Departments: Telecommunication - Mechatronics Revision Sheet

Course Title: Engineering Measurements Fall 2023

Course Code: EE209

Instructors: Dr. Marwa Hamed – Eng. Eman Sameh

Questions
1. What is measurement?
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2. Define Errors.
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3. Give types of measuring instruments.

Solution
4. Give classification of different types instruments as per their working
principle.
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5. Name different types of torque for measuring instruments

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 Multiple Choice Questions (MCQ)
1. What converts physical input into output, among the basic parts of a
measuring system?
a) Transducer or sensor
b) Signal conditioning
c) Intelligence
d) Display
Solution:
2. The analog to digital conversion in a measurement system takes place
inside…….
a) Transducers
b) Signal Processor
c) Display
d) Led
Solution:
3. A thermocouple is a transducer.
a) True
b) False
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4. Accuracy is the difference between a true value and the measured value.
a) True
b) False
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5. Function of transducer is to convert ……
a) Electrical signal into non-electrical signal
b) Non-electrical quantity into electrical signal
c) Electrical signal into mechanical signal
d) All of these
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6. A transducer is a device which converts….
a) Mechanical energy into electrical
b) Energy or information from one form to another
c) Mechanical displacement into electrical
d) None of these
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7. Self-generating transducers are …… transducers.
a) Active
b) Passive
c) Inverse
d) None
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8. Beam balance or calibrated electronic balance is used to measure
a) Mass
b) Time
c) Weight
d) Acceleration
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9. The ……. Of a strain gauge varies with applied force.
a) Resistance
b) Capacitance
c) Inductance
d) Flux
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10. Weight represents…….
a) Mass
b) Time
c) Pressure
d) Force
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11. A voltmeter of 0 to 250 V has an error of ± 1 % of full-scale deflection. If
the true voltage of voltmeter is 25 V then the range of its reading is
a. 22.5 V – 27.5 V
b. 27.5 V – 29.5 V
c. 24 V – 26 V
d. 25.5 V – 26.5 V
Solution:
12. An ammeter has 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

Rsh* 20 =5 *0.2

Rsh= 0.05 

13. Which of the following is the standard unit of measurement of mass?

a) Gram
b) Kilogram
c) Pound
d) Dozen
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14. Which of the following is the correct relation?
a) 1 Kg = 100 g
b) 1 Kg = 1 g
c) 1 g = 0.001 Kg
d) 1 g = 0.01 Kg
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15. Mass can be measured using _____
a) Beam balance
b) Clock
c) Our hands
d) Water
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16. Mass is a _____
a) Scalar quantity
b) Vector quantity
c) Free quantity
d) Dependent quantity
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17. Weight represents ___
a) Mass
b) Time
c) Pressure
d) Force
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18. To measure mass instrument used is a
a) Balance
b) Cylinder
c) Weight machine
d) Flask
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19. Types of balance includes

a) Beam balance
b) Electronic balance
c) Both a and b
d) Natural balance
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20. An ammeter is convertible to a voltmeter by
a) Changing the scale
b) Putting a large resistance in parallel with the actual measuring part of the
instrument
c) Putting a large resistance in series with the actual measuring part of the
instrument
d) Simply installing the instrument in parallel with the circuit
Solution:
21. What should be the size of the slide wire of the potentiometer to make it to
achieve high accuracy?
a) As long as possible
b) As short as possible
c) 1 meter
d) Neither too thin nor too thick
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22. The deflecting torque in an instrument may be produced
a) Magnetically
b) Electrostatically
c) Thermally
d) Any of the above
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23. A 100 V Voltmeter has an accuracy of 5% on the full scale. The percentage
error while measuring 50 V will be
a) 2.5%
b) 5%
c) 7.5%
d) 10%
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24. The internal resistance of an ammeter should be
a) Very small
b) Medium
c) High
d) Infinity
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25. In a moving coil instrument, the deflecting torque is proportional to
a) Current
b) Square of the current
c) Square root of the current
d) None of the above
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26. ……….. devices may be used for extending the range of the instruments?
a) Shunts
b) Multipliers
c) Current transformers
d) Potential transformers
e) All of the above
Solution:
27. ………. Instruments indicate the instantaneous value of the electrical
quantity being measured at the time at which it is being measured?
a) Absolute
b) Indicating
c) Recording
d) Integrating
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28. A moving coil permanent magnet instrument can be used as ……. By using
a low resistance shunt
a) Ammeter
b) Voltmeter
c) None of the above
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29. The pointer of an indicating instrument should be ……..

a) Very light
b) Very heavy
c) Either a or b
d) None
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30. The function of shunt in an ammeter is to ……
a) By pass the current
b) Increase the sensitivity of the ammeter
c) Increase the resistance of ammeter
d) None
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31. The multiplier and the meter coil in a voltmeter are in ….
a) Series
b) Parallel
c) Series or parallel
d) None
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32. The potentiometer can be used to measure the current?
a) True
b) False
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33. Which of the following instruments will be used to measure alternating
current?
a) Moving iron voltmeter
b) Permanent magnet moving coil type ammeter
c) Induction type ammeter
d) Permanent magnet moving iron type ammeter
Solution:
34. Change in output of sensor with change in input is ____________
a) Threshold
b) Slow rate
c) Sensitivity
d) None of the mentioned
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35. Which of the following can be cause for non-zero output when zero input?
a) Bias
b) Slew
c) Offset
d) Offset or bias
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36. Thermocouple generate output voltage according to ____________
a) Circuit parameters
b) Humidity
c) Temperature
d) Voltage
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37. Sensor is a type of transducer.
a) True
b) False
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38. Which of the following is not an analog sensor?
a) Potentiometer
b) Force-sensing resistors
c) Accelerometers
d) None of the mentioned
Solution:
39. LVDT is a
a) Capacitive transducer
b) Resistive transducer
c) Inductive transducer
d) None of them
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40. Piezoelectric crystals are used for the measurement of
a) Temperature
b) Velocity
c) Sound
d) None of the above
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41. Thermocouples are ———transducers
a) Active
b) Passive
c) Adhesive
d) Both A and C
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42. A resistance thermometer is basically a/an
a) Active transducer
b) Passive transducer
c) Potentiometer
d) None of these
Solution:
43. The transducer that converts the input signal into the output signal, which is
a continuous function of time, is known as———–transducer
a) Active
b) Passive
c) Analog
d) Digital
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44. Accuracy of a measuring instrument indicates the.
a. Closeness of the output reading to the true value
b. Ratio of output value to the input value
c. Change in output with each change in input
d. Degree of freedom from random errors

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45. Precision of an instrument is defined as:
a. Closeness of output to the true value
b. Change in output for every change in input
c. Degree of freedom from random errors
d. Both (a) and (b)

Solution:
46. A voltmeter connected across a resistor gives a value of 65 V but the
expected value of resistor was 68 V. Then the absolute error and the relative
accuracy of the measurement will be:
a) 3.2%, 96.8%
b) 3.8%,96.2%
c) 4%,96%
d) 4.4%, 95.59%
Solution:
47. In a permanent magnet moving coil instrument, the deflecting torque is
a) Directly proportional to both number of turns and flux density
b) Directly proportional to the number of turns and inversely proportional to
the flux density
c) Inversely proportional to the number of turns and directly proportional to
the flux density
d) Inversely proportional to both number of turns and flux density
Solution:
48. Electrostatic voltmeter instruments are suitable for
a. Ac work only
b. Dc work only
c. Both ac and dc work
d. None of these

Solution:
49. If an electrostatic voltmeter is used on ac circuit and has non-uniform waves,
then it will read
a) Average values
b) RMS values
c) Peak values
d) All of these
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50. Electronic voltmeters can be designed to measure
a) Only very small voltages
b) Only very high voltages
c) Both very small and very high voltages
d) None of these
Solution:
51. Low voltage signals can be measured by
a. Amplifiers
b. Transformers
c. Transducers
d. Voltmeters
Solution:
52. Input impedance of an electronic voltmeter is
a)Low
b) High
c) Medium
d) Zero
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53. What is basic range of a meter?
a) Causes maximum deflection
b) Causes minimum deflection
c) Causes zero deflection
d) Causes medium deflection
Solution:
54. Sensitivity of electronic voltmeter is high.
a)True
b) False
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