MCQ in Tests and Measurements Part 1 | ECE Board Exam

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Multiples Choice Questions Part 2 of the Series in Tests and Measurements as one of the
Electronics Engineering topic. In Preparation for the ECE Board Exam make sure to expose
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MCQ Topic Outline included in ECE Board Exam Syllabi

MCQ in Volt, Ohm, Ammeter (analog/digital)
MCQ in R-L-Z bridges
MCQ in Oscilloscope
MCQ in Cable Testers
MCQ in RF Meters
MCQ in Signal Generators (audio, RF, video)
MCQ in Noise Generators
MCQ in Power
MCQ in Reflectometer
MCQ in Grid dip meter

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Choose the letter of the best answer in each questions.

1. What kind of instrument an ammeter is?

A. An indicating

B. A recording

C. An integrating

D. A dc meter

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

3. Which is the best type of meter movement?

A. Iron-wave

B. Dynamometer

C. D’ Arsonval

D. Moving iron

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:
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4. Which dynamometer type has uniform scale?

A. Wattmeter

B. Voltmeter

C. Ammeter

D. Ohmmeter

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

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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

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

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

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

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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

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

A. Copper

B. Silver

C. Aluminum

D. Gold

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

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

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

13. A Wheatstone bridge is balanced if

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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

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:
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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

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

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

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

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

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Answer: Option A

Solution:

19. The time interval between pulses is called

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A. Pulse frequency

B. Pulse delay

C. Pulse duration

D. Pulse period

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

20. An oscilloscope provides easy measurement of __________ values.

A. instantaneous

B. rms

C. peak to peak

D. average

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

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

A. Resistor

B. Transistor

C. Semiconductor

D. Fuse

View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

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

A. Diode sensor

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B. Thermocouple sensor

C. Thermal sensor

D. Thermistor sensor

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

A. uniform

B. squared

C. logarithmic

D. exponential

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

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

A. horizontal

B. diagonal

C. vertical

D. both vertical and horizontal

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

A. Dynamometer wattmeter

B. Induction type energy meter

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C. Hot-wire ammeter

D. Kelvin electrostatic voltmeter

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

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

A. Cathode

B. Control grid

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C. Anode

D. Phosphor screen

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

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

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

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

A. Because of effective eddy current damping

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B. Because external magnetic field has no effect

C. Because it is spring controlled

D. Because it has no hysteresis loss

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Answer: Option C

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

33. Tank circuit frequency can be measured by ________.

A. Voltmeter

B. Signal generator

C. Grid-dip meter

D. Absorption meter

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

34. Shunts are generally made of what material?

A. Constantan

B. Silver
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C. Aluminum

D. Manganin

View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

35. What meter is the most sensitive?

A. 10 ma

B. 1 ma

C. 1A

D. 1 µA

View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

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

A. dc ammeter

B. wattmeter

C. dc voltmeter

D. ohmmeter

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

37. Which movement is the most expensive?

A. D’ Arsonal movement

B. Dynamometer

C. Moving-iron

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D. Iron-wave

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

38. Attraction and repulsion instruments are considered as

A. Moving-cell instruments

B. Moving-iron instruments

C. Electrodynamic instruments

D. Dynamometer

View Answer:
Answer: Option B

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

A. negligible

B. negative

C. positive

D. infinite

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View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

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Answer: Option D

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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
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View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option A

Solution:

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
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View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

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

A. Spectrum analyzer

B. Oscilloscope

C. Field strength meter

D. Milliammeter

View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

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

View Answer:
Answer: Option D

Solution:

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

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Answer: Option B

Solution:

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

A. Heating effect

B. Electrostatic effect

C. Magnetic field

D. Chemical effect

View Answer:
Answer: Option C

Solution:

Questions and Answers in Tests and Measurements

Following is the list of multiple choice questions in this brand new series:

MCQ in Tests and Measurements

PART 1: MCQs from Number 1 – 50 Answer key: PART 1
PART 2: MCQs from Number 51 – 100 Answer key: PART 2
PART 3: MCQs from Number 101 – 150 Answer key: included
PART 4: MCQs from Number 151 – 200 Answer key: included

Complete List of MCQs in Electronics Engineering per topic

Series of Multiple Choice Questions in Electronics Engineering

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