Protecting Against Electrical Transients

1. Please provide the following contact information:

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Last Name

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Company Name

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Apt/Suite/Office

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2. AIA Membership Number:

3. Which individuals or organizations should be included on the design team?
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4. Which of these is the responsibility of the commissioning agent? Required Question

	Confirm the operational sequence
	Confirm that the installed equipment matches the shop drawings
	Assist during the design to make sure that the equipment will be maintained
	Confirm that the TVSS is operational
	Act as an agent for the owner, in his absence.
	All of the above.

5. Switching transients can be suppressed by standard TVSS systems. Required Question

	True
	False

6. Switching resonance is often related to the type of circuit breaker used. Required Question

	True
	False

7. RC snubbers present a high impedance path to ground for the transients. Required Question

	True
	False

8. A traveling wave on electrical systems can be caused by a lightning strike? Required Question

	True
	False

9. Transients on electrical systems be caused by induction motors? Required Question

	True
	False

10. Testing for failures of metal oxide varistors on surge suppression can be done by inducing current twice the rating of the unit. Required Question

	True
	False

11. Large capacitive loads in building electrical systems can amplify the transients generated by utility power lines. Required Question

	True
	False

12. Synchronized switching of capacitance banks can amplify the transient on the electrical system. Required Question

	True
	False

	Owner/operator/user
	Engineer
	Commissioning agent
	All of the above
	None of the above