Module 3 Q's B5

This is exam number 1. This is exam number 2.
1. A capacitor is fully charged after 25 seconds to a battery voltage of 20 Volts. The battery is 1. A Transformer with 115v primary voltage and a ratio of 5:1 is supplying a landing light (load 24v
replaced with a short circuit. What will be the voltage across the capacitor after one time constant? 45 amps) is used, what is the current drawn?
a) 12.64 volts a) 205 amps
b) 7.36 volts b) 9 amps
c) 0 volts c) 4.5 amps
2. The voltage rating of a capacitor is 2. A Transformer has 4500 secondary turns and 750 primary turns. Its turns ratio is
a) the max voltage that can be constantly applied a) 1:6
b) the min voltage required to charge b) 6:1
c) the normal operating voltage c) 1/6
3. The relative permittivity of a capacitor is 3. Two inductive coils are placed in close proximity with each other at 90 degrees. The number of
a) the relative permittivity of the dielectric in relation to a vacuum flux linkages is
b) the permittivity of dielectric in relation to dry air a) 0
c) the permittivity of the dielectric b) maximum positive
c) maximum negative
4. Magnetic inclination is the least at the
a) poles 4. A high pass filter will?
b) equator a) allow frequencies above a certain value to pass
c) isoclines b) allow frequencies below a certain value to pass
c) allow frequencies within a range to pass
5. Ferromagnetic materials can be magnetized
a) within a band of temperatures 5. If you apply this waveform to this circuit, what is the output across the capacitor?
b) above a certain temperature a) Zero
c) below a certain temperature b) Pulsed negative
c) Pulsed positive
6. Faradays Law States that
a) the magnitude of the EMF is directly proportional to the rate of change of flux 6. What value is the same as the equivalent D.C. heating effect?
b) the magnitude of the EMF is indirectly proportional to the rate of change of flux a) Root Mean Square
c) the magnitude of the EMF is directly proportional to the magnetic flux b) Average
c) Peak
7. To reduce eddy currents in a transformer you would
a) reduce the thickness of laminations in the magnetic core 7. What is the relationship between the voltage and the current in an A.C circuit containing
b) increase the thickness of laminations in the magnetic core resistance & inductance?
c) reduce the number of turns on the primary winding a) Current leads voltage by up to 90°
b) Current lags voltage by up to 90°
8. A transformer has an input of 400V and a ratio of 2:1. If the transformer is delta / star wound, c) Current lags voltage by 90°
what will the line voltage output be?
a) 115V 8. What shape is the waveform when the input pulse and the time base are unequal?
b) 200V a) Square
c) 346V b) Rectangular
c) Saw tooth
9. What is the phase difference in a circuit with 100V, drawing 0.5 amps, consuming 50 Watts?
a) 45° 9. A sine wave has 5 amps RMS value. What is the peak value?
b) 90° a) 6.37 amps
c) 0° b) 7.07 amps
c) 10 amps
10. In an A.C circuit, what happens if frequency is reduced?
a) Capacitive elements may be damaged 10. In this circuit
b) Inductive elements may be damaged a) current leads voltage
c) There will be no effect b) current lags voltage
c) current = voltage
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1. Decreasing the field current in a shunt motor will
a) increase speed and decrease torque 1. The permanent magnet in an A.C generator induces
b) increase speed and increase torque a) A.C. in the exitor generator
c) decrease speed and increase torque b) D.C. in the exitor generator
c) A.C. in the main generator
2. Power factor relates to
a) true power and apparent power 2. What does the following circuit represent?
b) KW and KVAR a) Integrator
c) horsepower and Watts b) Low pass filter
c) Differentiator
3. In a delta-connected generator
a) line volts = phase volts, line current = root 3 times phase current. 3. What charge does the nucleus of an atom possess?
b) line volts = phase volts, line current = phase current divided by root 3 a) Positive
c) line voltage = root 3 times phase voltage, line current = phase current b) Negative
c) Neutral
4. If current lags voltage by 90°, the circuit is
a) capacitive 4. What is the maximum number of electrons in shell N of an atom?
b) resistive a) 16
c) inductive b) 32
c) 18
5. In a 3 phase motor, if 1 phase is lost, the motor
a) remains at the same speed 5. Two 10V, 20 Ah batteries are connected in parallel and connected across a 10 ohm load. How
b) runs at 1 third speed long could they supply normal current before the voltage begins to decay?
c) runs at 2 thirds speed a) 20 hours
b) 4 hours
6. A three-phase motor has the windings c) 40 hours
a) 120° apart
b) 90° apart 6. A 10 V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 ohms for 1 minute. What is the power supplied
c) 180°apart a) 100 W
b) 10 VA
7. When measuring the phase and line voltages of a generator, it was found that line and phase c) 10 W
voltages were equal. The generator is?
a) delta wound 7. A 10V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 ohms for 1 minute. What is the work done?
b) star wound. a) 60J
c) either delta or star wound b) 10J
c) 600J
8. To change the direction of a 3-phase induction motor you would
a) swap two of the stator connections 8. Three capacitors 10 microfarads, 10 nanofarads and 10 millifarads are connected in parallel.
b) swap all of the input connections What is the total capacitance?
c) remove one of the input connections a) 10.01001mF
b) 111mF
9. To calculate generator output you need to know the c) 1.001001mF
a) armature speed and number of series conductors
b) armature speed and number of parallel conductors 9. If a 1mF capacitor has a potential difference across it of 5V what is the energy stored?
c) armature speed and field strength a) 12.5 J
b) 12.5 mJ
10. In a shunt motor, if you reverse both field current and armature current, the motor will c) 25 mJ
a) stop
b) change direction 10. A capacitor is fully charged after 25 seconds to a battery voltage of 20 V. The battery is
c) continue to run in the same direction replaced with a short circuit. What will be the voltage across the capacitor after 1 time constant?
a) 12.64 V
b) 7.36 V
c) 0 V
1. Glass is an example of a 1. A starter generator has a

a) paramagnetic material a) low resistance series field and a low resistance shunt field
b) diamagnetic material b) low resistance series field and a high resistance shunt field
c) coercive material c) high resistance series field and a low resistance shunt field
2. Which of the following is absolute permeability? 2. Thermocouple harnesses are made from the same materials as the thermocouple so that
a) µ a) they will not corrode
b) µo b) mini junctions are not formed
c) µr c) the resistance is not increased beyond limits
3. A solenoid of 10 turns per metre carries a current of 5A. If the current is reduced to 2.5A, how 3. An oxygen molecule is made up of
many turns would be required to maintain the same magnetic field? a) two oxygen atoms sharing electrons
a) 5 b) two oxygen atoms sharing neutrons
b) 50 c) two oxygen atoms sharing protons
c) 20
4. A capacitor in a single phase AC motor is to
4. The point of coercivity occurs when the a) prevent spikes
a) magnetizing force applied causes the material to become magnetically saturated. b) block DC
b) magnetic flux is zero even though a magnetizing force is being applied. c) provide a phase shift
c) magnetizing force reaches a peak positive or negative value.
5. The slip speed of an induction motor is
5. What is the mutual inductance if two coils of 10mH and 500mH have 90% of the flux transferred a) stator speed - rotor speed
from one to the other? b) stator speed + rotor speed
a) 4.5mH c) stator speed
b) 459mH rotor speed
c) 63mH
6. The primary winding of a 3-phase transformer
6. An inductor has 1,000 turns of wire and a cross sectional area of 0.001m2. If the core has a a) is delta wound
permeability of 0.000,001 and the coil is 0.1m what is the value of the inductor b) is star wound
a) 10mH c) could be either delta or star wound
b) 100microH
c) 100mH 7. The symbol for flux density is
a) H
7. Three inductors 10 mH, 5 mH and 20 mH are connected in parallel. What is the total b) B
inductance? c) ø
a) 35mH
b) 2.86mH 8. A galvanometer measures
c) Without knowing the coupling factor the total inductance cannot be found a) millivolts
b) megohms
8. If the current reaches a maximum through an inductor of 2A in 15 secs, what is the current after 3 c) milliamps
secs?
a) 1.26A 9. A battery rated at 40 Ah will supply 200 mA for
b) 0.63A a) 200 hours
c) 1A b) 5 hours
c) 20 hours
9. If the phase voltage in a star connected generator is 200V what will be the line voltage?
a) 115V 10. The unknown resistance R in the wheatstone bridge shown is
b) 200V a) 1 ohm
c) 346V b) 4 ohms
10. A generator is labeled as having 115V/200V, 20A and PF 0.8. What is the apparent power in c) 16 ohms
each line that the generator can produce?
a) 2.3kW
b) 2.3kVA
c) 4kVA
1. Which of the following materials is easiest to magnetize? 1. A 4:1 step down transformer draws 115 V and 1 A. The output power will be
a) Soft iron a) 28.5 V at 4 A
b) High grade steel b) 28.5 V at 16 A
c) Cast iron c) 460 V at 0.25 A
2. AC generators are rated in 2. The voltage induced in the stator of an AC generator is produced by
a) kVARs a) a fixed magnetic field
b) kW b) a rotating magnetic field
c) kVA c) an alternating field
3. To find which end of an electromagnet is the north pole, use the 3. A low frequency supply
a) Fleming's Left Hand Rule a) may damage inductive components
b) Right Hand Clasp Rule b) will have no effect on inductive components
c) Cork Screw Rule c) will make the circuit operate faster due to the reduced impedance
4. A capacitor with double the area and double the dielectric thickness will have 4. A zinc-carbon battery life depends upon
a) double the capacitance a) the purity of the carbon rod
b) half the capacitance b) the amount of zinc
c) the same capacitance c) the amount of the electrolyte paste
5. In a transformer, if the rate of change of current increases, the mutual inductance will 5. When checking the s.g. of the electrolyte in a lead acid battery, you should
a) increase a) check all cells because they may be different
b) decrease b) check only the no. 1 cell because it is the master cell
c) remain the same c) check any cell because they will all be the same
6. If the brake coil on an actuator motor goes open circuit, the actuator will 6. If electrons are added to an atom it becomes
a) over-ride its mechanical stops a) a positive ion
b) stop b) a negative ion
c) run slower c) a neutral ion
7. The frequency of the output of a 4 pole generator is 400 Hz. The generator is turning at 7. An element whose atoms have fewer than 4 electrons in their valency shell are
a) 12000 RPM a) good conductors
b) 6000 RPM b) good insulators
c) 3000 RPM c) semiconductors
8. What is the wave shape of the x-axis input of a traversing oscilloscope image? 8. In a purely resistive AC circuit, the current vector is
a) square a) in phase with the voltage vector
b) rectangular b) +90o out of phase with the voltage vector
c) triangular c) -90o out of phase with the voltage vector
9. An inductance/resistance motor is 9. The PD at the terminals of an open circuit battery with a small internal resistance will be
a) better than a capacitance motor a) more than the EMF
b) restricted to low loads only b) less than the EMF
c) less efficient than a capacitance motor c) the same as the EMF
10. The voltage at point A is 10. The diagram shows a 200 V long shunt generator. What is the voltage dropped across the series
a) 7 V resistor?
b) 21 V a) 200 V
c) 28 V b) 0.12 V
c) 0.2 V
1. An electrolytic capacitor is used where 1. A 10 ohm resistor has a 14.14 V peak drop across it. What power is dissipated?
a) minimum losses are essential a) 19.99 W
b) there is a polarized input b) 10 W
c) high frequency AC is used c) 1.414 W
2. If a connection to an AC motor is disconnected, the motor will 2. This is a symbol for

a) slow down and stop a) a voltage dependant resistor
b) continue to run b) a variable differential resistor
c) stop c) a visual display rectifier
3. A band stop filter 3. If a generator speed is halved and the field strength is doubled, the voltage output will be
a) stops a narrow range of frequencies a) halved
b) stops frequencies either side of a narrow range b) doubled
c) attenuates frequencies either side of a narrow range c) unchanged
4. This is a diagram of a 4. Point A on the armature of the generator shown is producing

a) band pass filter a) maximum current
b) high pass filter b) minimum current
c) low pass filter c) zero current
5. When comparing the average values of an AC generator output, to the peak values 5. An accumulation of hydrogen on the plates of a battery is known as
a) average voltage = same as the peak voltage a) hydration
b) average voltage = 0.63 x peak voltage b) polarization
c) average voltage = 0.707 x peak voltage c) ionization
6. A parallel circuit at resonance has 6. What is the power dissipated in a 500 ohm resistor with a 3A flow?
a) maximum impedance a) 1.5 kW
b) minimum impedance b) 4.5 kW
c) zero impedance c) 750 kW
7. A resistor dissipates 80 Watts. If it runs for 4 hours 15 minutes, how much energy is dissipated in 7. Which of the following is 1 Amp?
total? a) 1000 mA
a) 1.224 MJ b) 1000 μA
b) 20.4 kJ c) 1000 kA
c) 191.25 J
8. A paramagnetic material has a relative permeability of
8. The earth lead of a 24 V equipment is 0.5 ohm resistance and carries 80 A. How much power a) greater than unity
does it dissipate? b) less than unity
a) 3.2 kW c) zero
b) 1.152 kW
c) 1.92 kW 9. What part of a battery is covered in hydrogen during polarization?
a) Cathode
9. What must you do to make a 3 F capacitor circuit into a 2 F circuit? b) Anode
a) Put a 1 F capacitor in series c) Both the anode and the cathode
b) Put a 2 F capacitor in parallel
c) Put a 6 F capacitor in series
10. Electricity conducts through
10. The time required to fully charge a 1 µF capacitor in series with a 100k ohm resistor is a) solids only
a) 100 ms b) solids and liquids
b) 1 s c) vacuum
c) 100 s
1. The term that describes the combined resistive forces in an AC circuit is 1. The quill drive on an aircraft generator
a) impedance a) makes possible the use of roller
b) resistance b) damps out any commutator ripple
c) total resistance c) damps out vibrations
2. How can the direction of rotation of a DC electric motor be changed 2. The method of ascertaining the voltage of a standard aircraft lead-acid battery is by checking
a) reverse the electrical connections to either the field or armature windings a) the voltage on open circuit
b) interchange the wires which connect the motor to the external power source b) the voltage with rated load switched ON
c) rotate the positive brush one commutator segment c) the voltage off load
3. An example of a good electrical insulator is 3. If the correct supply were connected to a DC shunt motor which had lost its residual magnetism it
a) glass would
b) aluminium a) fail to run
c) mercury b) run in the reverse direction
c) run normally
4. The only practical method of maintaining a constant voltage output from an aircraft generator
under varying conditions of speed and load is to vary the 4. A loss of electrical insulation results in
a) strength of the magnetic field a) a short circuit between the supply and earth
b) number of conductors in the armature b) an open circuit between the supply and earth
c) speed at which the armature rotates c) an open circuit in the supply
5. An accumulation of hydrogen on the plates of a battery is known as 5. A DC circuit containing a total resistance of 100 ohms has a current flow of 250 mA. The power
a) hydration dissipated in the circuit is
b) polarization a) 0.4 watts
c) ionization b) 6.25 watts
c) 5 watts
6. Which of the following is most likely to cause thermal runaway in a nickel-cadmium battery
a) excessive current draw from the battery 6. Power is the rate of doing work. It is measured in
b) high current charging of the battery to more than 100 percent of its capacity a) joules/second
c) a high internal resistance condition b) watts/second
c) joules x seconds
7. Electric motors are often classified according to the method of connecting the field coils and
armature. Aircraft engine starter motors are generally of which type 7. Ohm's law states that:
a) compound a) e.m.f. = current divided by resistance
b) shunt (parallel) b) resistance = current divided by e.m.f.
c) series c) current = e.m.f. divided by resistance
8. If a heavy mechanical load is removed from a series motor 8. If the resistance of a resistor which is in series with two other resistors is doubled
a) the speed will decrease and the armature current will decrease a) the current in that resistance is doubled
b) the speed will increase and the armature current will decrease b) the current in that resistance is halved
c) the speed will increase and the armature current will increase c) the volts drop across that resistor increases
9. One purpose of a growler test is to determine the presence of:

9. Static charges remaining in an aircraft are dissipated by a) a shorted armature
a) the use of a conducting type nose wheel b) an out-of-round commutator
b) bonding the aircraft to a refuel tanker c) a broken field lead
c) earthing the aircraft as soon as possible
10. Through which material will magnetic lines of force pass the most readily?
10. Total resistance in parallel for R1 and R2 is a) aluminium
a) RT = (R1 x R2) ÷ (R1 + R2) b) iron
b) RT = 1/R1 + 1/R2 c) copper
c) 1/RT = 1/R1 + 1/R2
1. Electricity conducts through 1. E.M.F. in an electric circuit corresponds to what in a magnetic circuit
a) solids only a) mmf
b) solids and liquids b) flux
c) vacuum c) reluctance
2. The secondary coil of a transformer has 1500 turns and 10 Ω resistance. The primary coil has 2. Time constant of an inductor is
1kΩ resistance. How many turns does the primary coil have? a) LR
a) 15,000 b) L/R
b) 150,000 c) L2/R
c) 1,500,000
3. Permanent magnets have
3. Two batteries 12V and 40 Ah each, are in series. What is the total capacity? a) high reluctance, low coercive force
a) 12V 80 Ah b) low reluctance, high coercive force
b) 24V 80Ah c) high reluctance, high coercive force
c) 24V 40 Ah
4. A.C. value that can produce the same heat as D.C. is called
4. In a star wound primary transformer, how could you wind the secondary winding? a) r.m.s value
a) star only b) average value
b) delta only c) peak value
c) either delta or star
5. If a battery has got low internal resistance, then
5. The phases in supply to a 2 phase motor are electrically a) on load voltage will be greater than no load voltage
a) 90 degrees apart from each other b) no load voltage will be greater than on load voltage
b) 180 degrees apart from each other c) no load voltage will be the same as on load voltage
c) 120 degrees apart from each other
6. In a parallel R, L, C circuit, the value of the capacitor is quadrupled, then the value of the
6. A 30 KVA rated generator has a power factor of 0.8. What is its maximum consistent power impedance would
a) 30 KW a) reduce
b) 24 KW b) increased
c) 37.5 KW c) remain the same
7. A 50 μF capacitor is fed with a current of 25 mA. How long will it take to charge it to 100V? 7. In a circuit C = 25 microfarads and the current flow is 40 microamps for 4 seconds. What is
a) 1 s the voltage
b) 36 seconds a) 12.8V
c) 12 minutes b) 6.4V
c) 3.2V
8. The total resistance of the circuit shown is
a) 1.33 Ohms 8. A 3, 5 and 2 ohms resistance is connected in series with a 10 V battery. The voltage across the 2
b) 12 Ohms ohms resistor is
c) 3 Ohms a) 10V
b) 2 V
9. A step up transformer has c) 4 V
a) one winding
b) two windings 9. The power in a circuit when voltage and resistance is given can be found by
c) three windings a) VxR
b) VxV / R
10. The three voltages of a three phase generator are connected c) VxVxR
a) independently of each other
b) in series with each other 10. A piezoelectric device generates electricity through
c) in parallel with each other a) pressure
b) friction
c) light
This is exam number 15.
1. Conventional current flow inside a battery is from
a) anode to cathode 1. Three 12 µF capacitors are in series. The total capacitance is
b) cathode to anode a) 12 µF
c) either anode to cathode or cathode to anode, depending on the active elements b) 4 µF
c) 36 µF
2. Potentiometers are used as a
a) variable voltage source 2. A 500 ohm resistor carries a 3 amp current. What is the power dissipated?
b) variable resistor a) 5 kW
c) variable current source b) 4.5 kW
c) 500 W
3. In a transformer core loss is 200 W and copper loss is 220W at no load.
What is the core loss at full load 3. A paramagnetic material has a relative permeability
a) 200 W a) less than unity
b) 220 W b) greater than unity
c) 0 W c) equal to unity
4. Calculate the speed of a 400 Hz, 4 pole machine 4. What is the PD of a circuit which has a 40 mA current and a 1 k ohm resistance?
a) 12,000 rpm a) 400 V
b) 6000 rpm b) 4 V
c) 8000 rpm c) 40 V
5. The purpose of end travel microswitch in a linear actuator is to 5. The time constant of a capacitor is the time
a) remain closed and opens at end travel only a) for the emf to reach 36.8% of maximum
b) remain open and closes at end travel only b) the current to reach 70.7% of maximum
c) remain open during normal operation and only close if the actuator overruns its stops c) to reach maximum current
6. Linear actuators used in aircraft are of 6. The secondary winding of a transformer has an impedance of 10 ohms and 1500 turns. For the
a) split field series wound type. primary winding to have an impedance of 1 k ohm, how many turns must it have?
b) split field shunt wound type a) 15,000
c) compound wound type b) 150,000
c) 1,500,000
7. If a generator sparks, a possible reason is
a) The brush springs are loose 7. A potentiometer has which of the following properties?
b) The brushes have been placed around the magnetic coil a) 3 terminals
c) Magnetic flux deflecting the EMF b) preset values
c) wire wound
8. The charge on a proton is
a) neutral 8. A 3 ohm resistor dissipates 27 Watts. How much current flows through it?
b) positive a) 3 A
c) negative b) 9 A
c) 0.15 A
9. In conventional current flow, what is Fleming's right hand rule used for
a) Motors 9. In a 2 phase generator, how far apart are the windings electrically?
b) Generators a) 45o
c) Inductors b) 90o
c) 180o
10. In a capacitive circuit, if the frequency is increased
a) the current increases 10. The SI unit of work is
b) impedance increases a) Joules per second (Watts)
c) reactance remains the same b) Kilogram metres - force
c) Joules per metre
1. In the circuit below, what happens to the total circuit impedance if L is tripled? This is exam number 18.
a) Increases
b) Remains the same 1. The time constant for an inductor is
c) Reduces a) L/R
b) R/L
2. In a voltaic cell, what is the build-up on the cathode called? c) L x R
a) Polarization
b) Sulphation 2. In a DC motor the pole pairs are
c) Hydration a) imbedded within the field coils
b) part of the armature
3. A sine wave has a periodic time of 0.5 milliseconds. What is the frequency c) connected to the brush gear
a) 200 Hz
b) 2 kHz 3. Eddy currents in a transformer core are reduced by
c) 20 kHz a) decreasing the thickness of the laminates
b) increasing the thickness of the laminates
4. Three branches in a circuit have currents entering of 3A, 4 A and 5 A. A forth branch has 10 A c) making the core from a solid block
leaving. A fifth branch must have
a) 2A entering 4. Transformer copper loss on full load is 220 Watts. On half load the loss will be
b) 2A leaving a) 110 Watts
c) 22A leaving b) 440 Watts
c) 55 Watts
5. Where are the output windings on an AC generator?
a) Stator 5. The earth's magnetic field is greatest at the
b) Rotor with slip rings a) magnetic poles
c) Rotor with commutator b) geographic poles
c) magnetic equator
6. If the field strength of a generator is doubled, and the speed is doubled, the output EMF will
a) quadruple 6. If a 1 ohm circuit produces a 50 W output, the phase angle is
b) double a) 0o
c) stay the same b) 90o
c) 45o
7. If the rate of change of current is halved, mutual inductance will
a) double 7. A series wound DC motor, the field has
b) stay the same a) few turns of thick wire
c) halve b) few turns of thin wire
c) many turns of thin wire
8. If a capacitor of 50 microfarads has a current of 25 mA, how long does it take to charge to 100 V
a) 200 milliseconds 8. What effect do the electrons of one atom have upon the electrons of another atom?
b) 200 seconds a) They repel each other
c) 150 seconds b) They attract each other
c) They have no effect on each other
9. In a Wheatstone Bridge, the ammeter reads zero, and the variable resistor is adjusted to 5 ohms.
Resistor P has a value of 10 ohms and Q has a value of 100 ohms. What is the value of the unknown 9. What is a molecule?
resistor? a) The smallest part of a compound
a) 0.5 ohms b) The smallest part of an electron
b) 5 ohms c) The smallest part of an atom
c) 50 ohms
10. A coulomb is
10. In a tuned circuit at resonance, the circuit will be a) one ampere per second
a) inductive b) one ampere x second
b) resistive c) one second per ampere
c) capacitive
1. In a circuit containing three resistors of equal value connected in parallel, one resistor goes open 1. Doubling the running time of an electrical machine would
circuit. The current in the other two resistors will a) double the joules used
a) increase b) double the watts used
b) decrease c) double the current used
c) remain the same
2. What is 3.25 volts in millivolts
2. 20 amperes flow for 20 seconds. How many coulombs has flowed? a) 3.25 millivolts
a) 400 b) 3,250 millivolts
b) 20 c) 325,000 millivolts
c) 1
3. Electromotive force is measured in
3. An atom is a) Watts
a) the smallest part of an element that retains its characteristics b) Ohms
b) the smallest part of a compound that can exist independently c) Volts
c) the smallest particle of matter
4. Six resistors each of 6 ohms would be
4. A neutron is a particle which is a) 36 ohms in parallel
a) contained within the nucleus of most atoms b) 1 ohm in series
b) orbits the nucleus of the atom c) 1 ohm in parallel
c) contained in the nucleus of all atoms
5. A capacitor in a single phase motor is to
5. An electric current is a flow of a) provide a phase shift
a) electrons from a positively charged area to a negatively charged area b) prevent sparking at the switch
b) protons from a positively charged area to a negatively charged area c) provide smoothing
c) electrons from a negatively charged area to a positively charged area
6. The mass of an atom is contained mainly in the
6. An element could be considered to be a conductor if it has a) electron
a) a large number of electrons b) nucleus
b) a large number of electrons in its outer orbit c) proton
c) a small number of electrons in its outer orbit
7. The line voltage from a generator with a delta type connection will be
7. A volt can be considered to be a a) higher than the phase voltage
a) unit of electrical pressure b) lower than the phase voltage
b) quantity of electrical energy c) the same as the phase voltage
c) unit of electrical power
8. On a linear actuator, the field cutoff coil will be energized when
8. If the resistance of an electrical circuit is increased a) the actuator is running
a) the voltage will increase b) the actuator is not running
b) the current will increase c) only as the actuator commences movement
c) the current will decrease
9. Kirchhoff's law states
9. If 2 coulombs flowed through a circuit in 2 seconds, the circuit would have a) the algebraic sum of all the voltages entering or leaving a series of components will be equal to
a) 2 volts PD zero
b) 2 amps b) the algebraic sum of all the currents entering or leaving a series of components will be equal to
c) 1 amp one
c) the inverse sum of all the voltages entering or leaving a series of components will be equal to
10. In general, increasing the cross sectional area of an electrical cable one
a) enables it to carry more current
b) enables it to carry more voltage 10. The lines of magnetic flux from a magnet will
c) increases its resistance a) repel each other
b) attract each other
c) have no effect upon each other
1. A photozoidal cell produces electricity when subjected to 1. A circuit has a resistance of 50 ohms and an inductance of 0.2 Henry. If it is connected to a 200
a) light volt 50 Hz supply the reactance will be
b) heat a) 31.42 ohms
c) pressure b) 62.84 ohms
c) 6.284 ohms
2. A thermocouple indicator is basically a type of
a) milliammeter 2. A 24-volt source is required to furnish 48 watts to a parallel circuit consisting of four resistors of
b) millivoltmeter equal value. What is the voltage drop across each resistor?
c) milliohmeter a) 12 volts
b) 24 volts
3. An electric motor produces a force of 5 N at a distance of 0.2m from the centre of rotation and c) 3 volts
rotates at a speed of 100 revs/sec. The motors output is
a) 100 horsepower 3. Of the following which pair of materials would most readily become magnetized?
b) 628.4 watts a) copper and steel
c) 314.2 watts b) nickel and bronze
c) iron and steel
4. A potentiometer varies
a) voltage 4. The formula for resistance in series is
b) current a) RT = R1 + R2 + R3 .....RN
c) resistance b) RT = R1 x R2 x R3 .....RN
c) 1/RT = 1/( R1 x R2 x R3 .....RN)
5. Starter motors are usually
a) series wound 5. The core material used for an electromagnet is soft iron because
b) compound wound a) it demagnetizes easily
c) shunt wound b) its magnetism is not easily destroyed
c) it retains most of its flux density when demagnetized
6. How can it be determined if a transformer winding has some of its turns shorted together?
a) measure the input voltage with an ohmmeter 6. What is the combined value of resistances of 4 ohm and 6 ohm connected in parallel?
b) the transformer will get hot in normal operation a) 24 ohm
c) the output voltage will be high b) 2.4 ohm
c) 0.24 ohm
7. An advantage of a star connected generator over a delta connected generator is
a) a balance load is guaranteed 7. Permanent magnets in an AC generator are
b) two potentials are available a) to provide initial excitation
c) the line and phase voltages are equal b) to control the frequency
c) to rectify the current
8. What does a rectifier do?
a) Changes direct current into alternating current 8. The method of ascertaining the voltage of a standard aircraft lead-acid battery is by checking
b) Changes alternating current into direct current a) the voltage off load
c) Reduces voltage b) the voltage on open circuit
c) the voltage with rated load switched ON.
9. Two 12V 40 amp hour batteries connected in parallel will produce
a) 24V 80 ah 9. Generator brushes are normally made of
b) 12V 80 ah a) carbon
c) 24V 40 ah b) brass
c) steel
10. When an atom loses or gains an electron it is called
a) a current 10. If the voltage across a resistor is doubled
b) an ion a) the current is doubled
c) a molecule b) the resistance is halved
c) the current is halved
1. As the generator load is increases (within its rated capacity), the voltage will 1. The amount of electricity a capacitor can store is directly proportional to the
a) remain constant and the amperage output will decrease a) distance between the plates and inversely proportional to the plate area
b) decrease and the amperage output will increase b) plate area and is not affected by the distance between the plates
c) remain constant and the amperage output will increase c) plate area and inversely proportional to the distance between the plates
2. If a number of resistors are connected in parallel, the total resistance is 2. When resistors are in parallel, the total resistance is
a) the same as the lowest a) smaller than the smallest resistor
b) smaller than the lowest b) the sum of all the resistors
c) greater than the lowest c) larger than the smallest resistor
3. A charged body is said to have 3. What device is used to convert alternating current, which has been induced into the loops of the
a) a surplus or deficiency of electrons rotating armature of a DC generator into direct current as it leaves the generator?
b) a surplus of protons a) a commutator
c) a deficiency of neutrons b) an inverter
c) a rectifier
4. The ratio between apparent power and true power is the
a) efficiency 4. Two similar 12v batteries connected in parallel will produce
b) power rating a) 24V e.m.f. with twice the capacity of each battery
c) power factor b) 24v e.m.f. with the same capacity as each battery
c) 12V e.m.f. with twice the capacity of each battery
5. The voltage output of a generator is controlled by
a) varying the current of the output 5. Unless otherwise specified, any values given for current or voltage in an AC circuit are assumed
b) varying the resistance of the output to be
c) varying the current of the field a) maximum values
b) effective values
6. The total current flowing in a circuit of 200 lamps in parallel, each of a resistance of 400 ohm c) instantaneous values
and connected across an input of 100 volts is
a) 50 amps 6. If a heavy mechanical load is removed from a series motor
b) 25 amps a) the speed will increase and the armature current will decrease
c) 40 amps b) the speed will decrease and the armature current will decrease
c) the speed will increase and the armature current will increase
7. The current flowing in the armature of a DC motor is equal to
a) (applied volts - generated volts) x armature resistance 7. In a vector diagram showing the magnitude and direction of the inductance, capacitance and
b) applied volts + generated volts resistance in an AC circuit
armature resistance a) the inductive reactance would be in opposition to the capacitive reactance and resistance at 90
c) applied volts - generated volts degrees
armature resistance b) the inductive and capacitance reactance would be additive with the resistance subtractive
c) it is impossible to show values of this kind using vectors
8. In the circuit shown the 24 volt battery has an internal resistance of 1 ohm and the ammeter
indicates a current of 12 amperes. The value of the load resistance is 8. If service No. 1 is isolated from the supply busbar shown there will be
a) 1 ohm a) an increase in supply voltage
b) 2 ohms b) a decrease in supply voltage
c) 6 ohms c) a decrease in total current consumption
9. One advantage of using Ac electrical power in aircraft is 9. An increase in operating temperature in most electrical devices carrying current results in
a) the greater ease in stepping the voltage up or down a) an increase in resistance and a decrease in current
b) AC electrical motors can be reversed while dc motors cannot b) a decrease in resistance and an increase in current
c) the effective voltage is 1.41 times the maximum instantaneous voltage; therefore, less power c) no effect on the resistance and current
input is required
10. The voltage of a secondary cell is
10. The quill drive on an aircraft generator a) determined by the number of plates
a) makes possible the use of roller bearings at the drive end b) determined by the area of the plates
b) damps out vibrations c) determined by the active materials on the plates
c) damps out any commutator ripple
1. The basis for transformer operation in the use of alternating current is mutual 1. Which aircraft circuit would be most likely to use frequency wild 200V AC?
a) reactance a) windscreen heating
b) inductance b) hydraulic pump
c) capacitance c) standby compass
2. The exciter winding in a brushless AC generator is supplied with electrical power from 2. Why are the iron cores of most induction coils laminated?
a) permanent magnets a) To reduce the effects of eddy currents
b) the busbar b) To increase the core permeability
c) a rotating generator integrally mounted on the same shaft as the AC windings c) To reduce the core reluctance
3. If the cross-sectional area of a conductor is doubled, with voltage constant, the current will 3. A 48-volt source is required to furnish 192 watts to a parallel circuit consisting of three resistors
a) halve of equal value. What is the value of each resistor?
b) double a) 12 ohm
c) remain constant b) 4 ohm
c) 36 ohm
4. Eddy currents in a transformer can be reduced by
a) using a special non metallic material 4. If voltage is 100V, resistance is 25 ohms, what is the current?
b) using a single solid piece of metal a) 2500 amperes
c) laminations b) 4 amperes
c) 0.4 amperes
5. If two resistors of 5 and 10 ohm respectively are connected in series and the current in the 5 ohm
resistor is 1A. what is the current in the 10 ohm resistor? 5. A soft iron core is used in an ELECTRO magnet because
a) 1/3 amp a) it has HIGH permeability and HIGH coercivity
b) it cannot be found without knowing the applied voltage b) it has HIGH permeability and LOW coercivity
c) 1 amp c) it has LOW permeability and HIGH coercivity
6. The term used to denote the strength of a magnetic field is 6. The resistance to electrical flow in a wire depends on
a) retentivity a) the diameter, length, material of wire and temperature
b) hysterisis b) the material only - copper or aluminium
c) flux density c) the length and material of the wire only
7. At resonant frequency the phase difference between the voltage and current of an AC supply 7. A transformer should always have its
feeding an inductive and capacitive network is a) secondary open circuit or on load
a) 0 degrees b) secondary shorted or on load
b) 180 degrees c) primary shorted or off load
c) 90 degrees
8. How can the direction of rotation of a DC electric motor be changed?
8. What is the ratio of turns between the primary coil winding and the secondary coil winding of a a) interchange the wires which connect the motor to the external power source
transformer designed to triple its input voltage? b) reverse the electrical connections to either the field or armature windings
a) primary will have three times as many turns as its secondary c) rotate the positive brush one commutator segment
b) primary will have twice as many turns as its secondary
c) primary will have one-third as many turns as its secondary 9. An AC generator's frequency will
a) always be constant regardless of the generators drive speed
9. A direct current of 12 milliamperes flows through a circuit which has a resistance of 1000 ohms. b) vary with changes in field strength
The power dissipated by the circuit is c) be proportional to the RPM at which it is driven
a) 12 milliwatts
b) 12 watts 10. A short circuit between the supply and earth
c) 144 milliwatts a) does not matter if the circuit uses the aircraft earth as a return
b) could be very dangerous as the current drawn will be very high
10. The voltage in a series circuit c) is not dangerous as the current drawn will be low
a) is different in each component
b) is the same in each component
c) is less than it would be in a parallel circuit
-
1. When two coils are linked by a common flux, a voltage can be induced in one by a changing 1. The variable frequency output from an AC generator is used for
current in the other. This process is known as a) supplying non-inductive loads
a) mutual induction b) the AC supply instead of using inverters
b) the magnetic effect c) driving AC operated instruments
c) self induction
2. The capacitance of a capacitor is dependant upon
2. A circuit consists of 3 ohm, 5 ohm and 12 ohm resistors in series, the current flowing in the 5 a) the type of material separating the plates
ohm resistor is 10 amps. What is the applied voltage? b) the rate of change of current in the circuit
a) 100v c) the charge on it
b) 10v
c) 200v 3. A piece of equipment is rated at 750 watts and the applied voltage is 30 volts. The value of the
protection fuse should be
3. Copper is an inferior conductor to aluminium when comparing a) 20 amps
a) weight for weight b) 30 amps
b) load for load c) 15 amps
c) CSA with CSA
4. The current consumed by a DC starter motor will
4. In an AC circuit how is the value of true power calculated? a) remain relatively constant over the starting speed range
a) By volts multiplied by amps multiplied by power factor b) increase as the engine speed increases
b) By wattmeter readings multiplied by power factor c) decrease as the engine speed increases
c) By voltmeter readings multiplied by ammeter readings
5. When different rated capacitors are connected in parallel in a circuit, the total capacitance is
5. A frequency wild AC generator is used for a) equal to the capacitance of the highest rated capacitor
a) instruments and navigation b) less than the capacitance of the lowest rated capacitor
b) de-icing loads c) equal to the sum of all the capacitances
c) any AC load
6. The voltage in a transformer secondary coil that contains twice as many loops as the primary coil
6. Which of the following is not one of the purposes of interpoles in a generator? will be
a) Reduce field strength a) less and the amperage greater than in the primary coil
b) Overcome armature reaction b) greater and the amperage greater than in the primary coil
c) Reduce arcing at the brushes c) greater and the amperage less than in the primary coil
7. Which of the following would be used to calculate transformer turns ratio? 7. How are generators rated?
a) primary turns × secondary turns a) Impedance at rated voltage
b) primary turns ÷ secondary turns b) Amperes at rated voltage
c) secondary turns ÷ primary turns c) Watts at rated voltage
8. A good electrical insulator is a material which 8. In a single phase AC generator, frequency is determined by
a) has more protons than electrons a) the generator speed
b) has its electrons tightly bound to their parent atoms b) controlling the current flow through the voltage field windings
c) contains a large number of positive ions c) the number of pairs of poles
9. To reverse the direction of a series motor 9. The risk of a fire due to static electricity is overcome
a) the direction of the current through the field is reversed a) by fitting static wicks and insulating all metal components
b) a second series field is fitted b) by connecting all metal components by bonding
c) the direction of the current through the field and the armature is reversed c) by fitting static wicks and isolating the battery from inflammable gas sources
10. How many cycles of AC voltage are produced in a six-pole alternator of the revolving-field type, 10. Due to armature reaction in a DC motor
with each revolution of the rotor? a) the trailing pole tips are magnetically weakened
a) Four b) the leading pole tips are magnetically weakened
b) Six c) the magnetic flux is restored by moving the MNA towards the GNA
c) Three
1. Two resistors are connected in series and have an e.m.f. of V volts across them. If the voltages 1. Since electrical supplies taken from a bus-bar are in parallel, isolating some of the services would
across the resistances are V1 and V2 then by Kirchhoff's law a) reduce the current consumption from the bus-bar
a) V = V1 + V2 b) increase the current consumption from the bus-bar
b) V2 = V1 + V c) not affect the current consumption, it would reduce the voltage
c) V1 = V2 + V
2. One Picofarad is
2. When an electrical supply becomes open-circuit a) 1 x 1012 farad
a) the loss of continuity will prevent its component from functioning b) 1 x 10-6 farad
b) the fuse or circuit breaker should isolate the circuit due to the increased current drawn c) 1 x 10-12 farad
c) the component will operate normally but will not switch off
3. Which of these will cause the resistance of a conductor to decrease?
3. Some electric motors have two sets of field winding wound in opposite directions so that the a) Decrease the length or the cross-sectional area
a) speed of the motor can be more closely controlled b) Decrease the length or increase the cross-sectional area
b) motor can be operated in either direction c) Increase the length or decrease the cross-sectional area
c) power output of the motor can be more closely controlled
4. The purpose of bonding is to
4. The amount of electrical power for a given generator weight is a) give generated static an easy return path to the generator
a) determined by the size of the aircraft b) stop different potentials developing with subsequent fire risks
b) greater for DC generator c) ensure all components have been securely fitted
c) greater for AC generator
5. The S.I. unit of magnetic flux density is the
5. When resistors are in parallel the total current is equal to a) Weber
a) the current through one resistor b) Henry
b) the sum of the currents c) Tesla
c) the reciprocal of all the currents
6. What is the principal advantage of the series-wound dc motor?
6. What is the ampere-hour rating of a storage battery that is designed to deliver 45 amperes for 2.5 a) Low starting torque
hours? b) Suitable for constant speed use
a) 90.0 ampere-hour c) High starting torque
b) 112.5 ampere-hour
c) 45.0 ampere-hour 7. Interpole windings fitted to DC series wound generators are
a) in series with the field
7. How much power must a 24-volt generator furnish to a system which contains the following b) in parallel with the armature
series loads? 5 ohm, 3 ohm and 12 ohm c) in series with the armature
a) 450 watts
b) 402 watts 8. One of the chief advantages of alternating current is that it can be transmitted at a high voltage
c) 28.8 watts with a low power loss; the voltage can then be changed to any desired value of
a) AC by means of transformers
8. A volt meter is connected b) DC by means of transformers
a) in series or parallel c) DC by means of inverters
b) in parallel
c) in series 9. An AC generator is producing the required voltage but a higher frequency than that required. To
remedy this, the following action must be taken?
9. What polarity do interpoles take in a DC motor? a) Decrease the speed of the prime mover, and then decrease the strength of the field
a) The same as the next main pole behind in the direction of rotation b) Decrease the speed of the prime mover
b) Either, provided they lay on the MNA c) Decrease the speed of the prime mover, and then increase the strength of the field
c) The same as the next main pole ahead in the direction of rotation
10. How many amperes will a 28-volt generator be required to supply to a circuit containing five
10. On a typical AC generator the output is taken lamps in parallel, three of which have a resistance of 6 ohms each and two of which have a resistance
a) direct from the rotor via slip rings of 5 ohms each?
b) direct from the exciter a) 25.23 amperes
c) direct from the stator windings b) 1 ampere
c) 1.11 amperes
1. The area of a hysteresis loop is proportional to the 1. An increase in which of the following factors will cause an increase in the inductive reactance of
a) energy dissipated in putting the material through a complete cycle of magnetization and a circuit?
demagnetization a) Resistance and capacitive reactance
b) relative permeability of the material being magnetized b) Resistance and voltage
c) energy absorbed in completely demagnetizing the material c) Inductance and frequency
2. The current flowing through a circuit can be increased to four times its original value by 2. In transformer operation, hysteresis losses are
a) doubling the applied voltage and halving the resistance a) current overcoming coil resistance
b) halving the applied voltage and halving the resistance b) induced current in the iron core
c) doubling the resistance and doubling the applied voltage c) energy wasted in reversing core magnetization
3. When more than two inductors of different inductances are connected in parallel in a circuit, the 3. The starting current of a series-wound DC motor, in passing through both the field and armature
total inductance is windings produces a
a) equal to the sum of the individual inductances a) low starting torque
b) less than the inductance of the lowest rated inductor b) speed slightly higher when unloaded
c) equal to the inductance of the highest rated inductor c) high starting torque
4. What polarity do interpoles take in a DC generator? 4. A non-magnetic metal

a) the same as the next main pole ahead in the direction of rotation a) has no permeability
b) the same as the next main pole behind in the direction of rotation b) has high retentivity
c) either, providing they lay on M.N.A. c) is a poor conductor
5. What happens to the resistance of a copper conductor when the temperature increases? 5. The power output of an AC parallel generator system is measured in
a) It increases a) KVA
b) It decreases b) KW / KVARS
c) It remains the same c) amperes
6. The method most often used in overcoming the effect of armature reaction is through the use of 6. The shape of the output waveform of an AC generator is known as a
a) shaded poles a) sine wave
b) interpoles b) cosine wave
c) drum-wound armatures in combination with a negatively connected series field c) frequency wave
7. The core material used for an electromagnet is soft iron because 7. In a circuit containing three resistors of equal value connected in series and one of the resistors
a) it demagnetizes easily short circuits, the effect is for the current in the other two resistors to
b) it retains most of its flux density when demagnetized a) increase
c) its magnetism is not easily destroyed b) remain the same
c) decrease
8. The switch on a DC circuit containing a fully charged capacitor is opened. The voltage across the
capacitor 8. To increase the speed of a shunt motor a resistance is placed
a) drops immediately to zero a) in series with the armature
b) starts to fall exponentially to zero b) in parallel with the field
c) remains equal to the original charging voltage supply c) in series with the field
9. In a 3 phase generator with balanced load, the potential between the neutral point and earth is 9. Frequency (Hz) is the number of cycles per
a) equal to line volts a) revolution
b) equal to phase volts b) minute
c) zero volts c) second
10. A direct current of 12 milliamperes flows through a circuit which has a resistance of 1000 ohms. 10. In a series resistive circuit
The power dissipated by the circuit is a) the total voltage equals the difference between the individual voltages
a) 12 milliwatts b) the total voltage is equal to the sum of the individual voltages
b) 12 watts c) the total voltage is the same as the highest individual
c) 144 milliwatts
1. The current in a DC circuit containing a fully charged capacitor is 1. The reading on the ammeter in the circuit shown is
a) zero a) 3A
b) is dependent upon the size of the capacitance of the capacitor b) 6A
c) maximum c) 12A
2. The sum of the instantaneous E.M.F.'s in a three phase system is 2. The 'A' phase of a three phase power system is colour coded
a) equal to the line voltage a) blue
b) three times the phase voltage b) yellow
c) zero c) red
3. A capacitor is a barrier to 3. The total resistance of the circuit shown is

a) both a) 12 Ohms
b) A.C b) 3 Ohms
c) D.C c) 7.5 Ohms
4. One revolution of a three phase generator will produce 4. What is a method used for restoring generator field residual magnetism?
a) 3 cycles a) Flash the fields
b) 2 cycles b) Reseat the brushes
c) 1 cycle c) Energize the armature
5. If the North pole of a magnet is brought nearer to the North pole of another magnet 5. A 1µF capacitor is equivalent to
a) attraction between them will be increased a) 0.000,001 Farads
b) repulsion between them will be increased b) 1,000,000 Farads
c) repulsion between them will be reduced c) 0.001 Farads
6. A 200 volt motor is taking 10 amperes armature current, the armature resistance is 0.1 ohm. The 6. The opposition offered by a coil to the flow of alternating current is called (disregard resistance)
B.EMF under these conditions will be a) impedance
a) 201 volts b) reluctance
b) 199 volts c) inductive reactance
c) 1 volt
7. A high surge of current is required when a DC electric motor is first started. As the speed of the
7. What is the effect of inserting an iron core into a current carrying coil? motor increase
a) The flux density of the original magnetic field produced by the coil is increased a) the applied emf increases proportionally
b) The flux density of the original magnetic field remains constant b) the counter emf decreases proportionally
c) The core tends to move from a stronger to a weaker part of the field c) the counter emf builds up and opposes the applied emf, thus reducing the current flow through
the armature
8. What is the total capacitance of a parallel circuit containing three capacitors with capacitance of
0.25microfarad, 0.03microfarad, and 0.12microfarad, respectively? 8. The tolerance of the AC generator frequency is
a) 0.04 µF a) 40 Hz
b) 0.04 pF b) 10 Hz
c) 0.4 µF c) 20 Hz
9. At resonant frequency the phase difference between the voltage and current of an AC supply 9. The various parts of an aircraft airframe are maintained at the same potential by
feeding an inductive and capacitive network is a) the supply bus-bars
a) 0 degrees b) static discharge wicks
b) 180 degrees c) bonding
c) 90 degrees
10. When two capacitors are connected in series
10. The frequency of a power wave in an AC resistance circuit is a) the charge stored on each is directly proportional to its capacitance
a) the same as the frequency for voltage and current b) the charge stored on each is the same
b) half the frequency for voltage and current c) the charge stored on each is inversely proportional to the voltage across it
c) twice the frequency for voltage and current
1. Aircraft generators are cooled by 1. A pure capacitor, inductor and resistor are connected in series and the voltage drops across each
a) oil cooling radiators around the main body are 10V and the total current flowing in the circuit is 1A. How much true power is the circuit
b) fuel cooling radiators consuming?
c) ram air a) 30VA
b) 30W
2. The voltage of an AC generator c) 10W
a) rises to max in one direction, falls to zero and rises in the same direction
b) rises to max in one direction then falls to zero then rises to max in the opposite direction 2. If a capacitor 1µF and an inductor 10mH are connected in parallel what is their approximate
c) rises to max in one direction and remains resonant frequency?
a) 62Hz
3. The charge on a capacitor is expressed as b) 3.2MHz
a) the ratio Q/V c) 1.6kHz
b) the product Q x V
c) the product C x V 3. Which wave form is stepped positive and negative with unequal length sides?
a) Trapezoidal wave
4. A shunt is used with b) Rectangular wave
a) an ammeter c) Saw tooth wave
b) an ohmmeter
c) a voltmeter 4. The value of an AC sine wave that will give an equivalent heating effect in a DC resistor is the
a) average value
5. The resistance of the current return path through the aircraft is always considered negligible, b) RMS value
provided the c) peak value
a) generator is properly grounded
b) voltage drop across the circuit is checked 5. Where is the magnetic dip least?
c) structure is adequately bonded a) Poles
b) Equator
6. An ammeter is connected into a circuit in c) Isoclinals
a) parallel
b) shunt 6. The dielectric constant of a capacitor is a measurement of
c) series a) the electrostatic energy storing capacity of the capacitor dielectric
b) the electrical resistance of the capacitor dielectric
7. When handling a high voltage capacitor in an electrical circuit, be sure it c) the electrical repulsion of electrons within the dielectric material
a) has a full charge before removing it from the circuit
b) is fully discharged before removing it from the circuit 7. To reverse the direction of rotation on a DC shunt motor, you must change the direction of the
c) has at least a residual charge before removing it from the circuit current through
a) the field windings or the armature windings
8. When a circuit with a series inductance and capacitance is at resonant frequency b) the armature windings only
a) the current in the circuit decreases c) the field windings and the armature windings
b) the impedance of the circuit is such that the voltage is in phase with the current
c) the impedance of the circuit is such that the voltage leads the current by exactly 90 degrees 8. If the field current to a shunt wound DC motor is decreased when operating at a constant load, the
motor speed will
9. In an AC circuit, the effective voltage is a) reduce
a) equal to the maximum instantaneous voltage b) increase
b) greater than the maximum instantaneous voltage c) not change
c) less than the maximum instantaneous voltage
9. An electric current is
10. On a combined DC starter - generator system a) a surplus of free electron
a) the voltage regulator is connected to the shunt field after the start cycle is completed b) an excitement of electrons in a metal
b) the series coil is open circuit during the engine start sequence c) an ordered flow of electrons
c) the voltage regulator controls the start sequence during engine starting
10. An atom contains
a) molecules
b) hydrogen
c) electrons
1. What causes a transformer to be noisy? 1. Germanium and silicon have how many electrons in their outer shell
a) High coil resistance a) 4
b) An air gap in the core b) 2
c) High core losses c) 6
2. Carbon has a 2. If a free electron is given to another atom, that atom is a

a) negative temperature coefficient a) positive ion
b) positive temperature coefficient b) negative ion
c) temperature coefficient of zero c) valency atom
3. The peak factor for a sine wave is 3. If a nicad battery is not to be used immediately it should be stored
a) 0.707 a) fully charged
b) 1.414 b) fully dissipated
c) 1.11 c) dry
4. If a motor is spinning at 50 cycles per second, how long is 1 cycle? 4. A light / heat sensitive cell is a
a) 0.02 seconds a) transducer
b) 50 seconds b) diode
c) 0.83 seconds c) transistor
5. An integrated step input at unequal time base produces 5. In a mercury cell the steel casing is
a) a square wave a) the positive terminal
b) a sine wave b) the negative terminal
c) a saw tooth wave c) neither
6. A capacitor in series and inductor in parallel make what kind of filter? 6. To improve the life of a dry cell you would
a) Band pass a) use more zinc
b) High pass b) use more electrolyte paste
c) Low pass c) us a a pure carbon positive rod
7. If a load in series has a current passing through it, the magnetic field can be worked out by using 7. What is the voltage at A
a) the corkscrew rule a) 26V
b) left hand rule b) 28V
c) right hand rule c) 2V
8. If the current flowing into a junction is 5A, 3A, 4A in and 10A out. What is the 5th wire carrying? 8. The unit for power is equal to
a) 2A in a) N/m
b) 2A out b) Joules per second
c) 5A out c) Volts/Amps
9. If an insulated conductor is placed near to a negatively charged rod, the nearest end of the 9. The source voltage in the circuit below is
conductor becomes a) 50V
a) negatively charged b) 200V
b) positively charged c) 150V
c) No change will occur
10. The 5th coloured band on a resistor represents the
10. If 2 resistors, one red, yellow, black, gold and the other violet, blue, black, silver were replaced a) tolerance
by a single resistor. Ignoring tolerance, what would the colour coding be? b) multiplier
a) Brown, black, brown c) reliability or temperature coefficient
b) Brown, black, black
c) Black, brown, black
1. Three 12 microfarad capacitors in parallel. The overall circuit capacitance is 1. A circuit has 1 megohm and 8 microfarads. What is the time constant?
a) 4 microfarads a) 1 second
b) 1 microfarads b) 8 seconds
c) 36 microfarads c) 40 seconds
2. Flux density will 2. Current in an inductive circuit will

a) increase linearly with coercive force a) lead voltage
b) increase linearly with magnetic flux b) lag voltage
c) decrease linearly with magnetic flux c) be at unity
3. A transformer with a 5:1 ratio has a 24V output. What is the input 3. Power factor of a generator is
a) 120 V DC a) sin ø
b) 4.8 V AC b) cos ø
c) 120 V AC c) tan ø
4. The mark-to-space ratio of the following waveform is 4. In a an AC motor, the rotation of the MNA
a) A to B a) is the same as the rotation of the armature
B to C b) is opposite to the rotation of the armature
b) A to D c) is slightly less speed than the rotation of the armature
D to E
c) D to E 5. In a wave wound generator with 4 poles, what would be the minimum number of brushes?
D to C a) 4
b) 2
5. A generator supplies 25 A, 4 V and 50 W. What is the apparent power and the power factor? c) 8
a) 100 VA and 2
b) 400 VA and 0.5 6. A capacitor rating is
c) 100 VA and 0.5 a) the maximum continuous voltage it can take
b) the voltage it will rupture at
6. In a power circuit, the purpose of an inductor is c) the voltage it will charge to
a) to dampen power surges
b) to dampen current surges 7. In conventional flow, the left hand rule applies to
c) to dampen voltage surges a) generators
b) motors
7. When a number of ferrite pieces are grouped together, they c) batteries
a) are semi-permanent magnets when DC is passed through them
b) can be used to store binary code 8. Copper losses in a transformer are caused by
c) electromagnets a) circulating currents through the transformer
b) the resistance in the windings
8. Ampere turns is calculated by the number of turns c) wasting of the copper wires due to friction
a) multiplied by current
b) divided by current 9. In AC generators, 0.637 is
c) multiplied by magnetic flux a) RMS
b) average value
9. A conventional aircraft generator will be c) form factor
a) series wound
b) delta wound 10. In a 3 phase generator, what angle are the phases to each other?
c) star wound a) 180o
b) 120o
10. Storage of magnets should be c) 0o
a) in pairs end to end
b) in a non magnetic pox
c) in pairs with keeper plates
1. In a 2 phase generator, what angle are the phases to each other? 1. The atomic number of an atom is determined by the number of
a) 90o a) protons
b) 180o b) electrons
c) 0o c) neutrons
2. Delta wound line current is 2. In a Leclanche cell the plates are made of
a) equal to phase current a) mercury and lithium
b) root 3 x phase current b) nickel and cadmium
c) less than the phase current c) zinc and carbon
3. The multiplier colour coding on a capacitor is in 3. In a simple voltaic cell, polarization reduces output voltage because of the
a) farads a) transfer of material between the anode and the cathode
b) microfarads b) build up of hydrogen on the anode
c) picofarads c) build up of hydrogen on the cathode
4. Form Factor for a sine wave AC output is 4. When the temperature of the electrolyte in a battery increases, the SG
a) 0.707 a) goes up
b) 1.414 b) goes down
c) 1.1 c) remains the same
5. In a simple voltaic cell the collection of ions on the cathode causes 5. A 47 kilohm resistor has the following colour code
a) hydration a) Yellow, Violet, Orange
b) sulphation b) Orange, Violet, Red
c) polarisation c) Red, Orange, Yellow
6. The electrolyte in a nicad battery would rise if the battery was 6. If the temperature of a pure metal is reduced to absolute zero, its resistance will be
a) discharging a) infinity
b) charging b) practically zero
c) remaining at constant voltage c) unaffected
7. When a conductor is cut by magnetic lines of force an EMF is induced. This is 7. The bridge circuit shown will be balanced when the value of the unknown resistor R is
a) Lenz's Law a) 18 ohms
b) Faraday's Law b) 14 ohms
c) Kirchhoff's Law c) 2 ohms
8. Two 2 volt 10AH cells are connected in series, the output voltage and the capacity would be 8. The current in the circuit below is
a) 2 volt, 20 AH a) 5 A
b) 4 volt 10 AH b) 0.2 A
c) 4 volt 20 AH c) 5 mA
9. The electrolyte in a nicad battery is 9. In the previous question, the power developed across the 10 k ohm resistor is
a) cadmium hydroxide a) 250 mW
b) nickel hydroxide b) 250 W
c) potassium hydroxide c) 50 mW
10. Referring to the drawing below, if the volts dropped across the 20 ohm resistor is 10 volts, the 10. What is represented by this diagram?
resistance of R1 is a) Potentiometer
a) 20 ohms b) Rheostat
b) 16 ohms c) Thermister
c) 2 ohms
1. In the following circuit, the input at P is 4 amps and at Q is 5 amps. What is the voltage across 1. The hysteresis loop for a magnetic material is on a graph with
the 6 ohm resistor? a) total flux against flux density
a) 54V b) current against flux density
b) 1.5V c) flux density against magnetising force
c) 6V
2. To determine the direction of the magnetic field around a conductor you would use
2. The unknown current in the network below is a) the corkscrew rule
a) 22A b) Fleming's left hand rule
b) 3A c) Fleming's right hand rule
c) 47A
3. A material with a narrow hysteresis loop
3. The Watt can be expressed as a) will have high retentivity
a) Joules per second b) will have low retentivity
b) Joules x seconds c) cannot be magnetised
c) Seconds per Joule
4. If a bar magnet is cut in half
4. A single phase circuit has an input voltage of 100V. The current is 10A and the circuit has a a) the magnet is destroyed
power factor of 0.5. The true power is b) two bar magnets are formed
a) 1000W c) one bar magnet and one non-magnet is formed
b) 50W
c) 500W 5. The diagram shows a current carrying conductor in a magnetic field. The conductor will move
a) upwards
5. Power in a DC circuit is found by b) downwards
a) multiplying current by resistance c) sideways
b) multiplying the voltage by itself and dividing by the current
c) multiplying the resistance by the current squared 6. The electromagnetic force between two charged bodies is
a) proportional to the distance between them
6. The total capacitance of the circuit shown is b) inversely proportional to the distance between them
a) 4µF c) inversely proportional to the square of the distance between them
b) 36µF
c) 3µF 7. Copper is a
a) paramagnetic materials
7. When a capacitor is charged from a DC supply, the voltage / time curve is b) ferromagnetic material
a) logarithmic c) diamagnetic material
b) exponential
c) linear 8. 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
8. An electrolytic capacitor is used because it has a a) self inductance
a) large physical size for a large capacity b) mutual inductance
b) small physical size for a large capacity c) auto inductance
c) small physical size for low leakage current
9. The time constant in an inductive circuit is the time required for the current to reach
9. An electrolytic capacitor would be used in circuits supplying a) 63.2% of maximum value
a) heavy loads b) 63.7% of maximum value
b) light loads c) 70.7% of maximum value
c) heavy / light loads
10. Self induced emf in a coil supplied with a current varying at a uniform rate can be found by
10. The symbol for flux density is a) - N dI/dt
a) H b) - L dØ/dt
b) B c) - L dI/dt
c) MMF
1. The MMF of a coil fed with 2 amps and having 10 turns is 1. A current transformer, when disconnected from a circuit must be
a) 5 ampere turns a) left open circuit
b) 20 ampere turns b) short circuited
c) 20 amperes / turn c) have a resistor connected across the terminals
2. An AC inductive circuit has an inductance 0f 10 mH and a frequency input of 1000Hz. The 2. What is the reflected impedance in the primary?
opposition to current flow is approximately a) 20 ohms
a) 63,000 ohms b) 500 ohms
b) 630 ohms c) 50 ohms
c) 63 ohms
3. A transformer rated at a frequency of 200 Hz
3. A sine wave of RMS value 7.07 volts has a peak to peak value of a) may be used at any other frequency
a) 10.0 volts b) may only be used at the rated frequency or above
b) 0.707 volts c) may only be used at the rated frequency or below
c) 20.0 volts
4. The dots are called, and indicate
4. The true power in an AC circuit is given by a) quadrature dots, points are 90o out of phase
a) voltmeter reading x PF b) phasing dots, point that have the same polarity at the same moment in time
b) volts x amps c) phasing dots, point that have the opposite polarity at the same moment in time
c) volts x amps x PF
5. The power factor of an AC circuit is the
5. The average value of 100 volts peak AC is a) sine of the phase angle
a) 70.7 volts b) cosine of the phase angle
b) 141.4 volts c) tangent of the phase angle
c) 63.7 volts
6. The Form Factor of an AC waveform can be found by
6. The RMS value of 200 volts peak to peak is a) RMS value divided by the average value
a) 141.4 volts b) average value divided by the RMS value
b) 70.7 volts c) average value times the RMS value
c) 127.4 volts
7. A differentiator has a time constant which is
7. The impedance of a series tuned circuit at resonance is a) long
a) zero b) short
b) maximum c) equal to the input pulse
c) minimum
8. If the frequency is increased in an AC circuit of pure resistance, the effect is
8. The copper loss on a single phase transformer is 25 Watts on full load. What will it be on half a) increased resistance
load? b) decreased resistance
a) 5 Watts c) nothing
b) 12.5 Watts
c) 6.25 Watts 9. A wire is rotated through a magnetic field. To give DC it must be connected to
a) a commutator
9. Rotating coil B through 90o will b) slip rings
a) increase the EMF induced into B c) a rectifier
b) decrease the EMF induced into B
c) increase the EMF induced into A 10. In an inductive resistive circuit, 1 amp flows from a supply of 100V dissipating 50 Watts of
power. The phase angle is
10. A transformer is designed to operate at 60 Hz. It is connected across a 50 Hz supply. The a) 60o
primary windings would b) 90o
a) draw more current c) 45o
b) draw less current
c) draw the same current
1. A transformer is built with a material having a 1. Interpoles in a DC generator are connected

a) narrow hysteresis loop a) in parallel with the armature
b) wide hysteresis loop b) in series with the armature
c) high coercive force c) in series with the field
2. An alternator delivers 500V RMS at 1 ampere. The power factor is 0.8. The true power is 2. In a DC generator, the effect of armature reaction may be reduced by moving the brush gear
a) 100VA a) from MNA to GNA
b) 400W b) in the direction of armature rotation towards the MNA
c) 500W c) against the direction of armature rotation towards the MNA
3. In a circuit which possesses mutual inductance, current is increased to the primary 3. The windings embedded in the pole faces of a DC generator are
a) the induced EMF in the secondary produces a current in the secondary circuit which opposes a) interpoles
the increase in flux due to the increase of current in the primary b) commutating coils
b) the induced EMF in the secondary produces a current in the secondary circuit which assists the c) compensating windings
increase in flux due to the increase of current in the primary
c) the induced EMF in the secondary produces a current in the secondary circuit whose flux has 4. A 6 pole wave-wound generator has
no effect on the flux in the primary a) 2 brushes
b) 6 brushes
4. A component that produces an output voltage due to incident light is called a c) 3 brushes
a) liquid crystal
b) light emitting diode 5. In a 2 phase induction motor the control winding is fed with
c) solar cell a) variable phase AC supply
b) fixed AC supply
5. If the supply to a DC shunt motor was reversed c) variable amplitude supply only
a) it would rotate in the opposite direction
b) it would fail to run 6. A 3 phase induction motor can be reversed by
c) it would rotate in the same direction a) isolating one phase
b) reversing the rotor connections
6. Slip on a synchronous motor on start is c) changing over any two phases
a) 0%
b) 50% 7. The speed of an AC motor can be affected by the
c) 100% a) field current
b) pairs of poles
7. A shaded pole motor has shaded poles to c) armature current
a) increase efficiency
b) create a rotating field 8. A generator rated at 30 KVA and power factor 0.8 has a maximum continuous power output of
c) reduce interference a) 30 kW
b) 24 kW
8. A series motor draws a high current on start, and then the current reduces. This is due to c) 37.5 kW
a) the resistance of the field and the armature in series
b) the back EMF 9. An AC motor which rotates at the same speed as the supply frequency is called
c) the resistance of the field and armature in parallel a) a universal motor
b) an induction motor
9. On a brushless AC generator, the main rotating field is fed with c) a synchronous motor
a) AC
b) DC via diodes on the rotor 10. In the circuit shown, impedance will be
c) AC from the rotating field exciter a) 9 ohms
b) 5 ohms
10. Single phase components in a three phase system may be connected between c) 7 ohms
a) phase A and B only
b) phase and neutral only
c) any phase and neutral OR between any two phases
1. In the circuit shown, if the frequency is increased from zero to resonant frequency, the circuit 1. A high pass filter has
current would a) high impedance to low frequency, low impedance to high frequency
a) increase b) high impedance to high frequency, low impedance to low frequency
b) decrease c) high impedance to both high and low frequency
c) stay the same
2. What sort of wave would be used in a CR oscillascope to control sweep?
2. The true power developed in this circuit is a) Sawtooth
a) 12W b) Square
b) 50W c) Sine wave
c) 20W
3. If there was a mainly inductive load on an AC generator, the voltage with respect to the current
3. The filter shown is a would
a) band stop filter a) lead
b) low pass filter b) lag
c) high pass filter c) be in phase
4. An example of a paramagnetic material is 4. On a brushless AC generator, the permanent magnet generator output is
a) iron a) DC
b) silver b) AC
c) glass c) pulsed
5. In a balanced Wheatstone bridge, across the centre of the bridge there is 5. The output from a rotating armature AC generator would be taken from
a) no current flow a) the rotor
b) no voltage present at either end b) the stator
c) current and voltage at maximum c) either the rotor or the stator
6. A 24V battery has an internal resistance of 1 ohm. When connected to a load, 12 amps flows. 6. A frequency wild AC generator system has
The value of the load is a) variable voltage and frequency
a) 12 ohms b) variable frequency only
b) 1 ohm c) variable voltage only
c) 1/2 ohm
7. In a series LCR circuit at resonance, R = 100 ohms, L and C are each 10 ohms. The total
7. The property of a material to accept lines of flux is called impedance is
a) permeability a) 100 ohms
b) reluctance b) 30 ohms
c) retentivity c) zero ohms
8. Armature reaction in a DC generator causes 8. An AC generator has four poles. To produce a frequency of 400Hz it must achieve a speed of
a) MNA to move in the direction of rotation a) 6000 RPM
b) MNA to move in the opposite direction of rotation b) 8000 RPM
c) GNA to move in the direction of rotation c) 12000 RPM
9. In a DC motor, B-EMF rises if the motor 9. If an AC sinewave has an RMS value of 5V its peak value is
a) speed rises a) 14.14 V
b) speed falls b) 6.37 V
c) load rises c) 7.07 V
10. Vibration in a magnet causes 10. The Daniel Cell electrodes are
a) flux to increase a) copper and zinc
b) flux to decrease b) carbon and zinc
c) flux to stay the same c) zinc and manganese dioxide
1. An inductor of resistance 5 k ohms and inductance 2mH is connected to a DC circuit. The time
constant is 1. Apparent power in an AC circuit is found by
a) 400 ns a) V x I
b) 10 seconds b) V x I x cosØ
c) 40 ms c) V x I x sinØ
2. The unit of flux is the 2. A 300 ohm resistor would have a colour code of
a) Weber a) orange, orange, brown
b) Ampere turns b) orange, brown, black
c) Ampere turns / metre c) orange, black brown
3. The flux density of a magnetic field is 1.5T. The length of the conductor in the field is 2 m and 3. In a synchronous motor, when the motor is running the slip is
the speed of the conductor is 10 m/s. The EMF induced is a) 100%
a) 0.3 V b) 5%
b) 30 V c) 0%
c) 7.5 V
4. In a two-phase induction motor there are
4. A DC generator armature has 6 poles and is lap wound. The number of brushes required are a) 2 poles
a) 6 b) 3 poles
b) 2 c) 4 poles
c) 3
5. The diagram shown is a
5. Reactive sparking is reduced by a) short shunt compound wound machine
a) interpoles b) long shunt compound wound machine
b) compensating windings c) shunt wound machine
c) auxiliary windings
6. A transformer has 500 turns on the primary and 100 turns on the secondary. When connected to a
6. The back EMF in a DC motor is 100 V supply, the output is
a) equal to the applied EMF a) 500 V
b) less than the applied EMF b) 20 V
c) greater than the applied EMF c) 25 V
7. The flux density of a magnetic field is 1.5T. The length of the conductor in the field is 2 m and 7. In the previous question, the secondary is connected to a 10 ohm load. The primary current is
the current flowing through the conductor is 5 amps. The force on the conductor is a) 10 amps
a) 15 Newtons b) 0.4 amps
b) 0.6 Newtons c) 2 amps
c) 3.75 Newtons
8. Magneto motive force can be found by
8. A DC shunt motor has 28 volts applied. The current taken from the armature of 2 ohms resistance a) N/I
is 1 amp. The BEMF is b) I x N
a) 30 V c) Blv
b) 27 V
c) 26 V 9. Permeability of a material can be found by
a) flux density / MMF
9. In a motor, armature reaction causes the MNA to move b) MMF x flux density
a) in the direction of rotation c) MMF / flux density
b) against the direction of rotation
c) to the GNA 10. A filter with a small bandwidth has
a) a high value of Q
10. A circuit with good selectivity will have b) a low value of Q
a) a large bandwidth c) a Q of zero
b) a narrow bandwidth
c) a low L/C ratio
1. A transformer has 1200 turns primary and 4800 turns secondary. What value of load resistance 1. The power output of a similar sized 3 phase compared to a single phase generator is
would be required to give a reflected impedance of 1000 ohms a) less
a) 1 kohm b) same
b) 4 kohm c) more
c) 16 kohm
2. What part of a DC motor would you find the poles?
2. An autotransformer windings are a) brushes
a) on separate formers b) stator
b) connected c) rotor
c) wired in parallel
3. In a high Q parallel resonant circuit, what happens to impedance if capacitance is increased by a
3. What voltage can the neutral line carry in a star transformer? factor of 4?
a) Combined line voltages a) It reduces by 75%
b) Zero voltage b) It remains the same
c) Phase voltage c) It increases by factor of 4
4. In a generator system, a stabilizing winding is used 4. In a thermocouple where is voltage measured?

a) in series with the field to prevent oscillations a) At the hot junction
b) to prevent voltage overshoot b) At the cold junction
c) to control output current c) At both junctions
5. When magnetizing a piece of material, magnetic strength will rise 5. Mercury cells are covered with a metal cover
a) linearly with coercive force a) as a protective cover
b) linearly with magnetic force b) as a positive terminal
c) non-linearly with magnetic force c) as a negative terminal
6. The stator of a permanent magnet rotor AC generator 6. When switching off the supply, the back emf in a collapsing field in an inductor
a) is wound in series with the field a) never exceeds forward emf
b) is usually delta wound b) can be multiple times bigger than forward emf
c) is usually star wound c) is equal to forward emf
7. In a resistive/inductive motor 7. If the energy supplied to a circuit for 4hrs 15 mins at 800 j/sec what would be the energy
a) the resistor circuit must be disconnected after starting consumed?
b) is less efficient than a capacitor start motor a) 3.4 KW Hrs
c) can only be used for light loads b) 3400 KW Hrs
c) 340 KW Hrs
8. When a conductor is cut by magnetic lines of force an EMF is induced. This is
a) Lenz's Law 8. A parallel circuit at resonance has its impedance at a
b) Faraday's Law a) maximum
c) Kirchoff's Law b) minimum
c) zero
9. A 47K resistor has the following colour code
a) Yellow, Violet, Orange 9. A parallel circuit with any number of 2 terminal connections
b) Orange, Violet, Red a) has the same current throughout
c) Red, Orange, Yellow b) the individual voltage drops is equal to the emf
c) the resistance is dependent on current
10. A material with a narrow hysterisis loop
a) has a high retentivity 10. In this circuit, Rx is equal to
b) has a low retentivity
c) cannot be magnetised a) R3 x R2 ÷ R4
b) R3 x R4 ÷ R2
c) R2 x R4 ÷ R3
1. A transformer to supply a 24V load with a 5:1 turns ratio will have what primary supply? 1. The capacity of a battery is measured in
a) 120 VDC a) volts
b) 48 VAC b) cubic centimetres
c) 120 VAC c) ampere-hours
2. A material exposed to heat will 2. Phase angle is

a) be harder to magnetise a) the difference in degrees of rotation between 2 alternating voltages or currents or a voltage and
b) be easier to magnetise a current
c) have no effect on magnetism b) the difference in degrees between the positive and negative parts of an ac sine wave
c) the cosine of the peak value of an ac voltage
3. A 20 Pico farad capacitor with a 1MW resistor takes how long to charge?
a) 20 milli seconds 3. A battery's internal resistance is determined by
b) 0.1 second a)
c) 10 seconds b)
c)
4. A transformer has 2000V, 500 turns on the primary and 50 turns on the secondary. What would
be the line voltage if the transformer were Delta/Star connected? 4. The impedence of an ac circuit is measured in
a) 200V a) kilovolt-amperes
b) 346V b) amperes
c) 450V c) ohms
5. The main advantage of a starter-generator over conventional units is 5. The formula for impedence in a series circuit is
a) for the same power output there is a weight reduction and the starter drive remains engaged a)
b) for the same power output there is a weight reduction and the drive is constantly engaged b)
c) it can produce a greater power output c)
6. The speed of a single phase induction motor is dependant on 6. Motor slip is

a) the strength of the field a) the percentage of difference in speeds between the stator and rotor fields
b) the number of pairs of poles b) a shifting of the MNA of the motor
c) the strength of the armature current c) a symptom of a weak field
7. An A.C. shunt wound motor sometimes uses a volts dropping resistor. The resistor would be 7. The principal characteristic of a synchronous motor is
a) in series with the supply a) it rotates at a speed that is synchronised with the applied ac current
b) in series with the field b) it must have a synchronised 3 phase supply to operate
c) in series with the armature c) it rotates at a speed that is synchronised with the applied dc current
8. The time to fully charge a 1 micro farad capacitor in series with a 100K ohm resistor is 8. There are more negative than positive plates in a lead acid battery because
a) 100 ms a) the positive plates are prone to warping if the chemical action is taking place only on one side
b) 10 ms b) it reduces the internal resistance of the cell
c) 1 ms c) it is necessary for chemical action to take place
9. A sine wave has a periodic time of 0.5 milliseconds, what is its frequency? 9. Commutator ripple can be reduced by
a) 200 Hz a) the use of a ripple filter
b) 2Khz b) increasing generator frequency
c) 20Khz c) a resistor in series with the armature
10. In a voltage equalising circuit the generators are regulated so 10.

a) the lower output is increased to that of the higher In this circuit applied voltage is
b) the higher output is decreased to that of the lower a) Vt = IXC
c) the lower is increased and the higher is decreased until they are equal b) Vt = IXL
c) Vt = I/R
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1 What is the internal resistance of a Leclanche cell 1 In a parallel circuit containing resistors
a. 6 ohms- 10 ohms a the voltage is the same in all parts of the circuit
b. 0.02 ohms – 4 ohms b the sum of the voltage drops equals the applied voltage
c. 20 ohms – 30 ohms c resistance is determined by value of current flow
2 In a DC motor the interpoles are part of the 2 An induced current in a coil

a. field a opposes the EMF producing it
b. rotor assembly b aids the EMF producing it
c. stator assembly c does not affect the EMF producing it
3 The line voltage in a wye wound transformer is 3 Armature reaction is

a. root 3 / phase voltage a reactive sparking
b. the same as phase voltage b due to a dirty or worn commutator
c. root 3 x phase voltage c the MMF opposing rotation
4. The valence electron is 4 In a 4:1 step up transformer, what would give a reflected impedance of 1K ohm
a. the electron in outer shell of atom a 1K ohm
b. the electron in inner shell of atom b 4K ohm
c. a positive electron c 16K ohm
5. An aircraft battery on charge from the aircraft generators causes 5 Lines of magnetic flux pass from
a. internal resistance of the battery to decrease in sympathy with the a N to S
decreasing charging current b E to W
b. battery voltage to increases to nominal voltage and the charge current c S to N
decreases.
c. Battery voltage to decrease to zero until it is fully charged 6 A shunt motor
a gives constant torque with variations in speed
6. What happens to the current in a series resistive resonant circuit? b is constant speed
a. It is maximum c has high starting torque
b. It is minimum
c. It is zero 7 The direction of current in a wire rotating in a magnetic field can be determined by
a Flemings right hand rule
7. An atom with a deficiency in electrons has b Flemings left hand rule
a. high resistance c cork screw rule
b. low resistance
c. high impendence 8 The diagram shows a 200V long shunt generator.
What is the voltage across the series resistor
8. What effect does hydrogen have in a battery cell? a 30V
a. Polarization b 6V
b. Sulphation c 10V
c. Nothing
9 In a parallel LCR circuit, if the capacitance is increased by
9. Eddy current losses in a transformer are 4 times. What happens to the Impedence
a. current used in magnetising the core a increases by 4 times
b. current flow induced into the core b decrease by 75%
c. hysteresis losses c remains the same
10. A 3-phase star-delta wound transformer gives 10 In a DC shunt motor, if the field resistance is increased. What happens to the back EMF
a. 90o phase shift a Increases
b. no phase shift b decreases
c. 30o phase shift c remains the same
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1. Why is ferrite used in memory circuits? 3-60

a. High remanence
b. Low permeability 1. A simple basic induction motor has
c. High reluctance a. poor starting torque, good running torque
b. good starting torque, poor running torque
2. What semi-conductor material is used in memory circuits? c. poor starting torque, poor running torque
a. Ferrite
b. Permeomag 2. If the frequency to a capacitor increases, the current through it
c. Iron a is zero
b. increases
3. The discharge curve of a capacitor is c. decreases
a. Linear
b. Logarithmic 3. In a 3-phase delta wound circuit, line current is
c. Exponential a. same as the phase current
b. in phase with the phase current
4. To generate electricity with a fuel cell, you need a constant supply of c. the vectorial sum of all 3 phase currents
a. Oxygen & Hydrogen
b. Kerosene & Heat 4. Conductance of a circuit is 2 MilliMhos. What is its resistance?
c. Nitrogen & Sunlight a. 6 MegaOhms
b. 500 Ohms
5. Five different value resistors all have the same voltage dropped across them, how are c. 5000 Ohms
the resistors connected?
a. In Series 5. To increase the voltage output of a generator you can
b. In Parallel a. increase speed
c. In Series/Parallel b. decrease speed
c. It is not speed dependant
6. The input is 115V and is applied across the 300 turn
portion. What is the output? 6. How would you find the direction of the current flow in an armature located in a
a. 460V magnetic field?
b. 115V a. Maxwells corkscrew rule
c. 28V b. Flemings right hand rule
c. Flemings left hand rule
7. A near perfect 4:1 step up transformer has it’s primary
connected to 120VAC, if the secondary is connected 7. If in a electrical circuit there is a difference between the capacitive reactance and the
to a load with 1600 ohms resistance what is the inductive reactance, what would the power factor of the circuit be?
current in the primary a. Unity
a. 1 amp b. Less than unity
b. 0.3 amps c. More than unity
c. 1.2 amps
8. What is the SI unit of resistivity?
8. Flux losses in a transformer can be prevented by a. Sieman
a. the use of primary shielding b. Ohm
b. winding the primary on top of the secondary c. Ohm-metre
c. laminating the core
9. What is the SI unit of resistivity?
9. A ni-cad battery found to be below normal capacity should a. Ohm metre
a. be removed and used for ground use only b. Ohms/metre
b. be re-charged with a refreshing charge c. Ohms
c. have its electrolyte adjusted
10. Generator voltage is
10. In cold weather a battery must be kept a. dependant on speed of rotation
a. fully charged b. independent of speed of rotation
b. fully discharged c. not dependant on speed of rotation
c does not matter
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1. If a negatively charged conductor is placed next to an insulated rod 1. What type of wave is it when the vertical and horizontal distances are equal?
a. the rod has no charge a. Square
b. the rod becomes negatively charged b. Rectangular
c. the rod becomes positively charged c. Sawtooth
2. What is the formula for condunctance? 2. Cobalt has a permeability

a. 1/R a. greater than unity
b. 1–R b. same as unity
c. R+1 c. less than unity
3. What happens if you reverse the supply to the filed and armature of a DC shunt 3. In an aircraft brushless alternator the armature is
motor? a. in series with the field
a. Reverse direction of rotation b. star wound
b. Continues to rotate in same direction c. delta wound
c. Fails to start
4. To supply a 24volt output with a transformer with a 5:1 turns ratio, the input required
4. The internal resistance of a battery off load compared to on load is is
a. same a. 120V
b. increased b. 4.8V
c. decreased c. 24V
5. What is the rating of a monolithic capacitor with 103 on it 5. In a resonant parallel circuit, current is
a. 10000pf a. max
b. 100000pf b. min
c. 1000pf c. zero
6. What is the formula for working out the capacitance of a capacitor if K = dielectric 6. Total capacitance of 3 capacitors each 12mF in a parallel circuit
constant, A = area of the plates, d = distance plates apart? a. 36mF
a. c = KA/d b. 12MF
b. c = Kd/A c. 6mf
c. c = d/KA
7. Band stop filter
7. 115V RMS 2.5A at 60 degrees what is the power dissipated? a. attenuates frequencies in a specified narrow band
a. 79 W b. stops frequencies in a narrow band
b. 143 W c. pass all frequencies in that band
c. 300VA
8. A combination of 1 megohm and 8 microfarad would give a time constant of
8. If cobalt has a permeability of 4800 it is a a 40 seconds
a. ferromagnetic b. 8 seconds
b. paramagnetic c. 400 ms
c. diamagnetic
9. Power factor is
9. The output from a generator to a commutator is a. sin theta
a. AC b. cos theta
b. DC c. tan theta
c. pulsed DC
10. What is the main disadvantage of a starter generator?
10. When light hits a photodiode resistance a. Will not supply output at low rpm
a. increase b. Heavier than like for like
b. decreases c. Can only be used on piston engines
c. stays the same
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1. What is the voltage across a fully charged capacitor? 1. An atom with less than 4 electrons in its outer shell has
a. Same as circuit voltage a. low electrical resistance
b. Less than circuit voltage b. high electrical resistance
c. More than circuit voltage c. no electrical resistance
2. When would you use an electrolytic capacitor? 2. In a r:1 step-up transformer, 120V is applied to the primary, and the load on the
a. On a balanced circuit secondary is 1600 Ohms. What is the current in the primary?
b. Large output compared to size required a. 0.075A
c. Low output compared to size required b. 1.2A
c. 3A
3. If the phase voltage of a star wound generator is 115V, what would be the line to line
voltage? 3. Two 12V, 40Ah cells in series gives
a. 200V a. 24V 40Ah
b. 180V b. 24V 80Ah
c. 220V c. 12V 40Ah
4. Back-EMF is the greatest when a motor is 4. A 2 Megohm resistor can be written

a at operating speed a. M20F
b. just starting to rotate b. 2MOF
c. under heavy load c. 20MF
5. What are the factors affecting the frequency of an ac generator? 5. If a resistor is too small or misshapen to fit the colour code bands, how else is it’s
a. Number of turns in the armature could and rpm value indicated?
b. Number of pole pairs and rpm a. Dots
c. Number of turns in the armature coil and number of pole pairs b. Letter code
c. Number code
6. Which of the following applications would require a “continuously rated” motor
a. Flap drive actuator 6. Elements such as phosphorus with 5 electrons in their outer shell, when combined
b. Fuel pump motor with pure silicon, is a
c. Cargo door actuator a donor
b. acceptor
7. What would you use for the core in a generator current transformer? c. isotopic
a. Air Core
b. Laminated core 7. This is a diagram of a
c. Steel Core a. Light Dependant Resistor
b. Logarithmic Differential Resistor
8. Spontaneous magnetisation occurs in a c. Laser Diode Rectifier
a. permomagnet
b. ferromagnet 8. A centrifugal speed switch is used
c. diamagnet a. to cut out the resistor/inductor circuit on an AC
motor
9. An aircraft transformer is needed to step up on a voltage. What sort would be used b. to cut out the capacitor circuit on an AC motor
a. Air core c. to cut out the slow start resistor on an AC motor
b. Laminated core
c. Solid core 9. Disconnecting one of the phases from a 3-phase motor will cause the motor to
a. stop
10. A conductor is placed in a magnetised coil. What will happen b. run at 2/3 speed
a. A force will be created c. run at the same speed
b. Nothing will happen unless the conductor is moved
c. The conductor will move 10. To find the internal resistance of the battery in a circuit of know current
a. use the formula R = V x 1
b. find the lost volts of the circuit
c. find the emf of the circuit
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1. This is a diagram of a
1. A capacitor has Brown Black Orange bands. It’s value is a. Variable Voltage source
a. 10 picofarads b. Variable Resistor
b. 10 nanofarads c. Variable Current source
c. 100 picofarads
2. Find voltage at point “B”
2. Hydrogen atom consist of a. 10V
a. Proton, Neutron and Electron b. 7V
b. Proton and Electron only c. 26V
c. Neutron and proton only
3. Voltage measured between the plates of a capacitor will
3. A generator with more than two phases is known as be
a. polyphase a. same as applied voltage
b. delta phase b. less than applied voltage
c. multiphase c. can dangerously higher than applied voltage
4. Magnetic lines are flowing parallel they will 4. In a Series LC circuit if the value of the capacitance is
a. repel each other increased then the power factor will be
b. attract each other a. greater than 1
c. have no effect on each other b. equal to 1
c. less than 1
5. Magnetic flux
a. is more concentrated at the centre of bar magnet 5. A heater which consumes 800 kilojoules/sec is on for 4
b. occupies the space around the magnet with equal flux density hrs 15 min. The power consumed is
c. exist in all space around the magnet a. 3400 kWh
b. 3.4 kWh
6. In electrical circuit, direct current power in represented by c. 340 kWh
a. Ampere
b. Watt 6. A 10V battery supplies a resistive load of 10 ohms for 1 minute. What is the power
c. Joules supplied?
a. 100W
7. In S.I. units, work is denoted by b. 10VA
a. Newton-meter which is Joules c. 10V
b. Kilogram-force-meter/sec which is Metric Horsepower
c. Joules/sec which is Watts 7. A 24V 40AH battery discharges at 200mA. How long will it last?
a. 200 hours
8. When a conductor carrying a current and placed in a magnetic field it experiences b. 300 hours
a. an electrostatic force c. 400 hours
b. an electromagnetic force
c. a magnetic force 8. In a Wheatstone bridge at balance the galvanometer reads zero
a. volts
9. Peak factor in AC circuit b. amps
a. 1.414 times max. value of applied voltage c. ohms
b. 1.11 times max. value of applied voltage
c. 0.707 time max. value of applied voltage 9. 1 Volt is produced when a current of 1 Amp per second is varied in a coil – this is a
definition of
10. The horizontal component of the earths magnetic filed is most strongly felt at a. 1 Henry
a. poles b. 1 Coulomb per second
b. equator c. 1 Ampere per metre
c. 45 degrees latitude
10. A generator supplies 150VAC phase and load is 10 Ohms per phase – what is the
phase current?
a. 15A
b. a.5A
c. 25.5A
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1. Band pass filter in a circuit 1. A wave form having equal amplitude and time base is a
a. allows frequencies above a cut-off frequency to pass a. square waveform
b. allows frequencies below a cut-off frequency to pass b. sawtooth
c. only allows a narrow band of frequency to pass c. rectangular
2. Eddy current losses is due to 2. An inductor is said to be saturated when

a. resistant of the copper conductors used in windings a. the current is at a maximum
b. I flowing in transformer core caused by induced V b. it will no longer accept lines of flux
c. magnetic flux produced by primary winding not linking with secondary c. the current through it is zero
winding.
3. The controlling phase on a two phase generator is of a
3. The ability of a circuit to produce a magnetic flux under the influence of a MMF a. fixed amplitude
a. permeability b. variable amplitude
b. permeance c. direct current
c. permanence
4. How many brushes are used in an 8 pole wave wound machine
4. Two inductor coils in very close proximity; if one of the coils is rotated 90 degrees a. 2
slowly away from the other the mutual inductance. b. 6
a. increases c. 8
b. decreases
c. remains the same 5. A high pass filter consists of a
a. capacitor and inductor in series
5. Magnetic flux saturation takes place when b. capacitor and inductor in parallel
a. the magnetised medium will accept no further lines of flux c. an inductor and a capacitor in parallel
b. the magnetic field starts to reduce with increased magnetising force
c. the magnetic field drops to zero 6.
6. Dielectric constant of a capacitor is

a electrostatic storing capability of the dielectric
b. max I stored in the capacitor
c. max V that can be applied to a capacitor
7. The type of motor used in a linear actuator is

a. compound
b. series
c. parallel (shunt wound)
8. The phases on a three phase a.c. generator are spaced at

a. 90 degrees
b. 180 degrees
c. 120 degrees
9. The controlling wave in a CRT is

a. sinusoidal
b. square
c. sawtooth
10. f the speed of a coil in a magnetic field is doubled and the field strength is doubled the
output will
a. halve
b. stay the same
c. quadruple

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