AC Electrical Motors - Statistics

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Question Answer % Correct
What does AC stand for? Alternating Current
98%
In a motor, what is electrical energy usually transformed into? Rotational kinetic energy
55%
At what precise frequency is AC electricity produced at in Australia? 50 Hz
48%
What type of material do the rotor and stator have at their cores? A ferromagnetic material
36%
What is the most common shape of an AC motor's rotor? A cylinder
24%
Thin steel laminations reduce the flow of what in this material? Eddy currents
23%
This stationary magnetic field is cylindrical with three field coil pairs. What is rotating inside this cylinder? An electromagnet
20%
In an induction motor, which magnetic field is stationary? The stator
20%
An AC induction motor is similar to a transformer but there is an air gap between the stator and rotor and the secondary coil is allowed to do what? Rotate
19%
In AC induction motors, how is the current formed? A changing magnetic field induces the current
17%
What does the magnetic field from the stator produce on the coil from the rotor? A torque
16%
What is the most common type of AC induction motor? Squirrel-cage Induction motors
13%
In AC motors, what changes 100 times per second even though the motor rotates in the same direction constantly? The direction of the current
8%
What is a common single-phase AC motor? Universal motor
7%
What are motors that operate using two or three phases produced at a power generation plants called? Polyphase motors
2%
For the current to be induced in the rotor bars, the rotor must ____ ______ the magnetic field. Slip behind
1%
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