At Grade 3 the largest block is Installation, Inspection and Design (21% of the exam).
For the electrical and instrumentation side of a plant: motor controls, instrumentation and calibration, programmable logic controllers, and the supervisory control and data acquisition systems that tie it together.
Start studying Grade 3| Content area | % of the exam | |
|---|---|---|
| Installation, Inspection and Design | 21 | |
| Maintenance and Repair | 21 | |
| Safety, Tools and Equipment | 16 | |
| Documentation and Foundational Principles | 18 | |
| Administration and Training | 16 | |
| Math | 8 |
Installation and design: three-phase power · an original practice item written only from publicly available sources, not a real exam question
A 480-volt, three-phase motor draws 60 A at a power factor of 0.85. What real power does it draw?
D. 42.4 kW
Three-phase real power = √3 × V × I × PF = 1.732 × 480 × 60 × 0.85 = 42,400 W, or 42.4 kW. 24.5 kW leaves out √3, 14.1 kW divides by √3 instead of multiplying, and 28.8 kW is volts × amps with neither √3 nor the power factor.
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