Instrumentation and measurement:

 1. The vibration galvanometer used as detector, it responds 

a) Only to the fundamental frequency

b) Only to the harmonics frequency
c)  Both (a) and (b)
d) Does not respond to any frequency
2. The AC Bridge used for the measurement of inductance is / are
a) Maxwell’s inductance bridge
b) Hay’s bridge
c) Anderson’s bridge, Owen’s bridge
d) All of these
3. A direct current can be measured by
a) a D.C. potentiometer directly

b) a D.C. potentiometer in conjunction with a standard resistance

c) a D.C. potentiometer in conjunction with a volt ratio box

d) none of the above

4. To avoid the effect of stray magnetic field in A.C. bridges we can use

a) magnetic screening
b) Wagner earthing device
c) wave filters
d) any of the above

5. The change in value of an analog signal during the conversion process produces what is called the
a. Quantization error
b. Resolution error
c. Nyquist error
d. Sampling error

6. What causes the piezoelectric effect?

a. Heat or dissimilar metals
b. Pressure on a crystal
c. Water running on iron
d. A magnetic field

7. A measure of the repeatability of a measurement of some quantity is

a.error
b. precision
c. accuracy
d. significant

8. A 10MHz CRO has

(a) 5MHz sweep
(b) 10MHz vertical oscillator
(c) 10MHz horizontal oscillator
(d) 10MHz supply frequency

9. An oscilloscope indicates
(a) Peak to peak value of voltage
(b) DC value of voltage
(c) RMS value
(d) Average value

10. In a ballistic galvanometer, the deflecting torque is proportional to

(a) the current through coil
(b) square of current through coil
(c) square-root of current through coil
(d) sine of measured

11. The error of an instrument is normally given as a percentage of

(a) measured value
(b) full-scale value
(c) mean value
(d) rms value

12. The repeat accuracy of an instrument can be judged from its

(a) static error
(b) linearity error
(c) dynamic error
(d) standard deviation of error

13. Which of the following is a type of error associated with digital-to-analog converters (DACs)?
a) nonmonotonic error
b) incorrect output codes
c) offset error
d) nonmonotonic and offset error

14. In a flash analog-to-digital converter, the output of each comparator is connected to an input
of a:
a) Decoder
b) priority encoder
c) multiplexer
d) demultiplexer

15. The Hall effect

a) is a phenomenon with no practical applications
b) is used in various sensor applications
c) can develop potentials of thousands of volts
d ) is the basis for solar cell operation

16. A Q meter uses the principle of

a) variation of self inductance
b) variation of mutual inductance
c) series resonance
d) none of the above
17. In a CRO the Y plates are oriented
a) horizontally
b) vertically
c) at an angle of 20° of horizontal
d) at an angle of 70° of horizontal

18. Which of the following transformers has low primary current?

a) Current transformer
b) Potential transformer
c) Distribution transformer
d) Both (a) and (b)

19. Which of the following combinations is not used in thermocouple transducer measurement of
temperature?
a) Iron-constantan
b) Chromel-aluminium
c) Copper-constantan
d) Iron-silver