VINAYAKA MISSIONS UNIVERSITY V.M.K.

V ENGINEERING COLLEGE, SALEM

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONICS ENGINEERING MEASUREMENT AND INSTRUMENTATION B.E (PART TIME) QUESTION BANK Unit I Part A 1) 2) 3) 4) Write down the importance of Measurement and Instrumentation. What is the Need of Instrument? Draw the Basic structure of Measurement System? How the Signal conditioning element differed from the Signal processing Element? 5) What is Sensing Element? 6) List out the Functional Elements of Measurement System. 7) Write down the Types of Characteristics 8) What is Static Characteristics? 9) Define Dynamic Characteristics. 10) Compare Repeatability & Reproducibility. 11) List out the Various Static Characteristics. 12) Define Error. 13) How the Measurement Datas are evaluated? 14) What is the importance of standard? 15) List out the Classification of standard. 16) What is the Difference between Accuracy & Precision? 17) Define Resolution. 18) What is Sensitivity? 19) Define Instrument Efficiency. 20) What is Calibration? 21) How the Secondary standard Differ from the Sub Standard? 22) List out the Types of Error? 23) What are the Ways used for Minimizing the Error? 24) What is the use Swamping Resistance? 25) What are the Systems used to Measure the Data?

Part B 1) Draw the block Diagram of Functional Elements of Measurement System explain its operation. 2) Write the Short Notes on (i)Accuracy (ii)Linearity (iii)Precision (iv)Threshold (v)Drift (vi) Stability. 3) What are the types error and explain the errors briefly? 4) (i)What are the methods used for minimize the error? explain. 5) Explain the static characteristics of measurement system. 6) Explain the dynamic characteristics of measurement system. 7) How the measured datas are evaluated? Explain 8) Write down the Importance of Measurement and Instrument System. 9)Write the short notes on (i)Measured Variable (ii)Measurand (iii)Range (iv)Resolution (v)Sensitivity (vi)error 10) Explain in detail about standard and calibration.

Unit II Part A (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9) Define primary Instrument. List out the Operating Forces in the Instrument system. What is the role of Eddy Current in the Measurement system? List out the Classification of Instrument? How the Analog systems differ from the Digital systems? Which system is called as a Universal system? Why? What is Deflecting & Controlling Force? Write down the importance of Damping Force? How the Deflecting, Controlling and Damping Forces are achieved in the Instrument? 10) Define Secondary Instrument. 11) What is the role of Torque / Weight ratio in the Moving System? 12) List out the Common Errors in Ammeter and Voltmeter? 13) Write the types of DVM. 14) What is Oscillator? 15) Define Comparator 16) List out the Classification of wattmeter. 17) What is the purpose of Compensating Winding in the wattmeter?

18) Give the importance of shading bands in the Induction Type Wattmeter? 19) Write the Main Operating Mechanism of an Induction type Watt hour Meter? 20) What is Creep in an Energy meter? What are its causes? How is it prevented? 21) Give the 2 ways of connecting a wattmeter in a Circuit? 22) What is the importance of Instrument Transformer? 23) List out the Classification of Instrument transformer? 24) Write down the Classification of Frequency Meter? 25) List out the Errors in wattmeter?

Part B 1) Explain with a neat Sketch of the Construction and working of an Attraction Type Moving Iron Instrument. Mention its Advantage and disadvantage. 2) Briefly explain the Construction operational Details of Repulsive type Moving iron Instrument. Mention its advantage and Disadvantage. 3) Explain with a neat Sketch of the Construction and working and Theory of a PMMC Type. Mention its Advantage and disadvantage. 4) Draw the neat Sketch and explain the operation of Ramp Type DVM.List out the advantage and disadvantages 5) Explain briefly about the operation of Integrating Type DVM. Mention its advantage and disadvantage. 6) Write the Short Notes on (i) Successive Approximation Type DVM, (ii) Potentio Metric Type DVM.. 7) Explain briefly about the operation of Single phase induction type watt Hour Meter with its neat Sketch and write the advantage and disadvantage. 8) Briefly explain the operation of Weston Frequency Meter. Mention its advantage and disadvantage. 9) Draw the neat Sketch & explain the principle operation of 3 Phase Wattmeter with its advantage and disadvantage. 10) Write the Short notes on (i) Electrical Resonance Type Frequency Meter. (ii) Mechanical Resonance type

UNIT-III Part A 1) What is the importance of Bridge Circuit? 2) How the Instrumentation amplifier Differ from the Operational amplifier? 3) What is CMRR? 4) Compare AC and DC Bridge. 5) Write the importance of Filter. 6) Give the Classification of Filter. 7) Define Multiplexer 8) What is De Multiplexer? 9) Give the importance of A/D Converter? 10) What is D/A Converter? 11) List out the Classification of A/D Converter? 12) Mention out the Classification of D/A Converter? 13) How the Frequency Convert in to Voltage? 14) List out the application of Operational amplifier? 15) Write down the importance of Data acquisition system? 16) Give the classification of Data acquisition system. 17) What is the importance of Grounding? 18) How the Voltage Convert in to Frequency? 19) List out the 4 Configuration of Differential amplifier? 20) What are advantages of Wheatstone bridge? 21)Define Multiplexing? 22)What is meant by grounding technique? 23)What is meant by sample and hold circuit? 24)Define the Demultiplexing? 25)Draw a block diagram of single slope ADC? Part B ) Explain briefly about the operation of Instrumentation Amplifier with its neat Sketch and write the advantage and disadvantage. 2) Draw the neat Sketch & explain the principle operation of Differential amplifier with its Configuration. 3) Explain briefly about the operation of R-2R Ladder DAC. Mention its advantage and Disadvantage. 4) Write the Short notes on (i) Analog to Digital Converter. (ii) Digital to Analog Converter. 5) Briefly explain the operation of Weighted Resister DAC and Inverted R-2R ladder DAC.

6) Explain briefly about the Principle operation of Successive Approximation ADC. 7) Write the Short Notes on (i)F/ V Converter (ii) V/ F Converter. 8) Explain briefly about the operation of Data acquisition system. Mention its advantage and disadvantage. 9) Give the Short Notes on (i)Bridge Circuit (ii)Grounding Techniques. 10)What are the different types of filters circuit? Explain the each type with neat sketch?

Unit IV Part A 1) What is CRT? 2) How the Analog CRO Differ From the Digital CRO? 3) Write the Importance of Recorder? 4) List out the Classification of Recorder? 5) What is Plotter? 6) Give the Classification of plotter? 7) What is the importance of Motor in the Recorder? 8) List out the application of Printer? 9) Mention the application of plotter? 10) What is the importance of Vertical and Horizontal plates? 11) Write the Disadvantage of Analog CRO. 12) What is LED? 13) Give the types of LED. 14) What is LCD? 15) Give the types of LCD. 16) List out the application of LED 17) Draw the LED driver Circuit. 18) List out the application of LCD 19) Draw the LCD driver Circuit. 20) Write the Application of LED & LCD. 21)What is X-Y recorder? 22)What are different types of magnetic recording? 23)State the limitations of analog storage oscilloscope? 24)Why phosphor screen is provided with an aluminum layer? 25)What is the operating voltage of LEDs?

Part B 1) Explain briefly about the Principle operation of Tape Recorders . List out the advantage and disadvantage. 2) Briefly explain the operation with its neat sketch of the Strip Chart Recorder. Mention its application and adv & disadv. 3) Explain briefly about the Principle operation of X-Y Recorder .List out the advantage and disadvantage. 4) Write the short notes on (i)LED & (ii) LCD 5) Briefly explain the operation with its neat sketch of the CRT. Mention its application and adv & disadv. 6) Give the short notes on (i)Dot Matrix Display (ii)Compare Analog & Digital CRO 7) Explain briefly about the Principle operation of Digital CRO. List out the advantage and disadvantage. 8) Describe the basic components of magnetic recorders? 9) Explain briefly the methods used for recording data in digital data recorder? 10) Write a notes on i) Seven segment display ii) Alphanumerical display Unit V Part A 1) What is Transducer? 2) How the transducer Differ from the Sensor? 3) What are the selection factors considered for the Transducer? 4) List out the Classification of Transducer? 5) What is Resistive Transducer? 6) List out the application of Resistive Transducer. 7) What is Inductive Transducer? 8) List out the application of Inductive Transducer. 9) What is Capacitive Transducer? 10) List out the application of Capacitive Transducer. 11) Define Piezo electric Effect. 12) How the analog transducer differed from the Digital Transducer? 13) Define Doppler Effect.

14) List out the measured quantity of the Transducer. 15) What is the importance of optical Transducer? 16)What are elements in data acquisition system? 17)List out the application of transducer. 18)Define active and passive transducer? 19)What are the selection criteria for the transducer? 20)What is Ph value? 21)What is purpose of capacitive transducers? 22)Give some of the advantage and disadvantages of measurement of velocity? 23)What are the devices are used for measurement of temperature? 24)What is meant by LVDT? 25)Write the advantage of the measurement of flow? Part B 1) Explain in detail about velocity and acceleration measurement. 2) Compare Resistive, Inductive & Capacitive Transducer. 3) Explain briefly about the Principle operation of Resistive Transducer .List out the advantage and disadvantage. 4) Briefly explain the operation with its neat sketch of the Inductive Transducer. Mention its application and adv & disadv. 5) Explain briefly about the Principle operation of Capacitive Transducer .List out the advantage and disadvantage. 6) Draw the neat sketch and explain the principle operation of Optical Transducer. Mention its Merits and Demerits. 7)Explain briefly about piezo electric transducer 8)Explain the transducer used for displacement measurement. 9)Describe the working of a Ph meter? What are the advantages? 10)Describe in detail of temperature and pressure measurement.