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The document consists of 20 multiple choice questions about welding power sources and related concepts. The questions cover topics such as: common insulators; why metals are good conductors; what static characteristics of a welding power source are shown on certain graphs; the components used in rectifiers; inductors; feedback circuits; inverters; advantages of inverter power sources; and differences between DC generators and alternators.

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The document consists of 20 multiple choice questions about welding power sources and related concepts. The questions cover topics such as: common insulators; why metals are good conductors; what static characteristics of a welding power source are shown on certain graphs; the components used in rectifiers; inductors; feedback circuits; inverters; advantages of inverter power sources; and differences between DC generators and alternators.

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Examples of insulators are:


Question 1 options:
A) plastics, semiconductors, and many ceramics
B) rubber, plastics, and many ceramics
C) semiconductors, rubber, and many ceramics
D) gas, semiconductors, and rubber
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Which statement supports the fact that metals are good conductors?
Question 2 options:
They have many free neutrons
They have many free protons
They have many free electrons
Their electrons are tightly held by the nucleus
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The static characteristics of a welding power source are indicated on a


graph which plots________________________.
Question 3 options:
voltage verses current
energy verses time
current verses time
voltage verses time
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A voltage sensing wire feed system must be used with a ___________ to


produce a stable self-regulating welding arc.
Question 4 options:
CV power source with above average droop
CV inverter power source
CC power source
CV power source
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The short circuit current in a CV welding power source is determined by


____________.
Question 5 options:
the voltage in the circuit
the shielding gas employed
the static and dynamic characteristics
the arc length
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The conductor size of the secondary windings of a welding transformer


power source is _______________________.
Question 6 options:
the same as the primary winding
variable and depends on the application for which the power source is designed
larger than the primary winding
smaller than the primary winding
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Mechanical reactor control is used on which type of welding power


source?
Question 7 options:
Inverter
AC Transformer
Silicon controlled rectifier
Saturable reactor
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A saturable reactor power source uses ________________ to adjust the


output .
Question 8 options:
a transistor
a third winding on the transformer
a tapped transformer
a moveable secondary winding
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A rectifier consists of components that ____________.


Question 9 options:
decreases the frequency of the power source
changes AC power to DC power
slows the dynamic response of the power source
change DC power to AC power
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The main components used to rectify are ___________.


Question 10 options:
transistors
inductors
diodes
transformers
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Components typically used to correct the power factor of a


transformer-rectifier welding power source are _______________.
Question 11 options:
resistors
inductors
diodes
capacitors
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SCR controlled welding power sources use _________________ to adjust


the output .
Question 12 options:
a gate pulse to initiate conduction by a diode
transistors
a tapped transformer
a third winding in the transformer
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Which was the first welding power source design to incorporate a


feedback circuits using magnetic fields?
Question 13 options:
Silicon controlled rectifier
Mechanical reactor
Inverter
Saturable reactor
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An inductor in a welding power source is used to ______________.


Question 14 options:
filter the DC output and affect the dynamic characteristics
increase the output voltage
change the static characteristic
change AC power to DC power
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Which was the first type of welding power source to provide accurate
control of the pulsed GMAW process over a wide range of pulse
frequencies?
Question 15 options:
Transistor output
SCR control
Saturable reactors
Inverters
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Inverters are used in welding power sources to…


Question 16 options:
change AC power to DC power
filter the output of SCRs
change DC power to high frequency AC power
increase the output voltage
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One of the major advantages of inverter welding power sources is


_______.
Question 17 options:
no need for feedback control
small size and low weight
low initial cost
high input voltages
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High frequency arc starting circuits use _________________to generate


the high frequency.
Question 18 options:
a spark gap
inverters
high speed switching transistors
SCRs
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Synergic control is typically used for the _____________ process .


Question 19 options:
SMAW
GMAW
PAW
SAW
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DC generator is different to alternator because:


Question 20 options:
DC generators have a conductor that moves quickly through a magnetic field
alternators have a conductor that moves quickly through a magnetic field
DC generators produce a current by the stationary winding
none of the above

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