EEP23- MEASUREMENTS AND INSTRUMENTATION

Tutorial-2

1)The Electromagnetic torque which is induced by effects like magnetic, electrostatic, induction,
hall effect or chemical effect etc, which moves the pointer of meter to move from zero position
is _______
a. Deflection torque
b. controlling torque
c. Damping torque
d. friction torque
2) Damping torque Type of Instrument
A. Eddy current damping 1. PMMC
B. Fluid friction damping 2. MI
C. Air friction damping 3. Electrostatic instrument

A B C
a. 1 2 3
b. 2 3 1
c. 3 2 1
d. 1 3 2

3)The relationship between Deflection torque(Td) and Controlling torque(Tc) to determine that
the pointer reached its final position is______
a. Tc=Td
b. Tc<Td
c. Tc>Td
d. none
4)PMMC instrument works on the principle of ______
a. Faraday’s law of electromagnetic induction
b. Lorentz law
c. Attraction and Repulsion law
d. Fleming’s right hand rule
5)Consider the following statements regarding a moving coil instrument
A) The sensitivity of a moving coil voltmeter is specified in terms of ohm per volt.
B) The higher range moving coil voltmeter has higher sensitivity.
C) A high current moving coil Instrument has higher sensitivity,
D)Higher sensitivity meters gives more reliable results.
a. A, B and C
b. A, C and D
c. A, B, and D
d. B, C and D
6) Which of the following instrument reads same for both AC and DC ______
a. PMMC
b. MI
c. Dynamometer
d. none
7)The scale of voltmeter is Uniform, its type is ____
a. Moving Iron
b. Induction
c. Moving coil permanent magnet
d. moving coil dynamometer
8) A manganin swamping resistance is connected is series with moving coil ammeter consisting of
a milli-ammeter and a suitable shunt in order to
a. Minimize the effect of temperature variation
b. Obtain large deflection torque
c. reduce the size of meter
d. minimize the effect of stray magnetic field
9) For a given frequency, the deflection torque of an Induction ammeter (MI) is directly
proportional to _____
a. 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡
b. 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡
.
c. 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡
d. 𝑐𝑢𝑟𝑟𝑒𝑛𝑡
10)The effect of stray magnetic fields on the actuating torque of a portable instrument is
maximum when the operating field of the instrument and stray magnetic fields are
a. Perpendicular
b. parallel
c. inclined at 60°
d. inclined at 30°
11)An ammeter with input resistance of 50Ω gives full scale deflection for 50µA current. The
input resistance of a 0-1 mA ammeter obtained by connecting a shunt across the 0-50µA meter
will be________
12)An ammeter has a current range of 0-5A, its internal resistance is 0.2Ω. In order to change the
range to 0-25A we need to add resistance of ________
a. 0.8Ω in series with meter
b. 0.8Ω in parallel with meter
c. 1Ω in series with meter
d. 0.05Ω in parallel with meter
 13)The PMMC ammeter A in the adjoining figure has a range of 0 – 30mA. When the switch S1
is opened, the pointer of the ammeter swings to the 1mA mark, return and settles at 0.9mA. The
meter is

a. critically damped and has a coil of 100Ω

b. critically damped and has a coil of
c. underdamped and has a coil of 100Ω
d. underdamped and has a coil of 200Ω

14)The deflection angle of the pointer of an ideal moving iron ammeter is 20° for 1.0A dc current.
If a current of 3sin(314t)A is passed through the ammeter, then the deflection angle θ is_____

15)A periodic voltage waveform observed on an

oscilloscope across a load is shown. A PMMC
meter connected across the same load
reads_______

16)A moving iron ammeter produces a full scale torque 0f 240µNm with a deflection of 120° at
a current of 10A. The rate of change of self inductance (µH/radian) of the instrument at full
scale is ______

17)A current of -3+6√2(sinωt + 30°)A is passed through three meters. They are center zero
PMMC, true RMS meter, and Moving iron Instrument. The respective reading will be____
a. 8,6,10
b. 8,6,8
c. -8,10,10
d. -8,2,2
18) A moving coil instrument has the following data :Number of turns = 100,
Width of the coil = 20mm, Depth of the coil = 30mm, Flux density in the gap = 0.1Wb/m²
Calculate the deflecting torque when carrying a current of 10mA. Also calculate the deflection ,if
the control spring constant is 2 x 10 Nm/degree.

a. 60mu*Nm, 30 °
b. 60mu*Nm, 20 °
c. 50mu*Nm, 30 °
d. 50mu*Nm, 20 °

19)The inductance of a 20A electro-dynamic ammeter changes uniformly at the rate of 0.0035
µH/degree. The spring constant is 10 ^ - 6 N-m/degree. Determine the angular deflection at full
scale.

a. 1.4°
b. 14 °
c. 44°
d. 80 °

20)What is the value of Rse to be used to extend the 0-200V range voltmeter having 2000Ω/V
sensitivity to 0-2000V range is ______
21)A 250V moving iron voltmeter has coil resistance of 500Ω while inductance of 1H and series
resistance of 2KΩ. What will be the value of capacitance to be used the shunting the series
resistance to make the meter to read correctly at 50Hz(no frequency error) is ______
22) A 0-10A PMMC is connected to 4A, AC, 50Hz, sinusoidal supply. Then the pointer is ____
a. Oscillates around 0A
b. Oscillates around 4A
c. Oscillates around 0 to 4A
d. Oscillates around 4 to 10A

23)Which of the following instrument has negligible loading effect____

a. PMMC
b. MI
c. Dynamometer
d. Electrostatic voltmeter

24)Frictional error of instruments is in the order of_____

a. PMMC>MI>Dynamometer
b. PMMC<MI<Dynamometer
c. PMMC=MI>Dynamometer
d. PMMC=MI=Dynamometer
25)Match the List1 with List 2.
List1: List2:
A. Indicating 1. Power factor meter
B. Absolute 2. Tangent Galvanometer
C. Recording 3. Graph
D. Integrating 4. Ampere hour meter

A B C D
a. 1 2 3 4
b. 3 1 4 2
c. 2 4 3 1
d. 3 1 4 2

26) The errors introduced by an instrument short coming fall in _______

a. Systematic errors
b. Random errors
c. Gross errors
d. Environmental errors

27)Air friction damping should not be used where the deflection torque in instrument is
produced due to ______
a. Magnetic field
b. Electrostatic field
c. Thermo electric emf
d. all of the above