PE 50 MCQs
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21. The single phase mid-point type cycloconverter uses __________ number of SCRs.
A. 4
B. 8
C. 6
D. none of the mentioned
22. The single phase bridge type cycloconverter uses __________ number of SCRs.
A. 4
B. 8
C. 6
D. none of the mentioned
23. In the integral cycle control method of ac voltage controller
A. the average power delivered to the load is controlled
B. the instantaneous power delivered to the load is controlled
C. the frequency of output voltage is controlled
D. none of the mentioned
Ans: A
24. In the integral cycle control of ac voltage controller, is the load is on for n cycles and
off for m cycles, then the periodicity is given by? Consider the output is sinusoidal.
A. m/2π(m+n)
B. n/2π(m+n)
C. m/π(m+n)
D. n/π(m+n)
Ans: B
25. Pulse gating is suitable for
A. R loads only
B. R and RL loads
C. RL loads only
D. all types of loads
Ans: A
26. The McMurray bed ford Inverter circuit is a
A. commutation circuit
B. force commutated VSI
C. self-commutated VSI
D. none of the mentioned
Ans: B
27. Forced commutation requires
A. a precharged inductor
B. a precharged capacitor
C. an overdamped RLC load
D. a very high frequency ac source
Ans: B
28. The number of diodes, SCRs and other components in full-bridge inverter McMurray
inverter is ____________ of those in half-bridge McMurray inverter.
A. same
B. double
C. three times
D. none of the mentioned
Ans: B
29. How many diodes are there in total in the single-phase, modified McMurray full-
bridge inverter?
A. 4
B. 6
C. 8
D. 10
Ans: C
30. The McMurray-Bedford half-bridge inverter requires
A. 4 SCRs, 2 diodes, 2 capacitors and 2 inductors
B. 4 SCRs, 4 diodes, 2 capacitors and 2 inductors
C. 2 SCRs, 4 diodes, 2 capacitors and 1 inductor
D. 2 SCRs, 2 diodes, 2 capacitors and 2 inductors
Ans: D
31. In voltage fed thyristor inverters __________ commutation is required.
A. load
B. forced
C. self
D. any commutation technique can be used
Ans: B
32. The principle of three phase cycloconverter is to
A. add and remove number of SCRs
B. vary progressively the firing angle of the devices
C. keep the firing angle as 0° for all the devices
D. none of the mentioned
Ans: B
33. In a three phase half-wave cycloconverter ___________
A. both inverting and converting action takes place
B. only inversion action takes place
C. only converting action takes place
D. none of the mentioned
Ans: A
34. In the MPM method, the comparator is given _______ and _______ types of waveform
at its input.
A. square, sine
B. square, quasi-square
C. sine, triangular
D. square, triangular
Ans: D
35. In the sinusoidal pulse width modulation, __________ is the carrier wave signal.
A. square wave
B. triangular wave
C. sinusoidal wave
D. quasi-square wave
Ans: B
37. In the sinusoidal pulse width modulation, ____________ is the reference wave signal.
A. square wave
B. triangular wave
C. sinusoidal wave
D. quasi-square wave
Ans: C
38. By controlling the modulation index (MI), __________ can be controlled.
A. gain
B. output frequency
C. harmonic content of the output voltage
D. cosine component of the output voltage
Ans: C
39. Line-commutated inverters have
A. AC on the supply side and DC on the load side
B. AC on both supply and load side
C. DC on both supply and load side
D. DC on the supply side and AC on the load side
Ans: B
40. VSIs using IGBTs are turned off by
A. load commutation
B. line commutation
C. applying a negative gate pulse
D. removing the base signal
Ans: D
41. __________ based inverters do not require self-commutation.
A. IGBT
B. GTO
C. PMOSFET
D. SCR
Ans: D
42. Single phase half bridge inverters requires
A. two wire ac supply
B. two wire dc supply
C. three wire ac supply
D. three wire dc supply
Ans: D
43. In a single-phase half wave inverter ________ SCR(s) are/is gated at a time.
A. one
B. two
C. three
D. none of the mentioned
Ans: A
44. For a step-up/step-down chopper, if the duty cycle > 0.5 then
A. Vo = Vs
B. Vo < Vs
C. Vo > Vs
D. None of the mentioned
Ans: C
45. For a step-up/step-down chopper, if α (duty cycle) = 0.5 then
A. Vo = Vs
B. Vo < Vs
C. Vo > Vs
D. none of the mentioned
Ans: A
46. The expression for a step-up/step-down chopper with α as the duty cycle and Vs as
the dc input voltage is
A. Vs/1 – α
B. α x Vs
C. Vs (α/1-α)
D. Vs (α/1+α)
Ans: C
47. In a type C chopper, if only one switch is operated
A. only one quadrant operation will be obtained
B. two quadrant operation can be obtained
C. the chopper won’t work
D. none of the mentioned
Ans: A
48. Which type of commutation circuit does not work on no load?
A. Voltage commutation
B. Current commutation
C. Both voltage and current commutation
D. None of the mentioned
Ans: A
49. The minimum value of anode current below which it must fall to completely turn-off
the device is called as the
A. holding current value
B. latching current value
C. switching current value
D. peak anode current value
Ans: A
50. The latching current is _________ than the holding current
A. lower
B. higher
C. same as
D. negative of
Ans: B