Electrical Test Paper 3

1. The method for symmetrical component is very useful for

a. Solving unbalance poly phase circuit
b. Analyzing the performance of 3 phase machinery
c. Calculating currents resulting for unbalance faults
d. All of the above
2. The three phase fault on a balanced three phase system consists of
a. Positive sequence component only
b. Negative sequence component only
c. Zero sequence component only
d. All of the above
3. The type of relay used for the protection of long transmission lines is called
a. Impedance relay
b. Buccholz relay
c. Undervoltage relay
d. Negative sequence relay
4. A fuse wire possesses
a. Direct time characteristics
b. Inverse time characteristics
c. Definite time characteristics
d. All of the above
5. Value of the voltage at the contacts after operating of the fuse is called
a. Breaking voltage
b. Load voltage
c. Recovery voltage
d. Restricting voltage
6. The sag produced in a transmission line depends upon
a. weight of conductor per unit length
b. tension in conductor
c. length of the conductor
d. all of the above
7. The minimum voltage required to cause an arc between electrodes separated by a gas or liquid
insulation is called
a. Breakdown voltage
b. Arcing voltage
c. Arc-Over voltage
d. Striking voltage
8. The insulation required for any type of cable depends upon
a. Operating current
b. Operating voltage
c. Power factor
d. All of the above
9. The skin effect results in
a. Increase in conductor resistance
b. Decrease in conductor resistance
c. Increase in noise
d. Heating of conductors
10. What determines the amount of slip in an induction motor?
a. Input current
b. Input voltage
c. Load
d. Speed
11. According to the power flow diagram, the sequence in which losses occur in a motor starting from the
input end is
a. Iron, copper, mechanical, stray
b. Stray, copper, mechanical, iron
c. Copper, iron, mechanical, stray
d. Mechanical, stray, iron, copper
12. The figure of merit for comparison of generators is
a. Speed regulation
b. Output voltage
 c. Voltage regulation
d. Input power
13. What cause a generator to produce DC voltage rather than AC voltage
a. Slip rings
b. The rectification effect of windings
c. The armature
d. Commutator
14. If an elementary dc generator has a two-coil armature and four field poles, what is the total number of
segments required in the commutator?
a. 2
b. 4
c. 8
d. 16
15. Eddy currents in armature cores are kept low by
a. Using low hysteresis materials
b. Limiting armature current
c. Using laminations in the core
d. Insulating the core
16. What is the main advantage of a shunt motor over a series motor?
a. A shunt motor develops higher torque at lower speeds than a series motor
b. A shunt motor can be operated at higher speeds than a series motor
c. A shunt motor draws less current from the source than a series motor
d. A shunt motor maintains a more constant speed under varying load conditions than a
series motor
17. Which of the following types of motors is widely used to power small appliances?
a. Universal
b. Synchronous
c. Polyphase
d. Compound
18. How many pulsations will an elementary single coil DC generator have per revolution?
a. 4
b. 2
c. 1
d. 3
19. The torque on a synchronous motor that, when exceeded, causes rotor to loose synchronization with the
field is called
a. Breakaway torque
b. Breakdown torque
c. Restraining torque
d. Pullout torque
20. The speed of the rotor of an induction motor depends upon which of the following factors?
a. The method of connecting the load
b. The dc voltage applied to the rotor
c. The torque requirements of the load
d. The current in the rotor
21. Dy11 indicates that the phase angle of primary winding with respect to the secondary winding of a
transformer is
a. 11° lagging
b. 30° lagging
c. 30° leading
d. 11° leading
22. Which of the following methods can be used to change the speed of an induction motor?
a. Pole Changing
b. Change of frequency
c. Both a & b
d. None of the above
23. If the rotor of a motor is removed and voltage supplied to its stator then the stator will burn due to lack of
a. Resistance
b. Counter emf
c. Inductance
d. Capacitance
24. If a generator is paralleled with another generator at no load and its frequency is lower than that of the
running generator then which of the following happens
 a. it starts consuming power
b. the frequency of the two generators become equal due to sharing
c. it causes sparking
d. All of the above
25. The principle of operation of a 3 phase induction motor is similar to
a. capacitor start motor
b. transformer with secondary short circuit
c. only b&d
d. repulsion start induction motor
26. The reason for using vestigial sideband for color TV transmission instead of using RGB channel coding
as in closed circuit TV’s is
a. Better quality
b. Longer transmission area
c. Backward compatibility
d. All of the above
27. The called ID information in telephone systems is sent
a. Before the first ring
b. Between the first and second ring
c. After the second ring
d. Between second and third ring
28. The lowest frequency passed by a low-pass filter is
a. 1 Hz
b. 0 Hz
c. 10 Hz
d. Dependent on the critical frequency
29. The quality factor “Q” of a band-pass filter depends on the
a. critical frequencies
b. bandwidth
c. centre frequency and bandwidth
d. centre frequency
30. If a BJT is not biased properly it results in
a. No amplification
b. Increase in output resistance
c. Clipping of output signal
d. No output
31. The type of transistor configuration used in audio amplifiers is
a. Common base
b. Common emitter
c. Common collector
d. All of the above
32. The emitter current of a transistor used in Common-Emitter configuration is 1 mA. The collector current
will be
a. Nearly 2 mA
b. Nearly 1 mA
c. equals β Vcc
d. None of the above
33. The input resistance of amplifier circuits should be low so that
a. Power input can be controlled
b. Input signals do not have voltage drops
c. Paralleling circuits increases power
d. Input resistance should not be low
34. The difference between phase and frequency modulation
a. Is purely theoretical because they are the same in practice
b. Is too great to make the two systems incompatible
c. Lies in the poorer audio response of phase modulation
d. Lies in the different definitions of modulation index
35. AM radios stations have greater range than FM radio stations because
a. AM has higher power than FM
b. FM is not as efficient as AM
c. FM signals are easily distorted
d. AM stations occupy lower frequency band
36. A unijunction transistor has
a. anode, cathode and a gate
 b. two bases and one emitter
c. two anodes and one gate
d. anode, cathode and two gates
37. Which of the following can be considered as two SCR’s connected back to back
a. DIAC
b. TRIAC
c. Thyristor
d. Power transistor
38. If firing angle in an SCR rectifier is increased, output voltage is
a. Increased
b. Decreased
c. Remains same
d. May increase or decrease depending on conditions
39. A UPS is basically an
a. Inverter
b. Cycloconverter
c. Chopper
d. Rectifier
40. The AC voltage output for an inverter with a fixed DC input
a. Is always more than the DC voltage
b. Is always less than the DC voltage
c. Is nearly equal to the DC voltage
d. May be greater or less than the DC voltage