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Category: Switchgear and Protection
A _________ is used to measure the stator % winding temperature of the generator?
A. thermocouple
B. pyrometer
C. resistance thermometer
D. thermometer
Which of the following devices will receive voltage surge first travelling on the transmission line ?
A. Lightning arresters
B. Relays
C. Step-down transformer
D. Switchgear
A thermal protection switch can protect against_____________?
A. short-circuit
B. temperature
C. overload
D. over voltage
Over voltage protection is recommended for______________?
A. hydro-electric generators
B. steam turbine generators
C. gas turbine generators
D. all of the above
E. none of the above
Air blast circuit breakers for 400 kV power system are designed to operate in_______________?
A. 100 microsecond
B. 50 millisecond
C. 0.5 sec
D. 0.1 sec
Circuit breakers usually operate under______________?
A. transient state of short-circuit current
B. sub-transient state of short-circuit current
C. steady state of short-circuit current
D. after D.C. component has ceased
Magnetic circuit breaker has ___________ trip action
A. delayed
B. instantaneous
C. both of the above
D. none of the above
Interruption of large currents by relay requires______________?
A. arc suppressing blow out coils
B. wide separation of the opened contacts
C. high speed opening of contacts
D. all of the above
Arc in a circuit behaves as_______________?
A. a capackive reactance
B. an inductive reactance
C. a resistance increasing with voltage rise across the arc
D. a resistance decreasing with voltage rise across the arc
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