Question 1
What is the primary functional difference between a fuse and a circuit breaker?
Correct Answer:
Fuse conducts until it melts; breaker trips and can be reset.
Explanation:
The main idea is how each device stops current after an overload and whether it is reusable. A fuse carries current normally until a fault causes its thin metal element to heat up and melt, opening the circuit; once it has blown, it must be replaced. A circuit breaker detects the fault and trips to open the circuit, but it can be reset afterward by flipping the switch once the fault is cleared. So the fuse is sacrificial and single-use, while the breaker is resettable and reusable. That’s why the correct description is that a fuse conducts until it melts and must be replaced, whereas a breaker trips and can be reset.
Question 2
Period of a 25 Hz signal?
Correct Answer:
0.04 s
Explanation:
Frequency is how many cycles occur each second, and the period is the time for one cycle. The period T is the reciprocal of the frequency f, so T = 1/f. For 25 Hz, T = 1/25 seconds, which equals 0.04 s. So each cycle lasts 0.04 seconds. The other numbers would correspond to different frequencies (for example, 0.25 s is a cycle time for 4 Hz, 4 s for 0.25 Hz, and 0.4 s for 2.5 Hz), not for 25 Hz.
Question 3
The average voltage is what multiplied by the peak value of one alternation?
Correct Answer:
0.636 x peak
Explanation:
The average value of a full-wave rectified sine is 2/π times the peak, which is about 0.636 of the peak. If you take v(t) = Vp sin θ and find the average of its absolute value over a full cycle, you compute (1/2π) ∫0 to 2π |Vp sin θ| dθ. The integral of |sin θ| over a full cycle is 4, so the average becomes (Vp/(2π)) × 4 = 2Vp/π ≈ 0.636 Vp. So the correct description is that the average voltage is 0.636 times the peak value.
Question 4
What is the formula for three-phase apparent power in a balanced system?
Correct Answer:
S = √3 × V_LL × I_L
Explanation:
In a balanced three-phase system, the total apparent power is found by summing the per-phase powers. Each phase has a voltage of V_phase and current I_phase, and if the load is balanced, all three phases contribute equally: S = 3 V_phase I_phase. For a star (Y) connection, the phase voltage is V_phase = V_LL / √3, and the line current equals the phase current, I_phase = I_L. Substituting gives S = 3 (V_LL / √3) I_L = √3 V_LL I_L. So the three-phase apparent power is the product of the line-to-line voltage, the line current, and √3. The other options don’t match this relationship: using 3 × V_LL × I_L would be too large by a factor of √3, √2 × V_LL × I_L introduces an unnecessary √2 factor, and V_LL × I_L alone represents a single-phase power, not the total three-phase power.
Question 5
If an effective voltage is 100 VAC, what is the peak value?
Correct Answer:
141.4 V
Explanation:
In a sinusoidal AC waveform, the RMS (effective) voltage is the peak voltage divided by sqrt(2). So the peak value is the RMS voltage times sqrt(2). For 100 V RMS, the peak is 100 × sqrt(2) ≈ 141.4 V. This is the maximum instantaneous voltage of the waveform. 70.7 V would be the RMS value corresponding to a 100 V peak, not the peak for a 100 V RMS. 100 V would imply the peak and RMS are the same, which isn’t true for a sine wave. 200 V would mean the peak is double the RMS, which also doesn’t fit a sine relationship.
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