Multiple Choice Questions in Measurements- 1
Multiple Choice Questions in Measurements
1. When
reading is taken at half scale in the instrument, the error is
a) Exactly
equal to half of full-scale error
b) Equal
to full-scale error
c) Less than full-scale error
d) More
than full-scale error
2. Torque/weight
ratio of an instrument indicates
a) Selectivity
b) Accuracy
c) Fidelity
d) Sensitivity
3. The
errors introduced by the instrument fall in which category?
a) Systematic errors
b) Random
errors
c) Gross
errors
d) Environmental
errors
4. A
Wheatstone bridge requires a change of 6 Ω in the unknown arm of the bridge to produce a change in
deflection of 3 mm of the galvanometer. The sensitivity of the instrument is
a) 0.5%
b) 2%
c) 0.5 mm/Ω
d) 2.0
Ω/mm
5. Identify
which one is not a fundamental unit in SI system
a) Ampere
b) Kelvin
c) Metre
d) Joule
6. Due
to which one of the following reasons bearings of PMMC instrument are made up
of jewel?
a) To avoid wear and tear of the moving system
b) To
provide a small support
c) It
can be easily replaced
d) To
make the system robust
7. Normally,
swamping resistance which is connected in series with the working coil of
galvanometer is made of
a) Constantan
b) Eureka
c) Manganin
d) Nichrome
8. The
response of a galvanometer is independent of its
a) Controlling
torque
b) Number
of turns
c) Circuit resistance
d) None
of these
9. Why
is damping of ballistic galvanometer kept small?
a) To
get minimum overshoot
b) To
make the system critically damped
c) To
make the system oscillatory
d) To get first deflection large
10. If
an instrument has square law response, it can be used for the measurement of
a) Ac
only
b) Both ac and dc
c) Dc
only
d) None
of the above
11. Spiral
springs are used in instruments to
a) Provide
controlling torque
b) Provide
damping torque
c) Lead the current to the moving coil as well as to provide the
controlling torque
d) Provide
linear deflection
12. A
spring-controlled moving iron voltmeter draws a current of 1 mA for full-scale
value of 100 V. if it draws a current of 0.5 mA, the meter reading is
a) 25V
b) 50V
c) 100V
d) 200V
13. One
of the control springs of a permanent magnet moving coil ammeter is broken. If
connected in a circuit, the meter would read
a) Zero
b) Half
the correct value of the current
c) Twice
the correct value of the current
d) An
indefinite figure
14. A
moving coil of a meter has 100 turns, and a length and depth of 10 mm and 20 mm
respectively. It is positioned in a uniform radial flux density of 200 mT. the
coil carries a current of 50 mA. The torque on the coil is
a) 200µNm
b) 100 µNm
c) 2 µNm
d) 1 µNm
15. Rectifier
moving coil responds to
a) Peak
value irrespective of the nature of the
wave form
b) Average value for all wave forms
c) Rms
value for all wave forms
d) Rms
value for symmetrical square wave forms
16. A
galvanometer with a full scale current of 10 mA has a resistance of 1000Ω. The multiplying power (the ratio
of measured current to galvanometer current) of a 100Ω shunt with this galvanometer is
a) 110
b) 100
c) 11
d) 10
17. The
moving coil in a dynamometer wattmeter is connected
a) In
series with the fixed coil
b) Across the supply
c) In
series with the load
d) Across
the load
18. Due
to inductance in the pressure coil the dynamometer wattmeter reads
a) Lower on lagging power factor and higher on leading power
factor than the actual value
b) higher on lagging power factor and lower on
leading power factor than the actual value
c) Actual
value
d) Always
reads lower than the actual value
19. If
the power factor is below 0.5 in two wattmeter method of power measurement
a) One of the wattmeter will give negative deflection
b) Both
the wattmeters will give negative deflection
c) Both
the wattmeters will give positive deflection
d) Both
the wattmeters will not give any deflection
20. The
voltage coil of a single phase house energy meter
a) Is
highly resistive
b) Is highly inductive
c) Is
highly capacitive
d) Has
a phase angle equal to load power factor angle
21. If
an induction type energy meter runs fast, it can be slowed down by
a) Lag
adjustment
b) Light
load adjustment
c) Adjusting
the position of braking magnet and moving it closer to the center of the disc
d) Adjusting the position of braking magnet and moving it away
from the center of the disc
22. Which
one of the following frequency meter is suitable for measuring radio frequency?
a) Vibrating
reed frequency meter
b) Weston
frequency meter
c) Electrical
resonance frequency meter
d) Heterodyne frequency meter
23. Which
one of the following instrument is used for standardization of drysdale ac
potentiometer?
a) Rectifier
type ammeter
b) PMMC
ammeter
c) Precision type electrodynamometer
d) Thermocouple
ammeter
24. The
resistance of shunt for a precision grade ammeter can be best measured by
a) De
sauty bridge
b) Schering
bridge
c) Max
well bridge
d) Kelvin double bridge
25. In
an Anderson bridge, the unknown inductance is measured in
a) Resistance
b) Capacitance
c) Inductance
and resistance
d) Resistance and capacitance
26. Hay’s
bridge is suitable for the measurement of which one of the following?
a) Inductance
with Q<10
b) Inductance with Q>10
c) Capacitance
with high dissipating factors
d) Capacitance
with low dissipating factors
27. Inductance
is measured by which one of the following?
a) Wien
bridge
b) Schering
bridge
c) Maxwell bridge
d) Owen
bridge
28. Which
one of the following bridge is used for measurement of dielectric loss and
power factor of a capacitor?
a) Maxwell’s
bridge
b) Anderson
bridge
c) De
sauty’s bridge
d) Schering bridge
29. Wagners
earth devices in an ac bridge circuits are used for
a) Shielding
all the bridge elements from external magnetic field
b) Eliminating
effect of the stray capacitance
c) Minimizing
the effect of intercomponent capacitance
d) Eliminating all the node to earth capacitances
30. Vibration
galvanometers, tunable amplifiers and head phones are used in
a) Dc
bridges
b) Ac bridges
c) Both
dc and ac bridges
d) Kelvin
double bridge
31. Illumination
is measured using which one of the following?
a) Millivoltmeter
b) Stroboscope
c) Luxmeter
d) pH
meter
32. In
a CRO, the time-base generators supply ramp voltage to
a) Horizontal deflecting plates
b) Vertical
deflecting plates
c) Both
horizontal and vertical deflecting plates
d) None
of the above
33. In
a CRT the highest positive potential is given to
a) Focusing
electrodes
b) Cathode
c) Vertical
deflection plates
d) Post deflection acceleration anode
34. In
a dual beam oscilloscope
a) There
are two separate vertical inputs and two separate horizontal inputs
b) There are two separate vertical inputs and there is only one
set of horizontal deflection plates
c) There
is only one vertical input but there are two separate horizontal deflection
plates
d) There
is only one vertical and one horizontal input
35. The
conversion of a voltage value to a time interval is carried out by comparing
the unknown voltage with a voltage ramp in a
a) Ramp type DVM
b) Integrating
type DVM
c) Continuous
type DVM
d) Successive
approximation type DVM
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