IMPEDANCE AND INDUCTANCE

1. POWER TRANSFORMERS ARE RATED IN ___________.

a. KILOWATTS

c. KILOWATT-VOLTS

b. AMPERE-TURNS

d. KILOVOLT-AMPERES

2. ELECTRICAL POWER IS EXPRESSED IN _________.

a. OHMS

c. AMPS

b. VOLTS

d. WATTS

3. IN AN AC ELECTRICAL SYSYTEM , A LOW SYSTEM POWER FACTOR IS A DIRECT SIGN OF ______.

a. WASTED ENERGY
b. EFFICIENT OPERATION

c. A SHORT CIRCUIT
d. A GROUNDED CIRCUIT

4. A COMBINATION OF CIRCUITS ENERGIZED BY ALTERNATING ELECTROMOTIVE FORCES WHICH DIFFER IN PHASE BY

1/3 OF A CYCLE OR 120D IS __________.
a. THREE-PHASE CIRCUIT

b. DOUBLE-PHASE CIRCUIT

b. SINGLE-PHASE CIRCUIT

d. THREE-SWITCH CIRCUIT

5. A RESISTANCE THERMOMETER OR THERMOCOUPLE BUILT INTO A MACHINE FOR THE PURPOSE OF MEASURING THE
TEMPERATURE IS _________.
a. THERM-OHMMETER

c. OHMMETER

b. THERMO-RESISTANCE DETECTOR

d. EMBEDDED TEMPERATURE DETECTOR

6. A MACHINE WHICH TRANSFORMS MECHANICAL POWER INTO ELECTRICAL POWER _______.

a. ELECTRICAL MOTOR
c. ELECTRICAL COUPLING

c. ELECTRICAL GENERATOR
d. ELETRICAL MACHINERY

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7. THE POWER CONSUMED IS EQUAL TO THE CURRENT FLOWING MULTIPLIED TO THE ________.
a. RESISTANCE
b. VOLTAGE

c. CAPACITANCE
d. INDUCTANCE

8. THE OPPOSITION OF CURRENT FLOW RESULTS IN _________.

a. CURRENT DECREASE

c. VOLTAGE DROP

b. VOLTAGE INCREASE

d. RESISTANCE DROP

9. THE CIRCUIT RESISTANCE OF A 600-WATT COFFEE POT AND A 1000-WATT SKILLET WHEN CONNECTED TO A 120VOLT PARALLEL CIRCUIT IS _________.
a. 24 OHM

c. 38.4 OHM

b. 14.4 OHM

d. 9 OHM

10. THE VALUE OF VOLTAGE OR CURRENT AT ANY ONE PARTICULAR MOMENT OF TIME IS ______.
a. PEAK

c. EFFECTIVE

b. ROOT-MEAN-SQUARE

d. INSTANTANEOUS

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1. REDUCING THE FREQUENCY IN A CAPACITIVE CIRCUIT WHILE HOLDING CIRCUIT VOLTAGE CONSTANT WILL RESULT
IN A ___________.
a. INCREASE IN APPARENT POWER

b. DECREASE IN CIRCUIT CURRENT

c. DECREASE IN CAPACITIVE REACTANCE

d. DECREASE IN TOTAL IMPEDANCE

2. THE UNIT OF APPARENT POWER IN A PURELY INDUCTANCE AND CAPACITANCE. THE INDUCTANCE OF A COIL IS
EXPRESSED IN ___________.
a. KVR

c. EMF

b. VAR

d. WATT

3. IN AN AC CIRCUIT THE INDUCTIVE REACTANCE OF A COIL VARIESN WITH THE ____ OF THE CIRCUIT.
a. RESISTANCE

c. VOLTAGE

b. FREQUENCY

d. CURRENT

4. WHEN THE VOLTAGE AND THE CURRENT IN AN AC CIRCUIT REACH THEIR PEAK VALUE AT THE SAME TIME , THE
POWER FACTOR IS _____.
a. LAGGING

c. UNITY

b. LEADING

d. INFINITY

7. WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THE CAPACITORS ON THE OUTPUT OF THE POWER SUPPLIES USED IN TODAYS
CONSOLES?
a. THEY ACT AS A PERMANENT

c. THEY PREVENT OVERLOADS

b. THEY FILTER OUT RIPPLE

d. THEY INCREASE THE OUTPUT FREQUENCY

8. THE APPARENT POWER IN A PURELY INDUCTIVE CIRCUIT IS ALSO CALLED THE _____ POWER.
a. TRUE

c. INDUCED

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b. LEAD

d. REACTIVE

9. A CAPACITOR THAT IS DISCOLORED DUE TO EXCESSIVE HEAT SHOULD BE _______.

a. CALIBRATED

c. COOLED

b. REPLACED

d. SOLDERED

10. BEFORE YOU TOUCH A SMALL CAPACITOR WHICH IS CONNECTED TO A DE-ENERGIZED CIRCUIT, OR WHICH
DISCONNECTED ENTIRELY , YOU SHOULD ________.
a. GENTLY TAP IT WITH A SCREWDRIVER
b. TAG IT WITH A DE-ENERGIZED TAG
c. BE EQUIPPED WITH AN INSULATED FUSE PULLER
d. SHORT CIRCUIT THE TERMINALS TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL THE CAPACITOR IS DISCHARGED
11. IN THE COMBINED EFFECT OF INDUCTIVE REACTANCE, CAPACITIVE REACTANCE AND RESISTANCE IN AN AC
SERIES CIRCUIT IS KNOWN AS __.
a. IMPEDANCE

c. TESLA

b. RESISTANCE

d. SUSCEPTANCE

12. DUE TO MORE THAN THE OHMNIC RESISTANCE OF THE CIRCUIT ______.
a. IMPEDANCE

c. SUSCEPTANCE

b. RESISTANCE

d. TRANCE

13. THE INDUCTANCE RESISTANCE IS MEASURED IN ______.

a. OHMS

c. VOLTS

b. WATTS

d. UNIX

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14. EFFECTS OF INDUCTANCE REACTANCE, CAPACITIVE REACTANCE AND RESISTANCE IN AN AC SERIES CIRCUIT_____.
a. CONDUCTANCE

c. IMPEADANCE

b. SUSCEPTANCE

d. RESISTANCE

15. PROPERTY CAPACITANCE OF AN ELECTRIC CIRCUIT THAT RESISTS OR OPPOSES ANY CHANGE IN THE CIRCUIT
_____.
a. CURRENT

c. INDUCTANE

b. VOLTAGE

d. RESISTANCE

16. UNIT OF INDUCTANCE IN INTERNATIONAL SYSTEMS OF UNITS ____.

a. COULOMB

c. AMPERES

b. TESLA

d. HENRY

17. THE PROPERTY OF A SYSTEM OF CONDUCTORS AND DIELECTRICS WHICH PERMITS THE STORAGE OF
ELECTRICITY WHEN POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE EXIST BETWEEN THE CONDUCTORS IS CALLED ______.
a. INDUCTANCE
b. IMPEDANCE

c. RELUCTANCE
d. CAPACITANCE

18. IT IS THE POSITIVE VALUE OF THE RATIO OF THE QUANTITY OF ELECTRICITY TO THE POTENCIAL DIFFERENCE
EXISTING BETWEEN THE CONDUCTORS IS _______.
a. INDUCTANCE
b. IMPEDANCE

c. RELUCTANCE
d. CAPACITANCE

19. A PERMANENTLY SHORT-CIRCUITED WINDING CONSISTING OF CONDUCTORS EMBEDDED IN THE POLE SHOES OF
A SYNCHRONOUS MACHINE TOGETHER AT THE ENDS OF THE POLES, BUT NOT NECESSARILY CONNECTED BETWEEN
POLES _______.

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a. FIELD WINDINGS

c. ARMATURE WINDNG

b. SQUIRREL-CAGE WINDING

d. ARMORTISSEUR WINDINGS

20. COMDUCTORS THAT SUPPLY TWO OR MORE MOTORS SHALL HAVE AN AMPACITY OF ______.
a. NOT LESS THAN THE TOTAL SUM OF THE FULL-LOAD CURRENT RATING PLUS 125% OF THE HIGHEST MOTOR IN
THE GROUP
b. EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE FULL-LOAD CURRENT RATING OF ALL THE MOTOR PLUS 125% OF THE HIGHER MOTOR
IN THE GROUP
c. EQUAL TO THE SUM OF THE FULL-LOAD CURRENT RATING OF ALL THE MOTOR PLUS 25% OF THE HIGHEST MOTOR
IN THE GROUP
d. NOT LESS THAN 125% OF THE SUM OF ALL THE MOTORS IN THE GROUP
21. A CAPACITOR OPERATING OVER 600 VOLTS, NOMINAL, SHALL BE PROVIDED WITH MEANS TO REDUCE THE
RESIDUAL VOLTAGE TO 50 VOLTS OR LESS WITHIN _____.
a. 15 SECONDS

c. 1 MINUTE

b. 45 SECONDS

d.5 MINUTES

22. WHEN THE CONDUCTOR CURRENT INCREASES, THE DIRECTION OF THE INDUCED VOLTAGE (CEMF) IN THE
CONDUCTOR IS OPPOSITE TO THE DIRECTION OF THE CONDUCTOR CURRENT AND TRIES TO PREVENT THE CURRENT
FROM _______.
a. DEACRESING

c. FLOWING TO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION

b. INCREASING

d. LEAKING