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There are only two types of SI units, based and derived units.

Select one:

True

False

Laws to regulate measurement were originally developed to prevent fraud.

Select one:

True

False

It is the world’s most widely used system of units, both in everyday commerce and in science.

Select one:

a. Metric system

b. English system

c. None of the choices

d. SI units

120.5 centigrade = _______________ kelvin ?

Select one:

a. 93.65 kelvin

b. 33.65 kelvin

c. 393.65 kelvin

d. none of the choices

The pressure units commonly used in the USA include the inch of mercury and the atmosphere (29.92
inches of mercury).

Select one:

True
False

550 m =________ in ?

Select one:

a. 21.6535 in

b. 23,653.5 in

c. 23.6535 in

d. 21,653.5 in

Standard unit of length in metric system.

Select one:

a. centimeter

b. kilometer

c. None of the choices

d. decimeter

150 Fahrenheit =_______ kelvin?

Select one:

a. 338.706 kelvin

b. 706.38 kelvin

c. 33.87 kelvin

d. 87.33 kelvin

What is the acronym of NPL?

Select one:

a. National Power Laboratory

b. None of the choices


c. Nation Physical Laboratory

d. National Physical Laboratory

120 lbs = _____ kg?

Select one:

a. 40.40 kg

b. 53.54 kg

c. 54.4 kg

d. 45.45 kg

150 gram = _______________ kilogram ?

Select one:

a. 1.5 kg

b. 15 kg

c. 0.15 kg

d. none of the choices

Freezing point of water at sea level

Select one:

a. 50 centigrade

b. 100 centigrade

c. 112 centigrade

d. 0 centigrade

120 centigrade = _____________ Fahrenheit ?

Select one:

a. 842 Fahrenheit
b. 248 Fahrenheit

c. 244 Fahrenheit

d. 482 Fahrenheit

122 meter = ______________ inches ?

Select one:

a. 4803.15 inches

b. 480.315 inches

c. none of the choices

d. 48031.5 inches

Commonly defined as the amount of heat energy required to raise the temperature of one gram of
water by one degree celsius.

Select one:

a. calorie

b. gravity

c. none of the choices

d. joules

What is the acronym of NIST?

Select one:

a. National Institute of Science and Technology

b. National Institute of Standards and Technology

c. Nation Institute of Standard and Technology

d. None of the choices

68 fahrenheit = _______________ kelvin ?

Select one:
a. none of the choices

b. 293.15 kelvin

c. 93.15 kelvin

d. 23.15 kelvin

The temperature unit commonly used in USA is Centigrade.

Select one:

True

False

200 Fahrenheit =_______ centigrade ?

Select one:

a. 33.39 centigrade

b. 93.33 centigrade

c. 39.33 centigrade

d. 33.33 centigrade

The word measurement is derived from the Greek word ______________.

Select one:

a. meter

b. metron

c. metre

d. none of the choices

standard unit of volume in metric system.

Select one:

a. kiloliter
b. milliliter

c. centiliter

d. liter

500 g = __________ lbs?

Select one:

a. 1.1 lbs

b. 10.1 lbs

c. 9.1 lbs

d. 11.1 lbs

At sea level, the freezing temperature of water is 32 degrees Fahrenheit and the boiling point of water is
212 degrees Fahrenheit.

Select one:

True

False

50 kg = ____ g ?

Select one:

a. 40,000 g

b. 51,000 g

c. 50,000 g

d. 52,000 g

In practice, every three calendar years will have 365 days, and every fourth year is a “leap year”, which
has 366 days, to make up for the extra quarter day over four years.

Select one:

True
False

What is the acronym of BTU in pressure?

Select one:

a. none of the choices

b. British Thermal Units

c. British Temperature Unites

d. British temperature Unites

280 feet = _____________ meter ?

Select one:

a. 853.44 meter

b. none of the choices

c. 8534.4 meter

d. 85.344 meter

Standard unit of mass in metric system.

Select one:

a. gram

b. milligram

c. centigram

d. decigram

It is made of base unit for example, density.

Select one:

a. Metric units

b. None of the choices


c. derived units

d. Base units

180 kelvin = ____________ fahrenheit ?

Select one:

a. 13.567 fahrenheit

b. none of the choices

c. 1357.7 fahrenheit

d. 135.67 fahrenheit

250 kelvin = ___________ centigrade ?

Select one:

a. none of the choices

b. 23.15 centigrage

c. 231.5 centigrade

d. 2.315 centigrade

Types of Si units which is the simple measurement for time, length, mass, temperature, amount of
substance, electric current, and light intensity.

Select one:

a. Metric unit

b. None of the choices

c. Base unit

d. derived units

170 centigrade = ______________ fahrenheit ?

Select one:

a. 383 fahrenheit
b. 388 fahrenheit

c. none of the choices

d. 338 fahrenheit

What is Friends language name of International System of Unit

Select one:

a. Systeme International d' Unites

b. Systeme d' Unites

c. International Systeme

d. None of the choices

What is the boiling point of water at sea level?

Select one:

a. none of the choices

b. 30 centigrade

c. 100 centigrade

d. 0 centigrade

21 yard = __________ foot ?

Select one:

a. 63 foot

b. 0.63 foot

c. 6.3 foot

d. none of the choices

700 yard = __________ cm ?

Select one:
a. 65,800 cm

b. 64,008 cm

c. 65,008 cm

d. 64,800 cm

25.8 lbs = ___________ grams ?

Select one:

a. none of the choices

b. 1170.268 grams

c. 11702.68 grams

d. 11.70 grams

One atmosphere is equivalent to 14.7 pounds per square inch.

Select one:

True

False

In the United States, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), a division of United States Department of
Commerce, regulates commercial measurements.

Select one:

True

False

A millimeter is about the thickness of a dime.

Select one:

True

False
100 cm = ______ in?

Select one:

a. 38 in

b. 37.39 in

c. 39.37 in

d. 35 in

100 m = ______ yrd ?

Select one:

a. 361.109 yrd

b. 111.36 yrd

c. 190.361 yrd

d. 109.361 yrd

It is decimalized system of measurement based on the metre and the gram.

Select one:

a. Metric system

b. Si units

c. English system

d. None of the choices

It is The Internationally recognized standard metric system.

Select one:

a. International System of Units

b. Metric System

c. None of the choices

d. English System
5.2 L = ________ gal ?

Select one:

a. 1.37 gal

b. 52.13 gal

c. 2.53 gal

d. 3.71 gal

86.3 liter = ____________ gal ?

Select one:

a. 227.98 gal

b. 22.798 gal

c. 2.279 gal

d. none of the choices

100 inches = ____________ meter

Select one:

a. 2.54 meter

b. none of the choices

c. 5.24 meter

d. 25.4 meter

The main advantages of the metric system is that it has many base unit for each physical quantity.

Select one:

True

False
185 fahrenheit = __________ centigrade ?

Select one:

a. 8.5 centigrade

b. none of the choices

c. 0.85 centigrade

d. 85 centigrade

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