apart?
a) c = KA/d
b) c = Kd/A
c) c = d/KA
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1. What type of wave is it when the vertical and horizontal distances are equal?
a) Square
b) Rectangular
c) Sawtooth
4. To supply a 24volt output with a transformer with a 5:1 turns ratio, the input required is
a) 120V
b) 4.8V
c) 24V
9. Power factor is
a) sin theta
b) cos theta
c) tan theta
3. If the phase voltage of a star wound generator is 115V, what would be the line to line voltage?
a) 200V
b) 180V
c) 220V
7. What would you use for the core in a generator current transformer?
a) Air core
b) Laminated core
c) Steel Core
2. In a 4:1 step-up transformer, 120V is applied to the primary, and the load on the secondary is 1600 Ohms.
What is the current in the primary?
a) 0.075A
b) 1.2A
c) 3A
5. If a resistor is too small or misshapen to fit the colour code bands, how else is it's value indicated?
a) Dots
b) Letter code
c) Number code
6. Elements such as phosphorus with 5 electrons in their outer shell, when combined with pure silicon, is a
a) donor
b) acceptor
c) isotopic
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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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
10. The horizontal component of the earth's magnetic field is most strongly felt at
a) poles
b) equator
c) 45 degrees latitude
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4. In a Series LC circuit if the value of the capacitance is increased then the power factor will be
a) greater than 1
b) equal to 1
c) less than 1
5. A heater which consumes 800 Kilojoules/sec is on for 4hrs 15min. The power consumed is
a) 3400 kWh
b) 3.4 kWh
c) 340 kWh
6. A 10V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 ohms for 1 minute. What is the power supplied?
a) 100W
b) 10VA
c) 10W
9. 1 Volt is produced when a current of 1 Amp per second is varied in a coil - this is a definition of
a) 1 Henry
b) 1 Coulomb per second
c) 1 Ampere per metre
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
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3. The ability of a circuit to produce a magnetic flux under the influence of a MMF
a) permeability
b) permeance
c) permanence
4. Two inductor coils in very close proximity; if one of the coils is rotated 90 degrees slowly away from the other
the mutual inductance
a) increases
b) decreases
c) remains the same
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
2. The series wound generator's terminal voltage will, when below saturation
a) increase with an increase in load
b) decrease with an increase in load
c) decrease with a decrease in rotational speed
4. Two 3 phase generators operating in parallel with different phase and line voltages will be connected in
a) star configuration
b) delta configuration
c) Parallel configuration
6. Cables are shielded to prevent "H" magnetic interference in wires with the following material:
a) Copper braiding
b) Ferromagnetic material
c) Diamagnetic material
8. A 10:1 step up power transformer has 120 V, and 3A flowing through the primary, and 0.285 A flowing through
the secondary what is the efficiency?
a) 90%
b) 95%
c) 85%
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4. What is the voltage dropped across resistor 'A'? [Ref attached diagram]
a) 2 V
b) 10 V
c) 20 V
6. One volt is induced into a circuit with a current varying at 1 amp per second. The circuit has
a) 1 Henry
b) 1 ampere turn
c) 1 Tesla
8. Resistors required to carry a comparatively high current and dissipate high power are usually of
a) Carbon compound type
b) Wire wound metal type
c) Wire wound ceramic type
9. The property of a conductor of electricity that limits or restricts the flow of electric current is
a) limiter
b) fuse
c) resistance
1. Potentiometers are
a) fixed
b) variable
c) adjustable
4. What is the current in the circuit with a resistance of 8 ohms, inductive reactance of 12 ohms, capacitive
reactance of 18 ohms with 20 volts applied across it?
a) 2 amps
b) 1 amp
c) 10 amps
5. Formation of white crystals of potassium carbonate on a properly serviced Ni-cd battery indicates
a) full charged
b) under charged
c) over charged
7. In smaller single or twin engine aircraft the primary DC power is supplied in the form of rectified output from
a) frequency wild ac generator
b) invertor
c) constant frequency ac generator
9. An auto transformer is
a) primary and secondary coils
b) primary and secondary coils on single bar
c) primary coil only
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Electrical Fundamentals
6. The difference in speed between a synchronous motor's rotor and stator is known as
a) phase lag
b) slip speed
c) rotor lag
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6. In an AC generator of the brushless type the rotating field winding is fed with
a) DC via the slip rings from an external supply
b) DC via diodes from the main exciter winding on the rotor
c) AC via rotating exciter windings
7. An AC generator is rated at 30 kVA at 0.8 Power Factor: this means that the max continuous output should not
exceed
a) 30 KW
b) 37.5 KW
c) 24 KW
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5. A thyristor
a) has a positive temperature coefficient
b) if energized on, will switch on a circuit
c) if energized on, will switch off a circuit
6. A circuit with a capacitor has 6 volts applied to it with a charge of 2400 pico-coulombs. What would the charge
be if the applied voltage was 1.5 volts ?
a) 2400 x 10-12 coulombs
b) 600 x 10-9 coulombs
c) 600 x 10-12 coulombs
7. A circuit containing a resistor, capacitor and inductor where resonant frequency is met, what will the impedance
of the circuit be
a) zero
b) resistance across the resistor
c) maximum
8. The temperature of a pure metal can greatly affect the resistance of it. What temp scale is used?
a) Centigrade
b) Fahrenheit
c) Absolute
9. When the battery is connected to the aircraft, which terminal should you connect first?
a) +ve
b) -ve
c) any
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1. When the battery is connected to the aircraft, which terminal should you connect first?
a) +ve
b) -ve
c) It makes no difference, provided the master switch is off
3. The maximum output voltage from a basic single loop generator is when the loop is
a) cutting maximum lines of magnetic flux
b) rotating anti-clockwise relative to the direction of the magnetic flux
c) at 45o to the magnetic flux
7. A 47K Ohm resistor with a 10% tolerance has the following colour code:
a) Yellow, Violet, Orange, Silver
b) Orange, Violet, Red, Gold
c) Red, Orange, Yellow, Silver
10. When charging current is applied to a nickel-cadmium battery, the cells emit gas only
a) toward the end of the charging cycle
b) when the electrolyte level is low
c) if the cells are defective
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2. Three capacitors connected in series, each having a value of 12 picofarads, calculate the total capacitance.
a) 36 picofarads
b) 12 picofarads
c) 4 picofarads
3. Magnetic fields around two parallel conductors carrying current in the same directions will
a) attract
b) repel
c) will attract or repel depending on the type of current
8. A load that is subject to a potential difference with a current running through it will
a) dissipate power in the form of heat
b) have a magnetic field around it with the magnitude and direction of the field determined by the corkscrew
rule
c) will move in a direction shown by the right hand rule
10. The power dissipated in a circuit with a known potential difference and resistance is calculated by
a) finding the current and multiplying the answer by the resistance
b) dividing the square of the potential difference by the resistance
c) multiplying the square of the potential difference by the resistance
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1. The total resistance in a circuit is greater than the least resistor. This is true for a
a) series circuit only
b) series and parallel circuit
c) parallel circuit only
4.
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