1.) What is armature?

 Is the power-producing component of an electric machine. It can be on either

the rotor (rotating part) or the stator (stationary part) of the electric machine.
2.) What is field?

3.) What two important requirements are necessary before generator action is possible?

4.) State Faraday’s Law

 The induced electromotive force in any closed circuit is equal to the negative of
the time rate of change of the magnetic flux enclosed by the circuit.
5.) In what two ways is it possible to generate a higher voltage in a moving conductor?
6.) How many lines of force must be cut per second if 1 volt is to be generated in a moving
conductor?
7.) In an actual generator, what effect has the number of parallel paths in the armature winding
upon the terminal voltage?
8.) Is the power of a generator affected by the number of parallel paths in the armature winding?
Give reasons for your answer.
9.) Derive the fundamental voltage equation for the dc generator.
10.) Write the fundamental voltage equation as a function of the total number of armature
conductors and the armature-winding circuits.
11.) What two factors determine the direction of the generated voltage in a conductor through a
moving magnetic field?
12.) Consider a dc generator, in what two ways can the polarity (plus and minus) of the brushes be
changed?
13.) State Lenz’s Law
 An induced eletromotive force (emf) always gives rise to a current whose
magnetic field opposes the change in original magnetic flux.
14.) Using Lenz’s Law, explain how the direction of the generated voltage may be determined.
15.) What kind of current flows in the armature conductors of a dc generator?
16.) What is an alternating current?
 An electrical current that reverses its direction many times a second at regular
intervals, typically used in power supplies.
17.) What is meant by the frequency of an alternating current?
 The number of times the AC signal completes the full cycle in one second.
18.) What is commuter? Describe its construction.
19.) What factors determine the frequency of a generated alternating current?
20.) Describe the commutation process using appropriate sketches to illustrate your answer.
21.) Why is it desirable to many coils of wire and commutator segments on the armature of a dc
generator?
22.) What kind of current is theoretically delivered to a load by a dc generator?