Multiple Choice Questions in Measurements: C) Less Than Full-Scale Error
Multiple Choice Questions in Measurements: C) Less Than Full-Scale Error
Multiple Choice Questions in Measurements: C) Less Than Full-Scale Error
A Wheatstone bridge requires a change of 6 Ω in the unknown arm of the bridge to produce a change in
deflection of 3 mm of the galvanometer. The sensitivity of the instrument is
a) 0.5%
b) 2%
c) 0.5 mm/Ω
d) 2.0 Ω/mm
Due to which one of the following reasons bearings of PMMC instrument are made up of jewel?
a) To avoid wear and tear of the moving system
b) To provide a small support
c) It can be easily replaced
d) To make the system robust
Normally, swamping resistance which is connected in series with the working coil of galvanometer is
made of
a) Constantan
b) Eureka
c) Manganin
d) Nichrome
. If an instrument has square law response, it can be used for the measurement of
a) Ac only
b) Both ac and dc
c) Dc only
d) None of the above
. A spring-controlled moving iron voltmeter draws a current of 1 mA for full-scale value of 100 V. if it draws
a current of 0.5 mA, the meter reading is
a) 25V
b) 50V
c) 100V
d) 200V
. One of the control springs of a permanent magnet moving coil ammeter is broken. If connected in a
circuit, the meter would read
a) Zero
b) Half the correct value of the current
c) Twice the correct value of the current
d) An indefinite figure
. A moving coil of a meter has 100 turns, and a length and depth of 10 mm and 20 mm respectively. It is
positioned in a uniform radial flux density of 200 mT. the coil carries a current of 50 mA. The torque on the
coil is
a) 200µNm
b) 100 µNm
c) 2 µNm
d) 1 µNm
. A galvanometer with a full scale current of 10 mA has a resistance of 1000Ω. The multiplying power (the
ratio of measured current to galvanometer current) of a 100Ω shunt with this galvanometer is
a) 110
b) 100
c) 11
d) 10
. If the power factor is below 0.5 in two wattmeter method of power measurement
a) One of the wattmeter will give negative deflection
b) Both the wattmeters will give negative deflection
c) Both the wattmeters will give positive deflection
d) Both the wattmeters will not give any deflection
. Which one of the following frequency meter is suitable for measuring radio frequency?
a) Vibrating reed frequency meter
b) Weston frequency meter
c) Electrical resonance frequency meter
d) Heterodyne frequency meter
. Which one of the following instrument is used for standardization of drysdale ac potentiometer?
a) Rectifier type ammeter
b) PMMC ammeter
c) Precision type electrodynamometer
d) Thermocouple ammeter
. The resistance of shunt for a precision grade ammeter can be best measured by
a) De sauty bridge
b) Schering bridge
c) Max well bridge
d) Kelvin double bridge
. Hay’s bridge is suitable for the measurement of which one of the following?
a) Inductance with Q<10
b) Inductance with Q>10
c) Capacitance with high dissipating factors
d) Capacitance with low dissipating factors
. Which one of the following bridge is used for measurement of dielectric loss and power factor of a
capacitor?
a) Maxwell’s bridge
b) Anderson bridge
c) De sauty’s bridge
d) Schering bridge
5. The conversion of a voltage value to a time interval is carried out by comparing the unknown voltage with
a voltage ramp in a
a) Ramp type DVM
b) Integrating type DVM
c) Continuous type DVM
d) Successive approximation type DVM