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Quiz on Electrical Circuits
The sample 15 questions are listed below.
Question 1:
The flow of __________ in an electrical circuit is actually the forced movement of electrons along the length of the circuit conductors by the pressure of the __________ applied.
| A) | voltage; voltage |
| B) | current; voltage |
| C) | voltage; current |
| D) | current; current |
Question 2:
The power factor of an AC circuit is the ratio of the __________ power to (divided by) the __________ power of the circuit.
| A) | reactive; apparent |
| B) | resistive; reactive |
| C) | true; apparent |
| D) | active; reactive |
Question 3:
__________ overcurrent normally involves an accidental cross-connection of at least two circuit conductors (supply and return).
| A) | Ground fault |
| B) | Short circuit |
| C) | Overload |
| D) | Both Ground fault & Short circuit |
Question 4:
The power factor of an AC circuit is the ratio of the __________ power to (divided by) the __________ power of the circuit.
| A) | active; reactive |
| B) | true; apparent |
| C) | resistive; reactive |
| D) | reactive; apparent |
Question 5:
The components required for electrical induction to take place in a generator, transformer, or motor, include ____________.
| A) | relative motion between the field and the conductor |
| B) | a concentrated magnetic or electromagnetic field |
| C) | All of the answers |
| D) | a length of conductor |
Question 6:
The circuit conductors within an electrical circuit must be __________ to ensure that current is directed or conveyed only to the connected load.
| A) | insulated |
| B) | Any of the answers |
| C) | bare |
| D) | covered |
Question 7:
Two forms of current control are normally installed in series with the connected load of an electrical circuit:
A switch to provide __________ and an overcurrent protection device to provide __________ control.
| A) | limit; load |
| B) | load; limit |
Question 8:
The power factor (pf) of an AC circuit will always be a value __________ 1.
| A) | > |
| B) | < |
| C) | < |
| D) | = |
Question 9:
The rated __________ of given wire size is normally defined as the magnitude of load current the conductor can carry (convey) continuously without overheating.
| A) | voltage rating |
| B) | ampacity |
| C) | All of the answers |
| D) | conductivity |
Question 10:
For a small-scale electrical-power generation, the generation of AC power is normally limited to a __________ AC source.
| A) | double-phase |
| B) | triple-phase |
| C) | single-phase |
Question 11:
To protect against the flow of high-magnitude fault overcurrent, the wires along the length of the electrical circuit must be ____________ to provide a single path for the current to flow.
| A) | inductive |
| B) | capacitive |
| C) | resistive |
| D) | insulated |
Question 12:
The three major categories or divisions (types) of overcurrent are ____________, _____________, and _____________.
| A) | short circuit; ground fault; overload |
| B) | short circuit; overload; ground fault |
| C) | overload; short circuit; ground fault |
| D) | none of the answers |
Question 13:
When a switch is placed in series with the supply power, ____________ control has been added to the basic electrical circuit.
| A) | load |
| B) | limit |
| C) | none of the answers |
| D) | both limit & load |
Question 14:
The means of ____________ control in an electrical circuit is normally an overcurrent protection device, which at the electrical-power distribution level (the service, the feeder, or the branch circuit) is a fuse or circuit breaker.
| A) | exceed |
| B) | overcome |
| C) | none of the answers |
| D) | limit |
Question 15:
In a 3-phase__________ wiring configuration:
The 3-phase AC line voltage and the individual single-phase winding voltage, measured between any two of the three supply lines in the 3-phase alternator, motor, or transformer, are equal.
The magnitudes of the 3-phase AC line current are 173% greater than (times 1.732) the single-phase AC winding current.
| A) | delta |
| B) | wye |
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