Assignment : Instrumentation

V Semester b. Tech. (Evening)

1 Define The Term Instrumentation.

2 Enumerate the elements of a measuring system.
3 What is transducer?
4 What are the functions of a transducer in a measuring System.
5 How are transducers classified?
6 What are the advantages of electrical transducers.
7 Explain briefly with diagram important transducer actuating
mechanisms.
8 What are the disadvantages of mechanical transducers.
9 Describe briefly Wire resistance strain gauges.
10 What is a piezo electric transducer? List the advantages and
disadvantages of piezo electric transducers. Write its applications.
11 Explain briefly, with neat diagrams, the following:
i Wire wound strain gauge
ii Foil type strain gauge

12 Discuss and enumerate the various mechanical detector transducer

elements.
13 Discuss in brief Resistance Transducers.
14 Discuss in brief Linear and Angular Motion Potentiometers.
15 Differentiate between Passive Type and Active Type Transducers.
16 What do you understand by Hall Effect, Explain.
17 What do you mean by the following terms as applied to
instrumentation or measurement system?
i Detector transducer stage.
ii Signal conditioning Stage.

18 State the limitations of mechanical amplification.

19 What are the advantages of electrical signal conditioning?
20 Explain briefly the following functions of signal conditioning equipment:
i Amplification
ii Modification
iii Impedance matching
iv Data Processing
v Data Transmission.

21 Explain briefly the following:

i D.C. Signal Conditioning System
ii A.C. Signal Conditioning System

22 Describe briefly the term Amplification.

 i Mechanical Amplifiers
ii Fluid Amplifiers
iii Electrical and electronic Amplifiers
iv Pneumatic Amplifiers

23 Explain briefly any three of the following types of transmission?

i Mechanical transmission
ii Hydraulic transmission
iii Pneumatic transmission
iv Magnetic transmission

24 State the advantages of differential amplifiers.

25 Explain the Difference between an analog signal and a digital signal.
26 Explain the Difference between primary, secondary and working
Standards
27 Distinguish between direct and indirect methods of measurement.
28 What are primary, secondary and tertiary measurements? Explain with
suitable examples
29 Draw a block diagram representing a general measurement system.
Identify the various elements and write the functions performed by
each element.
30 Explain briefly the terms: accuracy, error and correction
31 Enumerate the main static characteristics of measuring instruments
32 What do you by static calibration ? Give the steps which are
necessary in performing a calibration
33 Differentiate between the term accuracy and Precision with
suitable examples.

34. What do you mean by term loading effect as applied to measuring

instruments? Explain briefly

35. Explain briefly any two of the following mechanical gauges:

i Bourdon Tube Pressure Gauge

ii Diaphragm Gauge
iii Bellows

36. How are very high pressures measured? Explain briefly with a neat
sketch the construction and working of a Baridgman gauge used for
measuring high pressure.

37. State the advantages and disadvantages of Bourdon Tube element

38. are the different factors which influence the choice of method used for
the measurement of flow?

39. Explain briefly any two of the following as applied to flow

measurement:

i Venturimeter
ii Orifice meter
iii Flow Nozzle

40. Describe briefly the following:

i Rota meter
ii Elbow meter

41. What is a proving ring? How is it used to measure force?

42. Describe briefly the construction and working of strain gauge load cell.
State its fields of application as well.

43. Explain briefly the following torque measurement methods:

i
ii Gravity balance method
iii Mechanical torsion meter

44. Describe briefly how a strain gauge torsion meter is used to measure
the torque

45. How are dynamometers classified? Explain briefly the Rope brake
dynamometer.

46. Explain how small displacements can be measured by a linear or

differential transformers.

47. State the advantages, disadvantages and applications of bimetallic

thermometers.

48. Explain with a neat diagram the construction and working of a

thermoelectric pyrometer

49. (a) Describe the significance of measurements.

(b) How are transducers classified and the disadvantages of

mechanical
transducers.
 (c) Describe briefly Wire resistance strain gauges. Explain Wire
wound strain gauge.
(d) What is a piezo electric transducer? List the advantages and
disadvantages of piezo electric transducers.
(e) Enumerate the various mechanical detector transducer
elements.

50. (a) Differentiate between passive type and active type transducers.

(b) Distinguish between direct and indirect method of

measurements.
(c) Distinguish between input and output.
(d) What are the advantages of electrical signal conditioning?
(e) Explain fluid amplifiers

51. (a) Enumerate the elements of a measuring sytem.

(b) Enumerate s two of the Op Amp circuits.

(c) What do you mean by gain and converters.
(d) Distinguish between Display and Recoder.
(e) What are the applications of C. R. O.?

52. Explain briefly any two of the following mechanical gauges:

i. Bourdon Tube Pressure Gauge

ii. Diaphragm Gauge
iii Bellows

53. How are very high pressures measured? Explain briefly with a neat
sketch the construction and working of a Baridgman gauge used for
measuring high pressure.

54. State the advantages and disadvantages of Bourdon Tube element

55. What are the different factors which influence the choice of method
used for the measurement of flow?

56. Explain briefly any two of the following as applied to flow

measurement:
(i) Venturi meter
(ii) Orifice meter
(iii) Flow Nozzle

57. Describe briefly the following:

(i) Rotameter
 (ii) Elbowmeter

58. What is a proving ring? How is it used to measure force?

59. Describe briefly the construction and working of strain gauge load cell.
State its fields of application as well.

60. Explain briefly the following torque measurement methods:

(i) Gravity balance method

(ii) Mechanical torsion meter

61. Describe briefly how a strain gauge torsion meter is used to measure
the torque

62. How are dynamometers classified? Explain briefly the Rope brake
dynamometer.

63. Explain how small displacements can be measured by a linear or

differential transformers.

64. State the advantages, disadvantages and applications of bimetallic

thermometers.

65. Explain with a neat diagram the construction and working of a

thermoelectric tyrometer