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Instructor Manual

Test Unit

Basic Electricity 2
Theory

No: EE 005
 Test Unit

Basic Electricity 2

Theoretical Part

No.: EE 005

Edition: 2008
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 EE 005
Basic Training Electricity 2

Theoretical Test

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 BASIC TRAINING ELECTRICITY 2
TEST 1

1. Name the two basic circuits for loads connected to a voltage source.

2. Name the circuit in which the same voltage is applied across all of the loads, and draw
a schematic diagram of a circuit.

3. Five resistances are connected as shown in the diagram below.

The total voltage U is 210 V.
Calculate the partial voltages across R1, R2 and R3/4/5.

4. State the symbols and the appropriate units for force distance and work.

5. A television set has a power consumption of 160 W. The monthly electricity cost is:
0,432 $/month. The tariff is 0,90 $/kWh. Calculate the average daily time during which
the set is switched on (1 month = 30 days).

* $ may be substituted by the unit of local currency.

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6. State the five effects of an electric current and give one example of each.

7. State what is meant by the term “quantity of heat” and give the symbol and unit.

8. A 110 V electrical appliance is operated from the 220 V mains with a series resistance.
At a current of 2 A the voltage drop across this resistance is 110 V. Calculate the
quantity of heat in kWh developed per hour by the resistance.

9. Name three uses of electrolysis.

10. What measures are employed to prevent polarization in zinc-carbon battery?

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 BASIC TRAINING ELECTRICITY 2
TEST 2

1. State the special features of a series circuit.

2. Two resistances R1 = 21 Ω, R2 = 126 Ω are connected in parallel. Calculate the total

resistance.

3. Five resistances are connected as shown in the diagram below. The total voltage is
210 V. Calculate the partial currents I1, I2, I3, I4, I5 and the total current I.

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4. Give another expression for “work per unit time”.

5. A hot-air fan has a power of 2.2 kW at a voltage of 220 V. Calculate the power in kW if
the voltage falls to 176 V.

6. The power of a hot-plate is to be measured with a meter and a clock. The

measurement shows that the meter disc makes g revolutions per minute when the hot-
plate is switched on. The meter constant kZ, is given on the rating plate (600
revs/kWh). Calculate the power consumed.

7. State the “corkscrew rule”.

8. Name three parameters which determine the quantity of heat required to heat up a
substance by electricity.

9. An immersion heater representing a connected load of 500 w is to be used to heat up

one litre of water from 20°C to boiling point. The efficiency is 95 %. Calculate the time
in minutes and seconds required to heat the water (c for water = 4187 x J/kg x °C).

10. Explain the meaning of the term “electrolyte”, giving two examples.

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 BASIC TRAINING ELECTRICITY 2
TEST 3

1. State the special features of a parallel circuit.

2. State Kirchhoff's Second Law (series connection).

3. Five resistances are connected as shown in the diagram. The current I is 1.5 A.
Calculate the total applied voltage.

4. A pump with a power of 1 kW lifts water continuously to a height of 15 m. Calculate the

delivery rate in litres per minute (1 litre = 10 N) (neglect all losses).

5. State the “right-hand rule” (coil rule).

6. Give the conversion factor for converting the “Calorie” to “Joule".

7. Define the term „specific heat“.

8. Two litres of water are to be heated from 15°C to boiling point.

Efficiency is 79 %. Calculate the amount of electrical energy required in kWh (c for
water = 4187 x J/kg°C; two litres of water have a mass of 2 kg).

9. State Faraday's Law.

10. State what is meant by the term “accumulator“.

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 BASIC TRAINING ELECTRICITY 2
TEST 4

1. Name the circuit in which the same current flows through all the loads.

2. Two resistances R1 = 4Ω, R2 = 8Ω are connected in parallel. What is the total

resistance?

3. State Kirchhoff‘s First Law.

4. The motor of a fork-lift truck has a power of 20 kW. Calculate the time in seconds
required to raise a crate with a weight of 30 kN from the ground to a height of 2 m
(neglect all losses).

5. An electric motor consumes 2 kW of electric power. It is coupled to a water pump. The

efficiency of the motor is 80 %; that of the pump is 65 %. Calculate the power output of
the pump in kW.

6. Name the type of current employed in electrolysis.

7. State what is meant by “thermal efficiency”.

8. A water heater heats 6 litres of water from 10.5°C to 75°C in 15 minutes. The
efficiency is 90 %. Calculate the power consumed by the water - heater in kW (c for
water = 4187 x J/kg x °C).

9. Name the three types of carbon-zinc cell.

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 BASIC TRAINING ELECTRICITY 2
TEST 1
(Solution)

1. Series circuits, parallel circuits.

2. Diagram for parallel circuit.

3. The partial voltages are:

R1 = 60 V
R2 = 120 V
R3/4/5 = 30 V

4. The unit force, F = Newton (N).

The unit distance, s = metre (m).
The unit of work, W = Joule (J).

5. 1 hour per day.

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6. Heating effect: electric iron
Lighting effect: fluorescent lamp
Magnetic effect: electric motors
Chemical effect: electro-plating
Physiological effect: electro-shock

7. Is the energy which is supplied to (heating) or withdrawn from a body (cooling) Symbol
Q; Joules (J)

8. 220 Wh = 0.22 kWh.

9. Galvanic coating, electro-plating and anodic treatment.

10. The zinc-carbon battery requires a material, manganese dioxide, which combines with
the hydrogen liberated at the carbon positive pole of the battery, thus preventing
polarization.

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 BASIC TRAINING ELECTRICITY 2
TEST 2
(Solution)

1. The same current flows through all the loads (consumers).

2. The total resistance = 18.

3. The total current = 16.45 A (2.1 A + 3.5 A + 4.2 A + 5.25 A + 1.4 A)

4. “Work per unit time” = power.

5. Power = 1.4 kW.

6. Power consumed = 0.8 kW.

7. If one pictures turning a corkscrew into the end of a conductor in the same direction as
the current flows, then the direction that one turns is the direction of the magnetic flux
lines.

8. The voltage (U), the current (I), the time (t) and efficiency (η) or Mass (m),

temperature rise (∆ϑ), specific heat (c).

9. 11.75 min. are required.

10. Electrolytes are diluted acid or alkali solutions and dissolved salts that conduct electric
current. Potassium hydroxide solution. Hydrochroric acid (in water).

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 BASIC TRAINING ELECTRICITY 2
TEST 3
(Solution)

1. The same voltage exists across all the loads (consumers).

2. In every closed circuit the sum of the produced voltage is equal to all of the voltages
consumed by the load.

3. The total applied voltage U = 147.9 V.

4. 400 litre/minute.

5. If one clasps the coil with the right hand so that the current enters at the wrist, leaving
at the finger-tips. The thumb will indicate the North Pole.

6. 1 cal = 4.187 J (4.2 J).

7. Specific heat is the amount of heat energy necessary to heat 1 kg of a given material.
The unit is J/kg°C.

8. Energy required = 0.25 kWh.

9. The separated mass of a material is proportional to the current and time.

10. Accumulators are electrolytic cells which, during charging, convert electrical energy
into chemical energy and during discharging convert chemical energy back to
electricity.

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 BASIC TRAINING ELECTRICITY 2
TEST 4
(Solution)

1. Series circuit.

2. The total resistance = 2.6 Ohms.

3. In every current branching point the sum of the incoming flow is equal to the sum of
the outgoing flow.

4. Time required = 3 seconds.

5. Power output for the motor = 1.04 kW.

6. Direct current.

7. Thermal efficiency is a numerical ratio of the total quantity of electrical energy

produced, QT, and total quantity of heat reaching the desired point QU.

8. Power consumed = 2 kW.

9. Wet cells; dry cells; paper lined cells.

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 KEY TO EVALUATION

PER CENT MARK

88 – 100 1

75 – 87 2

62 – 74 3

50 – 61 4

0 – 49 5

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