Electrical Engineering Practices and Concepts

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What is the definition of 'practice of electrical engineering'?

Rendering or offering to render professional electrical engineering service.

What is the definition of 'electric supply equipment' according to the text?

Any equipment which produces, modifies, regulates, or controls the supply of electric energy.

What is the definition of 'electric plants' according to the text?

An establishment or a system for the production and modification of electric energy.

What is the definition of 'substation' according to the text?

<p>Any building, room or separate place which houses or encloses electric supply equipment connected to transmission or distribution lines and the interior of which is accessible, as a rule, only to properly qualified persons.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of 'electrical system design' according to the text?

<p>The choice of electrical systems, including planning and detailing of requirements for protection, control, monitoring, coordination and interlocking.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the definition of 'kva' according to the text?

<p>The installed capacity of an alternating current (A.C.) electric plants or supply equipment, or the connected load of industrial plants, commercial establishment, institutional buildings expressed in kilovolt-amperes.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does the abbreviation 'Kw' refer to in the context of watercraft?

<p>The installed capacity of a direct current (D.C.) electric plant on board watercraft, expressed in kilowatts.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following would be considered 'utilization equipment' in the context provided?

<p>Motors, heaters, furnaces, light sources, and other devices which utilize electric energy.</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of establishment would a shipyard be considered in the context provided?

<p>Industrial plant or factory</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following would be considered an 'institutional building' in the context provided?

<p>Museum</p> Signup and view all the answers

What type of 'watercraft' is an 'electric locomotive' considered in the context provided?

<p>Power plant mounted on wheels used in the railroad transportation industry.</p> Signup and view all the answers

Which of the following would be considered a 'commercial establishment' in the context provided?

<p>Department store, supermarket, shopping mall, office building, hotel, theater, stadium, condominium, convention center, restaurant, and the like, used for business or profit.</p> Signup and view all the answers

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