Questions Sorted by Topic: INSTRUMENTATION

1150. What instrument is used to detect and measure the presence of

electrical current? 1172. Error in ohmmeter reading is due to ___.
- Galvanometer - Battery aging

1152. What is the common type of meter movement? 1173. Decreasing the value of the shunt resistor of an ammeter its current
- D arsonval measuring capability _______.
- Increases
1153. What instrument depends on current in one or more fixed-coils
acting on one or more pieces of soft iron, at least one of which is 1174. Increasing the value of the series resistor of a voltmeter its voltage
movable? measuring capability _____.
- Moving iron instrument - Increases

1154. What is that device, which depends on the action of a movable 1175. A device that is used to measuring current without opening the
permanent magnet, in aligning itself in the resultant field, produced either circuit _______.
by a fixed permanent magnet and an adjacent coil or coils carrying - Clamp probe
current, or by two or more current-carrying coils whose axes are
displayed by a fixed angle? 1176. Which of the ammeter below that has no insertion error?
- Moving magnet instrument - Clamp-meter

1155. What ammeter is mostly used in measuring high frequency 1177. To present damage of the multirange ammeter during selection an
currents? __ should be used.
- Thermocouple - Ayrton shunt

1156. Measurement of high-dc voltages is usually done by using 1178. For the greatest accuracy, what should be the input impedance of a
_______. VOM be?
- Electrostatic - As large as possible

1157. What measuring instrument can be used only to measure voltages? 1179. Voltage measurement in a high impedance circuits requires a
- Electrostatic voltmeter with _.
- High input impedance
1158. What instrument measures temperatures by electric means
especially temperature beyond the range of mercury thermometers? 1180. A meter has a full-scale current of 50 A, what is its sensitivity?
- Pyrometer - 20 k/v

1159. What instrument refers to that one which measures the intensity of 1181. If a meter with a full-scale current of 100 A is used as an AC
the radiation, received from any portion of the sky? voltmeter with half0wave rectification, its AC sensitivity is __.
- Pyranometer - 4500 /v

1160. What is the normal indication of a megger (megaohmmerter) when 1182. In order to make an accurate measurements possible; the internal
checking insulation? resistance of a voltmeter must be ______.
- Infinity - As high as possible.

1161. What resistance measuring instrument is particularly used in 1183. An ammeter has a full-wave deflection current of 100mA. If the
determining the insulation resistance? same ammeter is used to measure a full-scale Fcurrent of 1.0 Ampere,
- Megger (megaohmmeter) what is the value of the shunt resistor in ohms if the voltage across the
meter is 9.0 volts?
1162. What electrodynamometer / electrodynamic meter is used to - 10
measure power?
- Wattmeter 1184. What is the purpose of the rheostat in ohmmeter?
- Compensate aging battery of the meter
1163. What device is used to mechanically measure the output power of a
motor? 1185. The zero-adjust control in an analog type ohmmeter is used to
- Dynamometer _____.
- Compensate for the differing internal battery voltage
1164. An indicating instrument whose movable coils rotate between two
stationary coils, usually used as wattmeter. 1186. The scale of a hot wire instrument is a/an function ______.
- Electrodynamometer - Squared

1165. Dynamometers are mostly used as ____. 1187. Moving iron instruments have a scale function that is _____.
- Wattmeter - Squared
1188. To increase the measuring capability of a moving-iron AC
1166. What damping method is generally used in dynamometers? ammeter, a _____ should be used.
- Air friction - Different number of turns of operating coils

1167. Which dynamometer instrument has a uniform scale? 1189. Which electrical instrument below is the most sensitive?
- Wattmeter - PMMC

1168. For a dynamometer to be able to measure high current, a _____ 1190. Basically, a PMMC instrument can be used only in _______.
should be used. - DC measurements
- Current transformer
1191. Controlling torque in PMMC is _____.
1169. Error in voltmeter reading is due to ____. - Spring action
- Loading
1192. What damping method is used in induction type ammeters?
1170. Error in ammeter reading is due to ____. - Eddy current damping, electrostatic damping
- Insertion
1193. Induction type instruments are mostly used as _____.
1171. Which type of meter requires its own power source? - Watt-hour meter
- Ohmmeter
1194. In indicating instruments, what will happen to the controlling
torque if the deflection becomes greater? 1210. A four arm bridge. All of which are predominantly resistive used
- Increases for measuring resistance.
a. Bridge
1195. The force(s) that is (are) acting on the pointer of an indicating b. Resistance bridge
instrument as it rest on its final deflected position. (Note: Damping c. Wheatstone bridge
torque is 0). d. B or C is correct
- Controlling torque and deflecting torque Ans. D. B or C is correct

1196. What is (are) the force(s) acting on the pointer of an indicating 1211. This is a method of using a wheatstone bridge to determine the
instrument when it is in motion? distance from the testpoint to a fault in a telephone of telegraph line or
- Controlling, damping, and deflecting torques cable.
a. Mesh
1197. What material is mostly used as a pointer in indicating b. Varley loop
instruments? c. Batten system
- Aluminum d. Cordonnier system
Ans. B. Varley loop
1198. A Kelvin electrostatic voltmeter uses what method of damping?
- Fluid friction 1212. What refers to a four arm AC bridge used for measuring inductance
against a standard capacitance?
1199. Shunts in meters should have a temperature coefficient of a. Maxwell bridge
resistance. b. Slide-wire bridge
- Very small c. Resistance bridge
d. Wheatstone bridge
1200. In a moving coil ammeter, a _____ is connected in series with the Ans. A. Maxwell bridge
coil to compensate for temperature variations.
- Swamping resistor 1213. Refers to an ac bridge for measuring the inductance and Q of an
inductor in terms of resistance, frequency and standard capacitance.
1201. Where can we use the dynamometer? a. Hay bridge
- DC and AC b. Maxwell bridge
c. Slide-wire bridge
1202. What is that meter that depends for its operation on the forces of d. Wheatstone bridge
attraction and repulsion between electrically charged bodies? Ans. A. Hay Bridge
- Electrostatic instrument
1214. This is a special bridge for measuring very low resistance (0.1 ohm
1203. What do you call of an instrument that depends for its operation on or less). The arrangement of the bridge reduces the effects of contact
the reaction between magnetic flux set up by currents in fixed windings resistance, which causes significant error when such low resistances are
and other currents set up by electromagnetic induction in movable connected to conventional resistance bridges.
conducting parts? a. Hay Bridge
- Induction instrument b. Maxwell bridge
c. Wheatstone bridge
1204. A meter that for its operation, it depends on a movable iron vane d. Kelvin double bridge
which aligns itself in the resultant field of a permanent magnet and an Ans. D. Kelvin double bridge
adjacent current carrying coil.
- PMMC instrument 1215. A type of four arm Capacitance Bridge in which the unknown
capacitance is compared with a standard capacitance. This bridge is
1205. What is the measuring instrument that uses the force of repulsion frequently employed in testing electrolytic capacitors, to which a dc
between fixed and movable magnetized iron vanes, or the force between polarizing voltage is applied during the measurement. What is this
a coil and pivoted vane-shaped piece of soft iron to move the indicating bridge?
pointer? a. Hay
- Vane-type instrument b. Maxwell
c. Schering
1206. Its an electrostatic voltmeter in which an assembly of figure 8- d. Wheatstone
shaped metal plates rotates between the plates of a stationary assembly Ans. C. Schering
when a voltage is applied between the assemblies. The length of the
plates of rotation is proportional to the electrostatic attraction and thus, to 1216. What do you call of that frequency-sensitive bridge in which two
applied voltage. adjacent arms are resistances and the other two arms are RC
- Kelvin voltmeter combinations.
a. Hay
1207. What is that instrument used for measuring the strength and b. Wien
direction of magnetic field. c. Maxwell
a. Varmeter d. Schering
b. Potentiometer Ans. B. Wien
c. magnetometer
d. Kelvin voltmeter 1217. When the capacitors of a wien bridge are replaced by inductors, the
Ans. C. magnetometer bridge becomes
a. Wien bridge filter
1208. What do you call of that instrument used for measuring reactive b. Variometer
power in VARS. c. Schering bridge
a. Varmeter d. Wien inductance bridge
b. Pyrometer Ans. D. Wien inductance bridge
c. Reactive volt-ampere meter
d. A or C is correct 1218. What is a simplified version of the wheatstone bridge wherein, two
Ans. D. A or C is correct of the ratio arms are replaced by a 100cm long manganin of uniform
cross sections and provided with a slider.
1209. What is this instrument or circuit that has four arms, by means of a. Hay
which one or more of the electrical constants of an unknown component b. Schering
may be measured. c. Slide-wire
a. Bridge d. Wien inductance
b. Hazeltine circuit Ans. C. Slide- wire
c. Loftin-white circuit
d. D Arsonval meter movement 1219. What bridge is used to measure both inductance and capacitive
Ans. A. Bridge impedances at higher frequencies.
 a. Hay d. Delayed sweep oscilloscope
b. Schering Ans. A. Sampling oscilloscope
c. Wien
d. Radio frequency 1230. Generally, oscilloscope uses what type of deflection?
Ans. A. Balance bridge a. Magnetic
b. Electromagnetic
1220. A bridge wherein all the legs are electrically identical is called. c. Static
a. Balance bridge d. Electrostatic
b. Balance circuit Ans. D. Electrostatic
c. Balance line
d. All of the above 1231. What device or instrument delivers signals of precise frequency
Ans. A. Balance bridge and amplitude, usually over wide range?
a. Synthesizer
1221. Comparison between dc and ac measuring instruments b. Frequency generator
a. Generally, ac instruments are less sensitive than dc instruments c. Signal generator
b. Errors such as induced emfs, frequency variations, and d. Modulator
harmonic- current components are only present in dc Ans. C. Signal generator
instruments.
c. Ac instruments, higher value of current is needed than in dc 1232. The two most common oscillators are;
instruments to produce the same deflection a. Wien-bridge and colpitts
d. All of these. b. Wien bridge and phase shifts
Ans. D. All of these c. Colpitts and Hartley
d. Hartley and phase shifts
1222. What is an electronic instrument capable of showing on screen and Ans. B. Wien Bridge and phase shifts
maybe on print, relative spacing of transmitter carriers, their sidebands
and harmonics? 1233. What are the two most popular RF oscillators?
a. Counters a. Wien-bridge and colpitts
b. Spectrum analyzer b. Wien bridge and phase shifts
c. Triggered oscilloscope c. Colpitts and Hartley
d. Multimeter d. Hartley and phase shifts
Ans. B. Spectrum analyzer Ans. C. Colpitts and Hartley

1223. What instrument is capable of displaying simultaneously the 1234. What devices or instruments are able to generate noise with
amplitude of signals having different frequencies? accurate voltage for test purposes?
a. Oscilloscope a. Signal generator
b. Spectrum analyzer b. Synthesizer
c. VTVM c. Frequency generator
d. Logic analyzer d. Noise generators
Ans. B. Spectrum analyzer Ans. D. Noise generators

1224. A spectrum analyzer is 1235. When do you need a noise generator?

a. Real-time analyzer a. When starting an oscillations
b. Non-real time analyzer b. When evaluating noise performance of an oscillator
c. The same as wave analyzer in all aspects c. When evaluating noise characteristics of an amplifier
d. An instrument not dependent on frequency d. When performing modulation analysis
Ans. A. Real time analyzer Ans. C. When evaluating noise characteristics of an amplifier

1225. Indications on spectrum analyzer is presented by means of: 1236. In RF microwave systems, what instrument is used to measure the
a. Moving meter incidental and reflected signals?
b. Iron vane a. Oscilloscope
c. CRT b. Reflectometer
d. LED c. Incident wave meter
Ans. C. CRT d. Spectrum analyzer
Ans. B. Reflectometer
1226. What electronic measuring device provides instantaneous visual
indication of voltage excursion? 1237. What type of photometer is used to measure reflections?
a. Voltmeter a. Photodiode
b. Power meter b. Reflectometer
c. Oscilloscope c. Incident wave meter
d. Power line meter d. LED
Ans. C. Oscilloscope Ans. B. Reflectometer

1227. What instrument is capable of displaying waveforms by means of a 1238. A tunable RF instrument, which by means of a sharp dip of an
fluorescent in a CRT? indicating meter, indicates resonance with external circuits under test.
a. Oscilloscope a. Reflectometer
b. Wave analyzer b. Inclinometer
c. Spectrum analyzer c. Dip meter
d. Distortion analyzer Grid- dip meter
Ans. A. Oscilloscope Ans. C. Dip meter

1228. Types of oscilloscopes that are able to retain the display for a 1239. What type of dip meter employing a vacuum tube oscillator whos
longer period for analysis. The display is retained by the use of flood gun. indicating DC microammeter is in the grid circuit?
a. Sampling oscilloscope a. Reflectometer
b. Digital storage oscilloscope b. Inclinometer
c. Storage oscilloscope c. Dip meter
d. Delayed sweep oscilloscope d. Grid dip meter
Ans. C. Storage oscilloscope Ans. D. Grid dip meter

1229. What do you call on oscilloscope that uses sampling technique in 1240. In meter movement, how do you prevent the meter from oscillating
processing signals having frequencies beyond its normal capabilities? and overswing?
a. Sampling oscilloscope a. By shorting
b. Digital storage oscilloscope b. By coupling
c. Storage oscilloscope c. By swamping
 d. By damping c. By using electronic switches such as diodes, transistors,
Ans. D. By damping thyratrons and thyristors.
d. All of the above
1241. When the meter is insufficiently damped, it is considered as Ans. D. All of the above
a. Underdamped
b. Overdamped 1245. Common methods of controlling electrical power with reactance
c. Critically damped a. Switching a tapped inductors
d. Negatively damped b. Using a saturable reactor
Ans. A. Underdamped c. By a matching transformers
d. A and B above
1242. A meter when ______ damped will become insensitive to small Ans. D. A and B above
signals.
a. Underdamped 1246. A reactive device used in controlling critical electrical power using
b. Overdamped two windings on a common iron core. The control winding is supplied
c. Critically damped with a small dc current which causes the reactance of a large ac winding
d. Negatively damped to change accordingly.
Ans. B. Overdamped a. Tapped inductor
b. Saturable reactor
1243. What type of circuit control device which may be manual, c. Autotransformer
automatic or muti-contact? d. LVDT
a. Fuse Ans. B. Saturable reactor
b. Breaker
c. Switch 1247. A saturable reactor with regenerative feedback
d. Relay a. Tapped inductor
Ans. B. Breaker b. Autotransformer
c. LVDT
1244. What are the primary methods of controlling electrical power? d. Magnetic amplifier
a. By using manual switches and rheostats Ans. D. Magnetic amplifier
b. By using variable reactance and transformers