ANSWERAssessment Alternators

1.
Unlike DC generator kW rating, alternators are rated in

kVA
2.The diameter of high speed turbo alternators are compared to hydroelectric

ones are
smaller because speed is high
3.If the driving power from the prime mover driving an alternator is lost but the
alternator remains connected to the supply network and field supply is on, then
the alternator will
behave as a synchronous motor and will rotate in the same direction
4.An exciter for a generator is a

shunt generator
5.In an alternator short circuit current is limited by

the unsaturated synchronous impedance
6.An alternator is said to be over excited when it is operating at

leading power factor
7.Two alternators are running in parallel. if the field of one of the alternators is
adjusted it will
change its power factor
8.Distribution the armature winding of alternator is more than one number of

slots per pole per phase results in
economy of materials used in winding
9.A stationary alternator should not be connected to a live bus-bar because it

will get short circuited
10.When the speed of alternator increases the frequency
increases
11.For a 3-phase winding with 5 slots per pole and with coil span of 12 slot pitch,
the value of pitch factor is
0.951
12.Voltage regulation of an alternator is usually

much higher than that of a power transformer
13.Which of the following prime mover is least efficient

steam engine
14.Which fractional pitch will eliminate the seventh harmonic from the voltage
waveform of an alternator
6/7
15.When two alternators are running in parallel, their kVAR load share and kW
load share are changed by changing their
excitation, driving torque respectively
16.The frequency of voltage generated in large alternators is

50Hz
17.Alternators, now a days, are designed to have poor regulation because

it limit the value of short circuit current
18.In an alternator, the armature reaction will be completely magnetizing in case

the load power factor is
zero leading
19.Regulation of an alternator supplying leading load

sometimes positive and sometimes negative depending upon load and power factor
20.Due to which of the following - reasons concentrated winding are not used in
alternators?
concentrated windings require deep slots for accommodation which leads to increased armature
leakage and reactance
21.The speed of a salient pole machine is nearly

500rpm
22.Alternator of a central power station will have

revolving field winding
23.Which of the following relays come into operation in the event of the failure of
prime-mover connected to the generator?
reverse power relay
24.Modern 3-phase alternator of a central power station will be generated

voltage of
11kV
25.In order to reduce the harmonics in the emf generated in an alternator

all of the above
26.For the alternators operating in parallel, if the load shared by one of them is to
be increased, its field excitation is
to be kept constant but input torque should be increased
27.When two alternators are running in exact synchronism, the synchronizing

power will be
zero
28.In an alternator, for a coil having a span of 2/3 pole pitch, the coil span factor
will be
0.866
29.In which coil the harmonic component of the generated emf will be more?
full pitch coil
30.An alternator running in parallel with other alternators all having automatic
voltage regulators is to be taken off the bus. The usual procedure before opening
the switch is to
reduce the power fed to the prime mover
31.Fleming's left hand rule may be applied to an electric generator to find out
direction of
induced emf
32.The number of poles in turbo-alternator is usually

2
33.Excessive windage loss and noise occur with

salient pole rotors
34.High speed alternators have rotor construction

of non-salient pole
35.Due to which of the following reasons, for aircraft alternators high frequency is
used?
to reduce the bulk
36.A commercial alternator has

stationary armature and rotary field
37.If the space flux distribution is non-sinusoidal, emf induced in the distributed
winding
will be more sinusoidal than flux distribution
38.The regulation of an alternator is

increase in terminal voltage when load is thrown off
39.Turbo rotor is made up of

solid steel forging having milled slots for field winding
40.For a coil having a span of 2/3 or pole pitch, the coil span factor is
0.866
41.In synchronous machine, if the field flux axis is ahead of the armature field axis
in the direction of rotation, the machine is working as
synchronous generator
42.Alternators are usually designed to generate

definite currents
43.In air-crafts, alternators have operating frequency of

50Hz
44.Steam-turbo-alternator are much smaller in size that water-turbine-alternator

for a given output. This is because
steam-turbo-alternators are build with smaller capacities
45.The regulation of an alternator is likely to be negative in case of

leading power factor of the load
46.In an alternator field the effect of cross magnetization is to make the output
non-sinusoidal
47.Where the terminal voltage of an alternator falls on throwing of the load, it

indicates that the load is purely
inductive
48.In turbo-alternators, smooth cylindrical type rotors used have long axial length
because
number of armature conductors being less, they have to be necessarily long for generating the
required voltage
49.In an alternator, the stator frame serves

as a return path for the flux
50.The Poter's triangle separates the
armature leakage reactance and armature reaction mmf
51.In alternators the standard practice, now a days is to have

rotating field
52.The standard practice, now a days in alternators is to have

rotating field
53.If the input to the prime mover of an alternator is kept constant but the
excitation is increased, then
kVA will be lagging
54.Alternator are usually designed to

definite frequencies
55.Salient pole rotors are used where

low and medium speed prime movers are available
56.Zero power factor method for an alternator is generally used to determine

voltage regulation of the alternator
57.Which of the following methods is best for finding the voltage regulation?
Potier triangle method
58.The fictitious part of synchronous reactance takes cares of

armature reactance
59.In case of turbo-alternator the rotor is usually made of

forged steel
60.Voltage regulation obtained by synchronous impedance method is

more than that given by actual tests
61.An infinite bus bar has
constant frequency and constant voltage
62.In huge alternators the moving part is

poles
63.In an alternator, when the load power factor is unity

none of the above
64.The maximum current that can be supplied by an alternator depends on

speed of the exciter
65.Damper winding on alternator results in all the following except

increase instability of machine
66.What kind of rotor is most suitable for turbo-alternators which are designed to
run at high speed?
non-salient poly type
67.Generated emf for same field current and double speed will be
double
68.Hydrogen is used in large alternators mainly to

cool the machine
69.A lower voltage alternator, for the same power rating, will be
larger is size
70.An alternator coupled to which prime mover will usually have the highest
rotating speed?
steam turbine
71.In a cylindrical rotor how much portion of the rotor is wound?

two third
72.Alternators mostly work on rotating field type principles which is different
from dc machine where the field is stationary therefore the alternators
work on Faraday's Law
73.For a given output steam turbo-alternator are much smaller is size than water
turbine alternator because
steam turbo-alternators run at high speed
74.In an alternator, the flux created by the armature mmf substract directly from
the main flux for the following conditions of the load
load power factors is zero lagging
75.In an alternator the armature reaction is mainly influence by

the power factor of the load
76.In a large generator, dampers

increase stability
77.Dirt accumulation in generators can cause

all of the above
78.The speed of an alternator is changed from 3000rpm to 1500rpm. The

generated emf/phase will become
half
79.In an alternator short pitch coils are used

to reduce the harmonic in generated emf
80.An exciter is a nothing but a

60 degrees
81.In power generating stations (Thermal stations) usual number of poles

employed in the armature ae
none of the these
82.An alternator is capable of delivering power at a particular efficiency. The
frequency can be increased by
increasing the armature speed
83.Salient pole type rotors as compared to cylindrical pole type are

large in diameter and smaller in axial length
84.Overheating of generator's winding

reduce life of the machine
85.Which of the following is a prime mover?

steam turbine
86.The slip rings employed in a three-phase alternators in hydro-station are

insulated for
low voltage
87.The advantage of salient poles in an alternator is

adaptability of low and medium speed operation
88.The dark and bright lamp method is used for

synchronizing
89.The permissible duration for which a generator of rated frequency 50Hz run at
46Hz is
one second
90.In an alternator, pitch factor is the ratio of the emf of

short pitch coil to full pitch coil
91.When a three-phase alternator supplies capacitive load, armature reaction flux

will be
helping the main magnetic field
92.In an alternator zero power factor method is used to find the
voltage regulation
93.In case of alternator, the stator frame serves

as a turn path of the flux
94.Which of the following prime mover is the least efficient?

steam engine
95.In an alternator the voltage of field system is usually

less than 200V
96.The voltage applied to the field of a rotating cylindrical rotor type of

alternators
low dc voltage
97.Synchronous impedance method of finding voltage regulation of an alternator

is called pessimistic method because
it gives regulation value higher than is actually found by direct loading
98.The rotor preferred for alternators applied to hydraulic turbines are

salient pole type
99.If the steam supply of an alternator running in parallel with another identical
alternator is increased keeping its excitation constant, then
it will supply greater portion of the load
100.If the voltage of one of the two machines running in synchronism is suddenly
increased
synchronizing torque will be produce to restore further synchronism

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1.

Unlike DC generator kW rating, alternators are rated in

2.The diameter of high speed turbo alternators are compared to hydroelectric

4.An exciter for a generator is a

5.In an alternator short circuit current is limited by

6.An alternator is said to be over excited when it is operating at

8.Distribution the armature winding of alternator is more than one number of

9.A stationary alternator should not be connected to a live bus-bar because it

12.Voltage regulation of an alternator is usually

13.Which of the following prime mover is least efficient

16.The frequency of voltage generated in large alternators is

17.Alternators, now a days, are designed to have poor regulation because

18.In an alternator, the armature reaction will be completely magnetizing in case

19.Regulation of an alternator supplying leading load

21.The speed of a salient pole machine is nearly

22.Alternator of a central power station will have

24.Modern 3-phase alternator of a central power station will be generated

25.In order to reduce the harmonics in the emf generated in an alternator

27.When two alternators are running in exact synchronism, the synchronizing

32.The number of poles in turbo-alternator is usually

33.Excessive windage loss and noise occur with

34.High speed alternators have rotor construction

36.A commercial alternator has

38.The regulation of an alternator is

39.Turbo rotor is made up of

42.Alternators are usually designed to generate

43.In air-crafts, alternators have operating frequency of

44.Steam-turbo-alternator are much smaller in size that water-turbine-alternator

45.The regulation of an alternator is likely to be negative in case of

47.Where the terminal voltage of an alternator falls on throwing of the load, it

49.In an alternator, the stator frame serves

51.In alternators the standard practice, now a days is to have

52.The standard practice, now a days in alternators is to have

54.Alternator are usually designed to

55.Salient pole rotors are used where

56.Zero power factor method for an alternator is generally used to determine

58.The fictitious part of synchronous reactance takes cares of

59.In case of turbo-alternator the rotor is usually made of

60.Voltage regulation obtained by synchronous impedance method is

62.In huge alternators the moving part is

63.In an alternator, when the load power factor is unity

64.The maximum current that can be supplied by an alternator depends on

65.Damper winding on alternator results in all the following except

68.Hydrogen is used in large alternators mainly to

71.In a cylindrical rotor how much portion of the rotor is wound?

75.In an alternator the armature reaction is mainly influence by

76.In a large generator, dampers

77.Dirt accumulation in generators can cause

78.The speed of an alternator is changed from 3000rpm to 1500rpm. The

79.In an alternator short pitch coils are used

80.An exciter is a nothing but a

81.In power generating stations (Thermal stations) usual number of poles

83.Salient pole type rotors as compared to cylindrical pole type are

84.Overheating of generator's winding

85.Which of the following is a prime mover?

86.The slip rings employed in a three-phase alternators in hydro-station are

87.The advantage of salient poles in an alternator is

88.The dark and bright lamp method is used for

90.In an alternator, pitch factor is the ratio of the emf of

91.When a three-phase alternator supplies capacitive load, armature reaction flux