Power Engineering Quiz

Power Engineering Part 1

100

What are the main subsystems of power engineering? 

Generation 

Transmission 

Distribution

200

Electric energy is transmitted over long distances via … (name 2 ways) 

overhead lines and underground cables

300

Types of transformers which increase and decrease the voltage level 

Step-up and step-down transformers

400

An electrical device that transfers electrical energy from one circuit to another through the process of electromagnetic induction

 Transformer

500

An electric discharge of gases which is produced by passing an electric current between two points called electrodes

Electric arc

Power Engineering Part 2

100

A transformer has 2 windings … 

primary and secondary

200

An electricity network founded on digital technology 

Smart grid

300

A prolonged cutoff of electric power, especially as a result of a shortage, a mechanical failure, or overuse by consumers is called:

a) outage   

b) blackout

c) failure

b) blackout  

400

A type of fault-detecting device that is used to detect a fault in the system and sends a signal to the circuit breaker:

a) relay 

b) switchgear 

c) lightning arrester

a) relay

500

Name types of circuit breakers based on the arc interrupting medium 

Vacuum circuit breaker 

SF6 circuit breaker 

Oil circuit breaker 

Airblast circuit breaker

Rebuses

100

100

VOLTAGE

200

200

CONDUCTOR

300

300

RENEWABLES

400

400

BLACKOUT

500

500

INSULATOR

Equipment

100

100

SMART GRID

200

200

SUBSTATION

300

300

POWER TRANSFORMER

400

400

GENERATOR

500

500

AIR BLAST CIRCUIT BREAKER

Abbreviations/Acronyms

100

NPP

nuclear power plant

200

kVA

kilovolt ampere

300

EHV

extra high voltage

400

EMF

electromotive force

500

SCADA

supervisory control and data acquisition system система диспетчерского управления и сбора данных