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 Transformers Questions and Answers –
Transformer Protection
This set of Transformers Multiple Choice Questions & Answers (MCQs) focuses on “Transformer
Protection”.

1. Satisfactory parallel operation of transformers needs ______

a) 5 conditions
b) many conditions
c) 10 conditions
d) 7 conditions

View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: The satisfactory parallel operation of transformers is dependent upon five
principal characteristics; that is, any two or more transformers which it is desired to operate in
parallel should possess: The same inherent phase angle di!erence between primary and
secondary Terminals, The same voltage ratio, The same percentage impedance, The same
polarity, The same phase sequence.

2. Voltmeter connected across two similar terminals of parallel operated transformers should
give _______
a) 0 reading
b) maximum reading
c) sum of individual reading
d) division of individual readings

View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: Polarity applied so as to indicate the directional relationship of primary and
secondary terminal voltages of a single unit. Any two single-phase transformers will have the
same polarity when their instantaneous terminal voltages will be in phase. With this condition
a voltmeter connected across similar terminals will indicate zero.

3. Transformers are subjected to transients because _________________

a) open-circuit currents
b) short-circuit currents
c) inrush currents
d) both OC and SC currents

View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: The transients to which transformers are mainly subjected are: Impact of high-
voltage and high-frequency waves arising from various causes, including switching in, system
switching transients with slower wavefronts than the above, switching inrush currents, short-
circuit currents.

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4. Any transformer needs to be protected from __________

a) transformer faults
b) faults occurring on the transformer connected systems
c) faults within and on system
d) other faults

View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: The subject of transformer protection falls naturally under two main headings.
These are the protection of the transformer against the subsequent events of e!ects of faults
occurring on any part of the system. Protection of the system against the e!ects of faults
arising in the transformer.

5. How many types of faults can occur in a system?

a) 2
b) 3
c) 5
d) Many

View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Considering first the means to be adopted for protecting the transformer itself
against the e!ects of system faults, three distinct types of disturbances have to be provided
for. These are: Short-circuits, high-voltage, high-frequency disturbances including lightning,
pure earth faults.

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6. Ferroresonanace can be added in __________________

a) faults due to system
b) faults in the transformer
c) manual faults
d) other faults

View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: To this list could be added ferroresonance, which can occur under certain
conditions in any system containing capacitance and inductance elements such as those
associated respectively with cables and transformers.

7. System-short circuits may occur due to ________________

a) Line to line contacts
b) Line to neutral contacts if neutral is not earthed
c) Line to neutral contacts if neutral is earthed
d) LL and LG faults

View Answer

Answer: d
Explanation: System-short circuits may occur across any two or even three lines, or, if the
neutral point is solidly earthed, between any one line and the earthed neutral. Thus,
mechanical stress gets created in the transformer circuit.

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8. Mechanical stress produced in the circuit ______________

a) directly proportional to the square of the voltage
b) inversely proportional to the square of the voltage
c) directly proportional to the square of the currents
d) inversely proportional to the square of the currents
 View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: The short-circuit currents produce very high mechanical stresses in the
equipment through which they flow, these stresses being proportional to the square of the
currents. The magnitude of these short-circuit currents can be limited by increasing the system
impedance, usually incorporating this into the supply transformers.

9. High voltage, high frequency surges can occur in the system due to _________________
a) atmospheric disturbances
b) line faults
c) manual faults
d) line to neutral faults

View Answer

Answer: a
Explanation: High-voltage, high-frequency surges may arise in the system due to lightning,
external flashover on overhead lines, switching operations and to the e!ects of atmospheric
disturbances. These surges principally take the form of travelling waves having high
amplitudes and steep wavefronts.

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10. Surge impedance can be calculated as _________

a) L/C
b) C/L
c) √(L/C)
d) √(C/L)
 View Answer

Answer: c
Explanation: The amplitudes of the waves in the overhead line and at the transformer
terminals depend upon the respective values of their surge impedance, which is given by the
formula: √(L/C); where Z=surge impedance in ohms, L=inductance in henrys, C=capacitance in
farads, of the circuit concerned.

11. Surge protection can’t be implemented by the addition of rod gaps.

a) True
b) False

View Answer

Answer: b
Explanation: Surge protection is implemented by the addition of rod gaps or surge arresters
adjacent to the transformer to shunt the surges to earth. These attenuate the surge
magnitudes in the view of the windings and their resulting insulation stresses to levels which
can be withstood by suitably proportioned insulation distribution without causing resonant
instability and dangerous oscillations within the windings.

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