In load flow studies of a power system, a slack bus is specified by
a) Voltage Magnitude and Real power
b) Voltage Magnitude and Phase angle
c) Active and Reactive power
d) Active power and phase angle
In a load flow study a PV bus is treated as a PQ bus when
a) Voltage limit is violated
b) Active power limit is violated
c) Phase angle is high
d) Reactive power limit is violated
The most applicable iteration technique for load flow analysis in central power system control
(SCADA)
a) Fast decoupled
b) Newton-Raphson
c) Guess-Seidel
d) All of the above
Which combination of the faults are the most severe one and frequently occurred one
a) Double line fault and Single line fault
b) Three phase fault and Double line fault
c) Three phase fault and Single line fault
d) Double line fault and Double line to ground fault
Short circuit interrupting capacity rating of circuit breaker is defined as the product of
_________ voltage and __________ current:
a) Rated, Rated
b) Short circuit, Rated
c) Short circuit, Short circuit
d) Rated, Short circuit
Equal area criterion for transient stability is applicable to:
a) Single machine connected to infinite bus
b) Two machines connected to infinite bus
c) Multi machine system connected to infinite bus
d) All of these
The critical clearing time of a fault is power system is related to
a) Reactive power limit
b) Short circuit limit
c) Steady-state stability limit
d) Transient stability limit
High-voltage transmission lines uses
a) Suspension insulators
b) Pin insulators
c) Shackle insulator
d) None of the above
The skin effect in a conductor results in
a) Increases in its DC resistance
b) Decrease in its AC resistance
c) Increase in its AC resistance
d) Decrease in its DC resistance
The phenomena of rise in voltage at the receiving end compared to sending end during light
loading or open circuited condition is called
a) Skin effect
b) Ferranti effect
c) Proximity effect
d) Flash over
Reserve 1
In aluminum conductors steel core is provided to
a) compensate for skin effect
b) neutralize proximity effect
c) Reduce line inductance
d) Increase the tensile strength
The over voltage surges in power systems can be caused by
a) Lightning
b) Resonance
c) Switching
d) All of the above
In case the characteristic impedance of a transmission line is equal to the load impedance
a) The system will resonate badly
b) All the energy sent will be absorbed by the load
c) All the energy sent will pass to the earth
d) All the energy will be lost in transmission line as transmission losses
Transient disturbances are caused by
a) Sudden load changes
b) Switching operations
c) Fault in the power system
d) All of the above
In a load flow analysis of a power system, the load connected at a bus is represented as
a) Constant current drawn from the bus
b) Constant impedance connected at the bus
c) Voltage and frequency dependent sources at the boss
d) Constant real and reactive power drawn from the bus
Which of the following is a sparse matrix:
a) Z bus matrix
b) Y bus matrix
c) Both of Z bus and Y bus matrix
d) None of the above
In load flow studies of a power system, a voltage control bus is specified by
a) Real power and reactive power
b) Reactive power and voltage magnitude
c) Voltage and voltage phase angle
d) Real power and voltage magnitude
In power system, the maximum number of buses are
a) Generator buses
b) Load buses
c) Slack buses
d) P-V buses
Overhead ground (shield) wires are used to protect a transmission line against
a) Line to ground faults
b) Arcing earths
c) Voltage surges due to direct lightning stroke
d) High-voltage oscillations due to switching
The transient stability limit of a power system can be appreciably increased by introducing
a) Series inductance
b) Shunt inductance
c) Series capacitance
d) Shunt capacitance
Reserve 2
Which of the following factors should be considered in the design of a transmission line against
lightning with ground wire?
a) Mechanical strength of ground wire
b) Clearance between line conductor and ground wire
c) Clearance between the line conductor and earth
d) All of the above
Surge impedance of values for cables are
a) Higher than those of overhead lines
b) Lower than those of overhead lines
c) Of the same order as those of overhead lines
d) None of the above
.............. Are used to provide compensation at the receiving end of a transmission line so as to
improve its voltage profile
a) Condensers
b) Resistors
c) Reactors
d) Condensers, resistors or reactors
Shunt compensation in an EHV line is used to improve
a) Stability and fault level
b) Fault level and voltage profile
c) Voltage profile and stability
d) Stability, fault level and voltage profile
Series capacitor is used in a transmission line to
a) Compensate the voltage drop
b) Reduce line losses
c) Limit short-circuits current
d) Improve load power factor
The best location for use of a booster transformer in a transmission line is
a) At the sending end
b) At the receiving end
c) At the intermediate point
d) Anywhere in the line
The conductors are bundled primarily to
a) Increase reactance
b) Reduce reactance
c) Reduce radio interference
d) None of the above
Zero sequence impedance of the transmission line is
a) equal to the positive sequence impedance of the line
b) About 2.5 to 3 times the positive sequence impedance of the line
c) Less than positive sequence impedance of the line
d) none of the above
