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DCM Drives_1

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 11mins

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Class
Date
1.

Direction of rotation of motor is determined by ________

a)

Faraday’s law

b)

Lenz’s law

c)

Coulomb’s law

d)

Fleming’s left-hand rule

2.

In which of the following application DC series motor is used?

a)

Centrifugal Pump

b)

Motor Operation in DC and AC

c)

Water pump drive

d)

Starter for car

3.

In DC motor, which of the following part can sustain the maximum temperature rise?

a)

Field winding

b)

Commutator

c)

Slip rings

d)

Armature winding

4.

These days D.C. motors are widely used in

a)

pumping sets

b)

air compressors

c)

electric traction

d)

machine shops

5.

Which power is mentioned on a name plate of a motor?

a)

Gross power

b)

Power drawn in kVA

c)

Power drawn in kW

d)

Output power available at the shaft

6.

Which of the following quantity will decrease if supply voltage is increased?

a)

Starting torque

b)

Operating speed

c)

Full-load current

d)

Cannot be determined

7.

The speed of a D.C. shunt motor more than its full-load speed can be obtained by

a)

Decreasing the field current

b)

Increasing the field current

c)

Decreasing the armature current

d)

Increasing the armature current

8.

Which D.C. motor has got maximum self loading property?

a)

Series motor

b)

Shunt motor

c)

Cumulatively compounded ‘motor

d)

Differentially compounded motor

9.

Identify the speed torque characteristics of a dc series motor.

a)
b)
c)
d)
10.

Which of the following is the best braking method?

a)

Friction

b)

Electromechanical action

c)

Eddy-currents

d)

Electric braking

11.

DC motor is still widely used in tractions due to its excellent braking properties.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

Which of the following is not the method of electrical braking?

a)

Plugging or counter-current

b)

Dynamic or rheostatic

c)

Regenerative

d)

Eddy current

13.

Electrical braking of any variety becomes less effective as ________________

a)

Speed increases

b)

Speed decreases

c)

Independent of speed

d)

Depends on supply voltage

14.

Plugging is applied in a motor, if we don’t make the switch OFF what will happen?

a)

Motor will come to rest as a result of plugging

b)

Motor will come to rest and will start rotating in another direction

c)

Motor will burn

15.

Which of the following is dynamic braking?

a)

Reversal of field connections

b)

Reversal of armature connections

c)

Addition of equal and opposite field

d)

Removal of armature circuit from current machine circuit

16.

In dynamic braking, when braking is applied system acts as ___________

a)

Freely running machine

b)

Motor with slow speed

c)

Generator

d)

Motor with same speed in opposite direction

17.

In which of the following electrical braking method, energy is supplied back to the supply?

a)

Plugging

b)

Dynamic braking

c)

Regenerative braking