SPSP ASSOCIATE DIPLOMA

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ELECTRICAL
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Unit-8 Conductors and cables

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Unit-8: Knowledge & Understanding
1. What are the type of materials used in an electrical system?
Conductor
______________________________________________________________
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Insulators

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Semiconductor

2. Which is the best conductor?

______________________________________________________________
Copper
3. Write few examples of the following.
Conductors: _____________________________________________________
Aluminum , steel

Insulators: ______________________________________________________
Plastic , rubber

Semiconductors: _________________________________________________
Silicon , oxides

4. Which conductor is commonly used in electrical machines?

______________________________________________
Copper

5. Which conductor is used in transmission line due to its light weight?

_______________________________________________
Aluminum

6. Which type of materials are used to protect the system from ground and short-circuit fault
by preventing conductor to conductor?
_________________________________________________
Insulator

7. Conductors are covered with _________________

Insulators to prevent short circuits and ground
faults.
8. What is the maximum current carrying capacity of a conductor called?
__________________________________________________________
ampacity

9. What is AWG?
___________________________________________________________
The American wire gauge system
10. In AWG system, if its AWG number is bigger, the size of the wire will be ______________
Smaller
11. When electric current flows through the conductor, it opposes the flow of current and it is
called as _____________________________
Resistance
12. What are the factors that affect the resistance of the conductor?

______________________________________________
The type of material use for the conductor
______________________________________________
The length of the conductor
The cross-sectional area of the conductor
______________________________________________
_______________________________________________
The temperature of the conductor.
13. The resistance of any conductor is ________________________l
directly proportional to its length.
14. The resistance of any conductor is ________________________l
inversely proportional to its area of cross
section.
15. If 15.24m of a conductor has a resistance of 1 ohm, then 30.48m of the same size will have
resistance___________
More than the 15.24m conductor.
16. If the length of a conductor is decreased, its resistance will _______________________
decreased

17. If a conductor has a resistance of 6 ohms, then a conductor of the same length but double
the CSA will have a resistance ______________
Less than the previous one.
18. If the cross-sectional area of a conductor is decreased its resistance will
________________.
increase.
19. If the temperature of a conductor is increased its resistance will ________________.
Increase

20. If the temperature of an insulator is increased its resistance will ________________.

Decrease

21. Write the formula connecting the resistance, area and length.
R= p*L/A
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22. The operating temperature of a conductor must always be _______________
Less than the
temperature limit of its insulation.
23. The value of current which causes the conductor to reach its maximum operating
temperature is called the _______________________________________
Maximum allowable ampacity of the
conductor.
24. _________________________
Copper and _______________________
Aluminum are the two most
common conductors.
25. Copper has _______________
Less resistance than aluminum.
26. A transformer is used to step up or step down _____________________
Voltage or
__________________.
Current

27. A transformer can be operated only in _______________________

AC Supply

28. Write the formula connecting, voltage number of turns and current in a transformer.

29. A transformer is having 5000 primary turns and 1000 secondary turns. If the primary
voltage is 1100V, what is the secondary voltage?

30. A 415/220V transformer is connected to an electrical circuit, if the secondary current

flowing is 0.1A. Find the primary current.

31. What are the two types of 3 phase supply distribution system?
____________________________________________________
Delta

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Star
32. Which type of connection is used to get the following:
3 phase 3 wire system:__________________________________________
Delta

3 phase 4 wire system:__________________________________________

Star

33. Draw a 3 phase 3 wire system:

34. Draw a 3 phase 4 wire system:

35. According to the color codes used by Aramco, the following NEC code is followed:
Phase A – ________________________
Phase B – ________________________
Phase C – ________________________
The neutral wire – _______________________
The ground wire – _______________________
36. In a delta connected system:
 Line current =___________________________________
Line voltage= ___________________________________
37. In a Star connected system:
Line current =___________________________________
Line voltage= ___________________________________
38. If the phase voltage in a 3-phase star connected system is 230v and phase current is 10A,
calculate the line current and line voltage.

39. If the line current and line voltage in a 3-phase delta system is 20A and 500v. What is its
phase current and phase voltage?

40. Write the formula for the 3 phase AC power.

41. If a 3-phase system is having 415v line voltage and 20A line current. Calculate the 3-
phase power at 0.8 power factor.
42. Write the formula and unit of the following:

Single phase Apparent power =

Three phase Apparent power =
Unit:

Single phase Reactive power =

Three phase Reactive power =
Unit:

Single phase True power/Active power =

Three phase Reactive power =
Unit:

43. Write the formula for power factor:

44. Write the relation between active power, apparent power and reactive power.

45. Calculate the apparent power, active power of the 3-phase electrical system with 11000
v, 50A and 0.75 Power factor.

P= 714,450 watts
Q= 635,38 var
S= 952,600 va

46. Calculate the apparent power, active power of the single-phase electrical system with
230 v, 5A and 0.9 Power factor.

P= 1035 watts
Q=494,5 var
S= 1150 va

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