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MCQ in Power Generators (Cells and Batteries) Part 2 | ECE Board Exam

MCQ in Power Generators (Cells and Batteries) Part 2 | ECE Board

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This is the Multiples Choice Questions Part 2 of the Series in Power Generators, Sources, Principles and
Applications as one of the Electronics Engineering topic. In Preparation for the ECE Board Exam make sure to
expose yourself and familiarize in each and every questions compiled here taken from various sources including
but not limited to past Board Exam Questions in Electronics Engineering eld, Electronics Books, Journals and
other Electronics References.

MCQ Topic Outline included in ECE Board Exam Syllabi

MCQ in Cells and Batteries

MCQ in Electric Generator
 MCQ in Electronic Power Supply
MCQ in Voltage Regulation
MCQ in Photovoltaic/Thermoelectric Generator
MCQ in Distribution Transformer
MCQ in Uninterrupted Power Supply (UPS)
MCQ in Float-Battery System
MCQ in Converters
MCQ in Inverters

Continue Practice Exam Test Questions Part 2 of the Series

Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

51. The voltage of the bus bar to which several alternators are paralleled may be raised by simultaneously
____________ of all alternators

A. increasing field excitation

B. decreasing field excitation

C. increasing input to prime movers

D. decreasing input to prime movers

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

52. The rating of an alternator is expressed in

A. kW

B. kVA

C. HP

D. KVAR

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

53. Cumulatively compounded motors are used in applications where ____________ is required

A. variable speed

B. poor speed regulation

C. sudden heavy loads for a short duration

D. constant speed

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

54. Which motor never use belt connected loads?

A. Series

B. Commulatively compounded

C. Shunt

D. Differentially compounded

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

55. A standalone solar power system

A. relies on the electric utility at night

B. uses solar panels and batteries

C. requires the use of dry cells

D. need a full wave rectifier

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

56. A transformer will have zero efficiency at

A. full load

B. half full load

C. no load
D. twice the load

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

57. The efficiency of a transformer will be at maximum when

A. leakage reactance of the two windings are equal

B. resistance of the two windings are equal

C. copper loss is equal to constant loss

D. copper loss is zero

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

58. The armature winding of a dc Machine is ____________ winding

A. an open circuit

B. a closed circuit

C. partly open circuit and partly closed circuit

D. lap

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

59. The speed at which a 6 pole alternator should be drive to generate 50 cycles per second is

A. 1500 rpm

B. 500 rpm

C. 1000 rpm

D. 1200 rpm
 View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

60. A 12 V battery is rated at 48 ah. If it must deliver an average of 2.0 A, how long will the battery last before it
needs recharging

A. 48 hrs

B. 4 hrs

C. 96 hrs

D. 24 hrs

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

61. Connecting batteries of equal voltage in parallel

A. multiplies the voltage available

B. increases the internal resistance

C. reduces the power available

D. multiplies the current available

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

62. A storage battery in which the electrodes are grids of lead containing lead oxides that changes in composition
during charging and discharging and the electrolyte is dilute sulfuric acid

A. Leclanche battery

B. Nickel cadmium battery

C. Lead acid battery

D. Faure storage battery

 View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

63. The common dry cell, which is a primary cell having a carbon positive electrode and a zinc negative electrode
in an electrolyte of sal ammoniac and a depolarizer

A. Leclanche cell

B. Faure storage cell

C. Lead acid cell

D. Lithium cell

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

64. The maximum flux produced in the core of a transformer is

A. directly proportional to supply frequency

B. inversely proportional to supply frequency

C. inversely proportional to primary voltage

D. inversely proportional to secondary voltage

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

65. A transformer is so designed that primary and secondary windings have

A. loose magnetic coupling

B. tight magnetic coupling

C. critical magnetic coupling

D. good electric coupling

 View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

66. Four carbon zinc cell in series will provide about

A. 2 Vdc

B. 6 Vdc

C. 9 Vdc

D. 8 Vdc

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

67. What refers to a method in which the charger and the battery are always connected to each other for supplying
current to the load

A. Continuous charging

B. Float charging

C. Infinite charging

D. On line charging

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

68. A series motor designed to operate on dc or ac

A. Shunt motor

B. Series motor

C. Universal motor

D. Compound motor
 View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

69. Combination of ac motor, dc generator, and exciter to provide adjustable voltage dc power to a dc motor.

A. Ward-Leonard system

B. Half wave SCR adjustable voltage supply

C. Compound motor

D. Universal motor

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

70. A motor takes a large current at starting because

A. the armature resistance is high

B. back emf is low

C. back emf is high

D. shunt field is producing weak field

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

71. A series motor will over speed when

A. the load is increased

B. the armature circuit is open

C. the field id opened

D. load is removed

View Answer:
 Answer: Option D

Solution:

72. When the load on an alternator is increased, the terminal voltage increases if the load power factor is

A. unity

B. leading

C. lagging

D. zero

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

73. The efficiency of the turbo-alternator _____________ with increase in speed

A. decreases

B. remains the same

C. increases

D. becomes 100%

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

74. What is the output of a lead acid cell?

A. 2.1 V

B. 1.5 V

C. 1.35 V

D. 1.25 V

View Answer:

Answer: Option A
 Solution:

75. One of the following is a false statement

A. storage cell has a reversible chemical reaction

B. carbon zinc cell has unlimited shelf life

C. lead acid cell is rechargeable

D. primary cell is not rechargeable

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

76. In an alternator, the effect of armature reaction is minimum at power factor of

A. 0.866 lagging

B. 0.5 lagging

C. 0.866 leading

D. Unity

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

77. For given number of poles (2) and armature conductors, a lap winding will carry ___________ a wave winding

A. more current than

B. same current as

C. less current than

D. half the current than

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:
78. An 8 pole duplex lap winding will have ____________ parallel paths

A. 8

B. 32

C. 4

D. 16

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

79. To increase the voltage output, cells are connected in

A. parallel

B. series-parallel

C. parallel-series

D. series

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

80. To increase current capacity, cells are connected in

A. parallel

B. series

C. series- parallel

D. parallel- series

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:
81. Two things which are same for primary and secondary of transformer are

A. ampere turns and voltage per turn

B. resistance and leakage reactance

C. current and inducted voltage

D. number of turns and power

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

82. A transformer operates poorly at very low frequencies because

A. permeability of core is increased

B. magnetizing current is abnormally high

C. primary reactance is too much

D. permeability core is reduced

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

83. In an auto transformer, the primary and secondary are ___________ coupled

A. only magnetically

B. magnetically as well as electrically

C. only electrically

D. directly

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

84. A storage battery in which the plates consist if lead antimony supporting grids covered with a lead oxide paste
immersed in weak sulfuric acid

A. Leclanche cell

B. primary battery

C. secondary battery

D. Faure storage battery

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

85. Which of the following is a dry storage cell?

A. Leclanche cell

B. Edison cell

C. Mercury cell

D. Nickel cadmium cell

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

86. The field structure of a dc machine uses

A. Salient pole arrangement

B. Non salient pole arrangement

C. Silicon steel

D. Cast steel

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

87. Small Dc machines generally have __________ poles

A. 4

B. 2

C. 6

D. 8

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

88. The armature of a dc machine is laminated in order to reduce

A. Eddy current loss

B. Copper loss

C. Hysteresis loss

D. Frictional loss

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

89. To produce an output of 7.5v, how many carbon zinc cells are connected in series?

A. 4

B. 5

C. 6

D. 3

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

90. The demand for a large increase in torque of a dc series motor is met by a

A. large decrease in current

B. large increase in speed

C. large decrease in speed

D. small decrease in speed

View Answer:

Answer: Option C

Solution:

91. As the load increases a, ____________ motor will speed up

A. series

B. commutatively compounded

C. shunt

D. differentially compounded

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

92. The flux in the core of a single phase transformer is

A. purely alternating one

B. purely rotating one

C. partly alternating and partly rotating

D. constant

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

93. When the primary of a transformer is connected to a dc supply

A. a primary draw small current

B. primary leakage reactance is increased

C. core losses are increased

D. primary may burned out

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

94. a constant voltage source has

A. High internal resistance

B. minimum efficiency

C. minimum current capacity

D. low internal resistance

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

95. If the excitation of an alternator operating in parallel with other alternators is increased above the normal value
excitation of excitation its

A. power factor becomes more lagging

B. output current decreases

C. power factor becomes more leading

D. output kw decreases

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

96. This synchronous reactance of an alternator is generally ____________ armature resistance

A. 5 times smaller than

B. 10 – 100 times greater than

C. 5 times greater than

D. 10 times smaller than

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

97. DC series motors are used in those applications where ____________ required

A. high starting torque

B. low no load speed

C. constant speed

D. variable speed

View Answer:

Answer: Option A

Solution:

98. A dc motor is still used in industrial applications because it

A. is cheap

B. provides fine speed control

C. is simple in construction

D. has no replacement

View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

99. The stator of n alternator is wound for ____________ on the rotor

A. a more number of poles than

B. the same number of poles as

C. less number of poles than

D. twice the number of poles

 View Answer:

Answer: Option B

Solution:

100. Why are carbon brushes preferable compared to copper brushes?

A. they have longer life

B. they have lower resistance

C. they are cheaper

D. they reduce sparking

View Answer:

Answer: Option D

Solution:

Questions and Answers in Power Generators, Sources, Principles, Applications

Following is the list of practice exam test questions in this brand new series:

MCQ in in Power Generators, Sources, Principles, Applications

PART 1: MCQs from Number 1 – 50 Answer key: PART 1

PART 2: MCQs from Number 51 – 100 Answer key: PART 2

PART 3: MCQs from Number 101 – 150 Answer key: PART 3

PART 4: MCQs from Number 151 – 200 Answer key: PART 4

PART 5: MCQs from Number 201 – 250 Answer key: included

PART 6: MCQs from Number 251 – 300 Answer key: included

PART 7: MCQs from Number 301 – 350 Answer key: included

PART 8: MCQs from Number 351 – 400 Answer key: included

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