Department of Electrical Engineering

SAMPLE MCQs
Sub Name : Testing, Maintenance & Commissioning of Electrical Equipment’s

Q. No. Problem Statement with four option Single

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Answer
Q.1) Various operational, mechanical, electrical and performance test on b
each equipment called as
a) Maintenance c) Operations
b) Testing d) None of these
Q.2) The breakdown maintenance is c
a)regular periodic planned c)carryout whenever
maintenance. breakdown occurs.
b) hand in hand with the operation. d) All of these are correct
Q.3) Routine test is performs ____________. a
a)on each equipment c) on only recommended
equipment by purchaser
b) on newly design equipment d) None of these
Q.4) Which transformer oil is having toxic properties? d
a)Silicone c)Wecosol
b) RTemp d)Askarel
Q.5) Infrared thermography- b
a)Measures insulation resistance c)Measures power loss
phase to phase or phase to ground through insulation to ground.
b) To detect temperature differences d)Detects transformer, switch,
and the overheating of circuits. breaker insulation oil
condition, and contamination.
Q. 6) Find the odd term from the options which is inspection on hourly c
during transformer maintenance schedule.
a) Load c) Dehydrating Breather
b) Temperature d) Voltage
Q.7) What are the recommended maintenance schedule for transformer of a
capacities of 1000 KVA and above in hourly inspections?
a) Ambient Temperature, Winding c) Bushing, Transformer Oil,
Temperature, Oil temperature, Load, Oil temperature, Load
Voltage
b) Oil level in transformer, d)Ambient Temperature,
Explosion Vent, Dehydrating Winding Temperature, Oil
Breather filed bushing, Arcing horns
Q.8) What is the recommended maintenance schedule for induction motor d
 for annual inspections?
a) Check all high speed bearings, c) Check resistance of earth,
clean and varnish oily and dirty check air gaps
windings
b) Renew fuse and switch contact, d) All of the above are
Renew oil in starters corrects.
Q.9) Which are the non-continuous loads on battery? c
a)Circuit breaker operations, Motor c) Both above options are
operated valves correct.
b) Inrush currents of motors or other d) None of these
devices, Field flashing of generators
or synchronous motors
Q.10) Which is IEEE recommended standard practice for sizing large lead a
storage batteries forgenerating stations and substations?
a)IEEE standard485-1997 c)IEEEstandard 1188-2005
b) IEEE standard519-2001 d)IEEE standard450-2010
Q.11) What is the recommended monthly maintenance schedule for
battery?
a)Voltage of each cell and total c)Temperature of electrolyte of d
battery terminal voltage 10% of the cells of the battery
b) Specific gravity of 10% of the cells d) all of these are correct
of the battery
Q.12) Which is the electrical maintenance tests carried out on circuit b
breaker?
a)Primary circuit (contact) resistance c)Lubrication of the operating
test; Insulation resistance test; Contact mechanism; Contact erosion;
pressure and alignment. AC or DC dielectric withstand
test.
b) Primary circuit (contact) resistance d) None of these
test; Insulation resistance test; AC or
DC dielectric withstand test.
Q.13) The manufacturer’s manual for the circuit breaker may suggest a b
__________ number of operations than the number given in the
ANSI/IEEE standards.
a) lower c) Both higher and lower are
correct
b) higher d) none of these
Q.14) When the circuit breaker complete overhaul is carryout? d
a)after 2 years or every 10000 c)after 5 years or every 5000
operations operations
b) after 1 years or every 5000 d)after 5 years or every 10000
operations operations
Q.15) How much pressure of SF6 gas is generally maintain in SF6 circuit c
breaker?
a) 4.3 bar at 20 degree c) 3.4 bar at 20 degree
b) 2.1 bar at 20 degree d)1.2 bar at 20 degree
Q.16) The open circuit test results in finding which of the following a
parameters?
I. core losses
II. shunt branch parameters
III. turns ratio of transformer
 a)I, II, III c)II, III
b) I, II d)I, III
Q.17) Which of the following information’s are obtained from short-circuit c
test?
I. Ohmic losses at rated current
II. Equivalent resistance and leakage reactance
III. Core losses
IV. Voltage regulation
a) I, II c)I, II, IV
b) I, II, III, IV d)II, III, IV
Q.18) An overexcited synchronous motor takes b
a) lagging current c) either lagging or leading
b) leading current d) none of these
Q.19) For good dry transformer insulation at the temperature between 150 c
and 300, the absorption coefficient should be more than _______.

a) 0.1 c) 1.3
b) 1 d) 3.1
Q.20) Lock rotor test of induction motor is nothing but the_________. b
a) Open circuit test c) Over speed test
b) Short circuit test d)Ratio test

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