Final Exam 1 Flashcards
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Given: After all demand factors have been taken into consideration for an office building, the demand load is determined to be 90,000 VA; the building has a 120/240-volt, single-phase electrical system. What minimum size copper conductors with THHN/THWN insulation are required for the ungrounded service-lateral conductors? Consider all termination lugs are rated for 75°C.
500 kcmil
I = P ÷ E I = 90,000 VA ÷ 240 volts = 375 amperes
Size 500 kcmil THHN/THWN 75°C rated CU conductors with an ampacity of 380 amperes should be selected from Table 310.16
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Given: A commercial building is to be supplied from a transformer having a 480Y/277-volt, 3-phase primary and a 208Y/120-volt, 3-phase secondary.The secondary will have a balanced computed demand load of 416 amperes per phase. The transformer is required to have a kVA rating of at least _________.
150 kVA
VA = 416 amperes x 208 volts x 1.732 = 149,866 VA 149,866
VA ÷ 1,000 = 149.8 kVA
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The Code defines a device that provides protection for PV system dc circuits by detecting a ground-fault and could interrupt the fault path in the dc circuit as a _________.
ground-fault detector-interrupter, dc
(GFDI)
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The branch circuit conductors supplying one or more units of information technology equipment shall have an ampacity of not less than _________ of the connected load.
125%
In regard to a 7½ hp, 480-volt, 3-phase ac motor with an 80 percent power factor and a full-load ampere rating of 19 amperes indicated on the nameplate, and a service factor of 1.15; when the initial setting of the overload device you have selected is not sufficient to carry the load, what is the maximum setting permitted for the overload protection?
26.60 amperes
19 amperes x 140% = 26.60 amperes
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The ampacity adjustment factors for conductors addressed in Section 310.15(C)(1) of the NEC® are not required to be applied when the conductors are installed in a metal wireway unless, the number of current-carrying conductors within the wireway exceeds at least _________ at any cross-section area of the wireway.
30
What minimum voltage is required for a period of up to 1½ hours to serve emergency lighting from a storage battery when the normal source voltage of 120 volts is interrupted?
105 volts
Determine the maximum ampere setting permitted for an overload protective device responsive to motor current, where used to protect a 20hp, 240-volt, 3-phase, induction type ac motor with a temperature rise of 42 deg. C and a FLA of 54 amperes indicated on the nameplate.
70.2 amperes
Where Type SRD multi conductor cable consist of size 8 AWG conductors and only two (2) conductors in the cable are current-carrying, what is the ampacity of the conductors?
40 amperes
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Aluminum or steel cable trays shall be permitted to be used as equipment grounding conductors, provided _________.
I. the cable tray sections and fittings are identified as an equipment grounding conductor
II. the cable tray sections and fittings are durably marked to show the cross-sectional area of the metal
both I and II
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When intermediate metal conduit (IMC) is threaded in the field, standard cutting die with a _________ taper per ft. shall be used.
3/4 in.
What is the required on-site generator size, in kW, supplying a 100-ampere 480-volt, 3-phase, non-continuous load with an 80% power factor?
66.5 kW
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When an air-conditioning equipment disconnect with a hinged door that exposed energized parts when opened is located outdoors and readily accessible to unqualified persons, the disconnect must be _________.
require a tool to open or capable of being locked
What are the three separate branches of the Type 1 essential electrical system of a hospital?
- energy storage
- critical
- patient-care
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Ceiling-suspended luminaires (lighting fixtures) or paddle fans located _________ or more above the maximum water level of an indoor installed spa or hot tub shall not require GFCI protection.
12 feet
When flat conductor cable (FCC) is used for general-purpose branch circuits, the maximum rating of the circuits shall be _________.
20 amperes
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When sizing overcurrent protection for fire pump motors, the device(s)shall be selected or set to carry indefinitely the _________ of the motor.
locked-rotor current
Under which, if any, of the following conditions is the neutral conductor to be counted as a current-carrying conductor?
I. When it is only carrying the unbalanced current from other conductors of the same circuit.
II. When it is the neutral conductor of a 3-phase, wye-connected system that consist of nonlinear loads.
II only
In general, all mechanical elements used to terminate a grounding electrode conductor or bonding jumper to a grounding electrode shall be accessible. Which of the following, if any, is/are exception(s) to this rule?
I. A connection to a concrete encased electrode.
II. A compression connection to fireproofed structural metal.
both I and II
For other than listed low-voltage luminaires not requiring grounding, all electrical equipment within a fountain or within _________ of the inside wall of a fountain shall be grounded.
5 feet
In general, all mechanical elements used to terminate a grounding electrode conductor or bonding jumper to a grounding electrode shall be accessible. Which of the following, if any, is/are exception(s) to this rule?
I. A connection to a concrete encased electrode.
II. A compression connection to fireproofed structural metal.
II only
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Each multiwire branch circuit shall be provided with a means that will _________ at the point where the branch circuit originates.
simultaneously disconnect all ungrounded conductors
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When calculating the total load for a mobile home park before demand factors are taken into consideration, each individual mobile home lot shall be calculated at a minimum value of _________.
16,000 VA
If a single grounding electrode, such as a ground rod, pipe, or plate, has a resistance to ground greater than 25 ohms, what additional grounding method(s) can be used to supplement it?
- a concrete-encased electrode
- a ground ring
- the metal frame of the building