NARAYANA ENGINEERING COLLEGE::GUDUR/ NELLORE

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

Objective

UNIT-I Converter Fed DC Motors

1. Which one of the following is not part of electric drive? [ ]

a) Power modulator b) motor c) gear d) load
2. Controlled rectifiers convert ____________ voltage to __________voltage [ ]
a) Fixed ac, variable ac b) fixed ac, variable dc
c) Fixed dc, variable ac d) fixed dc, variable dc
3. Controlled rectifier fed dc drives is also known as [ ]
a) Static ward-leonard drive b) induction motor drive
c) Synchronous motor drive d) witched resistance motor drive
4. 1- half-controlled rectifier operates in ___ quadrant of Va – Ia plane [ ]
a) First b) fourth c) both first and fourth d) both second and third
5. The expression for terminal voltage of dc motor in continuous conduction of 1Ф fully controlled rectifier
is [ ]
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
6. For torques less than rated torque, the 1- fully controlled rectifier fed dc separately excited drive operates
in [ ]
a) Discontinuous conduction b) continuous conduction
c) Does not operate d) none of the above
7. The terminal voltage of motor in discontinuous conduction in single phase fully controlled rectifier fed
separately excited dc motor [ ]
a) is always positive b) is always negative
c) is always zero d) may be positive or negative
8. The terminal voltage of motor during free-wheeling interval in discontinuous condition when it is fed with
single phase half controlled rectifier is [ ]
a)VS b) - VS c) E d) 0
9. How many diodes are required for a single phase semi converter of separately excited D.C motor?
[ ]
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
10. To get base speed higher than base speed of shunt motor __________control is used. [ ]
a) Armature resistance b) Field resistance c) Armature voltage d) none

UNIT-II Four Quadrant Operation of DC Drives

1. In braking, motor works as [ ]

a) Transformer b) generator c) condenser d) motor itself
2. Which of the following gives fast braking [ ]

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 a) less maintenance b) fast operation c) high efficiency d) all the above
3. In the which of the following braking, power is fed back to the supply [ ]
a) Regenerative braking b) dynamic braking
c) Plugging d) all the above
4. During regenerative braking in a dc shunt motor its [ ]
a) Eg > V b) Eg V c) Eg= V d) Eg V
5. Which of the following gives fast braking [ ]
a) Regenerative braking b) dynamic braking
c) Plugging d) all the above
6. The necessary condition to suppress dc circulating current in circulating method of dual converter is (A
and B are firing angler of rectifiers [ ]
a)A+B = 0 b) A = B
0
c)A+B =180 d)A-B =1800
7. Regenerative braking cannot be performed in _____________ motors. [ ]
a) separately excited b) series motor c) ac motors d) none
8. A dual converter is a_____ quadrant converter. [ ]
a) 1 b) 2 c) 3 d) 4
9. If α 1 and α 2 are the delay angles of converter 1 and converter 2 respectively, the delay angles are
controlled such that [ ]
a) α 1 + α 2 = 120 o b) α 1 + α 2 = 150 o c) α 1 + α 2 = 180 o d) α 1 + α 2 = 60 o
10. For the applications of high starting torque, motor proffered is ________ [ ]
a) DC shunt b) DC series c) D.C compound d) None

UNIT-III Chopper Fed DC Motors

1. Two quadrant operation of a DC Separately Excited Motor is achieved by using [ ]

a) Class A Chopper b) Class B Chopper c) Class C Chopper d) Class H Chopper
2. Write the expression for output voltage of a class ‘B’ chopper [ ]
a) (ton/t) V b) (T-ton/T) V c) (T/ton) V d) (T/T-ton) V
3. What is the advantage of closed loop control scheme [ ]
a) Speed control is accurate b) losses are high
c) Less efficiency d) high cost
4. A DC chopper output voltage can be controlled by using [ ]
a) Time ratio control b) current limit control
c) Both a & b d) none of the above
5. The value of ‘’ in a class A chopper ranges from [ ]
a) 0-1 b) 0-2 c) 0-0.5 d) none
6. In time ratio control (TRC), the constant frequency system is called [ ]
a) Pulse width modulation scheme b) Frequency Modulation
c) Both (a) & (b) d) none
7. The class B chopper is also called as [ ]
a) Step down b) step up c) Both (a) & (b) d) none
8. A chopper is a static device that converts ________ [ ]

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 a) AC to DC b) AC to AC c) DC to DC d) None
9. In step up chopper Vo=___________ [ ]
a) δ Vs b) (1 – δ )Vs c) Vs d) None
10. ‘’ Represents____________ [ ]
a) Duty cycle b) firing angle c) periodic cycle d) none

UNIT-IV Control of Induction Motor

1. The torque of an induction motor is proportional to [ ]

a) Stator voltage b) Square root of stator voltage
c) Square of stator voltage d) cube of stator voltage
2. The stator voltage control method for changing the speed of induction motor is applied in applications
demanding [ ]
a) lower torque b) medium torque c) higher torque d) none of the above
3. AC Voltage controller finds applications in [ ]
a) fan drive b) pump drive c) crane drive d) a & b
4. Power factor of an AC voltage controlled fed induction motor drive is [ ]
a) high b) low c) medium d) unity
5. Why asymmetrical unbalanced 3 AC voltage controllers are not preferred for control of induction motor
[ ]
a) low cost b) introduces more harmonics
c) Requires only 3SCRS d) simple control circuit
6. What is meant by stator voltage control of squirrel cage induction motor [ ]
b) Speed can be controlled by changing frequency
c) Speed can be controlled by increasing rotor resistance.
d) a & b
7. Stator voltage control for speed control of induction motors is suitable for [ ]
a) fan and pump drives b) drive of a crane.
c) running if as generator d) all.
9. To save the energy during braking [ ]
a) dynamic braking is used b) plugging is used
c) regenerative braking is used d) mechanical braking is used.
10. Most commonly used AC motor is [ ]
a) Synchronous motor b) slip ring induction motor
c) Squirrel cage induction motor d) AC commutator induction motor

UNIT-V Control of Synchronous Motors

1. Steady state operation, is obtained in static Kramer drive when [ ]

(a) Vd1 = Vd2 (b) Vd1>Vd2 (c) Vd1 < Vd2 (d) Vd1 Vd2
2. The modes of variable frequency control are [ ]
(a) true synchronous mode (b) self synchronous mode
(b) separate controlled mode (d) a & b

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3. In self controlled mode [ ]
(a) Motor speed > synchronous speed (b) Motor speed< synchronous speed
(c) Motor speed = synchronous speed (d) none of the above
[ ]
(a) Self-controlled mode (b) separate – controlled mode
(c) Both a and b (d) neither a nor b
5. Damper winding is required in [ ]
(a) Self-controlled mode (b) true synchronous
(c) Both a and b (d) neither a nor b
6. Multi motor system is possible from [ ]
a) Open loop b) closed loop c) open or closed loop d) none
7. The control scheme of self controlled operation of a load commutated thyristor inverter is called as
[ ]
(a) inverter angle control (b) commutation lead angle control
(c) Constant margin angle control (d) all the above
8. The advantage of a synchronous motor in addition to its constant speed is [ ]
a)High power factor b)Better efficiency c) Lower cost d)All
9. Identify self control of SM from the following
a) Closed loop control b) open loop control c) either closed or open loop d) None
10. How many Thyristors are required to construct a load commutated inverter for synchronous motor drive?
[ ]
a) 3 b) 6 c) 12 d) 24