ELECTRICAL QUESTIONS

1. What is the minimum conductor size for 600V below the power cable and control cable?

Ans: 4mm2 for power cable and 2.5 mm2 for control cable

2. Write the two NEMA standards related to the electrical cable tray?

Ans: NEMA VE1 and NEMA VE2

3. What is minimum conduit size allowed in Saudi Aramco?

Ans: ¾ inch.

4. What is electrical inspector responsibility?

5. What is schedule Q?

Ans: Company’s minimum requirements for contractor Quality Management System and schedule
Q is an attachment to the contract, which is provision of Quality Assurance and control,
Inspection and Test plan.

6. Write any 5 SAES related to electrical?

Ans: SAES-P-101 - Basic Power System Design Criteria

SAES-P-101 – RVL for Electrical Equipment
SAES-P-103 – UPS and DC System
SAES-P-104 – Wiring Methods and Materials
SAES-P-107 – Overhead Distribution System.

7. Write the type of enclosure in serve corrosive area?

8. Briefly explain the various level of inspection and Write its SAEP number?

9. What is Quality Control and Quality Assurance?

10. What is NCR? And Explain?

11. What is abbreviation for CRI and LLC?

12. Write the grounding conductor buried minimum depth?

13. Write any 5 international standards related to electrical?

14. Write the formula for annual ground flash density?

15. What is ITP? and why need ITP?

16. Write any 3 Relay number for XFR Protection?

17. What is Cathodic protection and write any 3 SAES related to CP?
18. Write the expansion gap for cable tray with its temperature and how many meter maintained the expansion cap?

19. Which type of lighting poles using the industrial process area?

20. What is fc? Difference between fc and lux?

21. Difference between HP and KW?

22. Types of Anodes?

23. Which type of PVC conduit using the duct bank and concrete encased?

24. Write the minimum load capacity for cable tray?

25. What is the minimum duration for emergency lighting?

26. Write the light fixture type for high bay or low bay industrial application?

27. In manned switch gear rooms and control rooms, where essential activities continue during power failure of
normal lighting how much illumination required in 760mm above the floor?
28. Write the battery room light fixture type?

29. What is NFPA 101 and why following this standard?

30. Write the illumination level of control room and switch gear room?

31. Write the relay number for differential and lock-out relay in XFR protection?

32. In the XFR protection which relay using the grounding protection?

33. Write the maximum ampere rating in the panel board and switch racks?

34. Write the NEC code for grounding?

35. Briefly explain Hi-Pot Testing?

36. Write the PI for MV Cables?

37. Write the NEC code for Low voltage jacketed cables?

38. In outdoor, which type of NEMA following the junction boxes?

39. Write the value of ceiling to cable tray distance?

40. Write the design formula for galvanic anode system?

41. Which type of installation allowed in impressed current anode?

42. NETA 1999 Table?

43. Write any 2 SABP related to cathodic protection?

44. All the MV XFR, how many tap changer position with how many full capacity taps?

45. Write the tolerance of 600V Power Cables?

46. Write the abbreviation for XLPE and FR-EPR?

47. Explain the inspection level?

48. Temperature corrected winding - resistance values? (NETA, ATS- Sec.7.2.2.3.3.2.7)

49. Write the value of non-metallic bending radius for cables?

50. Types of XFR?

51. Types of Cathodic protection?

52. Write phase to ground clearance distance for 34.5 kV in NFPA 70 (TABLE 490)?

53. Write the bus joint resistance for NEC 110.3?

54. What is AVR?

Ans:

55. Write the battery room temperature?

Ans: 25 Degree Celsius

56. Write the NEC Article for potential XFR?