EMcoq Mod 3
EMcoq Mod 3
EMcoq Mod 3
ELECTRICAL FUNDAMENTALS
To be completed after studying the module.
If the module has more than one assessment paper then to be
completed after studying the appropriate part of the module.
After completion mark the paper using the marking guide attached.
The CAA allow 1.3 minutes per question so you can gauge the
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Licence By Post EASA 66 3/1
(a) Protons
(b) Electrons
(c) Neutrons
(a) Poles
(b) Equator
(c) Isoclinals
(a) Goes up
(b) Goes down
(c) Remains the same
(a) Hydration
(b) Sulphation
(c) Polarisation
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8. The electrolyte in a NICAD battery would rise if the battery was:
(a) Discharging
(b) Charging
(c) Remaining at a constant voltage
11. Two 2-volt 10AH cells are connected in series, the output voltage and
capacity would be:
13. Referring to the drawing below, if the volts dropped across the 20
resistor is 10 volts, the resistance of R1 is:
20 16
(a) 20
(b) 16
(c) 2
R1? 28 volts
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15. If the temperature of a pure metal is reduced to absolute zero its
resistance will be:
(a) Infinity
(b) Practically zero
(c) No change
16. The bridge will be in balance when the value of the unknown resistor R
is:
(a) 18 ohms 72 24
(b) 14 ohms
(c) 2 ohms
6 ?
17. 200v
10k 30k
(a) 5A
(b) 0.2A
(c) 5mA
18. In the previous question, the power developed across the 10k resistor
is:
(a) 250mW
(b) 250W
(c) 50mW
19.
(a) Potentiometer
(b) Rheostat
(c) Thermistor
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20. In the following circuit, the input at P is 4 amps and at Q is 5 amps.
What is the voltage across the 6 ohm resistor?
P R1 R
6 ohms
Q R2
(a) 54V
(b) 1.5V
(c) 6V
21. ?
10A
25A 12A
(a) 22A
(b) 3A
(c) 47A
23. A single-phase circuit has an input voltage of 100V. The current is 10A
and the circuit has a power factor of 0.5. The true power is:
(a) 1000W
(b) 50W
(c) 500W
(a) 4f
(b) 36f
(c) 3f
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26. When a capacitor is charged from a dc supply, the voltage/time curve is:
(a) Logarithmic
(b) Exponential
(c) Linear
(a) H
(b) B
(c) MMF
32. To determine the direction of the magnetic field around a conductor you
would use:
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34. If a bar magnet is cut in half, the effect is:
35.
S N
(a) Upwards
(b) Downwards
(c) Sideways
36. The electro magnetic force between two charged bodies is:
37. Copper is a:
38. Switching on or off the current in one coil produces an emf in another
coil adjacent to it. The two coils are said to have:
39. Time constant in an inductive circuit is the time required for the current
to reach:
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40. Self-induced emf in a coil supplied with a current varying at a uniform
rate can be found by:
(a) -Ndi
dt
(b) -Ld
dt
(c) -Ldi
dt
41. The mmf of a coil fed with 2 amps and having 10 turns is:
43. A sine wave of RMS value 7.07 volts has a peak to peak value of:
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47. In a 3 phase delta connected system:
48. In a pure capacitive circuit fed with ac, if the frequency is increased:
(a) Zero
(b) At maximum
(c) At minimum
(a) 6 volts
(b) 12 volts
(c) 48 volts
51. The copper loss on a single phase transformer is 25 watts on full load.
What will it be on half load?
(a) 5 watts
(b) 12.5 watts
(c) 6.25 watts
52.
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53. A transformer is designed to operate at 60Hz. It is connected across a 50
Hz supply. The primary windings would:
54.
With the current flow in the coil as shown, the polarity of the coil is:
55.
(a) 20
(b) 500
(c) 50
57.
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58. A transformer secondary step-up winding has:
(a) Long
(b) Short
(c) Equal to input pulse
(a) Commutator
(b) Slip rings
(c) Rectifier
(a) 60
(b) 90
(c) 45
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65. A transformer is built with a material having a:
66. An alternator delivers 500v rms at 1 ampere. The power factor is 0.8.
The true power is:
(a) 100VA
(b) 400W
(c) 500W
(a) 90 apart
(b) 120 apart
(c) 60 apart
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71. Slip on a synchronous motor on start is:
(a) 5%
(b) 50%
(c) 100%
73. A series motor takes a high current on start and then reduces, this is
due to:
(a) ac
(b) dc via diodes on the rotor
(c) ac from rotating field exciter
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78. Excessive sparking on a dc motor is caused by:
(a) Interpoles
(b) Commutating coils
(c) Compensating windings
(a) 2 brushes
(b) 6 brushes
(c) 3 brushes
83. In a two phase induction motor the control winding is fed with:
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86. A generator rated at 30kVA power factor 0.8 has a maximum continuous
power output of:
(a) 30kW
(b) 24 kW
(c) 37.5kW
(a) Integrator
(b) Low pass filter
(c) Differentiator
90. The starting torque of a squirrel cage induction motor is poor because:
91. In an ac machine, the difference between the rotating field speed and
speed of the rotor is called:
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93. What is the effect of reversing the supply to the field and armature of a
dc shunt motor?
94. If the correct supply were connected to a dc shunt motor which had lost
its residual magnetism it would:
95. The field strength of a shunt motor on constant load is reduced, what is
the effect on speed and torque?
96.
XL = 3 R = 4
(a) 9 ohms
(b) 5 ohms
(c) 6 ohms
97.
(a) Increase
(b) Decrease
(c) Stay the same
(a) Z is high
(b) Z is low
(c) Current is high
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99.
(a) 12W
(b) 16W
(c) 20W
(a) Positive
(b) Negative
(c) Neutral
(a) 8
(b) 32
(c) 16
103. A 5v battery supplies a resistive load of 5 ohms for 1 minute. The power
supplied is:
(a) 500w
(b) 300w
(c) 5w
(a) 300J
(b) 30J
(c) 10J
(a) 1.66f
(b) 0.6f
(c) 15f
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106. If a 1f capacitor has a potential difference across it of 20v, the energy
stored is:
(a) 20J
(b) 10J
(c) 200J
(a) 6.32v
(b) 3.68v
(c) 0v
(a) Iron
(b) Aluminium
(c) Glass
(a) r
(b) 0
(c)
111. A solenoid of 20 turns per metre carries a current of 10A. If the current
is reduced to 2A, how many turns would be required to maintain the
same magnetic field strength?
(a) 100
(b) 5
(c) 40
112. An inductor has 10 turns of wire and a cross sectional area of 0.1m2. If
the core has a permeability of 0.1 and the length of the magnetic circuit
is 1m. The value of the inductor is:
(a) 1H
(b) 10H
(c) 1mH
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113. Three inductors of 20mH, 30mH and 60mH are connected in series, the
total inductance is:
(a) 0.1mH
(b) 110mH
(c) 10mH
114. Three inductors of 20mH, 30mH and 60mH are connected in parallel, the
total inductance is:
(a) 0.1mH
(b) 110mH
(c) 10mH
(a) A compound
(b) An atom
(c) A molecule
116. In a balanced Wheatstone bridge, across the centre of the bridge there is:
(a) 12 ohms
(b) 1 ohm
(c) ohm
(a) Protons
(b) Electrons
(c) Neutrons
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120. Magnetising force is measured in:
121. In a pure inductive circuit fed with ac, if the frequency is increased:
(a) XL increases
(b) Current rises
(c) Current stays the same
(a) Permeability
(b) Reluctance
(c) Retentivity
124. What happens when you remove one phase on a 3-phase motor while it
is running?
(a) 90 apart
(b) 180 apart
(c) 60 apart
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127. In a dc motor BEMF rises if the motor speed:
(a) Rises
(b) Falls
(c) More load is put on the motor
(a) 0
(b) 90
(c) 30
132. A 3-phase star connected ac generator, the output line current is:
(a) 1 Joule/sec
(b) 100 Joules/sec
(c) 1000 Joules/sec
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135. If there was a mainly inductive load on an ac generator the voltage with
respect to the current would be:
(a) Leading
(b) Lagging
(c) In phase
(a) dc
(b) ac
(c) Pulsed
137. The output from a rotating armature ac generator would be taken from:
(a) Inductive
(b) Resistive
(c) Capacitive
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142. If an ac sinewave has an rms value of 5v, its peak value is:
(a) 14.14v
(b) 6.37v
(c) 7.07v
(a) 4.5A
(b) 9A
(c) 45A
144. What waveform is stepped positive and negative with unequal length
sides?
145. A pure capacitor, inductor and resistor are connected in series, the
voltage drop across each is 10v, the current flowing is 1 amp and the
power in the circuit is:
(a) 30vA
(b) 30W
(c) 10W
(a) Joule
(b) Coulomb
(c) Watt
147. Coulombs law states that the force between two electric charges is:
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149. The unit of flux is the:
(a) Weber
(b) Ampere turns
(c) Ampere turns/metre
(a) 4 secs
(b) 40ms
(c) 400ns
151. The Flux Density of a Magnetic Field is 1.5T. The length of a conductor
in this field is 2m and the speed of the conductor rotate din this field is
10ms. The emf induces is:
152.
THE DRAWING SHOWS A CURRENT
CARRYING CONDUCTOR PLACED IN A
MAGNETIC FIELD
(a) NS
(b) SN
(c) Cannot be found with information given
154. A dc generator armature has 6 poles and is lap wound, the number of
brushes required are:
(a) 6
(b) 2
(c) 3
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155. A dc generator with no voltage regulator is put on increased load, the
output voltage:
(a) Drops
(b) Increases
(c) Stays the same
(a) Interpoles
(b) Compensating windings
(c) Auxiliary
158. The Flux density of a magnetic field is 2T, the length of conductor in the
field is 1.5m and the current flowing through the conductor is 5 amps.
The force on the conductor is:
(a) 15 Newtons
(b) 0.6 Newtons
(c) 3.75 Newtons
160. A dc shunt motor has 28 volts applied, the current taken by the
armature of 2 ohm resistance is 1 amp. The bemf is:
(a) 30v
(b) 27v
(c) 26v
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162. To reverse the direction of rotation of a compound motor you would:
164. In a 3-phase star connected system true power can be found by:
166. The value of an ac sinewave that will give an equivalent heating effect in
a dc resistor is:
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170. To find the resonant frequency of a circuit the following formula is used:
(a) 1 / 2LC
(b) 1 / 2LC
(c) 1 / 2C/L
(a) VxI
(b) V x I x cos
(c) V x I x sin
172. A transformer has 500 turns on the primary and 100 turns on the
secondary. When connected to a 100v supply the output is:
(a) 500v
(b) 20v
(c) 25v
(a) 40 amps
(b) 0.4 amps
(c) 2 amps
175.
The circuit is a:
(a) 100%
(b) 5%
(c) 0%
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177. In a two-phase induction motor there are:
(a) 2 poles
(b) 3 poles
(c) 4 poles
178.
(a) N/
I
(b) IxN
(c) Blv
(a) 2fL
(b) 1 / 2fL
(c) R2+22
182. A 2v battery supplies a load of 2 for 1 minute. The energy expended is:
(a) 60 Joules
(b) 120 Joules
(c) 120 Coulombs
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184. A transformer has 200V applied to its 50 turn primary and has 25 turns
on the secondary. What is the line voltage if the transformer is delta/star
connected?
(a) 100V
(b) 17.32V
(c) 173.2V
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Licence By Post EASA 66 3/1
A B C A B C A B C A B C A B C
1 21 41 61 81
2 22 42 62 82
3 23 43 63 83
4 24 44 64 84
5 25 45 65 85
6 26 46 66 86
7 27 47 67 87
8 28 48 68 88
9 29 49 69 89
10 30 50 70 90
11 31 51 71 91
12 32 52 72 92
13 33 53 73 93
14 34 54 74 94
15 35 55 75 95
16 36 56 76 96
17 37 57 77 97
18 38 58 78 98
19 39 59 79 99
20 40 60 80 100
ON COMPLETION OF THE PAPER CHECK YOUR ANSWERS AGAINST THE MARKING GUIDE ATTACHED. DOUBLE
CHECK ANY CORRECTED ANSWERS. PASS MARK IS 75%.
Licence By Post EASA 66 3/1
A B C A B C A B C A B C A B C
101 121 141 161 181
ON COMPLETION OF THE PAPER CHECK YOUR ANSWERS AGAINST THE MARKING GUIDE ATTACHED.
DOUBLE CHECK ANY CORRECTED ANSWERS. PASS MARK IS 75%.
LBP Multiple choice answers (answers should be checked)