VINAYAKA MISSIONS AVIATION ACADEMY, SALEM

SET-1; TOTAL QUESTIONS-104; TIME-75 MIN.

Module 3-Electrical Fundamentals
1. A capacitor is fully charged after 25 seconds to a battery voltage of 20 Volts. The battery is
replaced with a short circuit. What will be the voltage across the capacitor after one time constant?
a) 12.64 volts b) 7.36 volts c) 0 volts
2. The voltage rating of a capacitor is
a) the max voltage that can be constantly applied b) the min voltage required to charge
c) the normal operating voltage
3. The relative permittivity of a capacitor is
a) the relative permittivity of the dielectric in relation to a vacuum
b) the permittivity of dielectric in relation to dry air
c) the permittivity of the dielectric
4. Magnetic inclination is the least at the
a) poles
b) equator
c) isoclines
5. Ferromagnetic materials can be magnetized
a) within a band of temperatures
b) above a certain temperature
c) below a certain temperature
6. Faradays Law States that
a) the magnitude of the EMF is directly proportional to the rate of change
of flux
b) the magnitude of the EMF is indirectly proportional to the rate of
change of flux
c) the magnitude of the EMF is directly proportional to the magnetic flux
7. To reduce eddy currents in a transformer you would
a) reduce the thickness of laminations in the magnetic core
b) increase the thickness of laminations in the magnetic core
c) reduce the number of turns on the primary winding
8. A transformer has an input of 400V and a ratio of 2:1. If the transformer
is delta / star wound, what will the line voltage output be?
a) 115V
b) 200V
c) 346V
9. What is the phase difference in a circuit with 100V, drawing 0.5 amps,
consuming 50 Watts?
a) 45°
b) 90°
c) 0°
10. In an A.C circuit, what happens if frequency is reduced?
a) Capacitive elements may be damaged
b) Inductive elements may be damaged
c) There will be no effect
11. A Transformer with 115v primary voltage and a ratio of 5:1 is supplying
a landing light (load 24v 45 amps) is used, what is the current drawn?
a) 205 amps
b) 9 amps
c) 4.5 amps
12. A Transformer has 4500 secondary turns and 750 primary turns. Its
turns ratio is
a) 1:6
b) 6:1
c) 1/6
13. Two inductive coils are placed in close proximity with each other at 90
degrees. The number of flux linkages is
a) 0
b) maximum positive
c) maximum negative
14. A high pass filter will?
a) allow frequencies above a certain value to pass
b) allow frequencies below a certain value to pass
c) allow frequencies within a range to pass
15. If you apply this waveform to this circuit, what is the output across the
capacitor?
a) Zero
b) Pulsed negative
c) Pulsed positive
16. What value is the same as the equivalent D.C. heating effect?
a) Root Mean Square
b) Average
c) Peak
17. What is the relationship between the voltage and the current in an A.C
circuit containing resistance & inductance?
a) Current leads voltage by up to 90°
b) Current lags voltage by up to 90°
c) Current lags voltage by 90°
18. What shape is the waveform when the input pulse and the time base
are unequal?
a) Square
b) Rectangular
c) Saw tooth
19. A sine wave has 5 amps RMS value. What is the peak value?
a) 6.37 amps
b) 7.07 amps
c) 10 amps
20. In this circuit
a) current leads voltage
b) current lags voltage
c) current = voltage
21. Decreasing the field current in a shunt motor will
a) increase speed and decrease torque
b) increase speed and increase torque
c) decrease speed and increase torque
22. Power factor relates to
a) true power and apparent power
b) KW and KVAR
c) horsepower and Watts
23. In a delta-connected generator
a) line volts = phase volts, line current = root 3 times phase current.
b) line volts = phase volts, line current = phase current divided by root 3
c) line voltage = root 3 times phase voltage, line current = phase current
24. If current lags voltage by 90°, the circuit is
a) capacitive
b) resistive
c) inductive
25. In a 3 phase motor, if 1 phase is lost, the motor
a) remains at the same speed
b) runs at 1 third speed
c) runs at 2 thirds speed
26. A three-phase motor has the windings
a) 120° apart
b) 90° apart
c) 180°apart
27. When measuring the phase and line voltages of a generator, it was
found that line and phase voltages were equal. The generator is?
a) delta wound
b) star wound.
c) either delta or star wound
28. To change the direction of a 3-phase induction motor you would
a) swap two of the stator connections
b) swap all of the input connections
c) remove one of the input connections
29. To calculate generator output you need to know the
a) armature speed and number of series conductors
b) armature speed and number of parallel conductors
c) armature speed and field strength
30. In a shunt motor, if you reverse both field current and armature current,
the motor will
a) stop
b) change direction
c) continue to run in the same direction
31. The permanent magnet in an A.C generator induces
a) A.C. in the exitor generator
b) D.C. in the exitor generator
c) A.C. in the main generator
32. What charge does the nucleus of an atom possess?
a) Positive
b) Negative
c) Neutral
33. What does the following circuit represent?
a) Integrator
b) Low pass filter
c) Differentiator
34. What is the maximum number of electrons in shell N of an atom?
a) 16
b) 32
c) 18
35. Two 10V, 20 Ah batteries are connected in parallel and connected
across a 10-ohm load. How long could they supply normal current before the
voltage begins to decay?
a) 20 hours
b) 4 hours
c) 40 hours
36. A 10 V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 ohms for 1 minute. What
is the power supplied
a) 100 W
b) 10 VA
c) 10 W
37. A 10V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 ohms for 1 minute. What is
the work done?
a) 60J
b) 10J
c) 600J
38. Three capacitors 10 microfarads, 10 nanofarads and 10 millifarads are
connected in parallel. What is the total capacitance?
a) 10.01001mF
b) 111mF
c) 1.001001mF
39. If a 1mF capacitor has a potential difference across it of 5V what is the
energy stored?
a) 12.5 J
b) 12.5 mJ
c) 25 mJ
40. A capacitor is fully charged after 25 seconds to a battery voltage of
20V. The battery is replaced with a short circuit. What will be the voltage
across the capacitor after 1 time constant?
a) 12.64 V
b) 7.36 V
c) 0 V
41. Glass is an example of a
a) paramagnetic material
b) diamagnetic material
c) coercive material
42. Which of the following is absolute permeability?
a) μ
b) μo
c) μr
43. A solenoid of 10 turns per meter carries a current of 5A. If the current
is reduced to 2.5A, how many turns would be required to maintain the same
magnetic field?
a) 5
b) 50
c) 20
44. The point of coercivity occurs when the
a) magnetizing force applied causes the material to become magnetically
saturated.
b) magnetic flux is zero even though a magnetizing force is being applied.
c) magnetizing force reaches a peak positive or negative value.
45. What is the mutual inductance if two coils of 10mH and 500mH have
90% of the flux transferred from one to the other?
a) 4.5mH
b) 459mH
c) 63mH
46. An inductor has 1,000 turns of wire and a cross sectional area of 0.001m2. If the core has a
permeability of 0.000,001 and the coil is 0.1m, what is the value of the inductor?
a) 10Mh b) 100microH c) 100mH
47. Three inductors 10 mH, 5 mH and 20 mH are connected in parallel.
What is the total inductance?
a) 35 mH b) 2.86 mH
c) Without knowing the coupling factor the total inductance cannot be found
48. If the current reaches a maximum through an inductor of 2A in 15 secs, what is the current after
3 secs?
a) 1.26A b) 0.63A c) 1A
49. If the phase voltage in a star connected generator is 200V what will be
the line voltage?
a) 115V b) 200V c) 346V
50. A generator is labeled as having 115V/200V, 20A and PF 0.8. What is
the apparent power in each line that the generator can produce?
a) 2.3kW b) 2.3kVA c) 4kVA
51. A starter generator has a
a) low resistance series field and a low resistance shunt field
b) low resistance series field and a high resistance shunt field
c) high resistance series field and a low resistance shunt field
52. Thermocouple harnesses are made from the same materials as the thermocouple so that
a) they will not corrode b) mini junctions are not formed c) the resistance is not increased
beyond limits
53. An oxygen molecule is made up of
a) two oxygen atoms sharing electrons b) two oxygen atoms sharing neutrons
c) two oxygen atoms sharing protons
54. A capacitor in a single phase AC motor is to
a) prevent spikes b) block DC c) provide a phase shift
55. The slip speed of an induction motor is
a) stator speed - rotor speed b) stator speed + rotor speed c) stator speed/rotor speed
56. The primary winding of a 3-phase transformer
a) is delta wound b) is star wound c) could be either delta or star wound
57. The symbol for flux density is
a) H b) B c) O
58. A galvanometer measures
a) millivolts b) megohms c) milliamps
59. A battery rated at 40 Ah will supply 200 mA for
a) 200 hours b) 5 hours c) 20 hours
60. The unknown resistance R in the Wheatstone bridge shown is
a) 1 ohm
b) 4 ohms
c) 16 ohms
61. Which of the following materials is easiest to magnetize?
a) Soft iron
b) High grade steel
c) Cast iron
62. AC generators are rated in
a) kVARs
b) kW
c) kVA
63. To find which end of an electromagnet is the North Pole, use the
a) Fleming's Left Hand Rule
b) Right Hand Clasp Rule
c) Cork Screw Rule
64. A capacitor with double the area and double the dielectric thickness will
have
a) double the capacitance
b) half the capacitance
c) the same capacitance
65. In a transformer, if the rate of change of current increases, the mutual inductance will
a) increase b) decrease c) remain the same
66. If the brake coil on an actuator motor goes open circuit, the actuator will
a) over-ride its mechanical stops b) stop c) run slower
67. The frequency of the output of a 4 pole generator is 400 Hz. The generator is turning at
a) 12000 RPM b) 6000 RPM c) 3000 RPM
68. What is the wave shape of the x-axis input of a traversing oscilloscope image?
a) square b) rectangular c) triangular
69. An inductance/resistance motor is
a) better than a capacitance motor
b) restricted to low loads only
c) less efficient than a capacitance motor
70. The voltage at point A is
a) 7 V b) 21 V c) 28 V
71. A 4:1 step down transformer draws 115 V and 1 A. The output power will be
a) 28.5 V at 4 A b) 28.5 V at 16 A c) 460 V at 0.25 A
72. The voltage induced in the stator of an AC generator is produced by
a) a fixed magnetic field b) a rotating magnetic field c) an alternating field
73. A low frequency supply
a) may damage inductive components b) will have no effect on inductive components
c) will make the circuit operate faster due to the reduced impedance
74. A zinc-carbon battery life depends upon
a) the purity of the carbon rod b) the amount of zinc c) the amount of the electrolyte paste
75. When checking the S.G. of the electrolyte in a lead acid battery, you should
a) check all cells because they may be different
b) check only the no. 1 cell because it is the master cell
c) check any cell because they will all be the same
76. If electrons are added to an atom it becomes
a) a positive ion b) a negative ion c) a neutral ion
77. An element whose atoms have fewer than 4 electrons in their valency shell are
a) good conductors b) good insulators c) semiconductors
78. In a purely resistive AC circuit, the current vector is
a) in phase with the voltage vector b) +90o out of phase with the voltage vector
c) -90o out of phase with the voltage vector
79. The PD at the terminals of an open circuit battery with a small internal resistance will be
a) more than the EMF b) less than the EMF c) the same as the EMF
80. The diagram shows a 200 V long shunt generator. What is the voltage dropped across the series
resistor?
a) 200 V b) 0.12 V c) 0.2 V
81. An electrolytic capacitor is used where
a) minimum losses are essential b) there is a polarized input c) high frequency AC is used
82. If a connection to an AC motor is disconnected, the motor will
a) slow down and stop b) continue to run c) stop
83. A band stop filter
a) stops a narrow range of frequencies b) stops frequencies either side of a narrow range
c) attenuates frequencies either side of a narrow range
84. This is a diagram of a
a) band pass filter b) high pass filter c) low pass filter
85. When comparing the average values of an AC generator output, to the peak values
a) average voltage = same as the peak voltage b) average voltage = 0.63 x peak voltage
c) average voltage = 0.707 x peak voltage
86. A parallel circuit at resonance has
a) maximum impedance b) minimum impedance c) zero impedance
87. A resistor dissipates 80 Watts. If it runs for 4 hours 15 minutes, how much energy is dissipated
in total?
a) 1.224 MJ b) 20.4 kJ c) 191.25 J
88. The earth lead of a 24 V equipment is 0.5 ohm resistance and carries
80A. How much power does it dissipate?
a) 3.2 kW b) 1.152 kW c) 1.92 kW
89. What must you do to make a 3 F capacitor circuit into a 2 F circuit?
a) Put a 1 F capacitor in series
b) Put a 2 F capacitor in parallel
c) Put a 6 F capacitor in series
90. The time required to fully charge a 1 μF capacitor in series with a 100k ohm resistor is
a) 100 ms b) 1 s c) 100 s
91. A 10 ohm resistor has a 14.14 V peak drop across it. What power is dissipated?
a) 19.99 W b) 10 W c) 1.414 W
92. This is a symbol for
a) a voltage dependant resistor b) a variable differential resistor c) a visual display rectifier
93. If a generator speed is halved and the field strength is doubled, the voltage output will be
a) halved b) doubled c) unchanged
94. Point A on the armature of the generator shown is producing
a) maximum current b) minimum current c) zero current
95. An accumulation of hydrogen on the plates of a battery is known as
a) hydration b) polarization c) ionization
96. What is the power dissipated in a 500 ohm resistor with a 3A flow?
a) 1.5 kW b) 4.5 kW c) 750 kW
97. Which of the following is 1 Amp?
a) 1000 mA b) 1000 μA c) 1000 kA
98. A paramagnetic material has a relative permeability of
a) greater than unity b) less than unity c) zero
99. What part of a battery is covered in hydrogen during polarization?
a) Cathode b) Anode c) Both the anode and the cathode
100. Electricity conducts through
a) solids only b) solids and liquids c) vacuum
101. The term that describes the combined resistive forces in an AC circuit is
a) impedance b) resistance c) total resistance
102. How can the direction of rotation of a DC electric motor be changed
a) reverse the electrical connections to either the field or armature windings
b) interchange the wires which connect the motor to the external power source
c) rotate the positive brush one commutator segment
103. An example of a good electrical insulator is
a) glass b) aluminium c) mercury
104. The only practical method of maintaining a constant voltage output from an aircraft generator
under varying conditions of speed and load is to vary the
a) strength of the magnetic field b) number of conductors in the armature
c) speed at which the armature rotates