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Manual for Kuestion
Why Kuestion?
It’s very overwhelming for a student to even think about finishing 100-200 questions per
chapter when the clock is ticking at the last moment. This is the reason why Kuestion serves
the purpose of being the bare minimum set of questions to be solved from each chapter
during revision.
What is Kuestion?
A set of 40 questions or less for each chapter covering almost every type which has been
previously asked in GATE. Along with the Solved examples to refer from, a student can try
similar unsolved questions to improve his/her problem solving skills.
It is recommended to use Kuestion as soon as you feel confident in any particular chapter.
Although it will really help a student if he/she will start making use of Kuestion in the last 2
months before GATE Exam (November end onwards).
Kuestion should be used as a tool to improve your speed and accuracy chapter wise. It should
be treated as a supplement to our K-Notes and should be attempted once you are comfortable
with the understanding and basic problem solving ability of the chapter. You should refer K-
Notes Theory before solving any “Type” problems from Kuestion.
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Type 1: Error Analysis
For Concept, refer to Measurement K-Notes, Error Analysis
Point to remember:
While using the limiting error concept in division we need to remember that all variables
must be independent of each other and hence this rule does not hold for parallel
combination of resistance.
Sample problem 1:
A variable w is related to three other variables x,y,z as w = xy/z . The variables are measured
with meters of accuracy 0.5% reading, 1% of full scale value and 1.5% reading. The
actual readings of the three meters are 80, 20 and 50 with 100 being the full scale value for
all three. The maximum uncertainty in the measurement of ‘w’ will be
(A) 0.5% rdg (B) 5.5% rdg (C) 6.7% rdg (D) 7.0% rdg
Solution: (D) is correct option
xy
Given that =
z
log logx log y logz
Maximum error in
d dx dy dz
%
x y z
dx
0.5% reading
x
dy
1% full scale
y
1
= 100 1
100
dy 1
100 5% reading
y 20
dz
1.5% reading
z
d
So, % 0.5% 5% 1.5% 7%
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Unsolved Problems:
Q.1 The power in a 3- phase, 3- wire load is measured using two 100 W full scale watt meters
W1 and W2. W1 is of a accuracy class 1% and reads 100W. W2 is of accuracy class 0.5% and
reads – 50W. Uncertainty in the computation to total power is
(A) 1.5% (B) 2.5% (C) 3% (D) 4%
Q.2 In the circuit given on fig, the limiting error in the power dissipation ’I2R’ in the resistor
‘R’ is
(A) 1.2%
(B) 5.2%
(C) 10.2%
(D) 25.2%
Q.3 Consider the circuit as shown in figure. Z1 is an unknown impedance and measured as
z1=z2z3/z4. The uncertainties in the values of z2,z3 and z4 are 1%, 1% and 3% respectively.
The overall uncertainty in the measured value of z1 is
(A) 11%
(B) 4%
(C) 5%
(D) 5%
Q.4 Three resistors have the following ratings R1=200 5%, R2=100 5% and R3= 50 5%.
Determine the limiting error in ohms if the above resistances are connected in parallel
(A) 1.3 (B) 1.19 (C) 4.28 (D) 2.85
Q.5 The voltage of a standard cell is monitored daily over a period of one year. The mean
value over a period of one year. The mean value of the voltage for every month shows a
standard deviation of 0.1mV. The standard deviation of the set constituted by the monthly
mean values will be?
0.1 0.1
(A)0 (B) (C) (D)0.1
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Q.6 A current of 10mA is flowing through a resistance of 820 having tolerance of 10% . The
current was measured by an analog ammeter on a 25 mA range with an accuracy of 2% of
full scale. What is the range of error in the measurement of dissipated power?
(A) 15% (B) 5% (C) 14% (D) 20%
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Type 2: Enhancement of Instrument Range
For Concept, refer to Measurement K-Notes, Electro-mechanical Instruments
Point to remember:
In Ammeter, external resistance is added in parallel to meter and in voltmeter additional
resistance is added in series.
Sample Problem 2:
An ammeter has a current range of 0-5 A, and its internal resistance is 0.2 Ω. In order to
change the range to 0-25 A, we need to add a resistance of
(A) 0.8 Ω in series with the meter
(B) 1.0 Ω in series with the meter
(C) 0.04 Ω in parallel with the meter
(D) 0.05 Ω in parallel with the meter
Solution: (D) is correct option
Given that full scale current is 5A
Current in shunt I’=IR-Ifs
= 25-5=20A
20 R sh 5 0.2
R sh 0.05
Unsolved Problems:
Q.1 A 0-10mA DC Ammeter with internal resistance of 100 is used to design a DC voltmeter
with full scale voltage of 10 V. The full scale range of this voltmeter can be extended to 50V
by connecting an external resistance of
(A) 900 (B) 499.9k (C) 4000 (D) 4900
Q.2 What is the value of series resistance to be used to extend (0-200)V range voltmeter
having 2000Ω/V sensitivity is to be extended to (0-2000)V range.
(A)44.44KΩ (B)55.55KΩ (C)34.56KΩ (D)45.25KΩ
Q.3 A DC ammeter has a resistance of 0.1Ω and its current range is 0-100 A. If the range is to
be extended to 0-500 A, then meter required the following shunt resistance?
(A)0.010Ω (B)0.011Ω (C)0.025Ω (D)1.0Ω
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Q.4 The coil of a measuring instrument has a resistance of 10Ω and the instrument reads up
to 250V, when a resistance of 4.999Ω is connected in series. Now the same instrument is used
as an ammeter by connecting a shunt resistance of 1/499Ω across it. What is the current range
of the ammeter?
(A)30A (B)26A (C)20A (D)24A
Q.5 A D’Arsonval movement with a full scale deflection current of 10 mA and internal
resistance of 500Ω is to be converted into the different range of voltmeters. If Ra,Rb and Rc are
the required series resistance for the ranges 0-20V, 0-50 V and 0-100 V respectively, then
Ra:Rb:Rc is?
(A)2:5:10 (B)1:1:1 (C)3:9:19 (D)5:11:21
Type 3:PMMC
For Concept, refer to Measurement K-Notes, Electro-mechanical Instruments
Point to remember:
PMMC always measures the average value of the output and the pointer vibrates around the
zero position for pure AC input.
Sample Problem 3:
The input impedance of the permanent magnet moving coil (PMMC) voltmeter is infinite.
Assuming that the diode shown in the figure below is ideal, the reading of the voltmeter in
Volts is?
(A)4.46
(B)3.15
(C)2.23
(D)0
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14.1400
V2 100 14.14
(100 1)
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So, V2,rms V
2
Therefore, the average voltage for the whole time period is obtained as
14
0
V V2,rms 2 14 4.94 4.46V
Vavg 1
2 2 2 2
Unsolved Problems:
Q.1 A PMMC has an internal resistance of 100 and requires 1 mA dc for full scale deflection.
Shunting resistor Rsh placed across the movement has a value of 100. Diodes D1and D2 have
forward resistance of 400 and infinite reverse resistance. For 10 V ac range,
The value of series multiplier is (RS) and voltmeter sensitivity for ac range is
(A) 9550 , 250 /V
(B) 4550 , 225 /V
(C) 5000 , 500 /V
(D) 1800 , 250 V/
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Q.5 The following date refers to a moving coil voltmeter resistance 10K; dimension of coil
30mm x 30mm; number of turns on coil 100, Flex density in the air gap is 0.08 wb/m 2. The
deflecting torque produced by a voltage of 200v is
(A) 60Nm (B) 144N – m (C) 78.6N – m (D) 178N – m
Q.6 Two 100V full scale PMMC type DC voltmeters having a figure of merits of 10 k/V and
20K/V are connected in series. The series combination can be used to measure maximum
D.C voltage of
(A) 100V (B) 300 V (C) 150 V (D) 200 V
2010 3
1
=
20 10 3
0
(5 103 t)2 dt
20103
25 106 t3
= 57.74 A
20 103 3 0
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Unsolved Problems:
Q.1 A permanent magnet moving coil type ammeter and a moving iron type ammeter are
connected in series in a resistive circuit fed form output of a half wave rectifier voltage
source. If the moving iron type instrument reaches 5A, the permanent magnet moving coil
type instrument is likely to read.
(A) Zero (B) 2.5 A (C) 3.18 A (D) 5 A
Q.2 A 50 V range spring controlled, electrodynamic voltmeter having a square law scale
response takes 0.05 A on dc for full scale deflection of 900. The control constant is 0.5 x 10-6
N-m/degree and the initial mutual inductance of the instrument is 0.25H. Total change in
mutual inductance is
(A) 18x10-3 H/rad (B) 28.3x10-3 H/rad
(C) 26.5x10-3 H/rad (D) 13.7x10-3 H/rad
Q.3 For certain dynamometer ammeter the mutual inductance M varies with deflection
(expressed in degrees) as m=-5Cos(+30)M.H. What will be the deflection of the instrument,
if the deflection torque produced by 60m.A current is 18 x 10-6N.m
(A) 60 (B) 90 (C) 30 (D) 40
Q.4 The inductance of a moving iron ammeter is given by the expression
L 20 10 32 H where ϴ is the angle of deflection in radians. Determine the
deflection in degree for a current of 8A, if the spring constant is 10 10 6 N-m/rad.
(A)1.250 (B)1.540 (C)1.560 (D)1.580
Q.5 A spring controlled moving iron voltmeter draws a current of value 100V. If it draws a
current of 0.5mA, the meter reading is?
(A)25V (B)550V (C)100V (D)200V
Type 5: Bridges
For Concept, refer to Measurement K-Notes, AC Bridges
Point to remember:
For any bridge, the balance condition is Z1Z4 = Z2Z3
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Sample Problem 5:
The Maxwell’s bridge shown in the figure is at balance. The parameters of the inductive coil
are.
RR
(A) R 2 3 , L C4R 2R3
R4
R 2R3
(B) L , R C4R 2R3
R4
R4 1
(C) R , L
R 2R 3 C4R2R3
R4 1
(D) L , R
R 2R 3 C4R 2R3
Unsolved Problems:
Q.1 A slide wire potentiometer has a battery of 4 V and negligible internal resistance. He
resistance of slide wire is 100 and it’s length 200 cm. A standard cell of 1.018 V is used for
standardizing P.M and the rheostat is adjusted so that balance is obtained when the sliding
contact is at 101.8 cm. Find the working current in slide wire
(A) 10 mA (B) 20 mA (C) 30 mA (D) 40 mA
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Q.2 A Wheat stone bridge has ratio arms of P-1000 and Q – 100 and is being used to
measure an unknown resistance of R as 25 as shown. Two galvanometer are available.
Galvanometer ‘A’ has a resistance of 50 and a sensitivity of 200 mm/A and galvanometer
‘B’ has values of 600 and 500 mm/A. Ratio of sensitivity of galvanometer ‘A’ to
galvanometer ‘B’ is
(A) 1
(B) 1.25
(C) 1.75
(D) 2
Q.3 . In the Maxwell bridge as shown below, the values of resistance RX and inductance LX of
a coil are to be calculated after balancing the bridge. The component values are shown in the
figure at balance. The values of RX and LX will be respectively be
(A) 375 , 75 mH
(B) 75 , 150 mH
(C) 37.8 , 75 mH
(D) 75 , 75 mH
Q.4 A schering bridge is used for measuring the power loss in dielectrics. The specimen are
in the form of discs 0.3cm thick having a dielectric constant of 2.3. The area of each electrode
is 314cm2 and the loss angle is known to be 9 for a frequency of 50Hz. The fixed resistor of
the network has a value of 100 and the fixed capacitance is 50pF. Determine the value of
the variable resistor required.
(A) 3.17K (B) 4.26K (C) 3.73K (D) 4.54K
Q.5 In the Wheatstone Bridge shown in the given figure, if the resistance in each arm is
increased by 0.05% then the value of Vout will be
(A) 50 mV
(B) 5 mV
(C) 0.1 V
(D) zero
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Type 6: Wattmeter
Unsolved Problems :
Q.1 The resistance of two coils of a Watt meter are 0.01 and 1000 respectively and both
are non-inductive. The load current is 20 A and voltage applied to the load is 30 V. Find the
error in the readings for two methods of connection
(A) 0.15% high, 0.67% high (B) 0.15% low, 0.67% low
(C) 0.15% high, 0.67% low (D) 0.15% low, 0.67% low
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Q.2 The current coil of dynamometer wattmeter is connected to 30 V DC source in series with
a 8 resistor. The potential circuit is connected through an ideal rectifier in series with a 50
Hz source of 120 V. The inductance of pressure coil circuit and current coil resistance are
negligible. Reading of the wattmeter is
(A) 282.84 W (B) 405 W (C) 202.57 W (D) None
Q.3 A voltage: 100 sin t + 40 cos (3t - 30) + 50 sin (5t + 45) volts is applied to the
pressure circuit of a wattmeter and through the current coil is passed a current of
8 sint + 6 cos(5t - 120) amps. The readings of wattmeter is?
(A) 939 W (B) 539 W (C) 439 W (D) 1039 W
Q.4 The power in a 3- circuit is measured with the help of 2 wattmeter. The readings of one
of wattmeter is positive and that of other is negative. The magnitude of readings is different.
It can be concluded that the power factor of the circuit is
(A) Unity (B) zero (lagging)
(C) 0.5 (lagging) (D) less than 0.5 (lagging)
Q.5 In a dynamometer wattmeter the moving coil has 500 turns of mean diameter 30mm.
Find the angle between the axis of the field and moving coil, if the flux density produced by
field coil is 15x10-3 wb/m2. The current in moving coil is 0.05 A and the power factor is 0.866
and the torque produced is 229.5x10-6 N.m
(A) 0 (B) 70 (C) 80 (D) 90
Q.6 Consider the following data for the circuit shown below
Ammeter: Resistance 0.2 reading 5A
Voltmeter: Resistance 2K reading 200V
Wattmeter: Current coil resistance 0.2
Pressure coil resistance 2 K
Load: power factor =1
The reading of wattmeter is
(A) 980W (B) 1030W
(C) 1005W (D) 1010W
Q.7 A certain circuit takes 10 A at 200 V the power absorbed is 1000 W .If the wattmeter’s
current coil has a resistance of 0.15 and its pressure coil a resistance of 5000 and an
inductance of 0.3 H. The Error due to resistance of two coil of the Wattmeter, if the pressure
coil of the meter connected on the load side
(A) 15 W (B) 8 W (C) 11 W (D) 13 W
Q.8 The line to line voltage to the 3-phase, 50Hz AC circuit shown in figure is 100V rms.
Assuming that the phase sequence is RYB the wattmeter readings would be?
(A)W1=500W, W2=1000W (B) W1=0W, W2=1000W
(C)W1=1000W, W2=0W (D) W1=1000W, W2=500W
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Type 7: Energy Meter
For Concept, refer to Measurement K-Notes, Electro- mechanical Instruments.
Point to remember:
The measured value of energy in an energy meter is calculated in terms of meter constant
and number of revolutions and true value of energy is derived from Power and time. Using
these two values we can compute error in energy meter.
Sample Problem 7:
A dc A-h meter is rated for 15 A, 250 V. The meter constant is 14.4 A-sec/rev. The meter
constant at rated voltage may be expressed as
(A) 3750 rev/kWh (B) 3600 rev/kWh
(C) 1000 rev/kWh (D) 960 rev/kWh
Solution: (C) is correct option
Meter constant (A-sec/rev) is given by
1
14.4
speed
1
14.4
K Power
Where ‘K’ is the meter constant in rev/kWh.
1
14.4
K VI
15 1
14.4 K
K 15 250 14.4 250
1 1000 3600
K 1000 rev/kWh
14.4 250 3600
3600 1000
Q.1 The current and flux produced by series magnet of an induction watt-hour energy Meter
are in phase, but there is an angular departure of 30 from quadrature between voltage and
shunt magnet flux. The speed of the disc at full load and unity power factor is 40 rpm.
Assuming the meter to read correctly under this condition, calculate it’s speed at 1 /4 full load
and 0.5 P.F. lagging?
(A) 4.3 rpm (B) 4.4 rpm (C) 4.1 rpm (D) 4.5 rpm
Q.2 Single phase wattmeter operating on 230 V and 5 A for 5 hour makes 1940 Revolutions.
Meter constant in revolutions is 400. The power factor of the load will be
(A) 1 (B) 0.8 (C) 0.7 (D) 0.6
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Q.3 The meter constant of a 230v, 10A watt hour meter is 1800 rev/kwh. The meter is tested
at half load, rated voltage and unity power factor. The meter is found to make so revolutions
in 138 seconds. The percentage error at half load is
(A) 1.72% fast (B) 0.187 fast (C) 2.8% slow (D) 7.7% fast
Q.4 The voltage-flux adjustment of a certain 1-phase 220V induction watt-hour meter is
altered so that the phase angle between the applied voltage and the flux due to it 85 0(instead
of 900). The error introduced in the reading of this meter when the current is 5A at power
factors of unity and 0.5 lagging are respectively.
(A)3.8mW, 77.4mW (B)-3.8mW, -77.4mW
(C)-4.2mW, -85.1 W (D)4.2 W, 85.1 W
Q.5 A 230V, 5A, 50Hz single phase house service meter has a meter constant of 360 rev/KWhr.
The meter takes 50 sec for making 51 revolutions of the disc when connected to a 10KW unity
power factor load. The error in the reading of the meter is?
(A)0% (B)+0.5% (C)-2.0% (D)+2.0%
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A4 digit DMM has the error specification as: 0.2% of reading + 10 counts. If a dc voltage
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of 100 V is read on its 200 V full scale, the maximum error that can be expected in the
reading is?
(A) 0.1% (B) 0.2% (C) 0.3% (D) 0.4%
Solution: (C) is correct option
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4 digit display will read from000.00 to 199.99 So error of 10 counts is equal to= 0.10 V
2
For 100 V, the maximum error is
e = (100 0.002 0.1) 0.3V
0.3 100
Percentage error %
100
0.3% of reading
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Unsolved Problems:
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Q.1 A 3 DVM has an accuracy specification of 0.5% of reading 1 digit. What is the
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possible error in volt’s when reading 0.1V on 10 V range and also percentage error.
(A) 0.0105 V, 10.5% (B) 0.0015V, 1.5%
(C) 0.015V, 15% (D) None of the above
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Q.2 A 010V, 4 digit dual slope integrating type DVM can read up to
2
(A) 99.999 V (B) 199.99 V (C) 20.000 V (D) 19.999 V
Q.3 In a dual slope integrating type digital voltmeter the first integration is carried out for 10
periods of the supply frequencies of 50 HZ. If the reference voltage used is 2 V, the total
conversion time for an input of 1 V is
(A) 0.02 Sec (B) 0.05 Sec (C) 0.2 Sec (D) 0.1 Sec
Q.4 A 4-digit DVM (digital Volt-meter) with a 100mV lowest full-scale range would have a
sensitivity of how much value while resolution of this DVM is 0.0001?
(A)0.1mV (B)0.01mV (C)1.0mV (D)10MV
Q.5 In a dual slope type digital voltmeter, an unknown signal voltage is integrated over 100
cycles of the clock. If the signal has a 50 Hz pick up, the maximum clock frequency can be?
(A)50 Hz (B)5 KHz (C)10 KHz (D)50 KHz
Type 9: CRO
Sample Problem 9:
Group-II represents the figures obtained on a CRO screen when the voltage signals
Vx = Vxmsinωt and Vy = Vymsin(ωt + Φ) are given to its X and Y plates respectively and Φ is
changed. Choose the correct value of Φ from Group-I to match with the corresponding figure
of Group-II.
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Group-I
P. Φ = 0
Q. Φ = π/2
S. Φ = 3π/2
Codes:
(A) P=1, Q=3, R=6, S=5 (B) P=2, Q=6, R=4, S=5
(C) P=2, Q=3, R=5, S=4 (D) P=1, Q=5, R=6, S=4
Solution: (A) is correct option
We can obtain the Lissaju pattern (in X-Y mode) by following method.
For φ = 00, Vx = Vxmsinωt
Vy = Vymsin(ωt + 00) = sinωt
Draw Vx and Vy as shown below
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Divide both Vy and Vx equal parts and match the corresponding points on the screen.
Similarly for φ = 900
Vx = Vxmsinωt
Vy = Vymsin(ωt + 900)
Similarly for 2
3
2
3
we can also obtain for 0
2
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Unsolved Problems:
Q.1 In a cathode ray tube the distance between the deflecting plates is 1.0cm, the length of
defalcating plates is 4.5cm and the distance of the screen from centre of the deflecting plates
is 33 cm. If the accelerating plate’s voltage is 300 V, then the deflection sensitivity of the tube
is
(A) 3.5 mm/V (B) 4.5 mm/V (C) 3.5 cm/V (D) 2.5 mm / V
Q.2 A voltage signal 10sin(314t+450) is examined using an analog single channel cathode ray
oscilloscope with a time base setting of 10 msec per division. The CRO screen has 8 divisions
on the horizontal scale. Then, the number of cycles of signal observed on the screen will be
(A) 8 cycles (B) 2 cycles (C) 2.5 cycles (D) 4 cycles
Q.3 A lissajous pattern, as shown in figure is observed on the screen of a CRO when voltage
of frequencies fx and fy are applied to the x and y plates respectively fx : fy is then equal to
(A) 3:2
(B) 1:2
(C) 2:3
(D) 2:1
Q.4 Voltage E1 is applied to the horizontal input and E2 to the vertical input of CRO. E1 and E2
have same frequency. The trace on the screen is an ellipse. The slope of major axis is negative.
The maximum vertical value is 3 divisions and the point where the ellipse crosses the vertical
axis is 2.6 divisions. The ellipse is symmetrical about a horizontal and vertical axis. The phase
angle difference then is
(A) 2100 (B) 1400 (C) 2400 (D) 1300
Q.5 Horizontal deflection in a CRO in due to E sint while vertical deflection is due to
E sin(t + ) with a positive . Consider the following patterns obtained in the CRO
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Q.6 A CRO is operated with X and Y setting of 0.5 ms/cm and 100mV/cm. The screen of the
CRO is 10cm 8cm (X and Y). A sine wave of frequency 200 Hz and rms amplitude of 300 mV
is applied to Y-input. The screen will show?
(A) One cycle of the undistorted sine wave
(B) Two cycle of the undistorted sine wave
(C) One cycle of the sine wave with clipped amplitude
(D) Two cycles of the sine wave with clipped amplitude
Answer Key
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Type 1 C C B A D D
Type 2 C A C D C
Type 3 B C C C B C
Type 4 C B A D B
Type 5 B C A B D
Type 6 A C C D D D B B
Type 7 D B B C D
Type 8 A D D C B
Type 9 D D B A D C
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