EWR Chapter 113

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All 120 volt receptacles along a wet bar countertop within 6 feet of the sink are required by the NEC to be GFCI protected. True or False

True

All 50 amp, 125 volt convenience receptacles installed in the walls in a commercial kitchen require GFCI protection. True or False

True

A freezer is to be connected to a single receptacle in the garage of a home. Is this receptacle required to be GFCI protected?

Yes

An AFCI circuit breaker can be used instead of a standard circuit breaker and will trip when ______ occurs on the circuit.

an overload, an arcing condition, a short circuit.

Class A GFCIs are designed to trip when a fault of about ______ amps occurs

.006

For a typical man, a current level as small as ______ amps will cause his muscles to contract prohibiting him from letting go of the circuit

.023

The Code requires what residential receptacles to be GFCI protected?

A receptacles installed on a garage ceiling fo ran automatic garage door operator and a receptacles installed above a work table in a garage.

A device that senses the rapid fluctuation of current flow is called ______

AFCI

Isolated Ground receptacles are identified by ______

An Orange Triangle

AFCI is an abbreviation for ______

Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter

A ______ can be a type of GFCI protection device.

Circuit breaker

GFCI protection for personnel and ground fault protection for equipment use the same type of protection equipment. True or False

False

An existing two wire, nongrounding tyoe receptacle is to be replaced. The Code now requires that this receptacle be GFCI protected. The Receptacle is required to be replaced by a ______?

GFCI receptacle

A GFCI cordset protects against ______

Ground Faults and open neutrals

If a ground fault occurs in the conductors leading out to a 120-volt load, the current flows out on the "Hot" and almost all of the current returns on the ______ conductor.

Grounded

A GFCI receptacle or circuit breaker will trip when it senses a difference in the amount of current flowing the the ungrounded conductor versus the amount of current flowing in the ______?

Grounded conductor

A device that is commonly installed in the cord cap of an appliance, whose purpose is to turn off the power to the appliance in case it is dropped in the water, is called a ______

IDCI

Transient voltage surge suppressors are used to minimize the damage to connected equipment caused by ______

Line Surges and Spikes

Are lighting fixtures in master bathroom areas required to have AFCI protection?

No

A GFCI does not ______

Protect against electric shock when a person touches two circuit conductors, sense shorts circuits, sense arcing between hot and neutral conductors


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