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Final Exam Questions - Electrical Fundamentals 2
Final Exam Questions - Electrical Fundamentals 2
Answer : a
2. If the periodic time of a sine wave is 1msec, what is the supply frequency?
a. 1000 Hz
b. 100 Hz
c. 10000 Hz
Answer : a
3. What is the instantaneous value of current at 90 degrees of a sine wave whose peak value is 200
amps?
a. 100 A
b. 0
c. 200 A
Answer : c
4. A voltage waveform has a peak value of 100 V. What is the average value?
a. 63.7 V
b. 70.7 V
c. 50 V
Answer : a
5. A voltage waveform has rms value of 70.7 volts. What is the peak to peak value of the
waveform?
a. 50 V
b. 100 V
c. 200 V
Answer : c
6. What happens to the current in purely inductive circuit when the frequency is increased ?
a. Current will increase
b. Current will decrease
c. No change of value of current
Answer : b
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7. If the voltage applied to a pure inductive circuit is 100 volts and the current is 5 amps, What is
the inductive reactance of the circuit?
a. 0.05 ohms
b. 20 ohms
c. 500 ohm
Answer : b
8. Find the inductive reactance of a pure inductor if the supply frequency is 1kHz and the
inductance is 1 mH.
a. 6.28 Ohm
b. 0.166 Ohm
c. 166 Ohm
Answer : a
9. What happens to the current in purely capacitive circuit when the frequency is increased?
a. Current will decrease
b. Current will increase
c. Current remain the same
Answer : b
10. If the voltage applied to a pure capacitive circuit is 50 volts and the current is 2 amp, What is
the capacitive reactance of the circuit?
a. 100 Ohm
b. 25 Ohm
c. 0.04 Ohm
Answer : b
11. Find the capacitive reactance of a pure inductive circuit if the supply frequency is 10 kHz and the
capacitance is 1uF?
a. 15.9 ohm
b. 0.62 ohm
c. 10 ohm
Answer : a
12. A coil has a pure inductance value of 0.159 H and a resistance of 100 ohms and is connected to
a 240 V 50 Hz supply. What is the impedance of the coil?
a. 159 Ohm
b. 112 Ohm
c. 7950 Ohm
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Answer : b
13. A 15.9uF capacitor and a 100 ohms resistor are connected in series across a 240 V 50 Hz supply.
Calculate the circuit impedance?
a. 50 ohm approximately
b. 100 ohms approximately
c. 224 ohms approximately
Answer : c
14. A 200 V 40 KVA ac generator has an output current of 200 amps at a phase angle of 60 degrees
lagging. Find the true Power?
a. 20 K W
b. 8 KW
c. 40 KW
Answer : a
15. In purely capacitive circuit, the current ________ the voltage by ________degrees.
a. Lags, 90
b. Leads . 45
c. Leads, 90
Answer : c
16. In series circuit consisting of R, L and C , as the frequency increases, the inductive reactance
increases and the capacitive reactance decreases, at one particular frequency, inductive
reactance equals to capacitive reactance and this frequency is called
a. Critical frequency
b. Resonant frequency
c. Resonating frequency
Answer : b
17. At series resonance for R,L and C circuit, when the inductive reactance equals to capacitive
reactance but in anti phase with each other, the impedance will the be at__________ and the
current will be at ____________.
a. maximum , minimum
b. minimum, maximum
c. maximum, maximum
Answer : b
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18. The series R,L, and C circuit is known as ACCEPTOR Circuit, The sharpness of response over a
range of frequencies near resonance gives an indication of ____________of the circuit.
a. Quality ,Q
b. Selectivity
c. Magnification of the circuit
Answer : b
19. At resonance for parallel R,L and C circuit, the current drawn from supply is ___________ and
the impedance is _________. For this reason this circuit is called REJECTOR circuit.
a. very small, high
b. very large, small
c. very small , small
Answer : a
20. In ac the current and voltage can be in phase or out of phase. The current in phase with the
voltage contributes to REAL POWER whilst that is out of phase contributes to REACTIVE POWER.
The units for Real Power is ________ and units for Reactive Power is ___________.
a. Watt (W) , Volts Amps Reactive (VAR)
b. Watt(W), W reactive
c. W real , W reactive
Answer : a
21. The ratio of TRUE POWER to APPARENT POWER is termed POWER FACTOR. If a 40 KVA
generator produces a power output of 30 KW , what is the Power Factor of the generator?
a. 0.75
b. 1.33
c. 0.8
Answer : a
22. In 3 phase ac generator, 3 coils on the same armature are at ________degrees to each other will
produce ________outputs at ____________degrees phase difference.
a. 120 , 1 , 360
b. 120, 1, 120
c. 120, 3, 120
Answer : c
23. In 3 phase Star connected generator, the line current is ____________to the phase current,
whilst in 3 phase Delta connected generator line voltage is ____________ to the phase voltage.
a. not equal, equal
b. equal, not equal
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c. equal, equal
Answer : c
24. A transformer is wound with 100 turns on the primary and 450 turns on the secondary. The
primary is connected to 250 volts ac supply. Find the secondary voltage?
a. 1125 volts
b. 55.5 volts
c. 112500 Volts
Answer : a
25. Transformer losses are due to Iron losses and copper losses. Iron losses are due to eddy current
and hysteresis losses. Eddy current losses is reduced by ____________and hysteresis losses by
_______of low hysteresis loss.
a. Laminating core material, choosing correct material
b. Using solid metal core, not using material
c. Laminating iron core, using material such as silicon steel
Answer : c
26. A filter that passes all frequency component between some low cut-off frequency Fc1 , and
some high cut-off frequency fc2 and blocks all frequencies below fc1 and above fc2 is called
a. Band Stop filter
b. Band Pass Filter
c. Band Filter
Answer: b
27. Differentiator circuit (CR) consisting of Capacitor C, and Resistor R can be used for
_________filter and with the position of C and R changed into Integrator circuit (RC) it can be
used as _______________filter.
a. High Pass , low Pass
b. Low Pass, High Pass
c. Band Pass, Band Stop
Answer : a
28. The magnitude of the emf generated in simple generator depends on the followings:
a. The flux density of the magnetic field (Tesla) only
b. The flux density and the length of the conductor in the field (metre) only
c. The flux density, the length and the velocity (speed) of the conductor(metre/sec)
moving through the field
Answer : c
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29. Commutator of generators consist of 2 types: namely Split ring and Slip ring. Slip ring is used for
__________system whilst Split ring is used for __________system.
a. DC, AC
b. AC, DC
c. AC DC , DCAC
Answer : b
30. The carbon brushes used in generators besides provide the connections to the rotating
armature, it also provides _____________ingredients .
a. Lubricating
b. Cooling
c. Cleaning
Answer : a
Answer : c
32. DC generators are classified according to the method by which the field winding is energized.
Which is most relevant
a. The magnetic circuit may be permanent magnet, separately excited and self excited
b. The magnetic circuit is separately excited by another circuit inside the generator
c. The magnetic circuit is only of permanent magnet only
Answer : a
Answer: c
Answer : a
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a. The motor has 2 windings on the pole pieces cumulatively wound
b. The motor has 2 winding on the pole pieces differentially wound
c. The motor has 3 windings on the pole pieces cumulative and differential wound
Answer : a
36. To reverse the direction of DC motor, the following actions should be done:
a. Reverse the direction of current through the armature OR the field
b. Reverse the direction of current through the armature AND the field
c. Reverse the direction of current at the source only
Answer : a
37. The number of cycles of induced voltage of a generator is given by the formula
given as f = (Np)/60 where f = frequency : N = speed in rpm : p = number of
pairs of poles. To provide an output of 400 Hz a 2 pole (1 pair) machine need
to driven at
a. 36,000 rpm
b. 12,000 rpm
c. 24,000 rpm
Answer : a
38. The advantages of the rotating field generator over rotating armature type are
a. Less current at slip ring at brushes, output is taken at stator with less
problems on insulation and ventilation and less problems with
centrifugal force effects on rotor windings.
b. Less current at slip ring at brushes, output is taken at stator with more
efficiency and less problems with centrifugal force effects on rotor
windings
c. Output at the stator is more easily managed due to its being stationary
Answer : a
Answer : b
40. The main types of AC motor are induction motor, synchronous motor,
hysteresis motor and shaded pole motor. All these motors works on the
principle that:
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a. The AC applied to the stator causes the rotor to rotate in synchronism
with supply frequency
b. The AC applied to the stator produces a magnetic field which induces
the rotor to rotate
c. The AC applied to the stator produces a rotating magnetic field which
causes the rotor to rotate.
Answer : c
41. In a synchronous motor, with 6 poles (3 pairs), if the input frequency is 400 Hz,
the speed of rotating field would be synchronous speed of
a. 16000 rpm
b. 4000 rpm
c. 8000 rpm
Answer : c
42. In a 3 phase induction motor, the rotor is has no brushes or slip ring and there
is no external connection to it. This rotor is commonly called
a. Squirrel cage rotor
b. Cage rotor
c. Copper bar
Answer : a
43. In AC induction motor, the difference between the rotor speed and the
rotating magnetic field speed is called
a. Synchronous Speed
b. Slip speed
c. Slip Rotating speed
Answer : b
44. The induction motor has poor starting torque. This is due to the poor
interaction between the rotor field and the rotating field. To overcome this
problem, the solution is
a. Use of aluminium bar instead of copper to increase the resistance of
the rotor
b. Modify the shape of the stator poles
c. Use external electrical component
Answer : a
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a. The 2 stator windings are 180 degrees displaced from each other and
the supply to these windings are 180 degrees out of phase with each
other
b. The 2 stator winding are 90 degrees displaced from each other and the
supply to these windings are 90 degrees out of phase with each other.
c. The 2 stator windings are 90 degrees displaced from each other with
common supply to the windings
Answer : b
46. A perfectly shaped square wave contains an infinite number of harmonics. The
harmonics content of the waveform controls some important features of the
square wave. If odd harmonics only are used, the resultant square wave will
be
a. Symmetrical
b. Asymmetrical
c. No effect on the mark to space ratio of the square wave
Answer : a
Answer : a
48. The Main Exciter Stationary Field winding of the Brushless generator is supplied
from
a. Voltage Regulator Rectifier of the Generator control unit
b. From internal rectifier
c. From external dc supply
Answer : a
Answer : c
50. The generator drive system have method of disconnecting the generator in the
event of seizure of the generator armature, so between the generator and
gearbox will be
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a. Quill drive shaft
b. Safety drive shaft
c. Disconnecting shaft
Answer : a
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