Measurement and instrumentation-Question Bank

MEASUREMENTANDINSTRUMENTATIONQUESTIONBANK
UNITIINTRODUCTION
PartA

1. DefineStandarddeviation.
2. Whycalibrationofinstrumentisimportant?
3. Whatarethedifferentcalibrationmethodologies?
4. DefineCalibration.
5. Listthefunctionalelementsofthemeasurementsystems.
6. Whatarethemainstaticcharacteristics?
7. Definestaticerror.
8. Whatarethetypesoferrorsinmeasurements?
9. Definevariance.
10. Whatisstandard?Whatarethedifferenttypesofstandards?
11. Whatisthefunctionofmanipulationelementinameasurementsystem?
12. Whatismedian?
13. Distinguishedbetweensteadystateresponseandtransientresponse.
14. Whatismeantbyaccuracyofaninstruments?
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15. Whatisdynamicresponseofaninstrument?

PartB
1. Drawtheblockdiagramshowingthebasicfunctionalelementsofinstrumentand

explainthefunctionsofeach.
2. Explainhowaninstrumentiscalibrated.
3. Explainonthestaticanddynamiccharacteristicsofameasurementsystem.
4. Writebrieflyoninstrumentstandards.
5. Explainindetailthedifferenttypesoferrorsinmeasuringinstruments.
6. Whatarethedifferentstandardinputsforinputsforstudyingthedynamicresponse

ofasystem?Defineandsketchthem.
7. Explainsignificanceofnegativefeedback.
8. Derivetheexpressionformagnitudeandphaseofafirstordersystemwhen

subjectedtoasinusoidalinputsignal.Drawthemagnitudeandphaseversus
frequencyplots.
9. Explainindetailcalibrationtechniqueanddrawthecalibrationcurveingeneral.
10. Defineandexplainanyfivestaticcharacteristicsofaninstrument.

UNIT2

ELECTRICALANDELECTRONICSINSTRUMENTS
PartA

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1. Listtheadvantageofdigitalvoltmeter.
2. Explaintheprincipleofdigitalphasemeter.
3. Definecreeping.
4. Whatistheworkingprincipleofwattmeteremployedinmeasuringequipment?
5. Whataretheadvantagesofdigitalinstrumentsoveranaloginstruments?
6. Howtheresistorsarearecheckedusingdigitalmultimeters?
7. WhatarethevarioustypesofDigitalVoltmeter?
8. Whatistheprecaustiontobefollowedwhileusingcurrenttransformer?
9. WhatisthereasonforusingMIinstrumentsonbothACandDC?
10. Explaintheprincipleofdigitalphasemeter.
11. Whatistheneedtoevaluatephaseangleerrorininstrumenttransformer?
12. Givetheadvantagesofmovingironmeters?
13. Howaretheanaloginstrumentsclassifiedonthebasisofmethodusedfor

comparingtheunknownquantity?
14. Givetheadvantagesofmovingironinstruments?
15. Whatarethedifferentmethodsmeasurementoffrequencyinthepowerfrequency

range?
PartB
1. Derivethetorqueequationofelectrodynamometertypeinstrument.

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2. Explaintheworkingofattractiontypeandrepulsiontypemovingironinstruments

withneatdiagrams.
3. Explainwithneatcircuitdiagramtheworkingofsuccessiveapproximationtype

DVM.
4. Drawthecircuitdiagramofdigitalphasemeterandexplaintheworking.
5. Givetheconstructionandprincipleofoperationofsinglephaseinductiontype

energymeter.
6. Describetheconstructionandfunctioningofmechanicaltypefrequencymeter.
7. DescribetheconstructionandworkingofPMMCinstrument.Derivetheequation

fordeflectioniftheinstrumentsisspringcontrolled.
8. DescribethestepbystepmethodfordeterminationofBHcurveofamagnetic

material.
9. Explainwithneatcircuitdiagramtheworkingofanyonetypeofdigitalvoltmeter.
10. Withneatfiguresexplaintheconstruction,workingprincipleofathreephase

wattmeter.Whatistheimportanceofdeflectingtorqueintheseanalog
instruments.

UNIT3

COMPARISONMETHODSOFMEASUREMENTS
PartA

1.

Whatistherolloftoroidalcoreinatrappedratiotransformer?

2.

StatetheapplicationsofACpotentiometers.

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3.

Whatareactiveandpassivebridgecircuits?

4.

Whatareleakagecurrenteffects?

5.

Listtheapplicationsofwheatstonebridge.

6.

Listthetechnicalparametersingrounding.

7.

DrawtheMaxwellsbridgeandgivethebalanceequation.

8.

Whatiselectromagneticinterferenceininstruments?

9.

Whatisthebasicprincipleusedinpotentiometer?

10.

WhatarethepracticaldifficultiesinACpotentiometer?

11.

StatetheadvantageofACpotentiometers.

12.

Howthecurrenttransformerandpotentialtransformerareconnectedinacircuit?

13.

Statetheadvantagesofweinbridge.

14.

WhichtypeofdetectorisusedinACbridges?

15.

Statetheadvantagesofpricesguardwiremethod.

PartB

1. DerivethebridgebalanceconditionfortheMaxwellbridgeScheringbridge.
2. DescribewithhelpofsuitablediagramslowaDCpotentiometercanbeusedfor

calibrationofvoltmeter,ammeterandwattmeter.
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3. DescribewithhelpofsuitablediagramslowasDCpotentiometercanbeusedfor

calibrationofvoltmeter,Ammeterandwattmeter.
4. Explainvoltagesensitiveselfbalancingbridge,andderivethebridgesensitivityof

voltagesensitivebridgewithfundamentals.
5. DescribetheciruitofKelvindoublebridgeusedformeasurementoflowresistance.

Derivetheconditionsforbalance.
6. Explainindetailthemeasurementsthataremadeinthefollowingbridgecircuits.
7. Discusstheadvantagesandlimitationsofelectromagneticinterferencein

measurements.
8. DrawMaxwellsACbridgeandgivethebalanceequationofresistance.
9. Whattwoconditionsmustbesatisfiedtomakeanacbridgebalance?
10. DescribethegeneralformofanACbridgesanddiscussitsimportanceconculsion.

UNIT4STORAGEANDDISPLAYDEVICES
PartA
1. WhataretheadvantagesofLCDoverLED?
2. WhatdoyoumeanbyXYrecorders?
3. Whatarethevariousmethodsofrecordingdata?
4. Listfewdisadvantagesoffrequencymodulationrecording.
5. Givefewadvantagesoffrequencymodulationrecording.
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6. Statethefeaturesofinkjetprinters.
7. DrawaneatdiagramonXYrecorder.
8. Mentionthepurposeoflineprinters.
9. Definedeviationratio.
10. Listtheadvantagesofdirectrecording.
11. Whataretheadvantagesofmagnetictaperecorders?
12. Listthecomponentsofamagnetictaperecorder.
13. ListoutdiffentmaterialsusedinmanufacturingLEDs.
14. Writenotesondualtracecathoderayoscilloscopes.
15. HowareLCDscreated?

PartB

1. Describethebasiccomponentsofmagneticrecorders.
2. Explainbrieflyvarioustypesofprinters.
3. Explainthemodesofoperationofdigitalstorageoscilloscope.
4. ExplaintheprincipleofoperationandtypesofLED.
5. Explain the internal structure of CRT and describe the principle of electrostatic

focusing.
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6. DescribethedifferentpartofaCRTwithahelpofaneatdiagram.
7. Writebrieflyonanytwo.
i)

Dotmatrixdisplay

ii)

AdvantageandprincipleofLCEdisplays

iii)

Digitaldatalogger.

8. Describetheperformanceofdigitalplotter.
9. WhatisanXYrecorders?HowdoyoudistinguishisfromXtandYtrecorders?
10. Givethebasicblockdiagramofadigitaldatarecordingsystem.

TRANSDUCERSANDDATAACQUISTIONSYSTEMS
PartA
1. Definetheprimaryandsecondarytransducers.
2. StatetheperformanceparametersofADC.
3. DefineTransducer.
4. WriteshortnotesonLVDT.
5. Whatarethetwophysicalparametersinstraingauge?
6. HowA/Dconvertercanbeusedasencoder?
7. Howarestraingaugeusedforpressuremeasurement?
8. WhatisInversetransducer?
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9. WhatisSmartsensor?
10. Mentionsomeapplicationsofsmartsensor.
11. Whatismeantbydigitaltransducer?
12. Givetheprincipleofcapacitivetransducers.
13. Whatismeantbyquantizationerror?
14. StatePiezoelectriceffect.
15. Whataretheessentialfunctionaloperationsofadigitaldataacquisitionsystem?

PartB
1. Explaintheselectioncriteriaforthetransducers.
2. With neatdiagram explain potentiometer resistance transducer. List advantages

anddisadvantages.
3. Discussopticalfiberdisplacementsensors.
4. WhatarethetypesofDAS?Discussthedifferentmultiplexingschemesusedin

multichannelDAS.
5. Howthetransducersareclassifiedonthebasisofprincipleofoperation?
6. Explainthegeneralizeddiagramofadigitaldataacquisitionsystemandgivethe

usesofdataacquisitionsystem.
7. HowareA/Dconvertersclassified?
8. Howarestraingaugeusedforpressuremeasurements?
9. WithneatfigureexplainLVDTforvelocitymeasurement.
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10. Discussindetailabout:
i)

Opticalencoder.

ii)

Resistiveencoder.

iii)

Shaftencoder.Listtheiradvantagesanddisadvantages.

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