1. The size of the earth or ground wire is based on the:
a) maximum fault current carrying through the ground wire
b) rated current carrying capacity of the service line
c) depends on the soil resistance
d) both (a) and (c)
2. Earth wire or ground wire is made of:
a) copper
b) aluminium
c) iron
d) galvanized steel
3. Average resistance of human body is:
a) 500 ohms
b) 1000 ohms
c) 1500 ohms
d) 2000 ohms
4. Generally grounding is provided for:
a) only for the safety of the equipment
b) only for the safety of the operating personnel
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of the above
5. Ground resistance should be designed such that:
a) grounding resistance should be as low as possible
b) grounding resistance should be as high as possible
c) grounding resistance should be always zero
d) none of the above
6. For an EHV equipment for maintenance first it should be isolated and connected to ground because:
a) to provide low impedance
b) to discharge the charging capacitance to ground
c) protection for operating personnel
d) both (b) and (c)
7. When earth fault occurs:
a) voltage potential at the earth mat increases due to grounding
b) voltage potential at the earth mat decreases due to grounding
c) voltage potential at the earth mat remains zero irrespective of fault
d) none of the above
8. The objective of earthing or grounding is:
a) to provide as low resistance possible to the ground
b) to provide as high resistance possible to the ground
c) to provide flow of positive, negative and zero sequence currents
d) none of the above
9. Moisture content in the soil __ the earth soil resistance:
a) increase
b) decrease
c) does not affect
d) none of the above
10. Factors on which soil resistance depends:
a) depth of the electrode
b) moisture
c) Nacl
d) all the above
a) maximum fault current carrying through the ground wire
b) rated current carrying capacity of the service line
c) depends on the soil resistance
d) both (a) and (c)
2. Earth wire or ground wire is made of:
a) copper
b) aluminium
c) iron
d) galvanized steel
3. Average resistance of human body is:
a) 500 ohms
b) 1000 ohms
c) 1500 ohms
d) 2000 ohms
4. Generally grounding is provided for:
a) only for the safety of the equipment
b) only for the safety of the operating personnel
c) both (a) and (b)
d) none of the above
5. Ground resistance should be designed such that:
a) grounding resistance should be as low as possible
b) grounding resistance should be as high as possible
c) grounding resistance should be always zero
d) none of the above
6. For an EHV equipment for maintenance first it should be isolated and connected to ground because:
a) to provide low impedance
b) to discharge the charging capacitance to ground
c) protection for operating personnel
d) both (b) and (c)
7. When earth fault occurs:
a) voltage potential at the earth mat increases due to grounding
b) voltage potential at the earth mat decreases due to grounding
c) voltage potential at the earth mat remains zero irrespective of fault
d) none of the above
8. The objective of earthing or grounding is:
a) to provide as low resistance possible to the ground
b) to provide as high resistance possible to the ground
c) to provide flow of positive, negative and zero sequence currents
d) none of the above
9. Moisture content in the soil __ the earth soil resistance:
a) increase
b) decrease
c) does not affect
d) none of the above
10. Factors on which soil resistance depends:
a) depth of the electrode
b) moisture
c) Nacl
d) all the above
