Past Board Exam Questions in DC Machines 8.

REE Board Exam April 1997

The armature of a shunt generator has 0.05 ohm
DC GENERATORS effective resistance. Each brush has an effective
1. REE Board Exam March 1998 resistance of 0.01 ohm. The terminal voltage is
A four-pole, DC generator with lap winding has 48 100 volts while the current is 40 amperes. What is
slots and 4 elements per slot. How many coils its efficiency?
does it have? A. 95.15% C. 97.30%
A. 48 C. 192 B. 97.65% D. 96.52%
B. 384 D. 96
9. REE Board Exam October 1996, April 1997
2. REE Board Exam October 1996 A DC generator has no-load output voltage of 120
If the armature of an eight-pole machine were volts. Its armature circuit resistance is 0.95 ohm
wound with a simplex wave winding, how many and its field coils are separately energized. If the
parallel paths would there be? load is rated 2 kW at 115 V. Neglecting the effect
A. 16 paths C. 2 paths of armature reaction, what power could be
B. 8 paths D. 4 paths delivered to the load?
A. 1,518 W C. 1,670 W
3. REE Board Exam October 1998 B. 2,180 W D. 2,000 W
A 4-pole DC generator with duplex lap winding
has 48 slots and four elements per slot. The flux 10. EE Board Exam April 1992
per pole is 2.5 x 106 Maxwell and it runs at 1500 A compound dynamo supplies a load of 20 kW at
rpm. What is the output voltage? 400 V through a feeder having a resistance equal
A. 60 V C. 225 V to 0.1 ohm. The shunt and series resistances are
B. 360 V D. 120 V 85 ohms and 0.06 ohm respectively. Determine
the total electromagnetic force when the
4. REE Board Exam October 1996 generator is connected long shunt. Assume a
A shunt generator supplies a load of 5,500 kW, brush contact drop of 1 V per brush and an
220 volts, shunt generator in the FEU laboratory armature resistance of 0.1 ohm.
is 232 volts and rated load voltage is 220 volts. A. 418.34 V C. 415.76 V
The armature resistance including brushes is B. 412.50 V D. 421.44 V
0.026 ohm and the resistance of the shunt field
resistance is 52 ohms. What is the induced 11. EE Board Exam April 1992
electromagnetic force at rated load? A compound dynamo supplies a load of 20 kW at
A. 221.36 V C. 224.56 V 400 V through a feeder having a resistance equal
B. 226.02 V D. 227.05 V to 0.1 ohm. The shunt and series field resistances
are 85 ohms and 0.06 ohm respectively.
5. EE Board Exam April 1984, April 1997, October Determine the total electromotive force when the
1989 generator is connected short-shunt. Assume a
The field current of a 180 kW, 250 volts DC shunt brush contact drop of 1 V per brush and an
generator is 6 A when running full-load at rated armature resistance of 0.1 ohm.
terminal voltage. If the combined armature and A. 415.48 V C. 416.23 V
brush resistance is 0.02 ohm, solve for the B. 411.42 V D. 412.42 V
mechanical efficiency of the generator.
A. 92.13% C. 93.73% 12. EE Board Exam April 1993
B. 94.05% D. 91.87% Two shunt DC generators G1 and G2 are rated at
100 and 150 kW at 110 V respectively. Their
6. EE Board Exam June 1990 external load characteristics may be considered
The field circuit of a 200,000 watt, 230-V shunt as straight line. The drop in the terminal voltage
generator is 6 A when running full load at rated from no-load to full-load is 10 volts for G1 and 20
terminal voltage. If the combined brush and volts for G2. Calculate the no-load voltages of
armature resistance is 0.03 ohm, solve for the these generators when they are operated in
electrical efficiency of the generator. parallel to supply a load of 2000 A, which is
A. 85.34% C. 88.91% divided between them in proportion to their range.
B. 89.14% D. 87.82% A. G1 = 123.7 V, G2 = 133.7 V
B. G1 = 123.7 V, G2 = 131.7 V
7. EE Board Exam October 1980 C. G1 = 121.7 V, G2 = 133.7 V
The field current of a 100 kW, 250-volt shunt D. G1 = 121.7 V, G2 = 131.7 V
generator is 5 amperes when delivering power at
rated terminal voltage and rated load current. The 13. REE Board Exam October 1998
combined armature and brush resistance is 0.01 A piece of conductor 10 cm long moves across a
ohm. Determine the efficiency of the generator. magnetic field of 10,000 gauss at a velocity of
A. 97.2% C. 98.2% 120 cm/sec. What voltage appears across the
B. 94.3% D. 94.7% conductor?
 A. 0.24 V C. 0.12 V shunt field circuit is 240 ohms and the total
B. 60 V D. 120 V armature circuit resistance is 0.15 ohm. Calculate
the speed regulation of the motor.
14. REE Board Exam October 1998 A. 4.07% C. 5.25%
One of those listed is not of dc generator winding. B. 4.89% D. 5.18%
A. drum C. gramme-ring
B. progressive D. lap 22. EE Board Exam April 1990
A belt-driven 150 kW shunt wound DC generator
15. REE Board Exam October 1998 is running at 450 rpm and is supplying full-load to
What is the solution to reduce rotor friction to a a bus bar at 240 V. At what speed will it run if the
large generator? belt breaks and the machine continues to run
A. use sulfur hexafluoride gas in rotor chamber taking 8.5 kW from the bus bar? The armature
B. use hydrogen gas in the rotor chamber and field resistance are 0.05 ohm and 85 ohms
C. use lubricating oil in the rotor chamber respectively. The brush contact drop is 1.5 V per
D. apply vacuum in the rotor chamber brush. Neglect armature reaction.
A. 395 rpm C. 402 rpm
16. EE Board Exam April 1995 B. 388 rpm D. 358 rpm
Interpoles are connected in ____ with the
armature and compensating windings are 23. EE Board Exam October 1990
connected in ____ with the armature. A DC shunt motor has a full load rating of 15 hp,
A. shunt, shunt C. series, shunt 230 volts, 57.1 amperes, 1400 rpm. The armature
B. shunt, series D. series, series circuit resistance is 0.13 ohm and the field circuit
resistance is 115 ohms. Neglecting the effect of
17. EE Board Exam April 1994 armature reaction, determine the no-load speed.
The generator’s ripples in the dc emf generated A. 1392 rpm C. 1441 rpm
are reduced by using B. 1264 rpm D. 1380 rpm
A. equalizer ring
B. commutator with large number of segments 24. EE Board Exam October 1990
C. quality carbon brushes The nameplate rating of a shunt motor is 150 hp,
D. all of these 600 volts, 205 A, 1700 rpm. The resistance of the
shunt field circuit is 240 ohms and the total
Unsolved problems armature circuit resistance is 0.15 ohm. If the
18. REE Board Exam April 2001 motor is to be deliver full-load torque at 1,200
The difference between the front pitch and the rpm, what value of resistance must be added to
back pitch of a retrogressive lap winding is 2. If the armature circuit?
the front pitch is 21, what is the back pitch? A. 0.833 ohm C. 0.827 ohm
A. 19 C. 21 B. 0.802 ohm D. 0.862 ohm
B. 23 D. 21.5
25. EE Board Exam April 1985
19. REE Board Exam October 2000 A 10-hp power 220 V DC shunt motor has an
A four-pole dc generator has an armature armature and field resistance of 0.25 ohm and
containing 4 elements per slot and 48 slots per 100 ohms respectively. The full-load efficiency is
pole. The armature is simplex lap-wound. The 83%. Determine the value of starting resistance in
flux per pole is 2,500,000 Maxwell and the speed order that the starting current will not exceed 200
of the armature is 1500 rpm. Calculate the total percent of full-load value.
voltage generated in the armature? A. 2.88 ohms C. 2.15 ohms
A. 120 V C. 960 V B. 2.59 ohms D. 2.45 ohms
B. 480 V D. 240 V
26. REE Board Exam October 1998
DC MOTORS The shaft power of a shunt motor is 7.8 hp. It
20. EE Board Exam October 1990 draws 50 A from 120 V. The field winding draws
A DC shunt has a full load rating of 15 hp, 230 1.2 A. What is the efficiency of the motor?
volts, 57.1 amperes, 1400 rpm. The armature A. 94.7% C. 96.9%
circuit resistance is 0.13 ohm and the field circuit B. 93% D. 98.2%
resistance is 115 ohms. Neglecting the effect of
armature reaction, determine the no-load line 27. REE Board Exam March 1998
current. A certain shunt motor has an armature resistance
A. 6.74 A C. 7.45 of 0.05 ohm. It draws 50 A at a terminal voltage of
B. 5.62 A D. 8.64 A 120 V. Assume other miscellaneous losses at
1%. Determine the output horsepower of the
21. EE Board Exam October 1990 motor.
The nameplate rating of a shunt motor is 150 hp, A. 8.5 hp C. 6.8 hp
600 volts, 205 A, 1700 rpm. The resistance of the B. 7.1 hp D. 7.8 hp
 34. EE Board Exam October 1993
28. EE Board Exam October 1990 Calculate the force that will be exerted on the
A shunt motor, which has a field resistance of 220 scale in a prony brake test when a 20 HP, 1,400
ohms and an armature resistance of 0.8 ohm rpm motor is operating at full-load. The length of
takes 26 A from a 260 V supply when running at the brake arm is 3 ft and the tare weight of the
500 rpm on full load. In order to control the speed brake is 3.75 lbs.
of the motor a 1.2-ohm resistor is connected in A. 26.86 lbs C. 28.76 lbs
series with the armature. Calculate the speed at B. 62.76 lbs7 D. none of these
which the motor will run when supplying full load
torque. 35. EE Board Exam April 1990
A. 438 rpm C. 424 rpm The armature of a DC motor has 648 conductors,
B. 445 rpm D. 472 rpm 65% of which are directly under the pole shoes
where the flux density is 48,000 lines per square
29. EE Board Exam October 1992 inch. If the core diameter is 7 inches and its
The input and output powers of a 220 V, shunt length 4 inches and the current in each conductor
motor are 30 and 28 kW respectively. The field is 20 amperes, calculate the torque exerted by
and armature circuit resistances are 40 ohms and the armature.
0.0125 ohm respectively. Determine the A. 41.7 lb-ft C. 78.2 lb-ft
efficiency of the motor if the output power is B. 34.7 lb-ft D. 56.1 lb-ft
reduced to 10 kW.
A. 83.56% C. 84.93% 36. REE Board Exam April 1997
B. 88.67% D. 86.48% A 20-hp, 110 V DC shunt motor has an efficiency
of 88% and the exciting current of 4 amperes and
30. EE Board Exam April 1988 an armature resistance of 0.04 ohm. What
The pony brake test of an elevator door drive starting resistance is required for full-load torque?
shunt motor, the ammeter and voltmeter A. 0.98 ohm C. 0.95 ohm
measuring the input read 34 A and 220 V. The B. 0.94 ohm D. 0.69 ohm
speed of the motor is found to be 910 rpm and
the balance on a 2 ft brake arm read 27.2 37. EE Board Exam April 1989
pounds. The tare weight of the arm is found to be A shunt motor was tested by means of a prony-
positive 2.3 pounds. Determine the efficiency of brake having a length of arm of 3.5 feet and a
the motor at this load. tare weight 3.7 pounds. The current drawn by the
A. 87.03% C. 84.45% machine from a 240-volts line was 50.9 amperes
B. 86.05% D. 88.32% when the scale reading on the brake was 24.0
pounds and the speed of the motor was 1,103
31. EE Board Exam October 1986 rpm. The resistance of the armature including the
In a brake test of an elevator door motor, the brushes is 0.28 ohm and that of the shunt field is
ammeter and voltmeter measuring the input read 265.5 ohm. (Assume 2-volts drop across the
34 A at 220 V. The speed of the motor is found to brushes). Calculate the efficiency under the
be 910 rpm and the balanced on a 0.61 m brake consideration of the test.
arm reads 11.9 kg. The dead weight of the arm is A. 89.41% C. 85.91%
found to be 1.09 kg. What is the output hp of the B. 91.11% D. 94.73%
door motor?
A. 9.40 hp C. 8.26 hp 38. EE Board Exam April 1992
B. 10.38 hp D. 9.58 hp The DC motor armature whose speed is to be
controlled by Ward-Leonard system is fed by
32. EE Board Exam October 1993 A. 3-phase motor
Calculate the force that will be exerted on the B. DC generator
scale in a pony brake test when a 20-hp, 1,400 C. Rectifier
rpm motor is operating at full load. The length of D. DC supply in parallel with the rheostat
the brake arm is 3 ft and the tare weight of the
brake is 3.75 lbs. 39. REE Board Exam September 2000
A. 30.45 lbs C. 21.54 lbs What dc motor over-speeds at light loads?
B. 28.76 lbs D. 36.33 lbs A. series motor
B. shunt motor
33. REE Board Exam October 1998, October 2000 C. cumulative compound generator
The pulley of an old gen-set has a diameter of 20 D. differential compound generator
inches. The belt exerts a pull of 353 lbs on a
pulley. The gen-set runs at 900 rpm. What is the 40. REE Board Exam April 1997
approximate rating of the gen-set? DC motor starters are used for the following
A. 75 C. 250 functions EXCEPT one. Which one is this?
B. 200 D. 38 A. control the speed of the motor
B. start large DC motors
 C. limit the starting current of the motor 49.
D. prevent large voltage drop during starting A. C.
B. D.
41. REE Board Exam October 1997
If you try to start a DC compound motor the shunt 50.
field of which is open, what would happen? A. C.
A. it will overspeed B. D.
B. the direction of rotation will reverse
C. the fuse will blow 51.
D. it will not start A. C.
B. D.
42. EE Board Exam October 1994
The speed of a series motor at no load is 52.
A. 3,600 rpm C. 300 rpm A. C.
B. infinity D. zero B. D.

43. EE Board Exam April 1994 53.

The armature of a dc shunt motor is laminated to A. C.
reduce the B. D.
A. inductivity of the armature
B. hysteresis loss 54.
C. mass of the armature A. C.
D. eddy-current loss B. D.

44. EE Board Exam April 1994 55.

A dc series motor is started without load the effect A. C.
is a rapid increase in B. D.
A. current drawn C. speed
B. its emf D. torque 56.
A. C.
45. EE Board Exam April 1994 B. D.
The rotation of a direct current motor may be
reversed by 57.
A. reversing the line connection to the motor A. C.
B. reversing either the armature or field B. D.
C. reversing both the armature and field
connection 58.
D. shifting the brushes opposite to the direction A. C.
in which the motor is rotating B. D.

Unsolved problems 59.

46. REE Board Exam April 2002 A. C.
A certain shunt motor armature has a resistance B. D.
of 0.70 ohm and current of 50 amperes at 120
volts. Determine the counteremf. 60.
A. 108.5 V C. 112.2 V A. C.
B. 116.5 V D. 118.3 V B. D.

47. REE Board Exam April 2001 61.

A DC shunt motor develops 15 hp at 120 V. The A. C.
armature efficiency is 95%. What is the armature B. D.
effective resistance?
A. 0.10 ohm C. 0.08 ohm 62.
B. 0.06 ohm D. 0.60 ohm A. C.
B. D.
48. REE Board Exam April 2001
A DC shunt motor develops 15 hp at 120 V. If the 63.
effective armature resistance is 0.001 ohm and A. C.
the field winding draws 2 amperes, what is the B. D.
overall efficiency?
A. 90% C. 95%
B. 93% D. 94%