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SUBJECT NAME: Instrumentation & Measurement

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ATTEMPT ALL THE BELOW MENTIONED QUESTIONS:

1.

Instrument is a device for determining

(a) the magnitude of a quantity
(b) the physics of a variable
(c) either of the above
(d) both (a) and (b)
2. Electronic instruments are preferred
because they have
(a) no indicating part
(b) low resistance in parallel circuit
(c) very fast response
(d) high resistance in series circuit
3. A DC wattmeter essentially consist of
(a) two ammeters
(b) two voltmeters
(c) a voltmeter and an ammeter
(d) a current and potential transformer
4. Decibel is a unit of
(a) power
(b) impedance
(c) frequency
(d) power ratio
5. A dc voltmeter may be used directly to
measure
(a) frequency
(b) polarity
(c) power factor
(d) power
6. An accurate voltmeter must have an

internal impedance of
(a) very low value
(b) low value
(c) medium value
(d) very high value
7. The insulation resistance of a
transformer winding can be
easilymeasured with
(a) Wheatstone bridge
(b) megger
(c) Kelvin bridge
(d) voltmeter
8. A 100 V voltmeter has full-scale
accuracy of 5%. At its reading of 50 V itwill
give an error of
(a) 10%
(b) 5%
(c) 2.5%
(d) 1.25%
9. You are required to check the p. f. of an
electric loa(d) No p.f. meter isavailable.
You would use:
(a) a wattmeter
(b) a ammeter, a voltmeter and a wattmeter
(c) a voltmeter and a ammeter
(d) a kWh meter
10. The resistance of a field coil may be
correctly measured by using
(a) a voltmeter and an ammeter
(b) Schering bridge
(c) a Kelvin double bridge
(d) a Maxwell bridge
11. An analog instrument has output
(a) Pulsating in nature
(b) Sinusoidal in nature
(c) Which is continuous function of time and
bears a constant relation to itsinput
(d) Independent of the input quantity
12. Basic charge measuring instrument is
(a) Duddel's oscillograph
(b) Cathode ray oscillograph
(c) Vibration Galvanometer
(d) Bailastic Galvanometer

13. (A)(C) voltage can be measured (using

a (d)(c) instrument) as a valueobtained
(a) by subtracting the (d)(c) reading from it's
(a)(c) reading.
(b) Using the output function of the multimeter
(c) By using a suitable inductor in series with it
(d) By using a parallel capacitor with it
14. A moving coil permanent magnet
ammeter can be used to measure
(a) (D) (C) current only
(b) (A) (C) current only
(c) (A) (C) and (D) (C) currents
(d) voltage by incorporating a shunt resistance
15. Select the wrong statement
(a) the internal resistance of the voltmeter must
be high
(b) the internal resistance of ammeter must be
low
(c) the poor overload capacity is the main
disadvantage of hot wiresinstrument
(d) the check continuity with multimeter, the
highest range should be use(d)
16. Which of the following instrument is
suitable for measuring both (a)(c)and
(d)(c)quantities.
(a) permanent magnet moving coil ammeter.
(b) Induction type ammeter.
(c) Quadrant electrometer.
(d) Moving iron repulsion type ammeter.
17. Swamping resistance is used in moving
coil instruments to reduce errordue to
(a) thermal EMF
(b) temperature
(c) power taken by the instrument
(d) galvanometer sensitivity
18. A power factor meter is based on the
principle of
(a) electrostatic instrument
(b) Electrodynamometer instrument
(c) Electro thermo type instrument
(d) Rectifier type instrument
19. A potentiometer recorder is used for
(a) AC singles
(b) DC signals

(c) both (a) and (b)

(d) time varying signals
20. Transformers used in conjunction with
measuring instruments formeasuring
purposes are called
(a) Measuring transformers
(b) transformer meters
(c) power transformers
(d) instrument transformers
21. Leakage flux in an electrical machine is
measure by
(a) Ballistic galvanometer
(b) Flux meter
(c) Either (a) or (b)
(d) Vibration galvanometer
22. A (C)R.O. is used to indicate
(a) supply waveform
(b) magnitude of the applied voltage
(c) (B)H. loop
(d) all of these
23. An oscillator is a
(a) an amplifier having feedback network
(b) a high gain amplifier
(c) a wide band amplifier
(d) a untuned amplifier
24. Distortion can be measured by
(a) Wave meter
(b) Digital filters
,m(c) Wein bridge circuit
(d) Bridge T filter circuit
25. Series connected Q- meter is preferable
for measurement of components having
(a) high impedance
(b) low impedance
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) high frequency
26. A potentiometer is
(a) an active transducer
(b) a passive transducer
(c) a secondary transducer
(d) a digital transducer
27. The basic components of a digital

voltmeter are:
(a) A/D converter and a counter
(b) A/D converted and a rectifier
(c) D/A converter and a counter
(d) Ramp generator and counter
28. Which of the following electrical
equipment cannot convert ac into dc
(a) diode
(b) converter
(c) transformer
(d) mercury arc rectifier
29. Voltage measurement are often taken
by using either a voltmeter or
(a) an ammeter
(b) an ohmmeter
(c) an oscillator
(d) a watt-meter
30. The electric device which blocks DC but
allows AC is called:
(a) capacitance
(b) inductor
(c) an oscilloscope
(d) a watt-meter
31. Which of the following is not an
assumption underlying testing and
measurement?
(a) Various approaches to measuring aspects of
the same thing can be useful
(b) Error is rarely present in the measurement
process
(c) Present-day behavior predicts future
behavior
(d) Testing and assessment benefit society
32. Systematic error is associated with:
(a) Reliability
(b) Validity
(c) an ammeter
(d) all of the above
33. Which of the following is a type of
criterionrelated validity evidence?
(a) Concurrent evidence
(b) Predictive evidence
(c) Internal consistency
(d) Both a and b are correct answers

34. If a test measures a single construct

then:
(a) The items should correlate with the total
score
(b) The items should not correlate with the
total score
(c) The test should not correlate with other
measures of the same construct
(d) There must be a reliable alternative form.
35. Professor X develops a test of
emotional intelligence. Which of the
following represent convergent and
discriminant evidence?
(a) The test correlates highly with another test
of emotional intelligence and is uncorrelated
with self-efficacy
(b) The test correlates with highly with another
test of emotional intelligence and is highly
correlated with self-efficacy
(c) The test does not correlate with another
test of emotional intelligence, but does correlate
with self-efficacy
(d) The test does not correlate with other tests
of emotional intelligence nor with self-efficacy
36. An ordinal scale is used to rank order
people, objects, or characteristics.
(a) True
(b) False
37. Which scale is the simplest form of
measurement?
(a) Nominal
(b) Ordinal
(c) Interval
(d) Ratio
38. ______ tests focus on information
acquired through the informal learning
that goes on in life.
(a) Personality
(b) Achievement
(c) Aptitude
(d) Intelligence
39. Lets say that a test accurately
indicates participants scores on a future
criterion (e.g., the PSAT is used to indicate

high-school GPA scores). This test would

clearly have which of the following?
(a) Face validity
(b) Concurrent validity
(c) Predictive validity
(d) Content validity
40. If a baseball coach calculates batting
averages, what scale would be used?
(a) Interval scale
(b) Ratio scale
(c) Nominal scale
(d) Ordinal scale
41. According to the text, most of the
outcome/dependent variable
characteristics and attributes measured in
educational research probably exist at the
______________ level of measurement.
(a) Nominal
(b) Ordinal
(c) Interval
(d) Ratio
42. Which of the following is most clearly
an example of a psychological trait?
(a) Anxiety enduring for months or years
(b) Anxiety over just seeing a spider
(c) Shyness when meeting a stranger for the
first time
(d) Depression caused by the loss of a ball
Game
43. All of the following are examples of
Intelligence Tests except _________:
(a) Wechsler Scales
(b) Stanford-Binet
(c) Minnesota Multiphasic Personality
Inventory(MMPI)
(d) Slosson
44. Reliability is most simply known as
which of the following?
(a) Consistency or stability
(b) Appropriateness of interpretations on the
basis of test scores
(c) Ways in which people are the same
(d) A rank order of participants on some
Characteristic

45. An ordinal scale is:

(a) The simplest form of measurement
(b) A rank-order scale of measurement
(c) A scale with equal intervals between
adjacent numbers
(d) A scale with an absolute zero point
46. Which of the following is not a type of
reliability?
(a) Test-retest
(b) Split-half
(c) Content
(d) Internal consistency
47. Which of the following statements
accurately describes test-retest reliability?
(a) Measure of consistency of test scores over
time
(b) Measure of consistency of scores obtained
from two equivalent halves of the same test
(c) Measure of consistency with which a test
measures a single construct or concept
(d) Measure of degree of agreement between
two or more scorers, judges, or raters
48. Which of the following types of
reliability refers to the consistency of test
scores over time?
(a) Equivalent forms reliability
(b) Split-half reliability
(c) Test-retest reliability
(d) Inter-scorer reliability
49. Identify the following term that most
closely refers to a judgement of the extent
to which scores from a test can be used to
infer, or predict, the examinees'
performance in some activity:
(a) Content reliability
(b) Face validity
(c) Criterion-related validity
(d) Inference validity
50. Which of the following is the correct
order of Stevens four levels of
measurement?
(a) Ordinal, nominal, ratio, interval
(b) Nominal, ordinal, interval, ratio
(c) Interval, nominal, ordinal, ratio
(d) Ratio, interval, nominal, ordinal

51. Which is the process of gathering

evidence supporting inferences based test
scores?
(a) Validation
(b) Validity
(c) Reliability
(d) Prediction
52. When evaluating tests and
assessments, reliability refers to asking
ourselves which of the following
questions?
(a) Does it measure what it is supposed to
measure?
(b) Are there ways to avoid subjective
judgments when measuring something?
(c) Does it give consistent results?
(d) Does it measure multiple constructs?
53. Validity of a test designed to measure a
construct such as self-esteem is best
described by which of the following?
(a) Scores from the test correlate highly with
most intelligence tests
(b) Scores from the test correlate highly with
most tests of different constructs
(c) Scores from the test are not correlated with
anything
(d) Scores from the test have a relatively
strong and positive correlation with other tests
of the same construct (i.e., with other measures
of self-esteem) but much lower correlations
with tests of different constructs
54. Which type of reliability refers to the
consistency of a group of individuals'
scores on two equivalent forms of a test
designed to measure the same
characteristic?
(a) Split-half
(b) Test-retest
(c) Split-forms
(d) Equivalent forms
55. Achievement tests are designed to
measure the degree of learning that has
taken place after a person has been
exposed to a specific learning experience.
(a) True

(b) False
56. _________ refers to how well the
particular sample of behaviors used to
measure a characteristic reflects the entire
domain of behaviors that constitutes that
characteristi(c)
(a) Construct validity evidence
(b) Criterion-related validity evidence
(c) Content validity evidence
(d) Face validity evidence
57. The supplementary units are:
(a) Neutron & joules
(b) Meter & Kilogram
(c) Kelvin & Candela
(d) Radian & Steradian
58. The error in a measurement may occur
due to:(a) Negligence
(b) All of the above
(c) Inappropriate method
(d) Faulty apparatus
59. 73.650 is rounded off as:(a) 74.00
(b) None of the above
(c) 73.7
(d) 73.6
60. In any measurement, the accurately
known digits and the first doubtful digit
are called:(a) Significant figures
(b) doubtful figures
(c) Measuring figures
(d) Accurately figures
61. The least count of meter rod is:(a) Can not be zero
(b) 0.01 cm
(c) Can be zero
(d) 0.01 mm
62. Each base quantity is considered a
dimension denoted by a specific symbol
written within:(a) Braces bracket
(b) None of the above
(c) Square brackets

(d) Small brackets

63. A potentiometer is a device for
measuring?
(a) Potential difference between the two points
of a circuit
(b) Voltage between the two points of a circuit.
(c) E.M.F. of a current source
(d) All of them
64. A moving coil galvanometer can be
converted into an ammeter by connecting
a?
(a) low resistance in series
(b) high resistance in series
(c) low resistance in parallel
(d) high resistance in parallel
65. The principle of post office box is based
on?
(a) telegraph line
(b) multimeter
(c) terminal potential difference
(d) Wheat stone bridge
66. A Zener diode is based on the principle
of:
(a) Thermionic emission
(b) Tunneling of charge carriers across the
junction
(c) Diffusion of charge carriers across the
junction
(d) None of the above
67. Silicon diode is less suited for low
voltage rectifier operation because:
(a) Its breakdown voltage is high
(b) Its reverse saturation current is low
(c) Its cut-in voltage is high
(d) None of the above
68. Silicon is not suitable for fabrication of
light-emitting diodes because it is:
(a) An indirect band gap semiconductor
(b) A direct band gap semiconductor
(c) A wide band gap semiconductor
(d) None of the above
69. For an abrupt junction Varactor diode,
the dependence of the device capacitance

(C), an applied reverse-bias (V) is given

by:
(a) C Vl/3
(b) C VI/2
(c) C V-1I3
(d) None of the above
70. A Zener diode:
(a) Has a high forward voltage rating
(b) Has a sharp breakdown at low reverse
voltage
(c) Is useful as an amplifier
(d) None of the above