POSSIBLE QUESTIONS ABOUT ENGINEERING METROLOGY AND MEASUREMENTS FOR

THE ORAL INTERVIEW

1. Definitions: Metrology, sensitivity, measurand, calibration, traceability, repeatability,

reproducibility, standard, drift…
2. What are the possible sources of errors in measurements? Briefly explain them.
3. Discuss the relationship between accuracy and cost.
4. Briefly explain the need to specify tolerance on components.
5. Define unilateral and bilateral tolerances. Give examples for each.
6. Distinguish between a measuring instrument and a gauge.
7. Differences between hole basis system and shaft basis system.
8. Give a detailed classification of fits. Use examples if necessary.
9. What is roundness? What is the process you must follow in the lab to calculate it?
10. When two clean and perfectly flat surfaces are made to slide together under pressure,
they adhere firmly. Can you name this phenomenon? Describe your experience in the
lab.
11. What is a sine bar? Any application?
12. How can you determine the tooth thickness of a given spur gear?
13. Determination of effective diameter of screw threads by the three wire method.
14. Laboratory intercomparison: what does it mean?
15. Does temperature affect the uncertainty of a specific dimension? Explain.