voltage when the speed is dropped to 1,000 rpm and

the field current is reduced to 80%? Armature

resistance 0.04 Ω and total drop at brushes, 2 V.
Ignore saturation and armature reaction.
A. 90 V B. 105 V C. 120 V D. 135 V

10. A shunt generator when operating an 800 rpm builds

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1. The pole faces of a 4 – pole generator are 10 sq. in.
and the flux density under the poles is 480,000
Maxwell per sq. in. There are 336 conductors on the
wave – wound armature. Find the induced emf when
the armature speed is 1,200 rpm.
A. 345 V B. 495 V C. 645 V D. 795 V
up to 250 V. The speed and the field resistance are
both doubled. To what voltage does it now build
now?
A. 125 V B. 170 V C. 250 V D. 500 V
11. The DC generator works on the principle of
A. Newton’s Law of Universal Gravitation
B. Faraday’s Law of Electromagnetic Induction
C. Lenz’ Law of Induction
D. Gauss’ Law of Magnetic Circuit

2. A 100 – kW 230 – V DC generator delivers at its 12. The yoke carries about ___ of total flux per pole.
rated load. Determine the % voltage regulation if the A. 30% B. 50% C. 60% D. 80%
no – load voltage is 245 V.
A. 4.3% B. 5.6% C. 6.5% D. 3.2% 13. A portion of total flux developed in the poles
completes its path through the air without entering
3. The terminal voltage of a 400 – kW shunt generator the armature core.
is 200 V when it delivers rated load current. The A. Magnetic leakage C. Flux leakage
resistance of the shunt field circuit is 20 ohms, the B. Armature leakage D. Residual leakage
armature resistance is 0.004 ohm, and the brush
resistance is 0.0015 ohm. Calculate the induced emf 14. It is a cylindrical structure attached to the armature
at rated current. and mounted on the same shaft, segments of which
A. 211 V B. 221 V C. 231 V D. 241 V are separated from one another by mica insulation
and connected to armature coils through risers.
4. Assume that a series generator is supplying a A. Slip rings C. Yoke
current of 60 A delivered to the load. The terminal B. Commutator D. Field pole
voltage of the generator is 270 V. The armature
15. One cause of the mechanical losses in the armature
resistance is 0.022 ohm, and the series field
is
resistance is 0.12 ohm. Determine the induced emf.
A. Armature speed C. Field relative rotation
A. 270.8 V C. 275.3 V B. Armature reaction D. Equalizer ring
B. 273.4 V D. 278.5 V
16. Generation of voltage in a generator can only
For items 5 and 6 happen when?
The following are the constants of a 500 kW 250 V, 900 A. There is rotary conductor
rpm compound generator: armature resistance 0.00198 B. There is a magnetic field in a conductor
Ω, brush resistance 0.001 Ω, series field resistance C. There is a relative motion between the
0.00045 Ω, and shunt field resistance 21 Ω. The conducting wires and magnetic lines of force
generator is connected short shunt with the generator D. There is a relative motion between a conductor
and electric field
delivering rated current at rated voltage.
5. Determine the induced emf. 17. In electrical machines, what do you call the set of
A. 255 V B. 257 V C. 259 V D. 261 V conductors wound on laminated cores of good
magnetic permeability?
6. Find the electrical efficiency of the generator A. Armature core C. Rotary Winding
A. 94.3% B. 95.5% C. 96.7% D. 97.1% B. Armature Winding D. Rotary core

7. The following are the constants of a 25 – kW 250 – 18. In DC generator, what converts the alternating emf
to DC?
V, 1,750 rpm compound generator: armature
A. Armature C. Diode
resistance 0.12 Ω, series field resistance 0.0133 Ω, B. Commutator D. Alternator
and shunt field resistance 240 Ω. The generator is
connected short shunt. With the generator delivering 19. A dc generator whose excitation is produced by a
rated current at rated voltage. Determine the winding connected to its own positive and negative
efficiency. terminals.
A. 97.6% B. 93.9% C. 91.4% D. 95.4% A. Series generator
B. Separately excited shunt generator
8. The emf induced in the armature of a 400 – kW 250 C. Self – excited shunt generator
D. Compound generator
– V shunt generator is 258.8 V when the terminal
voltage and the load current are at rated values and
20. In a compound generator, which field winding is
the field current is 12 A. The armature resistance is usually, has a lower resistance?
0.0055 ohm. Determine the electrical efficiency of A. Series C. Armature
generator. B. Shunt D. Excitation
A. 92.5% B. 94.2% C. 95.9% D. 97.5%

9. A separately excited D.C. generator, when running

at 1,200 rpm supplies 200 A at 125 V to a circuit of
constant resistance. What will be the generated
 resistance is 0.4 Ω. What resistance must be placed
in series with the armature to reduce the speed to
540 rpm while maintaining the same torque?
A. 2.2 ohms C. 2.4 ohms
B. 2.6 ohms D. 2.8 ohms

10. A 50 hp, 550 V shunt wound motor draws a line

current of 4.5 A at no load. The shunt field
resistance is 275 ohms and the armature resistance
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DC Motors full load is 2 V. At full load, the motor draws a line
current of 84 A. Calculate the efficiency at full load.
1. A 6 – pole lap wound DC motor takes 300 A when A. 92.0% C. 91.2%
the speed is 500 rpm. The flux per pole is 0.06 Wb B. 88.5% D. 89.9%
and the armature has 870 conductors. Neglecting
the field current, calculate the brake horsepower of 11. What is the effect produced by the electric motor?
the motor. A. Magnetic effect only
A. 175 hp C. 172 hp B. Magnetic as well as heating effect
B. 168 hp D. 165 hp C. Heating effect only
D. Heating as well as chemical effect
2. At rated load, a DC motor draws an armature current
of 50 A from a 230 V DC mains while running at 12. A motor works in the principles of _____.
1,000 rpm. At no load, the armature current drops to A. Magnetism C. residual force
5 A. If the effect of armature reaction has weaken B. mechanical force D. chemical action
the flux by 2% from no load to full load, determine
the speed of the motor at no load. Assume the 13. A d.c. motor is used to _________.
armature resistance to be 0.15 ohm. A. generate power
A. 1,202 rpm C. 1,122 rpm B. change mechanical energy to electrical energy
B. 1,221 rpm D. 1,010 rpm C. change electrical energy to mechanical energy
D. increase energy put into it.
3. A shunt motor draws a current of 40 A from a 120 V
source and runs at 1,200 rpm at rated load. The 14. A d.c. motor is still used in industrial applications
armature and field circuit resistances are 0.1 Ω and because it _________.
60 Ω, respectively. Determine the speed of the A. is cheap
motor at half load. Assume a brush drop of 2 V at B. is simple in construction
rated load and 1 V at half load. C. provides fine speed control
A. 1,180 rpm C. 1,230 rpm D. none of the above
B. 1,238 rpm D. 1,026 rpm
15. Current flowing in the conductors of a dc motor is
4. The equivalent total resistance of a series motor is A. ac C. ac as well as dc
0.1 Ω. When connected across a 110 V mains, the B. dc D. transients
armature takes 20 A and its speed is 1,000 rpm.
Determine its speed when the armature takes 50 A 16. The speed of a DC motor can be controlled by
from the same mains, with the field increased by A. varying the armature current while the field
10%. current is held constant
A. 809 rpm C. 856 rpm B. varying the field current while the armature
B. 954 rpm D. 884 rpm current is held constant
C. varying the armature voltage while the field
5. A 400 V series motor working with unsaturated field voltage is held constant
is taking 60 A and running at 840 rpm. The total D. varying the field voltage while the armature
resistance of the motor is 0.1 Ω. At what speed will voltage is held constant
the motor run when developing half full load torque?
A. 1,193 rpm C. 1,167 rpm 17. The most commonly used method of speed control
B. 1,202 rpm D. 1,352 rpm of a d.c. motor is by varying _________.
A. voltage applied to the motor
6. A long shunt compound motor takes a current of 42 B. field strength
A from a 230 V source. The generator parameters C. effective conductors in series
are RA = 0.1 Ω, RSE = 0.2 Ω, and RSH = 50 Ω. If the D. armature circuit resistance
friction and windage losses amount to 400 W,
determine the overall efficiency of the machine. 18. The deciding factor in the selection of a d.c. motor
A. 82.24% C. 81.22% for a particular application is its ____ characteristic.
B. 80.56% D. 79.53% A. speed-torque
B. speed-armature current
7. The input current to a 220 V, short shunt compound C. torque-armature current
motor at no load is 6 A. The shunt field circuit D. none of the above
resistance is 200 Ω, the armature resistance is 0.10
Ω and the series field resistance is 0.08 Ω. What is 19. The rated speed of a given dc shunt motor is
the stray power loss? 1050rpm. To run this machine at 1200rpm, which of
A. 1153.31 W C. 1232.54 W the following speed control scheme will be used
B. 1066.22 W D. 1073.25 W A. Armature current resistance control
B. Field resistance control
8. A certain DC motor has an armature resistance of C. Ward-Leonard control
0.05 ohm. It draws 50 A at a terminal voltage of 120 D. None of these
V. Assume other miscellaneous losses at 1% of the
input. Determine the output horsepower of the 20. After a shunt motor is up to speed, the speed may
motor. be increased considerably by
A. 8.5 hp B. 7.1 hp C. 6.8 hp D. 7.8 hp A. increasing field circuit resistance
B. decreasing field circuit resistance
9. A 500 V shunt motor running at 720 rpm takes an C. increasing armature circuit resistance
armature current of 50 A. The equivalent armature D. reducing the load