A pressure gauge ranges from 0 to 50 psi, the worst-case spread in readings is ±4.35 psi.

What is the
%FSD accuracy?

What is the capacitance between two parallel plates whose areas are 1 m2 separated by a 1-mm thick
piece of dielectric with a dielectric constant of 5.5 × 10−9F/m?

A coil with a diameter of 0.5 m and length 0.7 m is wound with 100 turns of wire, what is its inductance
if the material of the core has a permeability of 7.5 × 10−7 H/m?

What is the impedance to a 50-kHz sine wave of a 10-mH inductance?

A transformer with a primary of 1500 turns is used to generate 10 V ac from a supply voltage of 120 V.
How many turns are there on the secondary? If the secondary is loaded with a 22 Ω resistor, what is the
primary current?

The liquid in a container has a total weight of 250 lb the container has a 3.0 ft2 base. What is the
pressure in pounds per square inch?

The atmospheric pressure is 14.5 psi. If a pressure gauge reads 1200 psf, what is the absolute pressure?

What pressure in pascals corresponds to 15 psi?

What is the gauge pressure in (a) kilopascals and (b) newtons per square centimeter at a distance 1 m
below the surface in water?

What is the specific gravity of mercury if the specific weight of mercury is 846.3 lb/ft3?

What is the pressure at the base of a water tower which has 50 ft of head?

What is the buoyant force on a wooden cube with 3-ft sides floating in water, if the block is half
submerged?

What is the apparent weight of a 3-m3 block of steel totally immersed in glycerin?

The liquid in a manometer has a density of 850 kg/m3. What will be the difference in the liquid levels in
the manometer tubes, if the differential pressure between the tubes is 5.2 kPa?

A displacer with a diameter of 8 in is used to measure changes in water level. If the water level changes
by 1 ft what is the change in force sensed by the force sensor?

A capacitive probe 30-in long has a capacitance of 22 pF in air. When partially immersed in water with a
dielectric constant of 80 the capacitance is 1.1 nF. What is the length of the probe immersed in water?

A pressure gauge located at the base of an open tank containing a liquid with a specific weight of 54.5
lb/ft3 registers 11.7 psi. What is the depth of the fluid in the tank?

How far below the surface of the water is the end of a bubbler tube, if bubbles start to emerge from the
end of the tube when the air pressure in the bubbler is 148 kPa?

What is the depth of the liquid in a container, if the specific weight of

the liquid is 82 lb/ft3; the container weights 45 lb and is 21 in in diameter? A load cell
measures a total weight of 385 lb.
What is the flow rate through a pipe 9 in diameter, if the average
velocity is 5 fps?

If a pipe goes from a 9-cm diameter to 6-cm diameter and the velocity
in the 9-cm section is 2.21 m/s, what is the average velocity in the 6-cm section?

What is the head loss in a 2-in diameter pipe 120-ft long? The friction
factor is 0.03 and the average velocity in the pipe is 11 fps?

Fluid is flowing at 4.5 fps through 1 in fittings as follows: 5 × 90° ells,

3 tees, 1 gate valve, and 12 couplings. What is the head loss?

A 5-in diameter ball is traveling through the air with a velocity of 110 fps,
if the density of the air is 0.0765 lb/ft3 and CD = 0.5. What is the force acting on the
ball?

Anemometer is an instrument that can be used to measure gas flow rates.

A conveyer belt is traveling at 19 cm/s, a load cell with a length of 1.1 m

is reading 3.7 kgm. What is the flow rate of the material on the belt?

Absolute zero is the temperature at which all molecular motion ceases or the
energy of the molecule is zero.

A British Thermal Unit (BTU or Btu) is defined as the amount of energy required
to raise the temperature of 1 lb of pure water by 1°F at 68°F and at atmospheric
pressure.

Specific heat is the quantity of heat energy required to raise the temperature
of a given weight of a material by 1°.

Thermal conductivity is the flow or transfer of heat from a high temperature

region to a low temperature region.

Convection is the transfer of heat due to motion of elevated temperature particles in a material (liquid
and gases)

Radiation is the emission of energy by electromagnetic waves that travel at

the speed of light through most materials that do not conduct electricity.

What temperature in Kelvin corresponds to 115°F?

A furnace wall 12 ft2 in area and 6-in thick has a thermal conductivity
of 0.14 BTU/h ft°F. What is the heat loss if the furnace temperature is 1100°F and the
outside of the wall is 102°F?

The outside wall of a room is 4 × 3 m and 0.35 m thick. What is the

energy loss per hour if the inside and outside temperatures are 35°C and −40°C
respectively? Assume the conductivity of the wall is 0.13 W/mK.
How much heat is transferred from a 25 ft × 24 ft surface by convection
if the temperature difference between the front and back surfaces is 40°F and the
surface has a heat transfer rate of 0.22 BTU/h ft2°F?

The radiation constant for a furnace is 0.23 × 10−8 BTU/h ft2°F4, the
radiating surface area is 25 ft2. If the radiating surface temperature is 750°F and the
room temperature is 75°F, how much heat is radiated?

What is the radiation constant for a wall 5 m × 4 m, if the radiated heat

loss is 62.3 MJ/h when the wall and ambient temperatures are 72°C and 5°C?

Calculate the length and volume for a 200 cm on a side copper cube at
20°C, if the temperature is increased to 150°C.

Thermistors are a class of metal oxide (semiconductor material) which typically

have a high negative temperature coefficient of resistance, but can also be positive.

Thermocouples are formed when two dissimilar metals are joined together to
form a junction.

Seebeck effect. It states that the voltage produced in a thermocouple is proportional to the temperature
between the two junctions.

Peltier effect. It states that if a current flows through a thermocouple one junction is heated (puts out
energy) and the other junction is cooled (absorbs energy).

Thompson effect. It states that when a current flows in a conductor along

which there is a temperature difference, heat is produced or absorbed, depending upon the direction of
the current and the variation of temperature.

Thermopile is a number of thermocouples connected in series, to increase the

sensitivity and accuracy by increasing the output voltage when measuring low
temperature differences.

Pyrometers are devices that measure temperature by sensing the heat radiated
from a hot body through a fixed lens that focuses the heat energy on to a thermopile;
this is a noncontact device.

Dew point is the temperature at which condensation of the water vapor in air
or a gas will take place as it is cooled at constant pressure.

Devices that indirectly measure humidity by sensing changes in

physical or electrical properties in materials due to their moisture content are
called hygrometers.

A psychrometer uses the latent heat of vaporization to

determine the relative humidity.

Viscometers or viscosimeters are used to measure the resistance to motion of

liquids and gases.
The Saybolt instrument measures the time for a given amount of fluid to flow
through a standard size orifice or a capillary tube with an accurate bore.
It is required to covert a 5-mA meter with 20 ohm internal resistance into a 5 A ammeter. Calculate the
value of shunt resistance required.

A 50 µA meter movement with an internal resistance of kΩ is to be used as dc voltmeter of range 50V.

Calculate the multiplier resistance requires and voltage multiplication.