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Which material is best suited for manufacturing fuse wire?

  • Silver
  • Copper (correct)
  • Lead
  • Aluminum

In Fleming's left-hand rule, what does the thumb represent?

  • Magnetic field
  • Direction of force on conductor (correct)
  • Current
  • Voltage

What is the net reactance in a series RLC circuit?

  • XL
  • XL - XC (correct)
  • XC
  • XC + XL

Two resistors, R1 and R2, are connected in parallel. R1 is twice the value of R2. If the current in R1 is I, what is the current in R2?

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The ampere-hour capacity of a battery depends on what?

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Which condition is essential in Ohm's Law?

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What theorem describes transforming an electrical network with multiple voltage sources into an equivalent network with a single voltage source and parallel internal resistance?

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For a three-phase unbalanced load, what can be said about the power factor of each phase?

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Cellular phones operate in which frequency range?

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What is the maximum allowable voltage drop for a lighting circuit?

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What is the maximum allowable voltage drop for a feeder?

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Fiber optics operates on which principle?

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Which color is exclusively reserved for grounding equipment wire?

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Overhead lines are protected from lightning by using which of the following?

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A synchroscope is used to indicate what parameter?

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The current flowing in the armature conductors of a DC motor is best described as:

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The armature current drawn by any DC motor is proportional to:

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What does 'fault level' primarily refer to?

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In an alternator, if the input of the prime mover is held constant but the excitation is increased, then:

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In electroplating, what is the positive electrode called?

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What is the typical barrier potential of a silicon diode?

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Which of the following is an active element of a circuit?

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Which waveform, given the same peak value of voltage, has the minimum RMS value?

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The minimum armature current of a synchronous motor corresponds to operation at:

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Lap winding is best suited for _____ voltage and _____ current DC generators.

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What is the relative permittivity of a vacuum?

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On tripping the number of turns of a coil, the inductance:

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When an external resistance is added in series with the field of a DC shunt motor, while the motor is running, what is the effect if the resistance is:

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Which is not an established method of arc dispersion?

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What happens during load shedding?

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What behavior will be exhibited at steady state by a capacitor in a series RC circuit?

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For which type of fault current is there no zero sequence component?

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What is $10^{13}$ ergs/sec in KW?

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What happens when the excitation of an unloaded salient pole synchronous motor suddenly gets disconnected?

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The sensitivity of a voltmeter is expressed as:

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What is the specific name for a DC armature winding where the coil sides are placed a pole apart?

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One kWhr is equivalent to how many BTU?

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In the Philippines, what serves as the primary basis for standards of electrical wiring?

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In dwelling units, what is the minimum number of receptacle outlets needed in hallways that are 3 meters or more in length?

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When installing two grounding electrodes, what is the minimum distance between them?

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Flashcards

Best Fuse Wire Material?

Copper is best for fuse wire due to its conductivity and controlled melting point.

Fleming's Left-Hand Rule Thumb

In Fleming's left-hand rule, thumb indicates the direction of force on the conductor.

Net Reactance (Series RLC)

Net reactance in a series RLC circuit is the difference between inductive and capacitive reactance.

Current in Parallel Resistors

In parallel resistors, current divides inversely with resistance; so I2 = 2I.

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Battery Capacity Factor

Ampere-hour capacity of a battery depends on the area of the plates for charge storage.

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Condition for Ohm's Law?

Ohms law is valid only when temperature remain constant.

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Electrical Network Simplification

Thevenin's theorem simplifies a network to a single voltage source and series resistance.

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Three Phase Unbalanced Load

For a three-phase unbalanced load, the power factor of each phase may be different.

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Cellular Phone Frequency

Cellular phones operate in the UHF range due to its spectrum efficiency.

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Lighting Circuit Voltage Drop

Maximum allowable voltage drop for lighting circuits is 3% to maintain brightness.

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Feeder Voltage Drop Limit

Maximum allowable voltage drop for a feeder is 5% to ensure proper voltage at the branch circuits.

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Fiber Optic Principle

Fiber optics relies on the principle of reflection to transmit light signals.

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Grounding Wire Color

Green is reserved for grounding equipment wires for safety.

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Lightning Line Defense

Overhead lines are protected from lightning by overhead ground conductors and surge arresters.

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Synchroscope Function

Synchroscope indicates phase relationship between current and voltage, aiding synchronization.

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Armature Current Type

Current in armature conductors of a DC motor is AC as well as DC due to commutation.

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Armature Current Torque

Armature current drawn by a DC motor is proportional to the torque speed.

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Understanding Fault Level

Fault level indicates fault current, a measure of short-circuit current magnitude.

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increased excitation, alternator

Constant input with increased excitation makes the alternator KVA will be lagging.

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Electroplating Electrode

In electroplating, the positive electrode is the anode for oxidation.

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Silicon Barrier Voltage

The barrier potential of a silicon diode is approximately 0.7V.

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Active Circuit Element

An ideal current source is an active element because it supplies energy.

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Minimum RMS wave

Square wave has minimum RMS value for same peak voltage due to its constant amplitude.

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Inductance/Tripping

The inductance remains the same if the number of turns of a coil is tripping.

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Arc dispersion

oil immersion is the is not the method of arc dispersion

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1 kWh equals..?

1 kWhr is equal to 3413 BTU

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Wire resistance relation to the length?

the wire resistance doubles if the length of a wire is doubled

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Total Electrificiation of the Phillipines RA?

An act to ensure and accelerate the total electrification of the Philippines RA 9136

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Magnetic Fields?

The amount of magnetic field from moving electric charges

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Gcal equals..?

7.1 x 1010 BTU is equal to 1789.2 Gcal

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Sparking cause

The primary cause of sparking when load is switched off is in the circuit has high inductance

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What are slip rings made of?

Slip rings are made of copper

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brush importance?

The primary reason of using carbon brushes is that they produce less arcing

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Single Phase Start

The starting winding of a single-phase motor is placed in stator

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Conductor

A substance that contains atoms with several bands of electrons but with only one valence electron is conductor

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Capacitance increases

If the capacitance ac circuit increases by factor of 4, decreases by 50%

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RC?

If the resistance RC circuit is increased, means it decreases

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Study Notes

  • Fuse wire is manufactured from copper

Fleming’s Left-Hand Rule

  • The thumb indicates the direction of force on a conductor

Net Reactance in Series RLC Circuit

  • Net reactance equals XL - XC

Parallel Resistors

  • If two resistors are in parallel, with R1 = 2R2, and the current in R1 is I, the current in R2 is 2I

Ampere-Hour Capacity

  • Ampere-hour capacity relies on the area of the plates

Ohm’s Law

  • Ohm's Law requires the ratio V/I which must remain constant

Network Theorem

  • When transforming an electrical network with multiple voltage sources into an equivalent network with a single voltage source, considering the short circuit current and parallel internal resistance, the resulting illustration represents Norton’s Theorem

Three-Phase Unbalanced Load

  • A three-phase unbalanced load has a power factor that may be different for each phase

Cellular Phone Frequency

  • Cellular phones operate in the UHF range

Voltage Drop Limits

  • Maximum allowable voltage drop for lighting circuits is 3%
  • The maximum allowable voltage drop for feeders is 5%

Fiber Optics

  • Fiber optics operates on the principle of reflection

Grounding Wire Color

  • Green is reserved for grounding equipment wire

Lightning Protection

  • Overhead lines are protected from lightning using overhead ground conductors and surge arresters

Synchroscope Use

  • A synchroscope measures the phase relationship between current and voltage

DC Motor Armature Current

  • The current flowing in the armature conductors of a DC motor includes AC components as well as DC components

DC Motor Armature Current Proportionality

  • The armature current drawn by any DC motor relies on the torque speed

Fault Level

  • Fault level refers to fault MVA (Mega Volt Amperes)

Alternator Behavior

  • With a constant input to the prime mover of an alternator, as excitation increases, KVA will be leading

Electroplating Electrodes

  • In electroplating, the positive electrode is called the anode

Silicon Diode Barrier Potential

  • The barrier potential of a silicon diode is 0.7V

Active Circuit Elements

  • An ideal current source is an active element in a circuit

RMS Value Waveforms

  • Full wave rectified sine wave has the minimum RMS value if they have the same peak value of voltage

Synchronous Motor Operation

  • The minimum armature current in a synchronous motor corresponds with unity power factor

DC Generators

  • Lap winding is best suited for high current and low voltage DC generators

Vacuum Permittivity

  • The relative permittivity of vacuum is unity

Coil Inductance

  • Tripling the number of turns of a coil causes the inductance to become 9 times as large

DC Shunt Motor Resistance

  • Adding an external resistance in series with the field of a DC shunt motor reduces the armature current drawn by the motor

Arc Dispersion

  • System power factor change is NOT a valid method of arc dispersion

Load Shedding

  • Switching off some loads is a method for load shedding

Series RC Circuit

  • The capacitor in a series RC circuit acts as an open circuit at steady state

Fault Current Components

  • Symmetrical faults lacks a zero sequence component

Ergs/Sec to KW

  • 10^13 ergs/sec equals 1000 kW

Salient Pole Synchronous Motor

  • Disconnecting the excitation of an unloaded salient pole synchronous motor causes it to run at a lower speed

Voltmeter Sensitivity

  • Sensitivity of a voltmeter measures in Ohms/volt

DC Armature Windings

  • A DC armature winding where the coil sides are placed a pole apart is a full-pitch winding

One kWhr Equivalents

  • One kWhr equals 3413 BTU

Philippine Wiring Standards

  • The Philippine Electrical Code serves as the basis for electrical wiring standards in the Philippines

Receptacle Outlets in Dwellings

  • Dwelling units need at least one receptacle outlet hall ways three meters long

Grounding Electrodes

  • When installing two grounding electrodes, the minimum distance between them should be 1500 mm

Lamp Illumination

  • In a scenario where light source maintains initial illumination of 800 lux across screen, and that distance from the screen is doubled, new illumination becomes 200 lux

Wire Resistance

  • Doubling the wire length doubles the wire resistance, with all other factors constant

EPIRA Law

  • RA 9136 is intended for total electrification

Philippine Distribution Code

  • Collecting Efficiency NOT included

BTU and Gcal

  • 7.1 x 10^10 BTU is 17.892 Gcal

Circuits and Sparking

  • High inductance causes sparking

Slip Ring Material

  • Slip rings consist of copper

Carbon Brushes

  • Carbon brushes have less arcing

DC motor power

  • Developed power that is maximized will be unity

Motor Windings

  • Motor windings are located in the stator

Synchronous Motor Losses

  • The motor input meets the synchronos motor losses

Conductor valence electrons

  • The valence electron is substance is the conductor

Series RLC Circuits

  • Increasing capacitance will decrease the frequency by 50%

EMF Induction

  • Stationary conductor and changing magnetic field equals dynamical induction

Electric Current

  • The electric current is equivalent to an Ampere per sec

Fault Level

  • The fault level will be a factor of power

Load Factors

  • The base load factor does not have 100% load factor

Electric Current Value

  • Electric potentially lethal current is 1mA

Unit of Elastance

  • The unit of elastance is the daraf

Magnetic Fields

  • Magnetic field originates by moving electric changes

Positive Electric Charge

  • Ions have positive electric charge

Induction Motors

  • The induction motor is analogous due to two factors being short-circuited

Bridge Rectifiers

  • If the line frequency will increase 60Hz the full wave bridge rectifier is 120Hz

Side Effects

  • The heating effect has undesirable side effects which include electric over

Relative value - kWhr

  • One kWhr is 3413 BTU

Phasor Angles

  • Increased series RC value of phase angles will decrease

Unbalance Loads

  • 4-Wire wye connections will connect unbalance loads

Find the horizontal bundle

  • Find the horizontal will be 1.6699r

Power output

  • The condition of the DC-motor power output is that voltage=v/2

Per-phase

  • Impedance of the balance will be 31/3

Nuclear reactors

  • Nuclear reactors will only employ fusion

Potential difference

  • Circuits are different from the apply voltage

Primary advantage

  • Noise immunity is a primary advantage

IIEE Number

  • With the no. 21 will be distance from delta

Parallel Resistance

  • Two resistors that are twice from each other the R1 current is 12 ohms

Communication

  • With basic communication there will be a transmission

Conduction

  • When altering from power of current when it is producing from the current that produces that has a rating

Electronics

  • Simplex electronics is where the party transmit at time

Wattmeters

  • Unbalanced and balanced load is for using power that will have a 3-phasing

Defined and measured

  • Specific resistance defined by measured

Collector

  • Reliability system must have a collector and distribution

Resistance phasor series

  • The result for the capacitance series points to the left

Impedance react

  • The phase angles will react from capacitance to reactance

Synchronous value

  • The synchronous rated value will be zero

Difference measurement

  • A differential measure from electrical quantities

Parallels measurements

  • Equivalent impedance may have share measurements

Transformer

  • An ideal transformer has no permeability

Distributers

  • The distributers will establish penalties

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