QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS | 100% CORRECT
Bull rope Answer - Endless looped rope powering early elevators
Floor stop accuracy Answer - Improvement in AC motor elevators over DC
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Answer - Regulatory body for US
elevator operations
Straight line wiring diagram Answer - Uses lines and symbols for electrical
circuits
VOM multimeter Answer - Volt, ohms, and milliampere measuring device
Capacitor Answer - Stores and discharges electrical energy
10k ohm resistor Answer - Safely discharges electrical energy from a capacitor
Selective collective control Answer - Elevator system not changing direction
until highest call answered
Contact wipe Answer - Rubbing motion to keep relay contacts clean
, Magnetic field Answer - Generated by relay coil to pull armature
Plug type relay Answer - Most common relay design
Electrical interlock Answer - Prevents multiple relays from energizing
simultaneously
Diode Answer - Allows current flow in one direction
Dashpots Answer - Timers using oil flow for tripping time control
Shunt trip circuit breaker Answer - Used in machine rooms with sprinkler
systems
Fuses Answer - Current limiting devices for electrical circuits
Transformer Answer - Device that increases/decreases voltage
Full wave rectifier Answer - Converts AC to DC, producing direct current
Exciters Answer - Self-excited generators with shunt and series fields
SCR drives and VVVF drives Answer - Convert AC to DC for motor control
AC elevator brakes Answer - Early brakes inferior to DC brakes