ASHOKA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY AND MANAGEMENT, VARANASI

DEPARTMENT OF ELEECTRICAL ENGINEERING

POWER QUALITY AND FACTS QUIZ (REE-042)

1. Most of the power quality problems are related to ______

(a) Transmission Issue (b) Grounding Issue
(c) Distribution Issue (d) all of the above
2. Which of the following is not considered as good power quality voltage
(a) Power Supply is more compared to demand (b) Constant sine wave
(c) Constant Velocity (d) Constant RMS Value unchanged with time
3. Lightening and Tree striking on a live conductor is an example________ Power Quality issue.
(a) Voltage Sag (b) Voltage Swell (c) Interruption (d) Surge
4. Interruption is
(a) complete loss of power (b) complete loss of voltage
(c) Complete loss of current (d) all the above
5. The Transients in the power system occurs for
a) less than two complete cycles b) exact two complete cycles
c) less than one complete cycles d) exact one complete cycles
6. The most common cause of long interruption is ______
(a) Faults (b) Outages
(c) Both (a) & (b) (d) none of the above
7. Outage is the
(a) Removal of Primary Component (b) No Power Generation
(c) Transmission fault (d) None of above
8. Single Phase Tripping is generally used in _________________.
(a) Transmission System (b) Distribution System
(c) Low Voltage System (d) Generation System
9. Interruption is
(a) complete loss of power (b) complete loss of voltage
(c) complete loss of current (d) all the above
10. The Short Interruptions occurs for
(a) Less than two complete cycles (b) exact two complete cycles
(c) less than one complete cycles (d) exact one complete cycles
11. The most common way to calculate voltage sag is from ______
(a) Average Voltage (b) Peak Voltage
(c) RMS Voltage (d) none of the above
12. Effect of temperature rise in overhead lines is to
(a) Increase Sag Decrease Tension (b) Decrease Sag Increase Tension
(c) Increases both (d) Decreases Both
13. What should be the value of sag for proper operation of overhead transmission line?
(a) High (b) Low
(c) Neither too low nor too high (d) Anything
14. Voltage dips cannot be caused by which of the following:
(a) Switching on of Large Loads (b) Local and Remote faults
(c) Inductive Loading (d) Capacitive Switching
15. During sag, power electronic component will trip, this will decrease ______
(a) Load Voltage (b) Supply Voltage
(c) Load Current (d) none of the above
16. The total power taken by the load remains constant so that _____ will be higher
(a) Current (b) Voltage (c) Fluctuations (d) Harmonics
17. The major cause of voltage sag is
(a) Malfunction of primary component (b) Equipment Failure
(c) Starting of large Induction Machine (d) All the above
18. To obtain a constant current input, a inductor is placed in current source inductor (CSI) in:
(a) Parallel (b) Series (c) Both Series and Parallel (d) Not placed at all
19. The harmonic current distortion in adjustable speed drive is_____
(a) Constant (b) Not Constant (c) High (d) low
20. Reducing the number of short-circuit faults in a system, reduces ______
(a) Sag (b) Interruptions (c) Sag & Interruptions (d) none of the above
21. Current-limiting fuses are able to clear a fault within one _______.
(a) Half cycle (b) full cycle (c) will not clear (d) none of the above
22. By implementing changes in the supply system, the severity of the event will__.
(a) Reduce (b) Increase (c) Remains the same (d) None of the above
23. The main mitigation equipments is___
(a) UPS (b) Storage device (c) voltage source converter (d) All the above
24. During normal operation, the UPS takes its power from the supply, rectifies the ac voltage to
dc and inverts it again to ac with the
(a) same frequency and rms value (b) Different frequency and rms value
(c) same frequency and different rms value (d) Different frequency and same rms va

25. Which of the following contribute to the low voltage and poor power factor:
(a) Load Imbalance (b) Reactive Power (c) Harmonics (d) All the above
26. Which one of the following device is used for improving power factor of the system:
(a) Synchronous phase modifier (b) Shunt Reactor (c) Series Reactor (d)Asynchronous
Generator
27. Most of the power quality problems are related to grounding and neutral size issue:
(a) True (b) False
28. Total Harmonics Distortion is defined as the ratio of Actual fundamental to RMS harmonics
content:
(a) True (b) False
29. Which of the following is not the source of harmonics current:
(a) Capacitor Switching (b) Computers (c) UPS System (d) Resistive load
30. Which of the following is not considered as good power quality voltage :
(a) Power supply more compared to demand
(b) Supplied at constant velocity
(c)Having a constant sine wave with fundamental component
(d)Has a constant RMS value unchanged with time
31. Harmonics cause which of the following:
(a) Heating in the winding (b) All the option are correct
(c)Capacitor failure (d) Nuisance Tripping
32. Which one of the following cannot be possible with voltage surges:
(a) Tripping of sensitive equipment (b) Damaging to insulation
(c) Flicker in Incandescent Lamps (d) Damage to electronic components
33. Voltage dips cannot be caused by which of the following :
(a) Capacitive Switching (b)Local and Remote fault
(c) Inductive Loading (d) Switching on of Large load
34. Which of the following will not comes under disturbance with respect to power quality:
(a) Harmonics Distortion (b) Voltage Sage (c) Transient (d) Interruption in supply
35. Harmonics present in the system will cause interference with neighboring Telephone lines :
(a) False (b) True
36. Which of the following is the long term voltage sags caused by system overload :
(a) Black out (b) Brown out (c) Voltage Surge (d)Voltage dip
37. Continuous and rapid variations is the load current magnitude which which cause voltage
variation:
(a) Flicker (b) Voltage sag (c) Harmonics (d) Voltage distortion
38. Which one of the following is waveform distortion :
(a) DC Offset (b) All the option are correct (c) Electrical noise (d) Notching
39. Electric resistance heaters and incandescent bulbs have power factor of which of the
following :
(a) Unity (b) Leading (c)Lagging (d)zero
40. ------------------ is the short term reduction in the rms voltage between 0.1 to 0.9 p.u. for
duration of 0.5 cycle of 1 minute:
(a) Voltage surge (b) Voltage degradation (c) Voltage interruption (d)Voltage sag
41. In which of the following condition does voltage unbalance occurs:
(a) When the phase angle between phase are not equal to 120 deg
(b) Both the option are correct.
(c) When the voltage magnitude in all the three phase are not identical.
42. The third harmonics are known as __________.
(a) Negative sequence harmonics
(b) Positive sequence harmonics
(c) Zero sequence harmonics
42. Filter are used to reduce which of the following :
(a) Voltage sag (b) Harmonics
(c) Voltage distortion (d)All the option are correct
43. DC circuit has which of the following harmonics components “
(a) Negative sequence harmonics
(b) Positive sequence harmonics
(c)DC circuit will have no harmonics component
(d) Zero sequence harmonics
44. FACTS devices used in
(a) Generation b) AC transmission
(c) DC transmission (d) None
45. Voltage control means
(a) Boosting the feeder voltage
(b) Reducing the line voltage under over voltage conditions
(c) Keeping the voltage level within the allowable limits.
(d) None
46. Line drop compensation corrects for
(a) Line drop lagging P.F (b) voltage at leading P.F
(c) Transformer voltage drop ( d) voltage drop in feeder lines
47. Which are the shunt compensation devices
(a) TCSC ( b) SSSC
(c) UPFC (d) SVC
48. Characteristics of a loss less line are
(a) Naturally loading with low power factor at sending end
(b) Naturally loading with unity power factor at both ends
(c) Naturally loading with zero power factor at both ends
(d) Naturally loading with zero power factor at receiving end
49. The main Objective of series compensation
(a) It improve the power factor b) It reduces the fault currents
(c) Reduce the voltage drop over long distance (d) None
50. UPFC is a
(a) Shunt compensation device (b) Series compensation device
(c) Both a & b (d) None of the above
51. SSSC is a
(a) Series compensation device (b) Shunt compensation device
(c) Combined compensator (d) Loss reduction device
52. Disadvantage with series compensation
(a) Reduce the stability (b) increase the voltage drop
(c) Reduce the power factor (d) Increase in fault current
53. TCSC is ______________________device:
(a)Series compensator device
(b) Static series synchronous compensator
(c)Shunt compensator.
(d) Voltage sag.
54. SSSC stands__________________:
(a)Series compensator device
(b) Static series synchronous compensator
(c)Shunt compensator.
(d) Voltage sag.
55.The location of series compensator depends on _____________factor:
(a) Economical and Technical Factor
(b) Voltage sag.
(c)Shunt compensator.
(d) Static series synchronous compensator
56. If the load is more than surge impedance loading __________________will increase the line:
(a) Static series synchronous compensator.
(b) Shunt compensator.
(c) Voltage drop.
(d) Economical and Technical Factor
57. Functionality of FACTS devices_________;
(a) Static VAR compensator.
(b) Economical and Technical Factor
(c) Voltage drop.
(d) Reactive power management.
58. STATCOM is ____________regulating device:
(a) Voltage
(b) Static series synchronous compensator
(c)Shunt compensator.
(d) Voltage sag.
59. SVC and STATCOM are _______________device:
(a) Economical and Technical Factor
(b) Voltage sag.
(c) Shunt compensator.
(d) Static series synchronous compensator
60. UPFC stands_______________:
(a) Economical and Technical Factor (b) Voltage sag.
(c) Shunt compensator. (d) Unified power flow controller.
61. Which of the following condition for DC Off-set:
(a) Presence of harmonics in AC system
(b) Presence of DC voltage or current in AC power system
(c) Frequency variation in power system
(d) Presence of noise in supply system
62. What is the condition of Harmonics:
(a) Integer multiple of frequency in supply system
(b) Geometrical mean of frequency in supply system
(c) Variation in voltage
(d) Flicker
63. Notching is a periodic__________ disturbances caused by the normal operation of power
electronic devices:
(a) Frequency
(b) Voltage
(c) Wave
(d) current
64. Which of the following Range of frequency in Swell:
(a) 0.8 cycle to 1 min. (b) 0.5 cycle to 0.5 min.
(c) 0.8 cycle to 0.5 min. (d) 0.5 cycle t0 1 min.
65. The power quality issues are :
(a) Power frequency disturbances (b) Power system transient
(c) Power system harmonics (d) All the above
66. What is the property of inverter :
(a) Convert DC to AC (b) Convert DC to DC
(c) Convert AC to DC (d) Convert AC to AC
67. CBEMA stands ________:
(a) Computer Based Equipment Manufacturing Association.
(b) Computer Based Equipment Measurement Association
(c) Computer Business Equipment Manufacturing Association
(d) Combine Business Equipment Manufacturing Association
68. Cyclical variation of the voltage envelope is called :
(a) Voltage Fluctuation
(b) Voltage Distortion
(c) Voltage Change
(d) Under Voltage
69. A steady-state deviation from an ideal sine wave of power frequency is :
(a) Voltage Magnification
(b) Voltage Distortion
(c) Waveform Distortion
(d) Under Voltage
70. How many subdivision of Sag duration :
(a) Instantaneous (b) Momentary
(c) Temporary (d) All the above
71. How to evaluate the likelihood of sensitive equipment being subjected to voltage lower than
its minimum voltage sag.
(a) Area of Vulnerability (b) Ferro-resonant transformer
(c) Magnetic Synthesizer (d) Constant Voltage Transformer
72. Which of the following devices use for over voltage protection :
(a) Crowbar devices
(b) Clamping devices
(c) Low- pass filter
(d) All the above
73. How many of the following as the source of Transient over voltages :
(a) Capacitor switching
(b) Magnification of capacitor switching transient
(c) Lighting
(d) All the above
74. Voltage regulation of a transmission line should be ________
(a) Minimum (b) Maximum
(c) Greater than 50 % (d) Less than 50 %
75. SVC is used to regulate grid voltage :
(a) TRUE (b) FALSE
76. Harmonics effect on power system are :
(a) Effect on communication circuit (b) Effect on consumer load
(c) Effects on the power system itself (d) All the above
77. Impulsive and Oscillatory transient is the classification of transient.
(a) TRUE (b) FALSE
78. Which not FACTS device.
(a) TCR (b) TSC
(c) TCR (d) TTP
79. What is the function of a STATCOM :
(a) Voltage control of the bus
(b) Control the impedance
(c) Reactive power injection control to the local bus
(d) All the above
80. Power flow control, Voltage control and Oscillation damping is the main feature of___ :
(a) UPQC (b) TSC
(c) UPFC (d) SSSC
81. What is control FACTS device SSSC in line :
(a) Active power injection (b) Active and Reactive power injection
(c) Reactive power injection (d) All the above
82. Power flow in AC are of two types parallel paths and meshed paths :
(a) TRUE (b) FALSE
83. TCPAR is the thyristor controlled phase shift transformer :
(a) FALSE (b) TRUE
84. UPFC is the versatile compensator that can provide voltage regulation , series compensation,
shunt compensation and phase sifting :
(a) TRUE (b) FALSE
85. How many modes of operation of TCSC:
(a) ONE (b) TWO
(c) THREE (d) FOUR
86. What is the range of firing angle in TCR :
(a) 90 deg. (b) 90 deg. To 180 deg.
(c) 180 deg. To 270 deg (d) 180 deg.
87. Which one is the source of impulsive transient :
(a) Lightning (b) Flicker
(c) Harmonics (d) Noise
88. Motar start transient and Neutral voltage swing is the example of___ :
(a) Voltage distortion (b) Transient waveform
(c) Harmonics (d) Switching
89. Isolation transformer and Low pass filter used for under voltage protection:
(a) TRUE (b) FALSE
90. How many of the following affected from the Harmonics :
(a) Transformer (b) Cable
(c) Capacitor bank (d) All the above
91. Sourse of Transient overvoltage are____:
(a) Switching load on or off (b) Switching of capacitor bank
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of these
92. When one or more harmonic components are added to the fundamental frequency, a non
distorted (nonsinusoidal) waveform is produced.
(a) TRUE (b) FALSE
93. Symmetrical waveforms will contain only ______ numbered harmonics
(a) Odd only (b) Even only
(c) Odd and Even both (d) None of the above
94. ITI Curve stands in power uality :
(a) Indian Telecom Industries (b) Information Technology Industry
(c) Both (a) and (b) (d) None of the above
95. The time interval needed for the output voltage or current to return to a value within the
regulation specification after a step load is known as____ :
(a) Recovery time (b) Interval
(c) Reclosing (d) Period
96. In a voltage imbalance the three phase voltage differ in amplitude :
(a) TRUE (b) FALSE
97. ANSI C84.1 of 0.9 to 1.1 per unit voltage range specified for :
(a) Voltage drop (b) Voltage distortion
(c) Voltage flicker (d) Voltage imbalance
98. FACTS stands Flexible AC Transmission System is :
(a) FALSE (b) TRUE
99. RMS value of voltage decreases in sag :
(a) Between 0.1 and 0.9 pu (b) Between 0.5 and 0.9pu
(c) Between 0.1 and 0.5 pu (d) None of the
100. Thyristor Switched series capacitor (TSSC) can be synchronously switched with the line
parameter and very high speed response :
(a) FALSE (b) TRUE