BEE LAB VIVA QUESTIONS & ANSWERS

1. Define current
2. Define voltage
3. Define power
4. Define resistance
5. What are the factors affecting resistance?
6. Write down the expression for effective resistance when three resistances are connected in
series and parallel.
7. What is series circuit?
8. What is parallel circuit?
9. State Ohm’s law.
10. What is the statement of Kirchhoff’s voltage law?
11. What is the statement of Kirchhoff’s current law?
12. What is the internal resistance of the ideal voltage source?
13. What is higher, the terminal voltage or the emf?
14. What is the internal resistance of the current source ideally?
15. What is the active network?
16. What is the bilateral network?
17. What is the difference between a node and a branch?
18. What is the non-linear circuit?
19. What is max power transfer formula?
20. When will the power extracted from a circuit is maximum?
21. How is the ammeter connected in circuit?
22. To find the voltage drop across a resistance, where should the voltmeter be
connected?
23. State Thevenin’s theorem?
24. State Norton’s theorem?
25. State Maximum Power Transfer theorem?
26. Define thevenins voltage and how can you calculate it?
27. Define the thevenins resistance and how can you calculate it
28. What is an electric generator?
29. What is an electric motor?
30. State faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction.
31. What are all the two types of excitation?
32. Give the types of DC generator.
33. What is the principle of DC motor?
34. What is an electric generator?
35. What are the different methods of controlling the speed of a DC motor?
36. Explain Flux control method? What are the advantages & Disadvantages?
37. Explain Armature control method? What are the advantages & Disadvantages?
38. What are the advantages and disadvantages of Swinburne’s test?
39. What are the various types of losses occurring in a DC machine?
40. Which type of load is applied on the motor?
41. What is the function of 3-point starter?
42. Why shunt motor is called constant speed motor?
43. What is the formula for torque?
44. What is the formula of efficiency?
45. What is the principal of transformer?
46. Name some measuring instruments used in BEE Lab
47. Which type of voltmeter and ammeter used for DC circuits?
48. Which type of voltmeter and ammeter used for AC circuits?
49. Which measuring instrument is used to measure the power?
50. How will measure the speed of the motor?