Explore topic-wise MCQs in Power Systems.

This section includes 12 Mcqs, each offering curated multiple-choice questions to sharpen your Power Systems knowledge and support exam preparation. Choose a topic below to get started.

1.

A 10-bus power system consists of four generator buses indexed as G1, G2, G3, G4 and six load buses indexed as L1, L2, L3, L4, L5, L6. The generator-bus G1 is considered as slack bus, and the load buses L3 and L4 are voltage-controlled buses. The generator at bus G2 cannot supply the required reactive power demand, and hence it is operating at its maximum reactive power limit. The number of non-linear equations required for solving the load flow problem using Newton-Raphson method in polar form is ___________.

A. 4
B. 24
C. 20
D. 14
Answer» E.
2.

For a 15-bus system power system with 3 voltage-controlled buses, the size of Jacobian matrix of Newton-Raphson method used to solve load flow problem is:

A. 25 × 25
B. 12 × 12
C. 24 × 24
D. 11 × 11
Answer» B. 12 × 12
3.

Compared to Gauss-Seidel method, Newton-Raphson method takes

A. less number of iterations and more time per iteration
B. less number of iterations and less time per iteration
C. more number of iterations and more time per iteration
D. more number of iterations and less time per iteration
Answer» B. less number of iterations and less time per iteration
4.

In Gauss-Seidel’s method of power flow solution, the acceleration factor is used for

A. Reducing the number of iterations
B. Increasing the number of iterations
C. One step solution in one iteration
D. Easy back substitution of voltages
Answer» B. Increasing the number of iterations
5.

Generally in load flow analysis, the load is modelled as a

A. constant impedance load
B. constant power load
C. constant current load
D. dynamically varying load
Answer» C. constant current load
6.

α (Alpha) in G-S load flow method is used:

A. To enhance rate of convergence
B. To enhance the stability limit
C. To decrease the voltage values of the bus bar
D. To count the iteration number
Answer» B. To enhance the stability limit
7.

A 1000 × 1000 bus admittance matrix for an electric power system has 8000 non-zero elements. The minimum number of branches (transmission lines and transformers) in this system are:

A. 1000
B. 2000
C. 106
D. 3500
Answer» E.
8.

In a power system, there are 50 buses as follows:Slack bus = 1Generator buses = 8Load buses = 41By the Newton-Raphson method, the size of the Jacobian matrix is:

A. 80 × 80
B. 70 × 70
C. 60 × 60
D. 90 × 90
Answer» E.
9.

In Gauss-Sidel load flow method, the number of iterations may be reduced if the correction in voltage at each bus is multiplied by,

A. Gauss constant
B. Acceleration factor
C. Blocking factor
D. Lagrange multiplier
Answer» C. Blocking factor
10.

A 3-Bus network is shown. Consider generators as ideal voltage sources. If rows 1, 2 and 3 of the YBus matrix correspond to Bus 1, 2 and 3, respectively, then YBus of the network is

A. \(\left[ \begin{array}{20 {c*}} {-\frac 3 4 j}&{\frac 1 4 j}&{\frac 1 4 j}\\\ {\frac 1 4 j}&{-\frac 3 4 j}&{\frac 1 4j}\\\ {\frac 1 4 j}&{\frac 1 4 j}&{-\frac 3 4 j} \end{array} \right]\)
B. \(\left[ \begin{array}{20 {c*}} {-4j}&{2j}&{2j}\\\ {2j}&{-4j}&{2j}\\\ {2j}&{2j}&{-4j} \end{array} \right]\)
C. \(\left[ \begin{array}{20 {c*}} {-\frac 1 2j}&{\frac 1 4j}&{\frac 1 4j}\\\ {\frac 1 4j}&{-\frac 1 2j}&{\frac 1 4j}\\\ {\frac 1 4j}&{\frac 1 4j}&{-\frac 1 2j} \end{array} \right]\)
D. \(\left[ \begin{array}{20 {c*}} {-4j}&{j}&{j}\\\ {j}&{-4j}&{j}\\\ {j}&{j}&{-4j} \end{array} \right]\)
Answer» B. \(\left[ \begin{array}{20 {c*}} {-4j}&{2j}&{2j}\\\ {2j}&{-4j}&{2j}\\\ {2j}&{2j}&{-4j} \end{array} \right]\)
11.

If a voltage controlled bus is treated as a load bus, then which one of the following limits would be violated?

A. Voltage
B. Active power
C. Reactive power
D. Phase angle
Answer» D. Phase angle
12.

For the slack bus in load flow study

A. Voltage magnitude and reactive power are specified.
B. Active and reactive power are specified.
C. Voltage magnitude and phase angle are specified.
D. Active power and phase angle are specified.
Answer» D. Active power and phase angle are specified.