(1)b Which of the following apparatus may be used to measured the internal diameter

of an hollow tube?

(a) Meter rule (b) Vernier Callipers

(c) Micrometer screw guage (d) Microscope.

(2)c Which of the following apparatus is best used for the measurement of the
thickness of 50k Nigerian money?

(a) Meter rule (b) Vernier Callipers

(c) Micrometer screw guage (d) Microscope

(3)a Which of the following apparatus did you use in the laboratory to measure the
mass of your tube in the course of your experiment on measurements?

(a) Chemical Balance (b) Spring Balance

(c) Weigh balance (d) Electron Balance

(4)a A set of readings that is close to the “true value” is said to be

(a) accurate (b) precise (c) concise (d) real

(5)b A set of readings that are close to one another is said to be

(a) accurate (b) precise (c) concise (d) real

(6)d The dimension of a minute smear of ink on a piece of paper may be measured
with

(a) Meter rule (b) Vernier Callipers

(c) Micrometer screw guage (d) Travelling Microscope.

(7)b Which of the following is not a necessary precaution while performing an

experiment on measurement of length?

(a) Avoid parallax error (b) Close windows to avoid air current.

(c) Avoid zero error. (d) repeat the measurement

(8)d The length of a rod was measured and found to be 15cm using a meter rule. The
measurement is best reported as?
 (a) (15.0 ± 1.0) cm. (b) (15.0 ± 0.1) cm

(c) (15.0 ± 0.05) cm (d) (15.0 ± 0.5) cm

(9)d The thickness of a capillary tube is best measured with

(a) Meter rule (b) Vernier Callipers

(c) Micrometer screw guage (d) Travelling Microscope

(10 )c Which of the following is a complete set of instrument needed in the laboratory to
determine density of a metal ball mass?
(a) beam balance, beaker, meter rule, optical pin.
(b) beam balance, meter rule, plasticene gum, mass hanger.
(c) beam balance, micrometer screw guage, various masses.
(d) beam balance, stopwatch, Retort stand, various masses.

(11)c Which instrument would you recommend as the best and most appropriate and to
a student in the measurement of the diameter of a metal rod.

(a) Meter rule (b) Vernier Callipers

(c) Micrometer screw guage (d) Travelling Microscope

(12)b Which of the following error is likely to occur when the jaw of the fixed major
scale of a vernier calliper are not closed tightly together?

(a) parallax error (b) zero error (c) random error (d) erratic error

(13)d A substance of mass 0.4kg having a density 2700kg/m3 occupies an area 0.02m2.
Determine the thickness of the substance.

(a) 0.074m (b) 0.74m (c) 7.4m (d) 0.0074m

(14)b A set of measurement is said to be accurate if it the systematic error in it is

(a) large (b) small (c) infinite (d) zero.

(15)c How many divisions of a vernier scale corresponds tp one division of the main
scale in a vernier callipers?

(a) 9 (b) 1 (c) 10 (d) 0.

11 (c)
(d)
ee

L
1
L
(16)b The diameter of a rod and the thickness of a thin plate are to be determined in an
industry to enable them construct an instrument for a specific purpose. Which of
the following pairs of instrument are required?
(a) metre rule, vernier callipers
(b) micrometer screw guage, vernier callipers.
(c) tape measure, micrometer screw guage
(d) metre rule, micrometer screw guage

(17)b What is the equivalence of one division on a micrometer screw guage?

(a) 0.01cm (b) 0.1cm (c) 0.001cm (d) 0.0001cm

(18)c Which of the following instruments is best used to measure the inner and outer
diameters of a tube?
(a) micrometer screw guage (b) tape rule
(c) vernier callipers (d) meter rule

(19)d In an experiment, the readings are repeated so as to overcome?

(a) zero error (b) systematic error (c) instrument error (d) random error

(20)a In the construction of a thermometer, the diameter of the bore is measured using

(a) Meter rule (b) Vernier Callipers

(c) Micrometer screw guage (d) vernier Microscope