1.

FACTS stand for

(A) Flexible AC Transmitted Systems
(B) Flexible AC transport Systems
(C) Flexible AC transmission Systems
(D) Flexible AC transfer Systems
Answer
Correct option is C

2. FACTS employ _________ for switching.

(A) High speed thyristor
(B) Low speed thyristor
(C) Rectifier
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is A

3. What are the various type of FACTS controllers?

(A) Series Controllers
(B) Shunt Controllers
(C) Combined series-series controllers
(D) Combined series-shunt controllers
(E) All the above
Answer
Correct option is E

4. Which is (are) the advantage(s) of FACTS controllers?

(A) Enhances controllability
(B) Increase power transfer capability
(C) Increase the reliability of AC grids
(D) All the above
Answer
Correct option is D

5. What is the main disadvantage of FACTS?

(A) Very costly
(B) Less costly
(C) Enhance controllability
(D) None of these
Answer
Correct option is A

6. FACTS devices are generally used for to compensate ……………of the

transmission line.
(A) Reactance
(B) Resistance
(C) Conductance
(D) Admittance
Answer
Correct option is A

7. FACTS devices generally deals with

(A) Apparent Power
(B) Active Power
(C) Reactive Power
(D) Load angle
Answer
Correct option is C

8. Automatic generation control(AGC) controls

(A) Frequency
(B) Steam/Water input
(C) Torque
(D) All of the above
Answer
Correct option is A

9. Full form of UPFC is

(A) Unified power flow controller
(B) Unified power factor controller
(C) Unified power flow compensator
(D) Unique power flow controller
Answer
Correct option is A

10. STATCOM + SSSC will make

(A) UPQC
(B) TCSC
(C) SVR
(D) UPFC
Answer
Correct option is D
11. Unit of wave number (beta) is
(A) rad-km
(B) rad-cm
(C) rad/cm
(D) rad/km
Answer
Correct option is C

12. saturated reactor will generate harmonics of the order of

(A) 16k ± 1
(B) 9k ± 1
(C) 18k ± 1
(D) 20k ± 1
Answer
Correct option is B

13. FACTS devices used in

(A) Generation
(B) AC transmission
(C) DC transmission
(D) None
Answer
Correct option is B

14. 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 of the above
Answer
Correct option is C

15. Line drop compensation corrects for

(A) Line drop lagging P.F
(B) Voltage at leading P.F
(C) Voltage drop in feeder lines
(D) Transformer voltage drop
Answer
Correct option is D

16. Which is the shunt compensation devices

(A) TCSC
(B) SSSC
(C) UPFC
(D) SVC
Answer
Correct option is D

17. SSSC is a
(A) series compensation device
(B) shunt compensation device
(C) combined compensator
(D) loss reduction device
Answer
Correct option is A
18. SVC stands for
(A) static VAr compensator
(B) saturated VAr compensator
(C) static VAr controller
(D) saturated VAr controller
Answer
Correct option is A

19. Full form of EAG in HVDC converter is

(A) Extinction angle control
(B) Extinction angular control
(C) Excitation angle control
(D) None of the above
Answer
Correct option is A

20. 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
Answer
Correct option is C