INSTRUMENTATION

107. In CRT aquadag carries a. aqueous solution of graphite b. sweep voltage c. secondary emission electrons d. none of these. 108. The best definition of accuracy is that a. it is measure of consistency or reproducibility of b. It is the ratio of the change in output signal to the c. It is the smallest change in measurable input. d. It is the closeness with which an instrument reading being measured.

measurement. change in input signal. approaches the true value of the quantity

1.An ammeter is (a)An absolute instrument (b)An indicating instrument (c) a recording instrument (d)a controlling instrument 2.As compared to indirect methods of electrical measurement, the direct methods are (a)Less sensitive (b)Inaccurate (c) Not always feasible and practicable (d) Both (a)& (b) 3. Desirable static characteristics of a measuring system are a. accuracy and reproducibility b.accuracy sensitivity and reproducibility c. Low static error d. Low draft and dead zone 4.The ratio of the measuring at full scale to the power drawn called its a. Efficiency (b)Fidelity c.Precision d.Sensitivity 5.Essential requirement of an electrical measuring instrument is that a. Its resistance should be low b. It is always connected in series in the circuit c. It is introduction into the circuit under measurement does not after the circuit conditions and the power consumed by it for its operation is small d .Its resistance should be infinite 6.Main advantage of PMMC instrument is a. High torque weight ratio providing ratio providing high accuracy b. Uniform scale c. Possibility of using a single instrument for many different current and voltage ranges by use of shunts and multipliers d. capability of measuring both ac and dc quantities 7. Moving coil instrument can be used for measurements at a. High frequencies b. Low frequencies c. Only dc d. Both dc and ac 8. The disadvantage of permanent magnet moving coil instruments is a. High power consumption b. High cost relative to moving iron instruments c. Low torque / weight ratio d. Absence of effective and efficient eddy current damping 9. In moving coil meters, damping is provided by a. Aluminium frame b. Damping vane c. Damping vane in an air tight chamber d. None of these 10.Damping method used in moving coil instruments is a. Air damping b. Fluid damping c. Spring damping d. Eddy current damping

11. In moving coil instruments scale used is a. Nonlinear scale b. Linear scale c. Square scale d. Logarithmic scale 12.When an ac voltage is applied to a PMMC voltmeter a. The meter gets damaged b.Meter reading is zero c. Pointer will oscillate to and fro d. The pointer will not move at all 13.Error in moving coil instrument results from a. Change coil resistance due to temperature variation b. Weakening of filed due to aging of magnet c. Weaking of spring tension due to temperature effect. d. All of these 14.Frequency compensation in a moving iron instrument is achieved by connecting a. A capacitor in series with the fixed coil b. A capacitor across the fixed coil c. High resistance in series with the coil d. Low resistance in series with the coil 15. The error which does not result in moving iron instrument for both ac and dc measurement a. Stray magnetic field error b.Hysteresis magnetic filed c. Eddy current error d.Temperature error

16.Moving iron instruments a. Are used for only dc measurements b. Are used for only ac measurements c. Are used for both dc and ac measurements d. Belong to the polarized class of instruments 17.A moving iron type instrument has a. Uniform scale b.Nonlinear scale c. Its defection directly proportional to current d. Its defection directly proportional to voltage 18. The advantage of a moving iron instruments is tha t a. It has liner scale b. Its current sensitivity is high c. It can be used under severe over load d. It can be used at high frequencies 19.Moving iron meters can be used upto frequency of a. 50 Hz b.100 Hz c.500 Hz d. 1500 Hz 20.The advantage of electro dynometer type of instrument is a. Low torque / weight ratio b. Large operating current c. nouniform scale d. The coil being air cored, these instruments are free 21.The advantage of electrostatic instruments is that a. Their indicating scale is uniform b. Their operating forces are large c. They are cheap, robust and small in size d. Their power drain from the mains is negligible 22.Electrostatic voltmeters a. Are not frequency limited b. Have uniform scale c. Have scale reading rms value on ac circuits d. Have scale reading peak value on ac circuits 23.The disadvantage associated with an electrodynamic a. It consumers more power b. It has low torque / weight ratio c. Have scale reading rms value on ac circuit d. Have scale reading peak value on ac circuit 24.Electrostatic instrument uses the principle of variation of

from hysteresis and eddy current errors.

instruments that

a. Inductance with voltage (b).Capacitance with voltage c. Capacitance with current (d).Inductance with current 25.The fixed coil in an electrodynamometer is normally used as a a. Potential b.Either as potential coil or as current c. Current coil d.There fixed no fixed coil in electrodynamometer 26.The instrument which should be used to measure 600 kV ac voltage a. Electrostatic voltmeter b.Moving coil voltmeter c. Moving iron voltmeter d.Hotwire instrument 27.Which of the following instruments consumes maximum power during measurement ? a. Induction instrument b.Hot wire instrument c.Thermocouple instrument d.electrodynamometer instrument 28.The measuring instruments which utilize the electrostatic effect are a. Ammeters and Voltmeters b. Voltmeters and wattmeters c. Ammeters and wattmeters d. Dc ampere hour meters and ammeters 29.Instrument used for ac measurement alone is a. Permanent magnet type b.Hot wire type c. Electrostatic type d.Induction type 30.Which of the following meter has the best accuracy ? a. Moving iron ammeter b.Hot wire ammeter c. Moving coil ammeter d.Thermocouple type ammeter 31.Ac current can be measured directly by a. Hot wire ammeter b.Moving iron meter c. Electronic meter d.Thermocouple type ammeter 32.A shunt in a current meter is resistance connected a. In series with the meter to increase its range b. Across the meter to increase its range c. Across the meter to decrease its range d. Across the meter to reduce the voltage across it 33.An ideal current or voltage meter should have a. Zero resistance b.Infinite resistance c. Absolutely no effect on the circuit conditions d. Definite effect on the circuit conditions 34.The function of a shunt in an ammeter is to a. Bypass the current b. Increase the meters resistance c. Decrease the voltage drop d. Increase the current in the coil 35.The damping torque is produced by a. Spring control b. Gravity control c. Air friction or eddy currents d. Utilizing thermal effects 36.Damping provides a. Braking action on a meter pointer b.Good accuracy c. Starting torque on the meter pointer d. Counter torque on deflection torque 37.The shunt resistance in an ammeter is usually a. Less than meter resistance b. Equal to meter resistance c. More than meter resistance d. Of any value 38.Sensitivity of a voltmeter is expressed as a. Volts / ohm b.Ohms / volt c. ohms volt d.siemen / volt 39.A strain gauge has a a. Piezo electric effect b.Piezo effect c. Piezo capacitive effect d.Piezo inductive effect

40.Resistance strain gauge material usually a. Constantan b.Tungsten c. Thorium d.Tungsten and copper alloy 41.Time response of strain gauge measurement is a. Very poor b.Poor c.Good d.Very good 42.Platinum tungsten thermometer can be used to measure temperature up to a. 400 0 K b.800 0 K c.1100 0 K d.2000 0 K 43.CRO helps in measuring the following values of an ac voltage a. rms Value only b.Peak value only c. Average value only d.All of the above there 44.The maximum input signal frequency that can be used with a CRO is limited by a. Input probe capacitance b.The vertical amplifier c. The frequency of the sync signal d. The horizontal amplifier 45.The Lissajous pattern obtained on CRO is used to determine a. Amplitude of applied signal b.Current in a circuit c. Phase shift and frequency d. Distortion in a system 46. ADVM measures a. Peak value b.rms value c. Peak to Peak value d.Average value 47.The input impedance of a CRO is nearly a. Zero b.Around 10 ohms c. Around 100 ohms d.Around one MegaOhm 48.The semiconductor strain gauge has gauge factor a. 2 b. 10 c. 100 d.1000 49.A semiconductor strain gauge has the advantage over the normal strain gauge that it is a. More sensitive b.More liner c. Less temperature dependent d.Less costly 50.LVDT is used as a a. Displacement transducer b.Pressure transducer c. Temperature transducer d.Any of the above 51.An active transducer is a. Photoelectric b.Photovoltaic c. Photo conductive d.Photoemission 52.Consider the following statements about temperature measurement ? a. A thermistor much more sensitive than a platinum thermometer b. The resistance of thermistor is soley a function of its absolute temperature , whether the source of heat is external, internal or both c. Highly liner temperature resistance relationship is a great advantage of the thermistor d. Thermistor has negative temperature coefficient 53.Consider the following statements regarding the use of electrodynamometer type indicating instruments a. Direct current b. Alternating current c. Direct voltage d.Alternating voltage 54.A moving coil ammeter has a fixed shunt of 0.02 ohm resistance . If the coil resistance if the Meter is 1000 ohms. A potential difference of 500 m V is required across it for full scale defection. Under this condition, the current in the shunt would be a. 2.5 A b.25 A c.0.25 A d.0.025 A 56. The instrument used almost exclusively to measure radio frequency currents is a. Moving coil meter b.Rectifier type moving coil meter c. Iron - vane meter d.Thermocouple meter 57.The rmistors are made of a. pure metals b. pure insulators b. sintered mixtures of metallic oxides c. pure semiconductor 58.A permanent magnet moving coil measures the a. true rms value b. de value c. peak value d. rms plus dc value

59.A 1 mA ammeter has a resistance of 100 ohms. It is to be converted into a 1 A ammeter. The value of shunt resistance required is a. 0.001 b. 0.1001 c. 100 d.10000 60.Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II (transducer) (Quantity it can measure) a. LVDT 1. pressure b. Bourdon guage 2. Temperature c. Strain guage 3. Displacement d. Thermistor 4. Stress Codes: A B C D a. 4 3 2 1 b. 3 2 1 4 c. 4 1 3 2 d. 3 1 4 2 61. Guage factor os a strain guage is defined as the ratio of a per unit change in the a. Conductivity to pr unit change in applied force acting on the element b. Resistance to the per unit change in the length of the element. c. Stress to the per unit change in strain of the element. d. Current to the per unit change in the length of the element. 62.Two sinusoidal signals having the same amplitude and frequency are applied to the X and Y inputs of a CRO. The observed Lissajous figure is straight line. The phase shift between the two signals would be a. Zero b. 90 degrees c. either zero or 180 degrees d. either 90 degrees or 270 degrees. 63. DC voltage of the order of a few mV can be measured accurately using an 16.Moving iron instruments a. Are used for only dc measurements b. Are used for only ac measurements c. Are used for both dc and ac measurements d. Belong to the polarized class of instruments 17.A moving iron type instrument has a. Uniform scale b.Nonlinear scale c. Its defection directly proportional to current d. Its defection directly proportional to voltage 18. The advantage of a moving iron instruments is tha t a. It has liner scale b. Its current sensitivity is high c. It can be used under severe over load d. It can be used at high frequencies 19.Moving iron meters can be used upto frequency of a. 50 Hz b.100 Hz c.500 Hz d. 1500 Hz 20.The advantage of electro dynometer type of instrument is a. Low torque / weight ratio b. Large operating current c. nouniform scale d. The coil being air cored, these instruments are free 21.The advantage of electrostatic instruments is that a. Their indicating scale is uniform b. Their operating forces are large c. They are cheap, robust and small in size d. Their power drain from the mains is negligible 22.Electrostatic voltmeters a. Are not frequency limited b. Have uniform scale c. Have scale reading rms value on ac circuits

from hysteresis and eddy current errors.

d. Have scale reading peak value on ac circuits 23.The disadvantage associated with an electrodynamic instruments that a. It consumers more power b. It has low torque / weight ratio c. Have scale reading rms value on ac circuit d. Have scale reading peak value on ac circuit 24.Electrostatic instrument uses the principle of variation of a. Inductance with voltage (b).Capacitance with voltage c. Capacitance with current (d).Inductance with current 25.The fixed coil in an electrodynamometer is normally used as a a. Potential b.Either as potential coil or as current c. Current coil d.There fixed no fixed coil in electrodynamometer 26.The instrument which should be used to measure 600 kV ac voltage a. Electrostatic voltmeter b.Moving coil voltmeter c. Moving iron voltmeter d.Hotwire instrument 27.Which of the following instruments consumes maximum power during measurement ? a. Induction instrument b.Hot wire instrument c.Thermocouple instrument d.electrodynamometer instrument 28.The measuring instruments which utilize the electrostatic effect are a. Ammeters and Voltmeters b. Voltmeters and wattmeters c. Ammeters and wattmeters d. Dc ampere hour meters and ammeters 29.Instrument used for ac measurement alone is a. Permanent magnet type b.Hot wire type c. Electrostatic type d.Induction type 30.Which of the following meter has the best accuracy ? a. Moving iron ammeter b.Hot wire ammeter c. Moving coil ammeter d.Thermocouple type ammeter 31.Ac current can be measured directly by a. Hot wire ammeter b.Moving iron meter c. Electronic meter d.Thermocouple type ammeter 32.A shunt in a current meter is resistance connected a. In series with the meter to increase its range b. Across the meter to increase its range c. Across the meter to decrease its range d. Across the meter to reduce the voltage across it 33.An ideal current or voltage meter should have a. Zero resistance b.Infinite resistance c. Absolutely no effect on the circuit conditions d. Definite effect on the circuit conditions 34.The function of a shunt in an ammeter is to a. Bypass the current b. Increase the meters resistance c. Decrease the voltage drop d. Increase the current in the coil 35.The damping torque is produced by a. Spring control b. Gravity control c. Air friction or eddy currents d. Utilizing thermal effects 36.Damping provides a. Braking action on a meter pointer b.Good accuracy c. Starting torque on the meter pointer d. Counter torque on deflection torque 37.The shunt resistance in an ammeter is usually a. Less than meter resistance b. Equal to meter resistance

c. More than meter resistance d. Of any value 38.Sensitivity of a voltmeter is expressed as a. Volts / ohm b.Ohms / volt c. ohms volt d.siemen / volt 39.A strain gauge has a a. Piezo electric effect b.Piezo effect c. Piezo capacitive effect d.Piezo inductive effect 40.Resistance strain gauge material usually a. Constantan b.Tungsten c. Thorium d.Tungsten and copper alloy 41.Time response of strain gauge measurement is a. Very poor b.Poor c.Good d.Very good 42.Platinum tungsten thermometer can be used to measure temperature up to a. 400 0 K b.800 0 K c.1100 0 K d.2000 0 K 43.CRO helps in measuring the following values of an ac voltage a. rms Value only b.Peak value only c. Average value only d.All of the above there 44.The maximum input signal frequency that can be used with a CRO is limited by a. Input probe capacitance b.The vertical amplifier c. The frequency of the sync signal d. The horizontal amplifier 45.The Lissajous pattern obtained on CRO is used to determine a. Amplitude of applied signal b.Current in a circuit c. Phase shift and frequency d. Distortion in a system 46. ADVM measures a. Peak value b.rms value c. Peak to Peak value d.Average value 47.The input impedance of a CRO is nearly a. Zero b.Around 10 ohms c. Around 100 ohms d.Around one MegaOhm 48.The semiconductor strain gauge has gauge factor a. 2 b. 10 c. 100 d.1000 49.A semiconductor strain gauge has the advantage over the normal strain gauge that it is a. More sensitive b.More liner c. Less temperature dependent d.Less costly 50.LVDT is used as a a. Displacement transducer b.Pressure transducer c. Temperature transducer d.Any of the above 51.An active transducer is a. Photoelectric b.Photovoltaic c. Photo conductive d.Photoemission 52.Consider the following statements about temperature measurement ? a. A thermistor much more sensitive than a platinum thermometer b. The resistance of thermistor is soley a function of its absolute temperature , whether the source of heat is external, internal or both c. Highly liner temperature resistance relationship is a great advantage of the thermistor d. Thermistor has negative temperature coefficient 53.Consider the following statements regarding the use of electrodynamometer type indicating instruments a. Direct current b. Alternating current c. Direct voltage d.Alternating voltage 54.A moving coil ammeter has a fixed shunt of 0.02 ohm resistance . If the coil resistance if the Meter is 1000 ohms. A potential difference of 500 m V is required across it for full scale defection. Under this condition, the current in the shunt would be a. 2.5 A b.25 A c.0.25 A d.0.025 A 56. The instrument used almost exclusively to measure radio frequency currents is a. Moving coil meter b.Rectifier type moving coil meter c. Iron - vane meter d.Thermocouple meter

57.The rmistors are made of a. pure metals b. pure insulators b. sintered mixtures of metallic oxides c. pure semiconductor 58.A permanent magnet moving coil measures the a. true rms value b. de value c. peak value d. rms plus dc value 59.A 1 mA ammeter has a resistance of 100 ohms. It is to be converted into a 1 A ammeter. The value of shunt resistance required is a. 0.001 b. 0.1001 c. 100 d.10000 60.Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II (transducer) (Quantity it can measure) a. LVDT 1. pressure b. Bourdon guage 2. Temperature c. Strain guage 3. Displacement d. Thermistor 4. Stress Codes: A B C D a. 4 3 2 1 b. 3 2 1 4 c. 4 1 3 2 d. 3 1 4 2 61. Guage factor os a strain guage is defined as the ratio of a per unit change in the a. Conductivity to pr unit change in applied force acting on the element b. Resistance to the per unit change in the length of the element. c. Stress to the per unit change in strain of the element. d. Current to the per unit change in the length of the element. 62.Two sinusoidal signals having the same amplitude and frequency are applied to the X and Y inputs of a CRO. The observed Lissajous figure is straight line. The phase shift between the two signals would be a. Zero b. 90 degrees c. either zero or 180 degrees d. either 90 degrees or 270 degrees. 63. DC voltage of the order of a few mV can be measured accurately using an a. moving coil voltmeter b. electrodynometer c. moving iron voltmeter d. electrostatic voltmeter. 64.In a thermocouple, two metal junctions between metals M1 and M2 are kept at temperatures T1 and T2 . The thermocouple emf is produced because a. M1 and M2 are similar and T1 and T2 are also similar b. M1 and M2 are dissimilar while T1 and T2 are similar c. M1 and M2 are similar while T1 and T2 are dissimilar d. M1 and M2 are dissimilar and T1 and T2 are also dissimilar. 65. Consider the following statements: A transducer converts 1. mechanical energy into electrical energy. 2. mechanical displacement into electrical signal. 3. one form of energy into another form of energy. 4. electrical energy into mechanical form. 66. Which of the following measuring instruments would consume the LOWEST power from the source during measurement? a. Permanent magnet moving coil b. Electronic multimeter c. Electrostatic instrument d. Moving iron instrument. 67. The use of thermocouple mweters for ac measurement leads to a meter scale which is a. Linear b.square law b. logarithmic d. exponential 68. A dynamometer type of wattmeter is connected in an ac circuit. The power indicated by the wattmeter is the

a. rms power b. average power c. peak power d. instantaneous power. 69. The detector generally used in ac bridges for audio frequency range is a. AC voltmeter b. CRO c. Headphones d. Vibration galvanometer 70. The most useful transducer for displacement sensing with excellent sensitivity, linearity and resolution is a. an incremental encoder b. an absolute encoder c. a LVDT d. a strain gauge 71.The temperature coefficient of resistance for a thermistor is a. low and negative b. low and positive c. high and negative d. high and positive. 72. A linear displacement transducer of the digital type generally uses a. straight binary code b. BCD c. Gray code d. hexadecimal code. 73. An LVDT is used to measure displacement. The output of the LVDT is connected to a voltmeter of range 0 to 5V through an amplifier having a gain of 250. For a displacement of 0.5mm, the output of the LVDT is 2mV. The sensitivity of the instrument would be a. 0.1 V/mm b. 0.5 V/mm c. 1 V/mm d. 5 V/mm 74. It is required to measure temperature in the range of 1300 C to 1500 C . The most suitable thermocouple to be used as a transducer would be a. Chromel-constantan b. Iron-constantan c. Chromel alumel d. Platinum-rhodium. 75. A dual trace CRO has a. one electron gun b. two electron guns c. one electron gun and one two-pole switch d. two electron guns and one two-pole switch.

545.An ammeter is (a)An absolute instrument (b)Anindicating instrument (c) a recording instrument (d)a controlling instrument 546.As compared to indirect methods of electrical measurement, the direct methods are (a)Less sensitive (b)Inaccurate (c) Not always feasible and practicable (d) Both (a)& (b) 547. Desirable static characteristics of a measuring system are a. accuracy and reproducibility b.accuracy sensitivity and reproducibility c. Low static error d. Low draft and dead zone 548.The ratio of the measuring at full scale to the power drawn called its a. Efficiency (b)Fidelity c.Precision d.Sensitivity 549.Essential requirement of an electrical measuring instrument is that a. Its resistance should be low b. It is always connected in series in the circuit c. It is introduction into the circuit under measurement does not after the circuit conditions and the power consumed by it for its operation is small d .Its resistance should be infinite 550.Main advantage of PMMC instrument is a.High torque weight ratio providing ratio providing high accuracy b.Uniform scale c.Possibility of using a single instrument for many different current and voltage ranges by use of shunts and multipliers d.capability of measuring both ac and dc quantities 551. Moving coil instrument can be used for measurements at a.High frequencies b. Low frequencies c.Only dc d. Both dc and ac

552.

The disadvantage of permanent magnet moving coil instruments is a.High power consumption b.High cost relative to moving iron instruments c.Low torque / weight ratio d.Absence of effective and efficient eddy current damping 553. In moving coil meters, damping is provided by a.Aluminium frame b. Damping vane c.Damping vane in an air tight chamber d.None of these 554.Damping method used in moving coil instruments is a.Air damping b. Fluid damping c.Spring damping d. Eddy current damping 555. In moving coil instruments scale used is a.Nonlinear scale b. Linear scale c.Square scale d. Logarithmic scale 556.When an ac voltage is applied to a PMMC voltmeter a.The meter gets damaged b.Meter reading is zero c.Pointer will oscillate to and fro d.The pointer will not move at all 557.Error in moving coil instrument results from a.Change coil resistance due to temperature variation b.Weakening of filed due to aging of magnet c.Weaking of spring tension due to temperature effect. d.All of these 558.Frequency compensation in a moving iron instrument is achieved by connecting a.A capacitor in series with the fixed coil b.A capacitor across the fixed coil c.High resistance in series with the coil d.Low resistance in series with the coil 559. The error which does not result in moving iron instrument for both ac and dc measurement a.Stray magnetic field error b.Hysteresis magnetic filed c.Eddy current error d.Temperature error 560.Moving iron instruments a.Are used for only dc measurements b.Are used for only ac measurements c.Are used for both dc and ac measurements d.Belong to the polarized class of instruments 561.A moving iron type instrument has a.Uniform scale b.Nonlinear scale c.Its defection directly proportional to current d.Its defection directly proportional to voltage 562. The advantage of a moving iron instruments is that a.It has liner scale b.Its current sensitivity is high c.It can be used under severe over load d.It can be used at high frequencies 563.Moving iron meters can be used upto frequency of a.50 Hz b.100 Hz c.500 Hz d.1500 Hz

564.The advantage of electro dynometer type of instrument is a.Low torque / weight ratio b.Large operating current c.nouniform scale d.The coil being air cored, these instruments are current errors. 565.The advantage of electrostatic instruments is that a.Their indicating scale is uniform b. Their operating forces are large c.They are cheap, robust and small in size d.Their power drain from the mains is negligible 566.Electrostatic voltmeters a.Are not frequency limited b.Have uniform scale d.Have scale reading peak value on ac circuits circuits

free from hysteresis and eddy

c.Have scale reading rms value on ac

567.Sensitivity of a voltmeter is expressed as a.Volts / ohm b.Ohms / volt c.ohms volt d.siemen / volt 568.A strain gauge has a a.Piezo electric effect b.Piezo effect c.Piezo capacitive effect d.Piezo inductive effect 569.Resistance strain gauge material usually a.Constantan b.Tungsten c.Thorium d.Tungsten and copper alloy 570.Time response of strain gauge measurement is a.Very poor b.Poor c.Good d.Very good 571.Platinum tungsten thermometer can be used to measure temperature up to a.400 0 K b.800 0 K c.1100 0 K d.2000 0 K 572.CRO helps in measuring the following values of an ac voltage a.rms Value only b.Peak value only c.Average value only d.All of the above there 573.The maximum input signal frequency that can be used with a CRO is limited by a.Input probe capacitance b.The vertical amplifier c.The frequency of the sync signal d.The horizontal amplifier 574.The Lissajous pattern obtained on CRO is used to determine a.Amplitude of applied signal b.Current in a circuit c.Phase shift and frequency d.Distortion in a system 575. ADVM measures a.Peak value b.rms value c.Peak to Peak value d.Average value 576.The semiconductor strain gauge has gauge factor a.2 b. 10 c. 100 d.1000 577.A semiconductor strain gauge has the advantage over the normal strain gauge that it is a.More sensitive b.More liner c.Less temperature dependent d.Less costly 578.LVDT is used as a a.Displacement transducer b.Pressure transducer c.Temperature transducer d.Any of the above

579.An active transducer is a.Photoelectric b.Photovoltaic c.Photo conductive d.Photoemission 580.Consider the following statements about temperature measurement ? a. A thermistor much more sensitive than a platinum thermometer b.The resistance of thermistor is soley a function of its absolute temperature , whether the source of heat is external, internal or both c.Highly liner temperature resistance relationship is a great advantage of the thermistor d.Thermistor has negative temperature coefficient 581.Consider the following statements regarding the use of electrodynamometer type indicating instruments a.Direct current b. Alternating current c.Direct voltage d.Alternating voltage 582.A moving coil ammeter has a fixed shunt of 0.02 ohm resistance . If the coil resistance if the Meter is 1000 ohms. A potential difference of 500 m V is required across it for full scale defection. Under this condition, the current in the shunt would be a.2.5 A b.25 A c.0.25 A d.0.025 A 583. The instrument used almost exclusively to measure radio frequency currents is a.Moving coil meter b.Rectifier type moving coil meter c.Iron - vane meter d.Thermocouple meter 584.The rmistors are made of a.pure metals b. pure insulators b.sintered mixtures of metallic oxides c.pure semiconductor

585.The disadvantage associated with an electrodynamic instruments that a.It consumers more power b.It has low torque / weight ratio c.Have scale reading rms value on ac circuit d.Have scale reading peak value on ac circuit 586.Electrostatic instrument uses the principle of variation of a.Inductance with voltage b.Capacitance with voltage c.Capacitance with current d.Inductance with current 587.The fixed coil in an electrodynamometer is normally used as a a.Potential b.Either as potential coil or as current c.Current coil d.There fixed no fixed coil in electrodynamometer 588.The instrument which should be used to measure 600 kV ac voltage a.Electrostatic voltmeter b.Movingcoil voltmeter c.Moving iron voltmeter d.Hotwire instrument 589.Which of the following instruments consumes maximum power during measurement ? a.Induction instrument b.Hot wire instrument c.Thermocouple instrument d.electrodynamometer instrument 590.The measuring instruments which utilize the electrostatic effect are a.Ammeters and Voltmeters b.Voltmeters and wattmeters c.Ammeters and wattmeters

d.Dc ampere hour meters and ammeters 591.Instrument used for ac measurement alone is a.Permanent magnet type b.Hot wire type c.Electrostatic type d.Induction type 592.Which of the following meter has the best accuracy ? a.Moving iron ammeter b.Hot wire ammeter c.Moving coil ammeter d.Thermocouple type ammeter 593.Ac current can be measured directly by a.Hot wire ammeter b.Moving iron meter c.Electronic meter d.Thermocouple type ammeter 594.A shunt in a current meter is resistance connected a.In series with the meter to increase its range b.Across the meter to increase its range c.Across the meter to decrease its range d.Across the meter to reduce the voltage across it 595.An ideal current or voltage meter should have a.Zero resistance b. Infinite resistance c.Absolutely no effect on the circuit conditions d.Definite effect on the circuit conditions 596.The function of a shunt in an ammeter is to a.Bypass the current b.Increase the meters resistance c.Decrease the voltage drop d.Increase the current in the coil 597.The damping torque is produced by a.Spring control b. Gravity control c.Air friction or eddy currents d.Utilizing thermal effects 598.Damping provides a.Braking action on a meter pointer b.Good accuracy c.Starting torque on the meter pointer d.Counter torque on deflection torque 599.The shunt resistance in an ammeter is usually a.Less than meter resistance b.Equal to meter resistance c.More than meter resistance d.Ofany value

600.A permanent magnet moving coil measures the a.true rms value b. de value c.peak value d. rms plus dc value 601.A 1 mA ammeter has a resistance of 100 ohms. It is to be converted into a 1 A ammeter. The value of shunt resistance required is a.0.001 b. 0.1001 c. 100 d.10000 602.Match List I with List II and select the correct answer using the codes given below the lists: List-I List-II (transducer) (Quantity it can measure) a. LVDT 1. pressure b. Bourdon guage 2. Temperature c. Strain guage 3. Displacement d. Thermistor 4. Stress Codes: A B C D a. 4 3 2 1 b. 3 2 1 4

c. 4 1 3 2 d. 3 1 4 2 603. Guage factor os a strain guage is defined as the ratio of a per unit change in the a.Conductivity to pr unit change in applied force acting on the element b.Resistance to the per unit change in the length of the element. c.Stress to the per unit change in strain of the element. d.Current to the per unit change in the length of the element. 604.Two sinusoidal signals having the same amplitude and frequency are applied to the X and Y inputs of a CRO. The observed Lissajous figure is straight line. The phase shift between the two signals would be a. Zero b. 90 degrees c.either zero or 180 degrees d.either 90 degrees or 270 degrees. 605. DC voltage of the order of a few mV can be measured accurately using an a.moving coil voltmeter b. electrodynometer c.moving iron voltmeter d. electrostatic voltmeter. 610. A dynamometer type of wattmeter is connected in an ac circuit. The power indicated by the wattmeter is the a. rms power b. average power c. peak power d.instantaneous power. 611. The detector generally used in ac bridges for audio frequency range is a. AC voltmeter b. CRO c. Headphones d. Vibration galvanometer 612. The most useful transducer for displacement sensing with excellent sensitivity, linearity and resolution is

a. an incremental encoder b. an absolute encoder

c. a LVDT d. a strain gauge 613.The temperature coefficient of resistance for a thermistor is a. low and negative b. low and positive c. high and negative d. high and positive. 614. A linear displacement transducer of the digital type generally uses a. straight binary code b. BCD c. Gray code d. hexadecimal code. 615. An LVDT is used to measure displacement. The output of the LVDT is connected to a voltmeter of range 0 to 5V through an amplifier having a gain of 250. For a displacement of 0.5mm, the output of the LVDT is 2mV. The sensitivity of the instrument would be a. 0.1 V/mm b. 0.5 V/mm c. 1 V/mm d. 5 V/mm 616. It is required to measure temperature in the range of 1300 C to 1500 C . The most suitable thermocouple to be used as a transducer would be a. Chromel-constantan b. Iron-constantan c. Chromel alumel d. Platinum-rhodium. 617. A dual trace CRO has a. one electron gun b. two electron guns c. one electron gun and one two-pole switch d. two electron guns and one two-pole switch. 348. The best definition of accuracy is that a. it is measure of consistency or reproducibility of measurement. b. It is the ratio of the change in output signal to the change in input signal. c. It is the smallest change in measurable input. d. It is the closeness with which an instrument readingapproaches the true value of the quantity being measured.

103. Variable capacitor is one, whose capacitance a.Changes with time b. Changes with temperature c.Changes with voltage d. Changes with frequency

104. A digital vottmeter measures a.Peak value b. Peak-to-peak value c.rms value d. Average value 105. VTVMs have a.Very high ohms/volt ratings b. Moderate ohms/volt ratings c.Low ohms/volt ratings d. Very low ohms/volt ratings 106 Electronic voltmeters which use rectifiers employ ve a.Increase the overall gain b. Improve stability c.Overcome non linearity of diodes d. None of these 107. 107 The source of emission of electrons in CRT is a.PN junction diode b. A Ba and Strontium Oxide coated cathode c. Accelerating anodes d. Post-accelerating anodes 108. 108 In CRT, focusing anode is located a.Between accelerating and Pre accelerating anode b.After accelerating anode c.Before Pre accelerating anode d. None of these 109. How many times base ckts do a dual trace CRO can have a. 1 b. 2 c. 3 d. 4 110. The Rin of CRO is of the order of a. Tens of ohm b. Mega ohm 111. A vertical amplifier for a CRO can be designed for a.Only a high gain c.A constant gain times bandwidth product 112. An inverse transduser converts a.Electrical energy to any other form b. Electrical to light c.Mechanical displacement into electrical signal d.Electrical energy to Mechanical 113. Which 1 is the inverse transducer a.Potentiometer b. LVDT c.Capacitive transducer d. Piezo eclectic crystal 114. The guage factor is defined as a. b. c. d. 115. An active transducer is a. Strainguage b. Selsyn c. Photovoltaic cell d. Photo emissive cell 116. An LVDT a.Exhibits linear characteristics up to a displacement b.Has a linearity of 0.05% c.Has an infinite resolution and a high sensitivity d.All of these 117. Capacitive transducers are normally used for a. Static measurements b. Dynamic measurements c. Both static and dynamic measurements d. Transient measurements 118. Thermocouples a.Are most commonly used temperature transducers b.Require reference junction compensation c.Have low O/P voltage level d. All of these Feedback. This is due to

c. Kilo ohm

d. Fraction of an ohm

b. Only a broad bandwidth d . All the above

of 5mm which is of the order of 40v/mm

119. Dummy strain gauges are used for a.Compensation of temperature changes b.Increasing the sensitivity of bridge in which they are c.Compensating for different expansion d.Calibration of strain gauges 120. The dynamic characteristics of capacitive transducer a. Low pass filters b. High pass filters c. Notch filters d. Band stop filters

included

are similar to those of

72. In moving-coil meters, damping is provided by a.Eddy current disk b. The aluminium frame of the coil c. Damping vane in the air tight chamber d. The coil spring attached to the moving coil 73. In a LVDT, the two secondary voltages a.Are independent of core position b.Vary unequally depending on the core position c.Vary equally depending on the core position d.Are always quadrature 74. In CRT aquadag carries a.A queous solution of graphite b. Sweep voltage c.Secondary emission electrons d. None 75. Strain guage, LVDT & thermocouple may be classified as a.Active transducer b. Analog transducer c,Primary transducer d. None of these 76. Which voltmeter do you select for measuring 50V DC a.Moving coil voltmeter b. Hot-wire voltmeter c.Electrodynamometer d. Electrostatic voltmeter 77. Megger is an Instrument for a.Measuring current b. Measuring voltage c.Testing Insulation d. Measuring power 9. The signal whose wave form is to be analysed is given to which terminal of CRO a.Vertical amplifier b. Horizontal Amplefier c. CRT d. None of these 10. Time base generator produces a.Sweep generator b. Triangular wave generator c. Square wave generator d. None of these 11. Common example of a piezoelectric material is a.Tourmalline b. Ceramic c.Gemanium d. Lithium Sulphate

25. What is the peak value of the wave form that can be observed if the output of a 6V transformer is fed to a CRO a. 8.49V b. 4.243V c. 3V d. 6V 33. Modern electronic Multimeter measure resistance by a. Using a bridge ckt b. Using electronic bridge compensator for nulling c. Forcing a constant current & measuring the voltage across the unknown d.resistance.