Appendix 4 Solutions to

self-test questions

Chapter 2
Q5. 0.0175 mV/° C
Q7. (a) 2.62 ; (b) 2.94 ; 0.32
Q8. (a) 20 μm/kg; 22 μm/kg; (b) 200 μm; 2 μm/kg; (c) 14.3 μm/° C;
0.143 μm ° C1 (kg)1
Q9. (a)
Time Depth Temp. reading Temp. error

0 0 20.0 0.0
100 50 19.716 0.216
200 100 19.245 0.245
300 150 18.749 0.249
400 200 18.250 0.250
500 250 17.750 0.250

(b) 10.25° C
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Chapter 3
Q3. 3.9%
Q5. 5.0%; 24 750 
Q6. 10.0%
Q9. mean 31.1; median 30.5; standard deviation 3.0
Q10. mean 1.537; standard deviation 0.021; accuracy of mean value D š0.007
i.e. mean value D 1.537 š 0.007; for 1000 measurements, accuracy would be
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Q11. Mean value D 21.8 mA

Measurement 21.5 22.1 21.3 21.7 22.0 22.2 21.8 21.4 21.9 22.1
Deviation from mean 0.3 C0.3 0.5 0.1 C0.2 C0.4 0.0 0.4 C0.1 C0.3
(deviations)2 0.09 0.09 0.25 0.01 0.04 0.16 0.0 0.16 0.01 0.09

Standard deviation D 0.32

Q12. 86.6%
Q13. 97.7%
Q14. š0.7%
Q15. š4.7%
Q16. š2.2%
Q17. 46.7ohm š 2.5%
Q18. 2.5%
Q19. (a) 0.31 m3 / min; (b) š4.1%

Chapter 7
Q1. 81.9 mV
Q2. 378 mV
Q3. (a) 0.82 mV/° C; (b) indicated temperature 101.9° C; error 1.9° C
Q4. 24 V; 1.2 W
Q6. 85.9 mV
Q7. (a) 69.6 , 930.4 ; (b) 110.3 
Q8. (a) Ru D R2 R3 /R1 ; Lu D R2 R3 C; (b) 1.57 ; 100 mH; (c) 20
Q9. 2.538 V r.m.s.
Q10. 50 μF
R C jωL
Q11. (a) At balance 1 R D R Rj/ωC
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2 . Then, by taking real and imaginary

3 4
parts and
manipulating L D 2R1 and R1 D R 2 R3 . Hence, at balance
ω R4 C R4 1 C 1/ω2 R42 C2
L D R2 R23 C2 2
1 C ω R4 C
(b) Q D ωL/R1 D 1/ωR4 C using the equations developed in part (a) above.
For large Q, ω2 R42 C2 − 1, and the equation for L above becomes L D R2 R3 C.
This is independent of frequency because there is no ω term in the expression
(c) 20 mH

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Chapter 9
Q2. One’s compl. Two’s compl.
(a) 01010000 01010001
(b) 10001000 10001001
(c) 10011010 10011011
(d) 00101001 00101010
(e) 00010011 00010100
Q3. (a) 111001 71 39
(b) 1100101 145 65
(c) 10101111 257 AF
(d) 100000011 403 103
(e) 1111100111 1747 3E7
(f) 10011010010 2322 4D2
Q4. (a) 7515; (b) F4D
Q5. (a) 130645; (b) B1A5
Q6. (a) 1214; (b) 28C; (c) 3352

Chapter 11
p p
Q1. (b) ωn D Ks /J; ˇ D KI /2RJKS ; sensitivity D KI /KS R
(d) 0.7; (e) typical bandwidth 100 Hz; maximum frequency 30 Hz
Q3. a D 12.410; b D 40.438
Q4. 9.8 
Q5. a D 1.12; b D 2.00
Q6. (a) C D 5.77 ð 107 ; T0 D 11027; (b) T D 428° K
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Chapter 12
Q1. 30.4 days
Q2. 40.6 days
Q3. 222 days
Q4. 0.988
Q5. 0.61 or 61%
Q6. 0.95 or 95%
Q7. 0.86
Q8. 0.9975
Q9. 0.92
Q10. 24

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Q11. 39
Q12. (a) 95.2%; (b) 49 seeded errors
Q13. 97.2%
Q14. 94.2%

Chapter 14
Q1. 300° C
Q2. 147.1° C
Q3. 700° C
Q4. 610° C; 678.4° C
Q5. 15.55 mV; 228.5° C
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