A.C.

MOTORS
1. To repair a small electrical motor that has been submerged in salt water, you
should __________.
a. wash it with fresh water and apply external heat
b. renew the windings
c. send it ashore to an approve service facility
d. rinse all electrical parts with a carbon tetrachloride cleaning solvent and then
blow dry the motor with compressed air
2. the output voltage of a three phase alternator is regulated by the ___________.
a. AC voltage to the armature
b. AC voltage to the field
c. DC voltage to the armature
d. DC voltage to the field
3. The function of the dumper windings in a synchronous motor is to ___________.
a. eliminate slippage
b. provide excitation
c. provide starting torque
d. increase efficiency
4. a synchronous motor maintains synchronism with the rotating field because
_____________.
a. field strength varies directly with rotor slip
b. DC current applied to the rotor coils causes the rotor magnets to lock in with the
rotating flux of the stator.
c. the stator poles are dragged around due to the flux created by the excitation
current.
d. the stator flux rotates in the opposite direction
5. the most common source of excitation for synchronous motor is a/an
______________.
a. step up transformer

b. half-wave rectifier
c. DC supply
d. AC supply
6. A dumper winding is placed in a synchronous motor to _______________.
a. increase efficiency
b. provides starting torque
c. provides excitation
d. eliminates slippage
7. the purpose of amortisseur windings in a synchronous motor is to ____________.
a. reduce eddy current loses
b. produce a higher power factor
c. provide a means for starting
d. eliminate arcing between the stator
8. in an induction motor with a cage rotor, the full load stator current is
approximately _______ times the running current.
a. two
c. five

b. three
d. nine

9. a single-phase motor that has a relatively high starting torque is the

_______________ motor.
a. shaded pole
b. wound-rotor
c. capacitor-start
d. resistance-start
10. An induction motor with a low resistance rotor winding is _____________.
a. high starting current
b. high slippage
c. high starting voltage

d. low starting voltage

11. An induction motor with a low resistance rotor winding is _____________.
a. high slippage
b. high starting current
c. low starting voltage
d. high starting voltage
16.. the characteristics which appears on the name plate of ship board AC motor is
____________.
a. the type of winding
b. input Kilowatt
c. temperature rise
d. lack rotor torque
17. In AC motor turbo electric power plant, propeller speed is controlled by varying
the ____________.
a. propusion generator strength
b. number of energized motor poles
c. electric coupling
d. turbine speed
18. Across-the- line starters are used with AC motors to obtain _________________.
a. reduce starting current
b. regulating starting current
c. high starting torque
d. controlled staring acceleration
19. switch board of an AC generator would be equipped with a ________________
a. frequency metr
b. governor control
c. volts meter

d. all of the given answers

20. which type of AC single phase motor will also operate on direct current?
a. split phase
b. series
c. shaded pole
d. repulsion start
21. The speed of a wound-rotor induction motor is ______________.
a. fixed by the number of field poles
b. varied by a rheostat controls
c. synchronous speed at full load
d. synchronous speed at n o load
22.The purpose of the auto transformer used with the starters of large AC moptors
is to provide ___________.
a. increase voltage for starting
b. increase torque for running
c. reduce voltage for starting
d. speed control
23. the purpose of a motor under voltage protection device is to _____________.
a. provide high armature current when voltage is restored
b. start the motor at a very low voltage
c. trip the load of the motor in case of fire
d. protect the personnel from low voltage shock
24. direction of rotation of an induction motor is _______________.
a. opposite the rotating field direction
b. the same as the rotating field direction
c. determined by the number of poles
d. determined by the staggering of the brushes

25. A shaded pole motor is a ______________ motor.

a. synchronous
b. three phase induction
c. compound
d. single phase induction

33. Difference in speed of the rotor and synchronous speed changes in the stator of
an AC motor ______________.
a. excitation

c. induction

b. induction

d. slip ring

34. Motor starting torque better excitation not required ______________.

a. synchronous motor
b. DC motor

c. wound rotor type motor

d. induction type motor

35. the current in a circuit that reverses at regular recurring intervals of time and
has alternately positive and negative values is ______________.
a. alternating current
b. direct current

c. induced current
d. full-wave current

36. it is the difference between the synchronous speed and operating speed of an
induction machine
Which is expressed as a % or decimal fraction of its synchronous speed
____________.
a. slack
b. Differential speed

c. slid
d. slip

37. A motor having a light series winding added to prevent a rise in speed, or
obtain a slight reduction in speed with increase of load.
a. universal motor

c.stabilize-shunt-wound motor

b. shunt wound motor

d. series-wound motor

38. A commutator motor in which the field circuit and armature circuit are
connected in series and oper ates at a much higher speed with increase of load
________________.
a. universal motor
b. shunt wound motor

c. stabilize-shunt-wound motor
d. series-wound motor

39. an alternating current motor in which a primary winding on one member ,

usually the stator, is connected to the power source and a poly-phase secondary
winding-cage secondary winding on one member, usually the rotor carries induced
current _________________.
a. universal motor

c. stabilize-shunt-wound motor

b. induction motor

d. series-wound motor

40. an induction motor in which the secondary circuit consists of poly-phase winding
or coils whose terminals are either short circuited or closed through suitable
circuits __________________.
a. wound-rotor induction motor

c. squirrel-cage induction motor

b. shunt wound motor

series wound motor

41. A motor used for usual use shall be marked with a time rating of
____________________.
a. continuous

c. 30 to 60 mins.

b. 5 to 15 mins.

d. all of the given answers

42. a current that is primarily used because it can be transmitted inexpensively and
because it can be used for certain applications for which direct current is not
suitable ____________________.
a. alternating
b. direct

c. non-pulsating
d. b and c

43. effective is the alternating current voltage or current value that produces the
same amount of heat in a resistor that would be produced by the same amount of
direct current voltage or current _______________.
a. peak

c. instantaneous

b. root-mean-square

d. stationary

44. Three-phase alternating current motor can be reversed by changing tha wiring
from ABC phase configuration to ______________.
a. BCA

c. CBA

b. CAB

d.ABC