Practice Test: Question Set - 09
1. It is advisable to avoid line starting of induction motor and use starter because
- (A) It will run in reverse direction
- (B) It will pick up very high speed and may go out of
step
- (C) Motor takes five to seven times its full load
current
- (D) Starting torque is very high
2. DOL starting of induction motors is usually restricted to
- (A) Low horsepower motors
- (B) Variable speed motors
- (C) High horsepower motors
- (D) High speed motors
3. An induction motor is identical to
- (A) D.C. compound motor
- (B) D.C. series motor
- (C) Synchronous motor
- (D) Asynchronous motor
4. Slip rings are usually made of
- (A) Copper
- (B) Carbon
- (C) Phosphor bronze
- (D) Aluminium
5. The 'crawling" in an induction motor is caused by
- (A) High loads
- (B) Low voltage supply
- (C) Improper design of machine
- (D) Harmonics developed in the motor
6. Which is of the following data is required to draw the circle diagram for an induction motor?
- (A) Block rotor test only
- (B) No load test only
- (C) Block rotor test and no-load test
- (D) Block rotor test, no-load test and stator
resistance test
7. 5 H.P., 50Hz, 3-phase, 440 V, induction motors are available for the following r.p.m. Which motor will be the costliest?
- (A) 730 r.p.m.
- (B) 960 r.p.m.
- (C) 1440 r.p.m.
- (D) 2880 r.p.m.
8. For driving high inertia loads best type of induction motor suggested is
- (A) Slip ring type
- (B) Squirrel-cage type
- (C) Any of the above
- (D) None of the above
9. A 3-phase 440 V, 50 Hz induction motor has 4% slip. The frequency of rotor e.m.f. will be
- (A) 200 Hz
- (B) 50 Hz
- (C) 2 Hz
- (D) 0.2 Hz
10. What will happen if the relative speed between the rotating flux of stator and rotor of the induction motor is zero?
- (A) The slip of the motor will be 5%
- (B) The rotor will not run
- (C) The rotor will run at very high speed
- (D) The torque produced will be very large
11. The efficiency of an induction motor can be expected to be nearly
- (A) 60 to 90 %
- (B) 80 to 90 %
- (C) 95 to 98 %
- (D) 99 %
12. The number of slip rings on a squirrel cage induction motor is usually
- (A) Two
- (B) Three
- (C) Four
- (D) None
13. A 3-phase induction motor delta connected is carrying too heavy load and one of its fuses blows out. Then the motor
- (A) Will continue running burning its one phase
- (B) Will continue running burning its two phase
- (C) Will stop and carry heavy current causing
permanent damage to its winding
- (D) Will continue running without any harm to
the winding
14. The crawling in the induction motor is caused by
- (A) Low voltage supply
- (B) High loads
- (C) Harmonics developed in the motor
- (D) Improper design of the machine
15. It is advisable to avoid line-starting of induction motor and use starter because
- (A) Motor takes five to seven times its full
load current
- (B) It will pickup very high speed and may go
out of step
- (C) It will run in reverse direction
- (D) Starting torque is very high
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