Appendix 4 Solutions to

self-test questions

Q5. 0.0175 mV/~

Q7. (a) 2.62 ; (b) 2.94 ;0.32
Q8. (a) 20~tm/kg; 22~m/kg; (b) 200~tm; 2~tm/kg; (c) 14.3~tm/~
0.143 ~tm (~ -1 (kg) -1
Q9. (a)

Time

Depth

Temp. reading

Temp. error

0
100
200
300
400
500

0
50
100
150
200
250

20.0
19.716
19.245
18.749
18.250
17.750

0.0
0.216
0.245
0.249
0.250
0.250

(b) 10.25~

Q3. 3.9%
Q5. 5.0%; 24750
Q6. 10.0%
Q9. mean 31.1; median 30.5; standard deviation 3.0
QIO. mean 1.537; standard deviation 0.021; accuracy of mean value -- +0.007
i.e. mean value--- 1.537 0.007; for 1000 measurements, accuracy would be
improved by a factor of 10

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Q 11. Mean value = 21.8 mA

Measurement
21.5 22.1 21.3 21.7 22.0 22.2 21.8 21.4 21.9 22.1
Deviation from mean -0.3 +0.3 -0.5 -0.1 +0.2 +0.4 0.0 -0.4 +0.1 +0.3
(deviations)2
0.09 0.09 0.25 0.01 0.04 0.16 0.0 0.16 0.01 0.09
Standard deviation --0.32
Q12. 86.6%
Q13. 97.7%
Q14.-t-0.7%
Q15.-t-4.7%
Q16. -t-2.2%
Q17. 46.7ohm + 2.5%
Q18. 2.5%
Q19. (a) 0.31 m3/min; (b) 4-4.1%

Q1. 81.9 mV
Q2. 378 mV
Q3. (a) 0.82mV/~

(b) indicated temperature 101.9~

error 1.9~

Q4. 24V; 1.2W

Q6. 85.9 mV
QT. (a) 69.6 f2, 930.4 f2; (b) 110.3 f2
Q8. (a) Ru = R2R3/R1; Lu = R2R3C; (b) 1.57 S2; 100mH; (c) 20
Q9. 2.538V r.m.s.
Q10. 50~tF
Q11 (a) At balance R1 + jo)L _
9

R3

parts and
manipulating L L =

R2
Then, by taking real and imaginary
-- R4 - j/09C"

R1 C and R1 -- R4 (1 +R2R3
0~2R4
1/co2R] C 2" Hence, at balance

R2R3C
1 + 092R] C 2

(b) Q = w L / R 1 = 1/09R4C using the equations developed in part (a) above.

For large Q, 092R]C 2 << 1, and the equation for L above becomes L - R2R3C.
This is independent of frequency because there is no 09 term in the expression
(c) 20 mH

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Solutions to self-test questions

Q2. One's compl.

(a) 01010000
(b) 10001000
(c) 10011010
(d) 00101001
(e) 00010011
Q3. (a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)

Two's compl.
01010001
10001001
10011011
00101010
00010100

111001 71 39
1100101 145 65
10101111 257 AF
100000011 403 103
1111100111 1747 3E7
10011010010 2322 4D2

Q4. (a) 7515; (b)F4D

Q5. (a) 130645; (b) B1A5
Q6. (a) 1214; (b) 28C; (c) 3352

Q1. (b)

O)n

--

~/Ks/J; 3 = ~/KI/2RJKs; sensitivity = KI/KsR

(d) 0.7; (e) typical bandwidth 100 Hz; maximum frequency 30 Hz

Q3. a = 12.410; b = 40.438
Q4. 9.8f2
Q5. a = 1.12; b = 2.00
Q6. (a) C = 5.77 x 10-7; To-- 11027; (b) T = 428~

Q1. 30.4 days

Q2. 40.6 days
Q3. 222 days
Q4. 0.988
Q5. 0.61 or 61%
Q6. 0.95 or 95%
Q7. 0.86
Q8. 0.9975
Q9. 0.92
Q10. 24

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Qll.
Q12.
Q13.
Q14.

Q1.
Q2.
Q3.
Q4.
Q5.

39
(a) 95.2%; (b) 49 seeded errors
97.2%
94.2%

300~
147.1~
700~
610~ 678.4~
15.55mV; 228.5~