1.10. A variable speed three phase induction motor drive obtained by varying the applied
voltage is suitable for
a) driving constant torque loads
b) driving fan type loads where T N2
c) driving loads where T 1/N2
d) driving all types of loads
1.12. The locus of constant power factor points on a set of V- curves is called
a) power circle
b) excitation circle
c) compounding curves
d) open circuit characteristics
dT 1 dT M
=0
d d
b)
dT 1 dT M
<0
d d
c)
dT 1 dT M
>0
d d
d) All
2.2 Equal area criterion gives information regarding the
a) transient stability of a synchronous motor
b) steady state stability of a synchronous motor
c) steady state stability of an induction motor
d) transient stability of an induction motor
e)
2.3 From the characteristics of load and motor torques given below, a typical example of
unstable system is
a)
b)
c)
d)
2.4 In the drive system all the mechanical quantities are referred to a single rotation
the principal of
a) power invariance
b) torque invariance
c) conservation of momentum
shaft using
d) All a,b,c
2.5 Retardation test is employed
a) to determine the losses of the motor
b) to determine the moment of inertia of the rotating parts
c) to determine the speed torque curve of the motor
d) to determine the overload capacity of the motor
2.6 Active loads
a) have the capacity to accelerate as well as decelerate the drive motor
b) have the capacity only to oppose the motion trying to retard the motor
c) have the capacity to provide accelerating torque only
d) all the above
2.7 A typical active load is
a) Hoist
b) Blower
c) Pump
d) Lathe
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3.10 The phase control employed for a cycloconverter imparts
a) A very good power factor
b) A very bad power factor
c) Undesirable harmonic behavior
d) Poor voltage regulation
3.11. The conduction angle of an ac voltage controller depends on
a) The variation in the input voltage
b) The impedance angle of the load
c) The supply frequency
d) Both supply frequency and voltage
3.12. A single phase ac voltage controller feeds a pure inductive load. Its control angle range
a) 0 180 o
b) 0 90o
c) 90o 180o
d) 180o 270 o
3.13. In a two quadrant chopper the load voltage is varied from positive maximum to negative
maximum by varying
a) Time ratio of the chopper from 0 to 1.
b) Time ratio of the chopper from 1 to 0.
c) Time ratio of the chopper from 0 to 0.5.
d) Time ratio of the chopper from 0.5 to 0
3.14. A dual converter with circulating current mode
a) has no possibility of discontinuous conduction
b) Requires a most sophisticated control
c) has a very sluggish behavior
d) Offers difficulties during transition from motor to generators.
4.1. A three phase ac voltage controller feeding a three phase induction motor has an output of
a)
b)
c)
d)
4.2. The method of speed control using a three phase voltage controller is suitable for loads
a)
b)
c)
d)
4.3. A three phase ac voltage controller feeds an induction motor. The motor has
a)
b)
c)
d)
4.4. A three phase induction motor having speed control using chopper controlled resistance is
characterized by
a)
b)
c)
d)
4.5. A three phase induction motor with chopper controlled resistance has its torque proportional
to
a)
b)
c)
d)
rotor current
square of rotor current
stator resistance
square root of rotor current
4.6. A three phase induction motor having a combination of diode rectifier and line commutated
inverter in the rotor circuit can give
a)
b)
c)
d)
4.7. The three phase induction motor having sub synchronous converter cascade in the rotor
circuit is characterized by
a)
b)
c)
d)
4.8. The motor having slip energy recovery scheme can be braked by means of
a)
b)
c)
d)
regenerative breaking
plugging
dc dynamic breaking
all the methods of a,b,c
4.9. The speed of an induction motor can be varied by means of variable frequency supply from a
static power converter. A simultaneous voltage variation is also effected in order to
a) avoid saturation and provide optimum torque capability
b) the torque pulsations decrease if supplied from variable voltage supply.
c) to limit the peak value of stator current
d) to minimize the additional losses.
4.10. A three phase induction motor is supplied from a variable voltage variable frequency
supply such that air gap flux is constant (E/f is constant). The armature current of the motor
now
a) is independent of stator frequency but depends on rotor frequency
b) is dependent on stator frequency but does not depend on rotor frequency
c) is depend on both stator and rotor frequency
d) is independent on both stator and rotor frequency
4.11. A current source inverter fed induction motor is inherently unstable when ts operates on
a) open loop
b) closed loop
c) a variable frequency supply keeping air gap flux constant
d) a variable frequency supply keeping stator flux constant
4.12. A three phase induction motor operates at constant rotor frequency when the stator
frequency is varied from zero to rated value. The torque developed by the motor is
a) constant from zero to rated speed
b) proportional to speed
c) proportional to square of the speed
d) inversely proportional to speed
4.13. A variable frequency variable voltage induction motor
a) can be accelerated at constant torque or constant current
b) suffers from poor starting characteristics as in the case of mains fed motor
c) has only stepped variation of speed
d) suffers from stability considerations
4.14. When operated with variable frequency a synchronous motor has an advantage over an
induction motor
a) that is free from torque oscillations
b) that it has very good efficiency
c) that the line power factor can be improved by varying excitation
d) that in certain cases the inverter can be simpler configuration due to the possible
load commutation.
4.15. In a three phase synchronous motor operating on variable frequency supply the armature
resistance is neglected. The voltage to the motor is varied keeping V/f constant and If
constant. The stator current would now
a) increase as the frequency increases
b) decreases as the frequency increases
c) increase with frequency up to certain value of frequency and decreases as the
frequency is increases beyond this value.
d) is constant as long as the load torque is constant.
4.16 By self control of a synchronous motor we mean that
a) elimination of torque ripple
b) the speed of the motor is varied insteps
c) the speed of the motor is a function on input frequency
d) the input frequency is controlled from the speed of the motor.
4.17. The disadvantage of load commutation is
a) harmonics torques
b) loss of efficiency due to losses
c) the speed from 0 to 10% of base speed are not possible
d) the speed control range is limited to 0 10% of base speed.
4.18. The operation of ac motors fed from Current source inverters characterized by
a)
b)
c)
d)
4.19. While operating on a phase controlled converter the commutation capability of the motor
deteriorates because of
a) increase in RMS current
b) harmonic content of armature current
c) peak value of armature current
d) peak value of armature current , harmonic content of armature current and possible
discontinuous conduction
4.20. When only one quadrant operation is required the converter normally preferred is
a) fully controlled converter
b) fully controlled converter with FWD
c) half controlled converter
d) sequence control of two series connected converters.
4.21. A separately excited DC motor designed for operation on phase controlled converter has
laminated interpoles
a) to improve the commutation of the motor
b) to facilitate easy construction
c) to decrease the losses in the interpole
d) to improve the power factor
5.1 The heating time constant of an electrical machine gives an indication of its
a) cooling
b) rating
c) overload capacity
d) short time rating
5.2 Short time rating of an electrical machine
a) is equal to name plate rating
b) is less than the name plate rating
c) is greater than the name plate rating
d) has no bearing to its name plate rating
5.3 All the physical dimensions of two electric machines are in the ratio K. The iron losses of the
machine are in the ratio (assumimg constant flux density in both the cases )
a) K
b) K2
c) K3
d) K4
5.4 Class B insulation can withstand a maximum temperature of
a) 145oC
b)105oC
c) 135oC
d) 120oC
5.5 The rating of a motor for a given industrial load cycle should have
a)
b)
c)
d)
5.6 A machine driving pulsed torque load is equipped with flywheel in order to
a) equalize the current demand during the operation
b) equalize the torque requirement
c) reduce the mechanical overload
d) make the motor thermally suitable to drive the load.
5.7 Two motors of the same name plate details have different thermal time constants.
a) the short time ratings of the two motors are the same.
b) the short time rating of the motor with large time constant is large
c) the short time rating of the motor with large time constant is small
d) overload capacity of the motor with large time constant is large.
6.1 A system has a transfer function given by G(s) = 1/(s 2+3s+6). When it is excited by a step
input of 4u(t), the steady-state output of the system is
a) 0.5
b) 2/3
c) 1
d) 3/2
6.2 The response of a system in s domain to a uint impulse input gives
a) gain of the system
b) transfer function of the system
c) time response of the system
d) error under steady state conditions
6.3 A system has a transfer function given by G(s) = 25/(s 2 + 6s +9). When it is excited by a step
input, it reaches its final steady-state response
a) immediately after the input is applied
b) after going through a set of oscillations
c) after a very long time without going through any oscillations
d) after a very short interval of time however without oscillations
6.4 The imaginary part of the conjugate poles of a second order system represents
a) natural frequency of the system
b) overshoot of the system
c) damped frequency of oscillation
d) damping factor of the system
6.5 The transfer function having least steady-state error is
a) 5/(s2 +3s + 5)
b) 10/(s2 + 3s + 10)
c) 25/ (s2 +3s + 25)
d) 15/(s2 +3s +15)
6.6 Integral control of a system
a) improves the transient response of the system
b) improves the steady-state stability of the system
c) increases the order of the system
d) decreases the order of the system
6.7 The derivative action of a PID controller
a) increases the rise time
b) decreases the rise time
c) decreases the steady-state error
d) has no effect on the rise time
6.8 Rouths stability criterion gives
a) the degree of stability of a given system
b) the indication of stability condition of a linear system without actually finding the roots of the
characteristic equation
c) the indication to improve the stability of a system
d) The indication of stability condition only if the roots of the characteristic equation are known.
6.9 Bode plots of a certain transfer function show that gain cross over frequency is greater than
phase cross over frequency. The system is
a) stable
b) unstable
c) marginally stable
d) the information is not sufficient to indicate stability condition
6.10 A third order system is compensated by a PI controller. The ratio of the controller time
constant to the uncompensated time constant of the system is K 0. When the value of K0 is
increased.
a) phase margin of the overall system increases
b) phase margin of the overall system decreases
c) phase margin remains the same
d) the damping of the system is unaffected
a)
b)
c)
d)
8.4 The CPU of a microcomputer typically contains a variety of storage devices called
a) ROM
b) RAM
c) instructions decoders
d) registers
8.6 An assembler
a) is a special computer program for translating from assembly language to machine language
b) is a special computer program for translating from high level language to machine language
c) a uint used to connect several parts of Microprocessor.
d) is a computer program which translates machine language to assembly language.
b) assembly
c) interfacing
d) programming
8.8 Keyboard is an
a) output peripheral device
b) input peripheral device
c) output interface adapter
d) input interface adapter
8.10 A dual converter is operating in non circulating current mode. The microprocessor software
must capable of
a) detecting discontinuous conduction
b) sensing zero crossing of current
c) identifying actual zero crossing of the current and it should not confuse with the discontinuous
conduction
d) identifying the discontinuous conduction and it should not confuse with the natural zero of the
current.