1. which is the source of emergency power on board?

Emergency Generator
2. What is the purpose of interlocks fitted to circuit breaker? It allows the circuit to
operate normally without interference in the event of any overload condition
3. What is the simple definition of leakage in an insulated cable? Decrease of insulating
resistance
4. What type of circuit fault that has a broken path for the current flow and has an infinite
resistance? Open circuit
5. What is the purpose of an emergency power supply? Must be provided on board in an
event of an emergency….
6. What type of armature winding where the number of parallel paths equals to the
number of poles? LAp
7. What principles is the AC generator is based on? Electromagnetic Induction
8. What is forced through the ventilation ducts in order to provide effective cooling to ac
generators? air
9. When securing an ac generator for shutting down what you should do first? Reduce the
load of the generator
10. Why do we need to parallel running generators? To share a total load
11. What type of compound generator where its shunt field windings are connected parallel
to both the series field and the armature long shunt
12. What is a winding that is used for neutralizing the effect of armature reaction in the
zone outside the influence of interpoles? Compensating Winding
13. What is the three sets of coils of a practical ac generator where in emf is induced?
Armature winding
14. Which of the following essential services is not supplied by electrical power? None of
the above
15. What equipment is used to rapidly correct voltage changes in an ac generator? AVR
16. What type of dc generator that is made up of fewer turns of heavy wire Series
17. What is the purpose of the insulator? To keep electric currents in the conductor
18. What device used to interrupt the fault current? All of the above
19. Which statement is true with regards to synchronizing and load sharing of ac
generators? Both
20. What protects the diodes from voltage surges arising from sudden changes in excitation
current? Suppression resitor
21. What is the difference between insulated systems and earthed neutral system? An
insulated system is one that is totally electrically insulated from earth
22. What is the useful voltage level generated by an ac generator? RMS Value
23. What is correct in synchronizing with the running generator (or the bus bar)? The
incoming generator must be brought…..
24. What is the function of bus tie installed to main switchboard connecting to emergency
switchboard? Through the bus tie
25. What is the typical power factor at which the current waveform lags about 37 degrees
behind the voltage? 0.8
26. What is the proportion of the kilowatt load handled by one of a group of paralleled
alternators may be increase by increasing its? Governor setting
27. In a three wire system, what is the color of the ground wire? green
28. What type of winding is used in dc generators designed for high current applications?
Lap
29. What type of dc generator where the field winding is connected parallel to the
armature? Shunt
30. What is meant by insulation resistance? The insulation resistance…..
31. What type of windings is used in dc generators employed in high voltage applications
Wave
32. What is true with regards to testing ofon, load and running of emergency generator?
This requires the disconnection…
33. What type of armature winding where the number of parallel path equals to 2
regardless of number of poles? Wave
34. What type of DC generator where the field winding is connected series to the
armature? Series
35. What is the useful voltage level generated by AC generators RMS Value
36. What is a field coil which is made up of many turns of finer wires Shunt Field Coils
37. What is the wave form of the alternating EMF induced into each coil of the AC
generator? Sinusoidal
38. No q uestion
39. What type of DC generator that is made up of many turns of finer wire? Shunt
40. What is to be done so that main ggenerator units can share a total load that exceeds
the capacity of a single machin? Parallel running
41. What supports the stator core and 3AC phase windings Stator frame
42. What part of the generator that provides the field excitation fro the electro magnetic
polesof the main AC generator? Rotor field
43. Why is the ventilation and cooing of insulation essential?to increase useful life of the
insulation
44. What caused the emergency generator t start up automatically? Causes start up relay
45. What type of excitation where the generators uses current produced by separate
source Separate excitation
46. What type of compound generator where its shunt field winding is connected parallel to
the armature only? Short Shunt
47. Why is the current carrying capacity of a conductor by its insulation? If the current
flowing through a wire exceeds the current
48. Which is true with regards to emergency generators own switchboard? Will
automatically
49. What switches are connected into circuit breaker controls circuits to prevent incorrect
sequence operation? Electrical Interlock
50. What is an automatic reversing switch which is coupled on the generator armature and
shaft which converts alternating current to direct current? commutator
51.
41. what supports the stator core and three AC phase windings – Stator Frame

42. what part of the generator that provides the filed excitation from the electromagnetic poles
of the main AC generator – Rotor Field
43. why is the ventilation and cooling of insulation essentials – to increase useful life of
insulation

44. that cause the emergency generator to start up automatically – falling mains frequency or
voltage causes the startup relay to operate the generator staring equipment

45. what type of excitation where the generator uses current produced by a separate source –
separate excitation