Hey everyone any help on these questions will be great, I have the exam Thur 2pm,

will be spending next 2 nights after work trying to understand but me and motors
seem to struggle more then often, can anyone recoomend a decent motor book to
study from?

1. Speed control of a 3 phase induction motor is achieved by varying the

A Resistance in rotor winding
B Voltage applied to the stator
C Rotor winding inductance
D The number of stator windings

2. The purpose of capacitor in a capacitor start motor

A Provide power factor correction
B Limit the starting current
C Provide an increased phase displacement
D Smooth the a.c. supply

3. When starting a 400v 3 phase cage rotor motor using star delta starter, the
voltage across each stator phase is
A 400v start 230v run
B 133v start 230v run
C 133v start 400v run
D 230v start 400v run

4. cage rotor motors are considered to be best running at

A Variable speed
B Constant speed
C High speed
D Low speed

5. A rotating field is produced in a 3 phase cage rotor motor when connected to

A Rotor
B Stator
C Commutator
D Slip Rings

6. The thermal trip on a direct on line starter is to

A Provide magnetic overload protection
B Provide thermal overload protection
C Provide remote starting
D Prevent motor over speed

7. A motor with a wound rotor has windings on

A Rotor only
B Stator only
C Stator and rotor
D Commutator & field

8. Connections made to rotor windings on a 3 phase induction motor use

A Mutual inductance effect rotor and stator
B Commutator and brushes
C Capacitor link to rotor windings
D Slip ring and brushes

9. A single loop of wire connected to slip rings rotated in a magnetic field.

Voltage measured at slip rings will be
A D.C.
B Unidirectional
C Intermittent
D A.C.

10. A capacitor start and run single phase induction motor runs as
A Quad phase motor
B Single phase motor
C Two phase motor
D Three phase motor

11. A 400v 50Hz has a line current of 50A and 0.8 lagging, The power dissipated
will be
A 20KW
B 9.2KW
C 27.712KW
D 16KW

12. The reactance of a 1uf capacitor connected across a 50Hz supply is

A 3.18 ?
B 31.8 ?
C 318 ?
D 3.18 ?
13. Cage rotor induction motor are considered to be
A Variable speed machines
B Low speed
C high Speed
D Constant speed

14. Which of the following is suitable for starting a 3 phase rotor cage induction
motor
A Auto transformer and rotor resistance
B Rotor resistance and capacitor start
C Auto transformer and star delta
D Capacitor start and star delta

15. In a 2 pole generator the brushes on the commutator pick up the voltage
generated which is
A A.C.
B Unidirectional
C Intermittent A.C.
D Steady D.C.

16. A 3 phase 4 pole motor 50Hz induction motor has a slip of 4% the actual speed
of the motor is
A 1500prm
B 1440rpm
C 1400rpm
D 1359rpm

17. When a capacitor start capacitor run single phase induction motor reaches
speed, a centrifugal switch
A Removes all the capacitance connected to the field windings
B Reduces the number of field windings
C Leaves on the run windings connected
D Reduces the capacitance connected to the start winding

18. The rotor conductors of a 3 phase cage rotor inductance motor are constructed
of a solid conductors
A Shorted at each end of rings
B Connected to the supply by slip rings
C Connected to the supply by commutator
D Forming a star connection

19. The number of pair windings in a single phase capacitor start induction motor
is
A One
B Two
C Three
D Four

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