Practice Test: Question Set - 06
1. To avoid formation of grooves in the commutator of a D.C. machine
- (A) The brushes of opposite polarity should track each
other
- (B) The brushes of same polarity should track each
other
- (C) Brush position has no effect on the commutator
grooving
- (D) All of the above
2. In a level compounded D.C. generator, full load terminal voltage is
- (A) Negligibly low
- (B) Equal to no-load terminal voltage
- (C) More than no-load terminal voltage
- (D) Less than no-load terminal voltage
3. Two generators are running in parallel. One of the generators may run as motor for which of the following reasons?
- (A) The direction of that generator is reversed
- (B) The speed of that generator is increased
- (C) The field of that generator is weakened
- (D) That generator takes large share of loads
4. The number of armature parallel paths in a two-pole D.C. generator having duplex lap winding is
- (A) 2
- (B) 4
- (C) 6
- (D) 8
5. The resistance of armature winding depends on
- (A) Length of conductor
- (B) Cross-sectional area of the conductor
- (C) Number of conductors
- (D) All of the above
6. For a D.C. generator when the number of poles and the number of armature conductors is fixed, then which winding will give the higher e.m.f.?
- (A) Lap winding
- (B) Wave winding
- (C) Either of (A) and (B) above
- (D) Depends on other features of design
7. If brushes of a D.C. generator are moved in order to bring these brushes in magnetic neutral axis, there will be
- (A) Demagnetization only
- (B) Cross magnetization as well as magnetization
- (C) Cross-magnetization as well as demagnetizing
- (D) Cross magnetization only
8. In the case of lap winding resultant pitch is
- (A) Multiplication of front and back pitches
- (B) Division of front pitch by back pitch
- (C) Sum of front and back pitches
- (D) Difference of front and back pitches
9. Two generators A and B have 6 poles each. Generator A has wave wound armature while generator B has lap wound armature. The ratio of the induced e.m.f. is generator A and B will be
- (A) 2 : 3
- (B) 3 : 1
- (C) 3 : 2
- (D) 1 : 3
10. In a D.C. generator in order to reduce sparking at brushes, the self-induced e.m.f. in the coil is neutralized by all of the following except
- (A) Interpoles
- (B) Dummy coils
- (C) Compensating winding
- (D) Shifting of axis of brushes
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