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Quiz Answers Q6. Through which of the following do

airborne ultrasonic waves pass?

Q1. What is Partial Discharge? Steel

Air Gaps
A flashover from high voltage to ground
Insulators
A partial breakdown of insulation
Gaskets
A fault detection technique
Q7. What is the typical duration of a PD
Q2. Which of the following are emitted by event?
Partial Discharge?
More than 100µs
Radio Waves & Gamma Rays
Between 100µs and 1ms
Sound & Gamma Rays
Less than 1µs
Radio Waves & Sound
Between 5µs and 10µs

Q3. The 3 main classifications of Partial

Discharge are:
Internal, Surface, Pulsing
Internal, Surface, Corona
Internal, Pulsing, Corona
Q4. What does a Phase Resolved Partial
Discharge Pattern (PRPD) display?
Amplitude of PD vs phase angle relative to
system frequency
Voltage vs current of PD signals
Amplitude vs discharge rate
Q8. Which type of PD is dependent on
environmental conditions?
Surface and Corona Discharge
Internal and Surface Discharge
Internal and Corona Discharge
Q9. When measuring broadband PD signals,
HF signals will attenuate quicker than UHF.
True or false?
True
False

Q5. Diagnose the following ultrasonic PRPD 10. Diagnose the following Transient Earth
plot. Voltage (TEV) PRPD plot.

Noise Noise
Internal Void Internal Void
Surface PD Surface PD
Corona Corona