Chapter 3 Key Terms
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- 2. An ___ bonding termination shall be used as a grounding electrode in communication systems.
- 5. A ground-fault circuit ___ provides a disconnect means at the power receptacle by monitoring the differential current traveling along the ungrounded and grounded power conductors.
- 10. The ___ provides the conductive path(s) to connect the normally non-current-carrying metallic parts of equipment together.
- 12. The ___, neutral, is an electrical system or circuit conductor that is intentionally grounded.
- 16. Another term for ground.
- 17. A ___ is indicated on a schematic where the electronic signal ground, or circuit common, of the equipment and the earth ground of the electrical system are attached to the outer metal enclosure of the equipment.
- 20. The main purpose of ___ electrical systems is to create a low-impedance pathway back to the service panel and the main power source to the building for the purpose of clearing a ground fault; this is commonly referred to as an effective ground-fault current path.
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- 1. The ___ electrode is used to help lower the total resistance into the earth by providing additional discharge paths for lightning.
- 3. The grounding ___ system is a system of interconnected electrodes at a building or structure that is used to provide a connection to the earth for the purposes of grounding an electrical system.
- 4. The ___ is a conducting object used to establish direct contact to the earth for the purpose of dissipating electrical surge currents and charges from lightning strikes.
- 6. Bonding ensures that a ground fault has an ___ ground-fault current path, which is a low-impedance pathway back to the main service panel, through all exposed metal in the building and the EGCs.
- 7. The circuit ___ is a common point in an electrical circuit from which voltage measurements are taken.
- 8. The ___ connects the system Neutral or grounded conductor (white or gray colored) and the equipment (exposed metal) to a grounding electrode or to a point on the grounding electrode system.
- 9. The ___ conductor is not connected to ground and is referred to as the hot power line, which provides current to the load.
- 11. A ___ is an accidental or unintentional electrical connection between an ungrounded, hot conductor and the normally non-current-carrying conductors (EGC), metallic enclosures, metallic raceways, metallic equipment, or any other exposed metal within a building or structure.
- 13. All electrical systems that are ___ shall be connected to earth in a manner that limits the voltage imposed by lightning, line surges, or unintentional contact with higher-voltage lines, and stabilizes the voltage to earth during normal operation.
- 14. Connection of ___ conductors or grounding electrode conductors to the grounding electrode shall be made by exothermic weld, listed lugs, listed pressure connections, listed clamps, or other listed means.
- 15. The NEC defines the term ___ as "the earth".
- 18. According to the NEC, the term ___ means "the earth".
- 19. To be ___ grounded means that a connection to ground is made directly, without inserting an intermediary resistance or impedance into the connecting path.