AC AND DC MACHINES OBJECTIVES TYPE QUESTIONS

1. The most commonly used method of speed control of a DC motor is by

varying
a. Voltage applied to the motor
b. Field strength
c. Effective number of the conductor in series
d. Armature circuit resistance
2. What should be the speed of a 6-pole ac generator in order to have a
frequency of 50 Hz? Note: n= 120f /P
a. 1000 rpm
b. 500 rpm
c. 1000 rpm
d. 1500 rpm
3. For what reason, why carbon brushes widely used in DC machines?
a. It is abundant
b. It is cheap
c. It has a high voltage drop
d. It lubricates and polishes the contacts
4. What is the better alternative to reduce further the ripples?
a. Truncation
b. Clipping
c. Clamping
d. Regulation
5. The effect of armature reaction is to ______________.
a. decrease the total flux
b. Make the air gap flux uniform
c. Increase the total flux
d. Make the flux constant
6. Among the dc motors, which produces the highest torque?
a. Series
b. Shunt
c. Compound
d. Differentially compounded
7. The commutator pitch for a simplex lap winding is equal to
a. Number of poles on the machine
b. One
c. Pole pairs
d. 2
8. In a wave winding, the commutator pitch is approximately equal
to_________________.
a. Pole Pitch
b. Thrice the pole Pitch
c. Twice the pole Pitch
d. Half the pole Pitch
9. The voltage regulation of an alternator with a power factor of 0.8
lagging is_____________ at unity factor.
a. Greater than
b. The same as
c. Smaller than
d. 100%
10. Considered as a variable speed motor.
a. Compounded
 b. Differentially Compounded
c. Shunt
d. Series
11. A separately excited dc generator is not used because
a. it is costly
b. a separate dc source is required for the field circuit
c. voltage drops considerably with load
d. it is bulky
12. The field winding of an alternator is_____________excited.
a. dc
b. ac
c. both ac and dc
d. battery
13. The air gap in an alternator is___________ in an induction
machine.
a. much shorter than
b. about the same as
c. much longer than
d. one-half than
14. When the load on an alternator is increased, the terminal
voltage increases if the load power factor is__________.
a. unity
b. leading
c. lagging
d. zero
15. The effect of the armature reaction is_____.
a. decrease the total flux
b. make the air gap flux uniform
c. increase the total flux
d. make the flux constant
16. The yoke of a dc machine is made of________.
a. silicon steel
b. aluminum
c. soft iron
d. cast steel
17. The field structure of a dc machine uses_________.
a. salient pole arrangement
b. non-salient pole arrangement
c. silicon steel
d. cast steel
18. Armature reaction in a dc motor is increased
a. when the armature current increases
b. when the armature current decreases
c. when the field current increases
d. by inter-poles
19. Carbon brushes are used in a dc machine because______.
a. carbon lubricates and polishes the commutator
b. contact resistance is decreased
c. carbon is cheap
d. carbon is abundant
20. Which dc machines are most common?
a. 2 poles
b. 6 poles
c. 4 poles
 d. 8 poles
21. The loss is due to the reversal of magnetization of the
armature core.
a. eddy current
b. hysteresis loss
c. bearing
d. windage
22. Which is the most suitable motor for the elevator?
a. series
b. differentially compounded
c. shunt
d. cumulatively compounded
23. Small dc machines generally have _____poles.
a. 4
b. 2
c. 6
d. 8
24. Factor(s) that affect iron losses in a dc motor is_______.
a. flux
b. speed
c. armature resistance and flux
d. A and B are correct
25. In a lap winding, the number of brushes required is equal
to____.
a. number of poles
b. commutator pitch
c. the number of pairs of poles
d. number of coils
26. The torque developed by a dc motor is directly proportional
to______.
a. flux per pole x armature current
b. armature resistance x applied voltage
c. armature resistance x armature current
d. flux per pole x applied voltage
27. Back emf in a dc motor is maximum at _________.
a. no load
b. half full-load
c. full load
d. ¾ full load
28. The brush voltage drop in a dc machine is about ________.
a. 0.1 v
b. 2 v
c. 10 v
d. 20 v
29. DC machines that are subjected to abrupt changes of load are
provided with
a. interpole windings
b. compensating windings
c. equalizers
d. c0pper brushes
30. The distribution of load between two alternators operating in
parallel can be changed by changing_______.
a. phase sequence
b. field excitation of alternators
 c. driving torques of prime movers
d. current direction
31. The field winding of a dc shunt machine usually
carries_________ of the rated current of the machine.
a. 2% to 5%
b. more than 20%
c. 15% to 20%
d. less than 0.5
32. If the excitation of an alternator operating in parallel with
other alternators is increased above the normal value of excitation,
its
a. power factor becomes more lagging
b. output current decreases
c. power factor becomes leading
d. output kW decreases
33. What is the voltage regulation when the full load voltage is
the same as no load voltage assuming a perfect voltage source?
a. 100%
b. 1%
c. 10%
d. 0%
34. Why do in the dc motor, brushes positioned such that they will
be with the direction of the rotation?
a. to reduce sparking
b. to last long
c. to have less loss
d. all of them
35. 35. Which is the most suitable for punch presses?
a. shunt motor
b. differentially compound motor
c. series motor
d. cumulatively compound motor
36. Overhearing of a dc motor is due to _______.
a. insufficient end play
b. overloads
c. loose parts
d. rough commutator
37. The stator of an alternator is wound for _________on the rotor.
a. more number of poles than
b. the same number of poles as
c. less number of poles than
d. twice the number of poles than
38. A graphical relation between the generated emf and the field
current of a machine.
a. current generation curve
b. voltage generation curve
c. voltage-current curve
d. magnetization curve
39. The deciding factor in the selection of a dc motor for a
particular application is its________characteristics.
a. speed-torque
b. torque-armature current
c. speed-armature current
d. speed
40. The rotor of a turbo-alternator is made cylindrical in order
to reduce.
a. eddy current loss
b. windage loss
c. hysteresis loss
d. copper loss
41. The nature of the armature winding of a dc machine is decided
by_____.
a. front pitch
b. back pitch
c. commutator pitch
d. number of coils
42. DC machines that are subjected to abrupt changes of load are
provided with____.
a. interpole windings
b. compensating windings
c. equalizers
d. copper brushes
43. The armature winding of a dc machine is _____winding.
a. an open-circuit
b. a closed-circuit
c. partly open-circuit and partly closed-circuit
d. lap
44. What is true about field poles in electric machines?
a. there are always even number of them (exist by pair)
b. there are always an odd number of them
c. there are always an even or odd number of them
d. none of them
45. The alternators driven by ________do not have a tendency
a. diesel engines
b. steam turbines
c. water turbines
d. prime movers
46. For 20% increase in current, the motor that will give the
greatest increase in torque is _______motor.
a. shunt motor
b. differentially compound motor
c. series motor
d. cumulatively compound motor
47. The efficiency of the turbo-alternator_______with increase in
speed.
a. decreases
b. remains the same
c. increase
d. become 100%
48. The main drawback of a dc shunt generator is that_______.
a. terminal voltage drops considerably with load
b. shunt field circuit has high resistance
c. generated voltage is small
d. it is expensive
49. When an armature open in dc motor, it may cause____.
a. intermittent sparking
b. an increase in speed
c. the motor to slow down
 d. the motor to stop rotating
50. It consists of a single coil rotated in a magnetic field and
produces an AC voltage.
a. field winding
b. armature
c. commutator
d. elementary generator