Measurement and Instrumentation Test 1 for 3rd year Mechanical Engineering Students
Choose the best Answer (2 marks each)
Name of student: _____________________________Id No: _________________ Signature: __________
1. _____________is the act of or the result of a quantitative comparison between a given quantity and
standard or a unit of same quantity.
A. Device
B. Instrumentation
C. Measurement
D. All
E. None of the above
2. _______Instrumentation devices involves:-
A. Control
B. Measure
C. Monitor
D. All
E. None of the above
3. _______Which one of the following is not the need for measurement?
A. To calculate performance
B. To validate design
C. To establish standards
D. For interchangeability
E. None of the above
4. ______ Among the following options which measurement instrument can be an indicating,
secondary and electrical instrument?
A. Ammeter
B. Voltmeter
C. Wattmeter
D. All of the above
E. A and B
5. ______Which one of the following is not the components of measurement system?
A. Data presentation element
B. Variable manipulation element
C. Primary sensing element
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
6. _____________ is the fundamental reference for a system of weights and measures against which all
other measuring devices are compared.
A. Metrology
B. Standard
C. Calibration
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
7. _____________ among the following option which one is comprised only static characteristics of
instruments and measurement systems?
A. Accuracy, Measurement Lag, Hysteresis, Linearity
B. Precision, Speed of Response, Sensitivity, drift
C. Resolution, Repeatability, Threshold, Stability
D. Fidelity, Dynamic Error, Range, Tolerance
E. None of the above
8. __________ Among the following which type of error is occurs mainly due to human mistake in
using, reading instruments and recording and calculating measurement results?
A. Systematic Error
B. Gross Error
C. Random Error
D. All of the above
E. None of the above
9. ___________ is a device capable of converting the physical quantity into a proportional electrical
quantity.
A. Sensor
B. Transducer
C. Thermocouple
D. A and B
E. None of the above
10. _____________ Which can be an application of transducers?
A. Medical instruments
B. Robotics
C. Environmental monitoring
D. Industrial automation
E. All of the above