Past Board Exam Problems in Instrumentation 8.

REE Board Exam October 1997

At a 115 kV substation, the PT ratio is 100 and the CT
1. REE Board Exam March 1998 ratio is 1200/5. The potential going into the wattmeter
A dc ammeter has an internal resistance of 0.1 ohm. is 115 volts. What is the MW indicated when the
A shunt of 1.010 x 10-3 ohm is connected to the wattmeter reads 800 watts?
ammeter. What is the multiplier of the setup? A. 192 MW C. 19.2 MW
A. 80 C. 50 B. 15.0 MW D. 150 MW
B. 100 D. 10
9. REE Board Exam September 2001
2. REE Board Exam October 1994 An ammeter has a range of 0 – 10 amps. What is
A 0 – 10 mA galvanometer with a coil resistance of 20 shunt resistance to be connected if the range is
ohms is converted to a 0 – 50 V galvanometer using increased to 100 amps? The ammeter’s internal
A. 50 ohms shunt resistor resistance is 10 Ω.
B. 4980 ohms series resistor A. 0.0111 Ω C. 1.111 Ω
C. 5000 ohms series resistor B. 0.111 Ω D. 2.111 Ω
D. 5020 ohms series resistor
10. REE Board Exam October 1998
3. EE Board Exam October 1992 An ac device used to measure the angle between the
A certain 50 µA meter movement has a resistance of voltage and its current.
90 ohms. What value of series multiplier is needed to A. phase angle meter
make an instrument that will read 5 volts (maximum)? B. demand meter
A. 102 kΩ C. 110 kΩ C. power factor meter
B. 99.91 kΩ D. 98 kΩ D. reactive meter

4. EE Board Exam April 1992 11. REE Board Exam April 1997
The stator of a 440 V, 50 HP shunt motor is tested at Which of the following instrument is suited for high
75°C for its insulation resistance between terminals frequency measurements?
connected together and the ground frame. When a A. thermocouple C. moving iron vane
50,000 ohm voltmeter is connected in series with a B. dynamocouple D. oscilloscope
600 V DC source, the meter indicates 125 V.
Calculate the insulation resistance. 12. REE Board Exam April 1997
A. 170 kΩ C. 180 kΩ What does a voltmeter indicate?
B. 190 kΩ D. 200 kΩ A. total current
B. coulombs per second
5. EE Board Exam October 1986 C. potential difference
The Meralco test of a 10 A wattmeter having a D. resistance per meter
constant of 0.4, the disk makes 40 revolutions in 53.6
seconds. The average volts and amperes during the 13. REE Board Exam October 1996
period of test are 116 volts and 9.4 A. What is the In addition to supporting the moving coil, the
percent accuracy of the meter at this load? aluminum bobbin in a permanent moving coil meter
A. 97.45% C. 98.07% performs the function of one of the following. Which
B. 98.58% D. 96.44% one is this?
A. reduce the reluctance
6. EE Board Exam April 1992 B. balance the pointer
In a test of a 10-ampere watthour meter having a C. conducts magnetic flux lines
constant of 0.40, the disk makes 40 revolutions in 55 D. dampens the needle movement
seconds. The average volts and amperes during this
period are 116 volts and 10 amps. Determine the 14. REE Board Exam October 1996
percent accuracy of this meter at this load. What effect on the pointer operation if any, will
A. 92.34% C. 83.46% reversing the leads of a DC permanent moving coil
B. 91.03% D. 90.28% instrument have, when taking the readings?
A. The pointer swings to the opposite direction.
7. REE Board Exam March 1998 B. It still indicates correctly.
A power plant customer draws power at 220 volts C. It indicates maximum value.
from transformers on a pole. Current transformers D. The needle oscillates back and forth.
with a ratio of 200/5 are used to meter the electrical
usage. What is the multiplier of the kW-hr and 15. EE Board Exam April 1995
demand meters? The damping force acts on the moving system of an
A. 40 C. 100 indicating instrument only when it is
B. 200 D. 80 A. stationary
B. just starting to move
C. moving
D. near its full deflection
 A. C.
16. EE Board Exam October 1993 B. D.
Which meter used dual triode tube and requires
external power for operation? 25.
A. TVM C. VOM
B. FETVM D. VTVM A. C.
B. D.
17. EE Board Exam October 1993
A meter device that tests insulation resistance is the 26.
A. megohmmeter C. gauss meter
B. transistor checker D. voltage tester A. C.
B. D.
18. EE Board Exam April 1992
An instrument often used to check the degree of 27.
motor shaft misalignment is the
A. dial indicator C. voltmeter A. C.
B. clamp-on ammeter D. megohmmeter B. D.

19. EE Board Exam April 1990 28.

An instrument used to measure high resistance as in
the measurement of insulation resistance. A. C.
A. ohmmeter B. D.
B. multi-tester 29.
C. Wheatstone bridge
D. megger A. C.
B. D.
20. EE Board Exam April 1989
The meter circuit whose full-scale deflection is 1 mA, 30.
the internal resistance of the meter is 10 kΩ. It is
desired tom protect the meter by inserting a 50 volts A. C.
zener diode from point x to the ground. B. D.

31.

A. C.
B. D.

32.

What value should R1 and R2 have for the meter to A. C.

deflect full-scale when 200 volts is applied to the B. D.
input? 33.
A. 150 kΩ, 40 kΩ C. 120 kΩ, 70 kΩ
B. 190 kΩ, 190 kΩ D. 100 kΩ, 90 kΩ A. C.
B. D.
21. REE Board Exam September 2002
What extends the range of a dc ammeter?
A. inductance
B. capacitor
C. current transformer
D. shunt resistance

22.

A. C.
B. D.
23.

A. C.
B. D.

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