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MECHANICAL ENGINEERING MCQ

Fundamentals of IoT and Sensors

Electrical Actuators

Q1. A DC motor converts electrical energy into:
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Q2. Motor torque is produced by interaction of:
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Q3. Back emf in a DC motor opposes the:
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Q4. The commutator of a conventional DC motor provides:
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Q5. A shunt field winding is connected:
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Q6. The approximate speed relation of a DC motor is:
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Q7. A DC series motor must not run without load because it may:
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Q8. A starter is used in a DC motor mainly to limit:
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Q9. If flux is reduced in a shunt motor at constant load, speed generally:
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Q10. The SI unit of torque is:
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Q11. A 220 V motor has Ra=1 Ω and Ia=10 A. Neglect brush drop. Eb is:
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Q12. A motor produces 20 N·m at 100 rad/s. Mechanical power is:
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Q13. If armature current doubles at constant flux, torque:
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Q14. Below base speed, a common efficient control method is:
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Q15. A 240 V motor draws 5 A with Ra=2 Ω. Back emf is:
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Q16. Converted electromagnetic power in a DC motor is:
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Q17. A motor has Eb=200 V and Ia=15 A. Converted power is:
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Q18. A motor runs at 1000 rpm with flux Φ. If flux becomes 0.8Φ and Eb is constant, speed is approximately:
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Q19. For a long-shunt compound motor, the shunt field is across:
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Q20. A 200 V motor has Ia=20 A, Ra=0.5 Ω and brush drop=2 V. Eb is:
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Q21. A servo motor is used for precise control of:
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Q22. A common position-feedback device is:
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Q23. A closed-loop servo compares the reference with:
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Q24. A servo drive primarily controls:
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Q25. Many hobby positional servos use command:
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Q26. Feedback generally improves:
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Q27. A small DC servo commonly uses:
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Q28. Position error is normally:
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Q29. Servo oscillation may result from:
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Q30. A servo is especially useful when:
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Q31. A servo moves 180° in 0.5 s. Average speed is:
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Q32. Command position is 120° and measured position is 113°. Error is:
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Q33. An encoder gives 1000 pulses per revolution. One pulse represents:
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Q34. A 12 V servo draws 2 A. Input power is:
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Q35. A brushless servo has the advantage of:
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Q36. A tachogenerator is mainly used to measure:
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Q37. A proportional controller has error 2° and gain 5 V/°. Output is:
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Q38. A servo develops 4 N·m at 50 rad/s. Mechanical power is:
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Q39. A 12-bit absolute encoder provides how many codes per revolution?
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Q40. A constant position error under constant load may be reduced by:
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Q41. A stepper motor converts input pulses into:
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Q42. A basic stepper system is commonly:
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Q43. Angular movement per full pulse is called:
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Q44. A 1.8° stepper requires full steps per revolution equal to:
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Q45. A stepper motor is commonly used for:
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Q46. A bipolar stepper generally needs:
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Q47. Microstepping mainly improves:
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Q48. Stepper torque falls at high speed mainly because:
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Q49. A current-limiting driver is used to:
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Q50. When pulses stop and windings remain energized, a stepper generally:
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Q51. A 1.8° motor receives 50 full-step pulses. Rotation is:
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Q52. A motor takes 400 steps/s and has 200 steps/rev. Speed is:
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Q53. A motor has 200 steps/rev and receives 600 pulses/s. Pulse frequency is:
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Q54. A 0.9° motor requires full steps per revolution equal to:
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Q55. A 200-step motor rotates 1.5 revolutions. Steps required are:
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Q56. A 1.8° motor is microstepped into 8 parts. Microstep angle is:
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Q57. A stepper loses synchronism when required acceleration exceeds its ability to:
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Q58. A 200-step motor runs at 180 rpm. Pulse frequency is:
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Q59. A driver uses 24 V for a 3 V winding. This is acceptable when the driver:
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Q60. A 1.8° motor is microstepped by 16 and receives 800 pulses. Rotation is:
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Q61. An electrical relay is used to:
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Q62. An electromechanical relay contains:
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Q63. NO contact means:
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Q64. NC contact means:
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Q65. A relay coil is energized by:
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Q66. A flyback diode across a DC coil is used to:
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Q67. Relay contacts can provide:
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Q68. A contactor is generally designed for:
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Q69. Contact bounce is:
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Q70. An overload relay mainly protects a motor against:
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Q71. A 24 V coil has resistance 120 Ω. Current is:
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Q72. A 24 V coil draws 0.2 A. Power is:
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Q73. A 5 A-rated contact should not continuously switch:
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Q74. A latching relay:
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Q75. A DC motor reversing relay circuit must prevent:
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Q76. A 12 V coil has resistance 60 Ω and is energized for 10 s. Energy is:
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Q77. A contact resistance of 0.05 Ω carries 4 A. Power loss is:
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Q78. A relay operates in 5 ms and releases in 3 ms. Total delay is:
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Q79. A normally closed stop button is used because:
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Q80. A microcontroller drives a relay coil through a transistor because:
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Q81. A motor driver is used to:
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Q82. An H-bridge is commonly used to control:
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Q83. PWM controls average motor voltage by changing:
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Q84. A flyback diode is important when switching:
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Q85. A MOSFET in a motor driver acts as:
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Q86. A stepper driver controls:
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Q87. Driver current rating should consider:
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Q88. A half-bridge contains:
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Q89. Dead time helps prevent:
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Q90. A heat sink is used to:
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Q91. A 12 V motor is driven at 50% ideal PWM duty. Average voltage is:
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Q92. A PWM period is 1 ms. Frequency is:
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Q93. A 24 V driver supplies 3 A. Ideal power is:
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Q94. An H-bridge reverses a DC motor by:
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Q95. A 0.1 Ω current-sense resistor carries 2 A. Voltage drop is:
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Q96. A driver is 90% efficient and supplies 100 W. Input power is approximately:
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Q97. A driver path resistance is 0.2 Ω and current is 5 A. Conduction loss is:
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Q98. A 24 V supply is used at 25% ideal PWM duty. Average voltage is:
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Q99. A high-side N-channel MOSFET may need a special driver because:
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Q100. A 48 V driver supplies 4 A and loses 12 W. Output electrical power is:
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