Sheira I.

Torralba
Let’s Check!
This section will measure your comprehensive understanding of the principles
and theories discussed by answering the following questions.
Instruction: Choose the letter of your choice corresponds to the correct answer.

1. Using a low resistant shunt Moving coil, permanent magnet instrument can be
converted to ______________
a. Voltmeter c. Ammeter
b. Flux-meter d. Watt meter

2. Which of the following is true?

a. In DC Ammeter, shunting resistor and PMMC form a current divider
b. In DC Voltmeter, shunting resistor and PMMC form a voltage divider
c. In DC Ammeter, series resistor and PMMC form a voltage divider
d. In DC Voltmeter, series resistor and PMMC form a current divider

3. D’Arsonval meter movement can be used in

a. Ammeter only c. Voltmeter only
b. Ohmmeter only d. Ammeter, Voltmeter, and Ohmmeter

4. What is the purpose of making internal resistance of milli-ammeter very low?

a. High sensitivity
b. High accuracy
c. Minimum voltage drop across meter
d. Maximum voltage drop across meter

5. If moving-iron type ammeter is connected to a circuit, and we interchange its

connection, then
a. It will burn out
b. Its reading will not change
c. It will deflect in the opposite direction
d. It will give no reflection

6. To increase the capacity of an ammeter, what should be added to the circuit?

a. A shunt resistance in parallel with the meter
b. A shunt capacitance in parallel with the meter
c. A series inductance
d. A series resistance
7. The function of a shunt in an ammeter is to
a. Bypass the current
b. increase the current in the circuit
c. Increase the meter resistance
d. Decrease the voltage drop

8. Ammeters measure various ranges through the addition of which of the

following components?
a. Capacitors in series with the meter movement
b. Shunt resistor in parallel with the meter movement
c. Shunt resistors in series with the meter movement
d. Capacitors in parallel with meter movement

9. How are ammeters connected in an electrical circuit?

a. In series with the load
b. In parallel with the load
c. In series-parallel with the load
d. In accordance with the Lenz’s Law

10.A moving coil instrument has a resistance of 0.6 Ω and full-scale deflection at
0.1 A. To convert it into an ammeter of 0-15 A range, the resistance of shunt
should be
a. 0.6 Ω c. 0.06 Ω
b. 0.1 Ω d. 0.004Ω

Let’s Analyze
Solve the following problems
1. A meter PMMC with dimension 4cmx2cm has 100 turns and its flux density is
0.35T. The resistance of the meter is 5kΩ. Calculate the deflection Torque, Td,
produced by the meter when the voltage is 220V
2. Refer to given circuit below. Design an Ayrton shunt to provide an ammeter with
a current range of 0 - 1 mA, 0 - 10 mA, 0 - 50 mA and 0 - 100A. Given a
D’Arsonval movement with an internal resistance of 100Ω and a full-scale
current of 50µA is used
In a Nutshell!
1. You are going to design a multi-range Ammeter using a D’Arsonval Meter
movement having the following current ranges: 0 – 100 mA; 0 – 500mA; 0 – 1A; 0 –
10 A; 0 – 20 A. Given that: 𝐼𝑚 = 500 𝑢𝐴 𝑅𝑚 = 1.2 𝑘Ω
Use the following design:
• Make and Break Multirange Ammeter
• Ayrton Shunt Multirange Ammeter