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Hydroelectric Power

Quiz Number:  29
Course Name:  Industrial Technology/Engineering
Quiz N0. = 29
Teacher:  Ed Schmidt
Teacher's Home Page:  http://www.oocities.org/Baja/2140/ENG.htm
Teacher's Email:  schmidte@putnam.k12.il.us

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No. of Questions= 17 ,Pass mark is - 70 %.

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1.  An electric power generator is nothing more than a hugh magnet spinning inside a huge coil of wire:

a) true
b) false
2.  Most electric generators are driven by:

a) air
b) water
c) steam
d) gas
3.  Hydroelectric power uses______ to turn the generators:

a) air
b) water
c) steam
d) gas
4.  What part is actually turned and the generator is connected to this:

a) turbine
b) shaft
c) spindle
d) center tube
5.  A generator is made up of big magnets and_____:

a) capacitors
b) fuses
c) switches
d) coils of wire
e) transformers
6.  The body of water behind the dam that pushes forward at high pressure is the reservoir:

a) true
b) false
7.  The turbine passage allows excess water to go around the dam:

a) true
b) false
8.  The turbines are like big propellers:

a) true
b) false
9.  The water that continues down the river after doing its job in the plant is known as:

a) spent water
b) finished water
c) exhaust water
d) divergent water
e) reactive water
10.  One of the advantages of hydro power is that no fuel is needed to generate electricity:

a) true
b) false
11.  Hydro power does however give off pollution in the form of water pollution:

a) true
b) false
12.  Hydro power is essentially inexhaustible as long as there is a water supply:

a) true
b) false
13.  The amount of water through the dam determinds how many turbines are operational:

a) true
b) false
14.  Most hydro power plants only have one turbine:

a) true
b) false
15.  The water level of the reservoir is criticale to wheather electricity is produced or not:

a) true
b) false
16.  Power output is measured in:

a) gigavolts
b) megawatts
c) microamps
d) kilowatts
17.  Hydro plants are environmentally friendly and pose no threat to wildlife:

a) true
b) false




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