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Electrical installation artisan level 4
ENG/OS/EI/CC/03/4/A
Apply Electrical Principles
July/August 2023
Time: 2 Hours
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TVET CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT, ASSESSMENT AND CERTIFICATION
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WRITTEN ASSESSMENT
INSTRUCTIONS TO CANDIDATES
1. This paper has two sections: A and B.
2. You are provided with a separate answer booklet.
3. Marks for each question are as indicated.
4. Do not write on the question paper.
5. Answer the questions in English.
This paper consists of five (5) printed page.
Candidate should check the question paper to ascertain that all the pages are printed as
indicated and that no questions are missing.
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SECTION A: (10 MARKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section. Each question is 1 mark
1. The SI unit for electrical power is……......
A. Volts
B. Joules
C. Watts
D. Ohms
2. The following statements are true about a series-wound D.C motor. Which one is not?
A. The speed decreases with increase of resistance in the armature circuit
B. The speed can be controlled by a shunt field regulator
C. The speed increases as the flux decreases
D. The speed can be controlled by a diverter
3. According to Ohm's Law, if the resistance of a circuit is increased, what happens to the current?
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A. It increases
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B. It decreases
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C. It remains the same
D. It depends on the voltage
4. Electric field is measured in …….
A. Coulombs
B. Volts per metre
C. Tesla
D. Gauss
5. In a TT earthing system, the earth electrode is connected to:
A. The neutral point of the electrical supply
B. The metallic parts of electrical equipment
C. A separate earth grid or ground electrode
D. The protective earth conductor
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6. When a dielectric material is inserted between the plates of a capacitor, what happens to the
capacitance?
A. It increases
B. It decreases
C. It remains the same
D. It depends on the dielectric material
7. In a single-phase induction motor, the rotating magnetic field is typically produced by:
A. A single-phase power supply
B. A three-phase power supply
C. The rotor windings
D. The stator windings
8. The process of using electromagnetic induction to produce a voltage in one coil by varying the
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A. Self-induction
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B. Mutual induction
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C. Magnetic induction
D. Electromagnetic conversion
9. The power factor in an AC circuit is defined as the ratio of:
A. Real power to apparent power
B. Real power to reactive power
C. Reactive power to apparent power
D. Real power to power factor correction
10. A clamp-on ground resistance tester is used for measuring the resistance of an earthing system
without:
A. Disconnecting the earthing system from the ground
B. Applying a test current to the system
C. Making physical contact with the ground electrodes
D. Using an external power source
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SECTION B: (40 MARKS)
Answer ALL questions in this section
11. Define the following terms as used in basic electrical quantities and state their SI units:
i. Charge
ii. Electric current
iii. Conductance (6 Marks)
12. Identify any two methods used to achieve the earthing of an installation (2 Marks)
13. State Kirchhoff’s Laws. (4marks)
14. What two reasons as to why we use symbols in a circuit diagram? (2 Marks)
15. A coil having a resistance of 10Ω and an inductance of 75 mH is connected in series with a 40µF
capacitor across a 200 V a.c. supply. Determine at what frequency that resonance occurs.
(2 Marks
16. Differentiate between a motor and a generator. om (2 Marks)
17. State three power losses in a transformer on load. ( 3 Marks)
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18. A 5 kVA single-phase transformer has a turn’s ratio of 10:1 and is fed from a 2.5 kV supply.
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Neglecting losses, determine the full load secondary current. (5 Marks)
19. Figure 1 shows a d.c electric circuit.
C1 C2
Fig. 1
(i) Derive the expression for the total capacitance;
(ii) If the capacitance C1 is 20𝜇𝐹 and the total capacitance is 12 𝜇𝐹. Determine the
value of capacitor C2. (6 marks)
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20. Define the following terms as used in electrostatics:
i. Electric flux density;
ii. Relative permittivity.
(4 Marks)
21. Outline four factors that affect force on the current-carrying conductor in a magnetic field.
(4 Marks)
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