Tests and Measurements MCQs

1. What king of instrument an ammeter is?

 A. An indicating
 B. A recording
 C. An integrating
 D. A dc meter

2. As the deflection of the moving system increases, the controlling torque in an indicating
instrument.

 A. Remains the same

 B. Increases
 C. Decreases
 D. Becomes zero

3. Which is the best type of meter movement?

 A. Iron-wave
 B. Dynamometer
 C. D’ Arsonval
 D. Moving iron

4. Which dynamometer type has uniform scale?

 A. Wattmeter
 B. Voltmeter
 C. Ammeter
 D. Ohmmeter

5. When both deflecting and controlling torque act, the pointer of an indicating instrument
comes to

 A. Rest
 B. Mid-position
 C. Maximum position
 D. Three-fourth position

6. The output voltage of a thermocouple

 A. Remains constant with temperature

 B. Decreases with applied voltage
 C. Increases with temperature
 D. Increases with applied voltage
7. An instrument in which the magnitude of the measured quantity is indicated by means of
a pointer

 A. Analog instrument
 B. Digital instrument
 C. Ammeter
 D. Voltmeter

8. If the pointer of an indicating instrument is in motion, then what opposes deflecting

torque?

 A. Controlling torque
 B. Damping torque
 C. Damping and controlling torques
 D. Frictional torque

9. How can electrical currents be inducted with a coil and a magnet?

 A. By placing the coil parallel to the magnetic field

 B. By placing the coil at right angles with the magnetic field
 C. By moving either the magnet or the coil
 D. By keeping the coil and the magnet perfectly stationary

10. When should a fuse be replaced with a higher rated unit?

 A. Never
 B. When the original value is not available
 C. If it blows
 D. When fuses of the original value are small in size

11. The pointer of an indicating instrument is generally made of

 A. Copper
 B. Silver
 C. Aluminum
 D. Gold

12. The time interval that a waveform is high (or low) is the _______ of the signal.

 A. Pulse width
 B. Pulse length
 C. Pulse position
 D. Duty cycle

13. A Wheatstone bridge is balanced if

 A. the ratio of resistors on one side of the bridge is one while the ratio of resistors on
the other side is infinity
  B. the ratio of resistors on one side of the bridge is greater than the ratio of resistors
on the other side
 C. the ratio of resistors on one side of the bridge equals the ratio of resistors on the
other side
 D. the bridge uses identical resistors

14. The pointer of an indicating instrument is the final deflected position, the _______ is
zero.

 A. Deflecting torque
 B. Controlling torque
 C. Damping torque
 D. Frictional

15. A moving system force in analog instruments which causes the moving system to
deflect from its zero position.

 A. Deflecting force
 B. Damping force
 C. Return-to-zero force
 D. Controlling force

16. A moving force in analog instruments which ensures that the deflection of the pointer for
a given value of measured quantity always has the same value.

 A. Damping force
 B. Controlling force
 C. NRZ force
 D. Deflecting force

17. All voltmeters except one of the following are operated by the passage of current.

 A. Moving-iron
 B. Dynamometer
 C. Electrostatic
 D. Permanent-magnet moving coil

18. Disc is made of what material in eddy current damping?

 A. Conductor and non-magnetic material

 B. Conductor and magnetic material
 C. Non-conductor and non-magnetic material
 D. Non-conductor and magnetic material

19. The time interval between pulses is called

 A. Pulse frequency
 B. Pulse delay
  C. Pulse duration
 D. Pulse period

20. An oscilloscope provides easy measurement of __________ values.

 A. instantaneous
 B. rms
 C. peak to peak
 D. average

21. An element in electrons which serves as a protection against overload?

 A. Resistor
 B. Transistor
 C. Semiconductor
 D. Fuse

22. What sensor provides a dc voltage approximately 1 V at 10 mW?

 A. Diode sensor
 B. Thermocouple sensor
 C. Thermal sensor
 D. Thermistor sensor

23. Hot-wire instrument has a/an __________ scale.

 A. uniform
 B. squared
 C. logarithmic
 D. exponential

24. For time measurements, _______ scale of the scope is used.

 A. horizontal
 B. diagonal
 C. vertical
 D. both vertical and horizontal

25. Fluid friction damping is employed in one of the following

 A. Dynamometer wattmeter
 B. Induction type energy meter
 C. Hot-wire ammeter
 D. Kelvin electrostatic voltmeter

26. Current range extension in moving coil instruments can be achieved by placing a
_______ in shunt with the instrument.
  A. Low resistance resistor
 B. High resistance resistor
 C. High voltage transistor
 D. Capacitor

27. Permanent- magnet moving coil instrument can be used in

 A. ac work only
 B. both dc and ac work
 C. dc work only
 D. neither dc nor ac works

28. What CRT element provides for control of the number of electrons passing farther into
the tube?

 A. Cathode
 B. Control grid
 C. Anode
 D. Phosphor screen

29. What refers to garaging two adjustments of an AC bridge together in such a way that
changing one adjustment changes the other in a special way, but changing the second
adjustment does not change the first?

 A. Logarithmic nulling
 B. Orthogonal nulling
 C. Exponential nulling
 D. Linear nulling

30. When the vertical input is 0V, the electron beam may be positioned at the _______ of
the screen

 A. top center
 B. vertical center
 C. horizontal center
 D. bottom center

31. What is the reason why the scale of a permanent-magnet moving coil instrument is
uniform?

 A. Because of effective eddy current damping

 B. Because external magnetic field has no effect
 C. Because it is spring controlled
 D. Because it has no hysteresis loss

32. A sensing element that provides a dc voltage less than 10 mV with typical power range
of 0.1 to 100 mW.
  A. Thermal converters
 B. Thermal sensors
 C. Thermocouple sensors
 D. Diode sensors

33. Tank circuit frequency can be measured by ________.

 A. Voltmeter
 B. Signal generator
 C. Grid-dip meter
 D. Absorption meter

34. Shunts are generally made of what material?

 A. Constantan
 B. Silver
 C. Aluminum
 D. Manganin

35. What meter is the most sensitive?

 A. 10 ma
 B. 1 ma
 C. 1A
 D. 1 µA

36. A dynamometer instrument is mainly used as a /an

 A. dc ammeter
 B. wattmeter
 C. dc voltmeter
 D. ohmmeter

37. Which movement is the most expensive?

 A. D’ Arsonal movement
 B. Dynamometer
 C. Moving-iron
 D. Iron-wave

38. Attraction and repulsion instruments are considered as

 A. Moving-cell instruments
 B. Moving-iron instruments
 C. Electrodynamic instruments
 D. Dynamometer

39. In Wheatstone bridge, bridge balance is considered where

  A. There is no current that flows through the load
 B. There is current that flows through the load
 C. There is potential difference between load terminal
 D. The galvanometer reading is maximum

40. The temperature coefficient of resistance of the shunt material is

 A. negligible
 B. negative
 C. positive
 D. infinite

41. In VTVMs, ___________ is used to balance both halves of the difference amplifier or
cathode-coupled amplifier.

 A. trigger adjust
 B. scale
 C. infinite adjust
 D. zero adjust

42. In an oscilloscope, ________ adjusts the brightness of the spot by changing the voltage
on the control grid.

 A. intensity control
 B. focus control
 C. astigmatism control
 D. position control

43. What force in analog instrument quickly brings the moving system to rest in its final
position?

 A. Damping force
 B. Controlling force
 C. Deflecting force
 D. Force at rest

44. The resistance of a moving-coil instrument is 10 Ω and gives full-scale deflection at 10

mA. Calculate the resistance of the shunt required to convert the instrument to give full-
scale detection when the circuit current is 5 A.

 A. 0.02004 Ω
 B. 0.20004 Ω
 C. 1 Ω
 D. 2.04 Ω

45. A small swamping resistance is connected in series with operating coil of a moving coil
ammeter in order to compensate for the effects of
  A. Temperature variation
 B. Hysteresis
 C. External magnetic fields
 D. Temperature inversion

46. The typical power range of diode sensor is

 A. 0.1 µW to 10 mW
 B. 0.1 pW to 10 mW
 C. 0.1 mW to 100 W
 D. 0.1 nW to 10 mW

47. A ______ operates on the magnetic attraction-repulsion principles

 A. Spectrum analyzer
 B. Oscilloscope
 C. Field strength meter
 D. Milliammeter

48. What dc bridge is widely used for the accurate measurements of resistance?

 A. Owen bridge
 B. Hay bridge
 C. Potentiometer bridge
 D. Wheatstone bridge

49. Which of the following is a dc bridge that is very useful for making extremely accurate
voltage measurements?

 A. Wheatstone bridge
 B. Potentiometer bridge
 C. Kelvin bridge
 D. Owen bridge

50. Majority of analog measuring instrument utilizes one of the following effects.

 A. Heating effect
 B. Electrostatic effect
 C. Magnetic field
 D. Chemical effect

51. Multimeter typically provides measurements of __________ values (for a sinusoidal

waveform).

 A. peak
 B. rms
 C. average
 D. instantaneous
52. Dynamometer type instrument can be used for

 A. ac work only
 B. dc work only
 C. both dc and ac work
 D. neither dc nor ac works

53. What instrument which springs provide the controlling torque as well as serve to lead
current into and out of the operating coil?

 A. Moving-iron
 B. Permanent-magnet
 C. Hot-wire
 D. Iron-wire

54. In VTVMs, _________ refers to the smallest signal that can be reliably measured.

 A. threshold signal
 B. minimum signal
 C. sensitivity
 D. input signal

55. The frequency of rotation in some rotating machinery can be measured by a

 A. VTVM
 B. Tachometer
 C. Spectral meter
 D. Stroboscope

56. Which of the items below describes an absorption meter’s usage?

 A. Check the output frequency of a transmitter

 B. Monitors the output current of a receiver
 C. Monitors the frequency ratio of a device
 D. Frequency generator

57. What instrument is used for observing voltage and current waveforms?

 A. Multimeter
 B. DMM
 C. Oscilloscope
 D. Telescope

58. Which of the following forces does not act on the moving systems of analog
instruments?

 A. A deflecting force
 B. A controlling force
  C. A damping force
 D. An electrostatic force

59. When current through the operating coil of a moving-iron instrument is tripled the
operating force becomes

 A. six times
 B. one-half time
 C. nine times
 D. three times

60. What is the typical full-scale deflection current of a moving coil instrument?

 A. 50 mA
 B. 50 nA
 C. 50 µA
 D. 50 A

61. What instrument is used for measuring the amount of current flowing in a circuit?

 A. Voltmeter
 B. Ammeter
 C. Oscilloscope
 D. Meter amperage

62. What type of meter gives a precise reading on voltage, current or resistance where
there is the generation of samples at the input and then feeds it to a digital read-out?

 A. VOM
 B. VTVM
 C. DMM
 D. DTMF

63. What is the typical full-scale voltage across a moving coil voltmeter?

 A. 50 nV
 B. 50 µV
 C. 50 V
 D. 50 mV

64. What is the period of a repetitive signal?

 A. One-fourth cycle of the waveform

 B. Two cycles of the waveform
 C. One cycle of the waveform
 D. One-half cycle of the waveform

65. What element of a CRT releases electrons when heated indirectly by a filament?
  A. Cathode
 B. Grid
 C. Anode
 D. Phosphor screen

66. Moving-iron instrument has what scale?

 A. Uniform
 B. Logarithmic
 C. Squared
 D. Exponential

67. A pattern displayed by oscilloscopes which has a steady characteristic is called

 A. Lissajous pattern
 B. Nyquist pattern
 C. Barkhausen’s criterian
 D. Fermat’s pattern

68. A galvanometer with a 20 Ω coil resistance has a full-scale deflection of 10mA. A 0.02 Ω
is placed across the meter to increase its rating capacity. What is the new full-scale current
foe the meter?

 A. 1.01 A
 B. 100.1 A
 C. 10.10 A
 D. 10.01 A

69. Which of the following extends the range of a moving-iron ac ammeter?

 A. A shunt
 B. A multiplier
 C. Changing number of turns of operating coil
 D. A series

70. Which part of the following is not a basic part of a CRT?

 A. Electron gun
 B. Focusing and accelerating elements
 C. Horizontal and vertical deflecting plates
 D. Sawtooth generator

71. For amplitude measurements, what scale is calibrated in either volts per centimeter
(V/cm), or milivolts per centimeter (mV/cm).

 A. Horizontal
 B. Diagonal
 C. Vertical
  D. Voltage

72. What ammeter is used to measure high-frequency currents?

 A. Hot-wire
 B. Moving-iron
 C. Dynamometer
 D. Thermocouple

73. Which of the voltmeter is used for measuring high direct voltage (say 10kV)?

 A. Permanent-magnet moving coil

 B. Hot-wire
 C. Electrostatic
 D. Moving iron

74. A common technique for measuring power at high frequency is to

 A. employ high power meter

 B. use microwave meters
 C. employ a sensing element that converts the RF power to a measurable dc or low-
frequency signal
 D. use thermocouple

75. What provides visual display showing the form of the signal applied as a waveform on
the front screen of a cathode ray oscilloscope?

 A. Television
 B. Computer
 C. Meter face
 D. CRT

76. Electrostatic instruments are exclusively used as

 A. voltmeters
 B. ohmmeters
 C. ammeters
 D. wattmeters

77. What is the typical power range of thermocouple sensors

 A. 0.1 mW to 100 W
 B. 0.1 µW to 100 mW
 C. 0.1 nW to 100 µW
 D. 0.1 pW to 100 nW

78. An electric pyrometer is an instrument used to measure

  A. phase
 B. high temperatures
 C. frequency
 D. power

79. Which instrument is the most sensitive?

 A. Moving-iron
 B. Dynamometer
 C. Hot-wire
 D. Permanent-magnet moving coil

80. Which is the most commonly used induction type instrument?

 A. Induction voltmeter
 B. Induction watt-hour meter
 C. Induction wattmeter
 D. Induction ammeter

81. What type of instrument is the watt-hour meter?

 A. An integrating
 B. A recording
 C. An indicating
 D. A power meter

82. A certain pulse measures 10ms and has a period of 50ms. The duty cycle is

 A. 20%
 B. 10%
 C. 5%
 D. 100%

83. Indicating instrument is assumed to be most accurate at what part of the scale?

 A. At beginning
 B. At half of full
 C. At ending
 D. Any part

84. On a simple ohmmeter, the 0 Ω mark is located ______ of the scale.

 A. at far left
 B. at far right
 C. at ending
 D. any part

85. One of the basic functions of electronic circuit is

  A. the generation and manipulation of electronic waveshapes
 B. the creation of a signal
 C. the transmission of electrical signal
 D. the reception of electric signal

86. What provides a visual presentation of ant waveform applied to the input terminals?

 A. Cathode ray oscilloscope (CRO)

 B. Cathode ray tube (CRT)
 C. Spectrum analyzer
 D. VTVMs

87. The interval of a pulse from start to end is the _____ of the pulse

 A. period
 B. width
 C. position
 D. duty cycle

88. Considered as the “heart” of the cathode ray oscilloscope.

 A. Cathode ray tube (CRT)

 B. Sawtooth generator
 C. Horizontal amplifier
 D. Vertical amplifier

89. A material that glows when struck by the energetic electrons in a CRT.

 A. Aquadag
 B. Silicon
 C. Germanium
 D. Phosphor

90. What sensor provides a change of resistance with typical power range of 1µW to 10mW
and with maximum frequency greater than 100GHz?

 A. Thermal converter
 B. Diode sensor
 C. Thermocouple sensor
 D. Thermistor sensor

91. An ammeter with an internal resistance of 50 Ω is used to measure a current through a

load resistance RL= 1 k Ω. Determine the percentage error of the reading due to ammeter
insertion.

 A. 67.4%
 B. 6.74%
 C. 4.76%
  D. 47.6%

92. Most AC voltmeters have an rms scale which is valid only if the input signal being
measured is a ________ signal.

 A. square wave
 B. triangular
 C. sawtooth
 D. sinusoidal

93. Which of the following bridges measures dc resistance?

 A. Wheatstone
 B. Maxwell bridge
 C. Hay bridge
 D. Schering bridge

94. What bridge is used to measure high-Q inductors (Q>10)?

 A. Wheatstone bridge
 B. Wien bridge
 C. Hay bridge
 D. Maxwell bridge

95. Maxwell bridge measures an unknown inductance in terms of known

 A. resistance
 B. frequency
 C. inductance
 D. capacitance

96. What is used for measuring medium Q coils (1<Q<10)?

 A. Maxwell bridge
 B. Wheatstone bridge
 C. Kelvin bridge
 D. Hay bridge

97. What has a series RC combination in one arm and a parallel RC combination in the
adjoining arm and used as a notch filter in harmonic distortion analyzer?

 A. Wien bridge
 B. Maxwell bridge
 C. Kelvin bridge
 D. Hay bridge

98. Sensitivity of a voltmeter is expressed in

  A. Ω/ V
 B. Ω/A
 C. V/ Ω
 D. V/A

99. What is the smallest change in applied stimulus that will indicate a detectable change in
deflection in a indicating instrument called?

 A. Sensitivity
 B. Accuracy
 C. Resolution
 D. Precision

100. Insulation resistance is measured by which meter?

 A. Ohmmeter
 B. Insulation meter
 C. Wien bridge
 D. Megger

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