SCHOOL OF ELECTRICAL AND COMMUNICATION

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING

B.Tech- Programme - ALLIED ELECTIVE

S.NO GROUP QUESTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT -1

1 1.Total Harmonic Distortion (THD) is defined as the ratio of the Actual Fundamental to RMS harmonic
content:

 True
 False

2.Which of the following is long-term (hours-long) voltage sags caused by system overload:

 Brown out
GROUP-1  Voltage surge
 Black out
 Voltage dip

3.Continuous and rapid variations in the load current magnitude which causes voltage variations:

 Voltage distortion
 Harmonics
 Flicker
  Voltage sag

2 1.Which one of the following is waveform distortion:

 Notching
 DC offset
 All the options are correct
 Electrical noise
GROUP-2
2.Harmonics cause which of the following:

 All the Options are Correct

 Nuisance Tripping
 Capacitor Failure
 Heating in windings

3.Which one of the following device is used for improving the power factor of the system:

 Synchronous Phase Modifier

 Shunt Reactor
 Asynchronous Generator
 Series Reactor

3 1.Which of the following is not considered as good power quality voltage:

 Has a constant RMS Value unchanged with time

 Having a Constant sine wave with fundamental component
  Supplied at Constant Velocity
GROUP-3  Power Supply is more compared to demand

2. ______ is the short time reduction in the rms voltage between 0.1 to 0.9 p.u for a duration of 0.5
cycle to 1 minute:

 Voltage sag
 Voltage Interruption
 Voltage degradation
 Voltage surge

3.Which one of the following cannot be possible with voltage surges:

 Tripping of Sensitive Equipment

 Damaging to insulation
 Flicker in Incandescent Lamps
 Damage to electronic components

4 1. Most of the power quality problems are related to grounding and neutral size issues

 True
 False

2. Which of the following will not comes under disturbance with respect to power quality
GROUP-4
 Transients
 Harmonic Distortion
 Voltage Sag
  Interruption in supply

3. DC circuit has which of the following harmonic components:

 DC Circuit will have no harmonic components

 Positive sequence harmonics
 Negative sequence harmonics
 Zero sequence harmonics

5 1. In which of the following condition does voltage unbalance occurs:

 Both the options are correct

 When the phase angle between phases are not equal to 120 deg
 When voltage magnitude in all the three phases are not identical

GROUP-5 2.Which of the following is not a source of harmonic current:

 Capacitor Switching
 UPS Systems
 Computers
 Resistive Load

3.Harmonics present in the system will cause interference with neighboring Telephone Lines

 True
 False

6 1.Voltage dips cannot be caused by which of the following:

  Capacitive Switching
 Switching on of Large Loads

GROUP-6  Inductive Loading

 Local and Remote faults

2. The third harmonic currents are known as ______ :

 Positive sequence harmonics

 Negative sequence harmonics
 Zero sequence harmonics

3. Electric resistance heaters and incandescent bulbs have power factor of which of the following:

 Leading
 Zero
 Lagging
 Unity

7 1.Filters are used to reduce which of the following:

 All the options are correct

 Harmonics
 Voltage distortion
 Voltage sag
GROUP-7
2. Which of the following contribute to the low voltage and poor power factor:

 All the options are correct

 Reactive Power
 Harmonics
 Load Imbalance