Instrumentation

robb and fidel

1. The force between two electrically charged objects is called:

ANS: Electrostatic force.
2. The change in the direction of a compass needle, when a current-carrying wire
is brought near, is:
ANS: Electromagnetic deflection.
3. Suppose a certain current in a galvanometer causes the needle to deflect 20 degrees, and then this current is
doubled. The needle deflection:
ANS: Will increase.
4. One important advantage of an electrostatic meter is that:
ANS: It can detect ac voltages.
5. A thermocouple:
ANS: Gets warm when current flows through it.
6. One advantage of an electromagnet meter over a permanent-magnet meter is
that:
ANS: The electromagnet meter is more rugged.
7. An ammeter shunt is useful because:
ANS: It allows for measurement of a wide range of currents.
8. Voltmeters should generally have:
ANS: Large internal resistance.
9. To measure power-supply voltage being used by a circuit, a voltmeter
ANS: Is placed in parallel with the circuit that works from the supply.
10. Which of the following will not cause a major error in an ohmmeter reading?
ANS: A small change in the resistance to be measured.
12. The main advantage of a FETVM over a conventional voltmeter is the fact that
the FETVM:
ANS: Draws less current from the circuit under test.
13. Which of the following is not a function of a fuse?
ANS: To be sure there is enough current available for an appliance to work right.
14. A utility meters motor speed works directly from:
ANS: The number of watts being used at the time.
15. A utility meters readout indicates:
ANS: Energy.
16. A typical frequency counter:
ANS: Is usually accurate to six digits or more.
17. A VU meter is never used for measurement of:
ANS: Energy.
18. The meter movement in an illumination meter measures:

ANS: Current.
19. An oscilloscope cannot be used to indicate:
ANS: Energy.
20. The electron gun in a CRT is another name for its:
ANS: Cathode.
21.The electron beam in an electrostatic CRT is bent by:
ANS: An electric field.
22. The horizontal displacement on an oscilloscope CRT screen is usually measured in:
ANS: Time per unit division.
23. In a time-domain oscilloscope, the waveform to be analyzed is usually applied to the:
ANS: Vertical deflection plates or coils.
24. A vidicon camera tube is noted for its:
ANS: Sensitivity.
25. In a magnetron, as the frequency is increased:
ANS: The achievable power output decreases.
26. The paths of the electrons in a magnetron are spirals, rather than straight lines, because of:
ANS: The longitudinal magnetic flux.
27. A klystron is noted for its:
ANS: High achievable output power.
28. In a multicavity klystron, the electrons:
ANS: Have variable speed.
29. The cathode is consists of
ANS: Nickel
30. A2 is sometimes referred to as:
ANS: focus ring
31. Most RF meters has a resolution of:
ANS: 0.1 to 10 Hz
32. Which of the electrical instruments below is most sensitive:
ANS: PMMC
33. A scale of a hot wire instrument is a/an_____________function
ANS: squared
34. It is essentially a flat frequency response noise and will quickly sgow any anomalies in speaker systems, room
acoustics and cross-over networks.
ANS: pink noise generator
35. in digital oscilloscope, the number or waveform points used to make a waveform record is called the
ANS: record length
36. Dynamometers are usually used as
ANS: wattmeters

37. An application in which an analog meter would almost always be preferred over a digital meter is:
ANS: A signal-Strength indicator in a radio receiver
38. A hot wire ammeter ;
ANS: can measure ac as well as dc.
39: A loudness meter in a hi-fi system is generally calibrated in
ANS: Decibels
40. Primitive device for indicating the presence of an electric current is;
ANS: Galvanometer
50. A watt-hour meter measures :
ANS: Energy
51. The main problem with bar graph meter is that:
ANS: It cant give precise reading
52. On a spectrum analyzer, a pure ac signal, having just one frequency component, would look like:
ANS: a single PIP
53. the smallest change in a measured variable to which an instrument will respond;
ANS: resolution
54 a device or mechanism used to determine the value of a quantity under observation
ANS: instrument
55 an instrument which depend on current in one or more fixed-points acting on one or more pieces of soft iron,
atleast one of which is movable
ANS: moving-iron instrument
56 what ammeter is motly used in high frequency currents
ANS: thermocouple
57 measurement of high dc-voltages is usually done by using
ANS: electrostatic
58 measuring instrument that can be used only to measure voltages
ANS: electrostatic
59. this instrument to that one, which measures the intensity of the radiation, received from any portion of the sky.
ANS: pyranometer
60. An electrodynamic meter used to measure power
ANS: watt-meter
61 an indicating instrument whose movable cols rotate between two stationary coils, usually used as watt-meter
ANS: electrodynamometer
62 what damping method is generally used in dynamometers/
ANS: air friction
63 which dynamometer has a uniform scale?
Watt-meter
64 for a dynamometer to measure high current______ should be used

ANS: current transformer

65. error in ohmmeter reading id due to
ANS: battery aging
66 decreasing the value of a shunt resistor of an ammeter, its current measuring capability
ANS: increases
67 increasing the value of the series resistor of a voltmeter its measuring capability
ANS: increases
68 a device used to measure current without opeing the circuit
ANS: clamp probe
69moving iron instruments have a scale function that is
ANS: squared
70. to increase the measuring capability of a moving-iron ac ammeter, a blank should be used
ANS: different number of turns of operating coil
71 basically, a PMMC instrument can be used only in
ANS: dc measurements
72. controlling torque in PMMC
ANS: spring action
73 what damping method is used in induction type ammeters?
ANS: eddy-current damping
74 Induction type instruments are mostly used as
ANS: watt-hour meter
75. in indicating instruments, what will happen to the controlling torque if the deflection becomes greater
ANS: increases
76 the force/s that is/are acting on the pointer of an indicating instruments as it rests on its final deflected position
ANS: A and B above (controlling torque and deflecting torque)
77 what is/are the force/s acting on the pointer of an indicating instruments when it is in motion
ANS: controlling, damping, and deflecting torques
78 materials that is mostly used as a pointer in indicating instruments
ANS: aluminum
79 a kelvin electrostatic voltmeter uses what method of damping/
ANS: fluid flriction
80. shunts and meters should have a _______temperature coefficient of resistance
ANS: very small
81 in a moving coil ammeter, a __________is connected in series with the coil to compensate for temperature
variations
ANS: swamping of resistors
82 the most accurate reading in the meter movement is taken at what point?
ANS: mid point

83. used in measuring low resistances

ANS: Kevin
84. moving system force I analog instruments which causes the moving system to to deflect from zero.
ANS: deflecting force
85. the phosphor bronze in GA serves the same purpose in PPMC
ANS: hairspring
86. __________used to isolate troubles and and bring the measurement to proper condition
ANS: corrective maintenance
87. typical full scale deflection current of a moving coil nstrument/
ANS: 50 mA
88. sensitive and swift method of chemical analysis which relies on the different rates of which a material absorbs
ANS: chromatography
89. used to check the condition of a womans breast
ANS: mammogram
90.the utility meters read out indicates
ANS: energy
91. the main advantage of FETM over a conventional voltmeter______
ANS: it draws less current from the circuit under test
92. A typical frequency counter:
ANS: Is usually accurate to six digits or more.
93. A VU meter is never used for measurement of:
ANS: Energy.
94. The meter movement in an illumination meter measures:
ANS: Current.
95. An oscilloscope cannot be used to indicate:
ANS: Energy.
96. An application in which an analog meter would almost always be preferred over a digital meter is:
ANS: A signal-Strength indicator in a radio receiver
97. A hot wire ammeter ;
ANS: can measure ac as well as dc.
98: A loudness meter in a hi-fi system is generally calibrated in
ANS: Decibels
99. Primitive device for indicating the presence of an electric current is;
ANS: Galvanometer
100. A watt-hour meter measures :
ANS: Energy
101. The main problem with bar graph meter is that:
ANS: It cant give precise reading

102. On a spectrum analyzer, a pure ac signal, having just one frequency component, would look like:
ANS: a single PIP
103. The main purpose of an instrumentation amplifier is _____.
Ans. To amplify small signals that are riding on large common mode voltages.
104. The most accurate type of test equipment used for measuring high power is the _____
Ans Calorimeter