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WorksheetsELECTRICAL ENGINEERS PRE-BOARD EXAMINATION MARCH 2013
Total questions: 29
Worksheet time: 15mins
Farad is equivalent to what unit?
Volt-coulomb
Coulomb/volt
Joule/volt
Joule/coulomb
Which of the following is used in power factor correction?
Induction motor
Long transmission line
Synchronous motor
Voltage regulator
The lightning load for a dwelling expressed in terms of a unit load in voltampere per square meter must be at least
24
12
16
28
What do you call the interior lighting where the roof trusses or ceiling height is greater than 7.6 m above floor level
HID
High Bay
High mast
High pressure sodium
Which of the following is a vector quantity?
Magnetic Flux
Magnetic flux density
Magnetic reluctance
Magnetic field intensity
The Electrical Safety Month of the year is
June
April
February
May
Which of the following produces a reactive power?
Incandescent lamp
Induction motor
Flat iron
Heater
The time constant of a series RL circuit Is equal to _____?
A. L/R
B.R/L
C. RL
D. 1/RL
Heating effect of current has undesirable side effect in
Electric oven
Immersion heater
Electric iron
Vacuum cleaner
In two-wattmeter method, the readings of the wattmeter will be identical when
Load in one of the phases is zero
Power Factor in unity
Power factor is 0.5
Neutral is earthed
An electric current can neither be ______nor______.
Felt, seen
Seen, touched
Seen, touch any effect
Produced, felt
In transmission voltage levels, 765kV is categorized as
High Voltage
Extra High Voltage
Ultra High Voltage
Medium Voltage
The purposes of a grid system is to
Interconnect the power stations
Supply energy to remote areas
Make extra high voltage available to consumers
Make distribution of energy at reasonable cost
The number of parallel paths in a simplex lap winding is equal to
2
Number of poles
Number of pair of poles
1
If the input of the prime mover of an alternator is kept constant but the excitation is increased then
kVA will be leading
kVA will be lagging
kW will be changed
the power factor of the load remains constant
The useful life of diesel engine in a power plant is expected to be ______ year/s.
5
1
50
15
An automatic device that operates at preset values is known as
Mercury switch
fuse
relay
contactor
A magnetic field copper exists around
Copper
Moving charges
Iron
Aluminum
Which of the following is not a type of the contactor for circuit breakers?
Vacuum
Pneumatic
Electro-pneumatic
Electromagnetic
Charging a lead-acid cell causes the electrolyte to become
stronger
stable
weaker
water
If the resistance of the field winding of a dc generator is increased the output voltage will
decrease
increase
remain the same
fluctuate heavily
Wye-wye power transformers are protected by current transformers having ________ connection.
delta-delta
wye-delta
delta-wye
wye-wye
The luminous intensity of a lamp is expressed in
lux
lumens
candela
Foot-candle
Ten oersted is equivalent to
10 Gb/m
1 Gb/m
10 Gb/cm
100 Gb/cm
Which of the following ammeters is the most sensitive?
0-100 micro ammeter
0-5 milli ammeter
0-1 micro ammeter
0-50 milli ammeter
Brushes of dc machine are usually made of
carbon
hard copper
soft copper
iron
Impurities in an electrolyte can cause an internal short circuit condition called
Depolarization
Electrolysis
Local action
Polarization
What is the minimum number of wattmeter required to measure unbalanced power for a three phase system?
2
3
4
1
Permeance is analogous to
Conductance
Resistance
Reluctance
Inductance
