Electric Illumination: True-False Questions

Q. Carbon arc lamps need frequent adjustment and replacement of carbon rod.

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True

Q. Lumen method takes into account the inter-reflections of light inside a room.

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True

Q. Luminaires are generally categorized as industrial, commercial or residential.

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True

Q. Lenses with prismatic patterns refract light sources to disperse the rays or to direct them most effectively.

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True

Q. High-pressure sodium vapour Lamps use metallic sodium sealed in translucent aluminium oxide tubes.

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True

Q. A standard candle is also known as meter candle.

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True

Q. Incandescent-lamp filaments are generally constructed of copper.

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False

Q. Candelabra refers to the base of an incandescent lamp.

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True

Q. The luminous efficacy is expressed in lumen output per radiated watt.

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True

Q. Lumen is the unit of luminous flux.

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True

Q. Illuminance is the density of luminous flux on a surface.

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True

Q. A source of one candela emits a total of one lumen.

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False

Q. Glare is the condition of comfort produced by an object of luminance.

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False

Q. Incandescent lamps should always be used without luminaries.

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False

Q. The diameter of tungsten filament for GLS lamps is in terms of microns.

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True

Q. Halogen lamps are preferred for indoor illumination.

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True

Q. A starter in a fluorescent tube is used for preheating the electrodes.

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True

Q. Starter use for a fluorescent tube is a generally glowing type.

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True

Q. After about 4000 hours of use, the light output of a fluorescent tube is reduced by 15 to 20%.

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True

Q. Sodium vapour lamp is also known as a cold-cathode low-pressure lamp.

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True

Q. With the use of a fluorescent tube, walls blacken little and dark rings appear near the ends due to the deposition of active material from the electrodes.

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True

Q. Fluorescent tubes operating on dc are generally free from stroboscopic effect.

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True

Q. A ‘leak transformer’, provided on sodium lamps acts as a step-down transformer initially.

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False

Q. The average life of sodium lamps is estimated at 6000 hrs.

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True

Q. Mercury iodide lamps are used for flood lighting.

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True