Measurement and Instrumentation MCQ Saturday, October 20, 2012

1. A moving iron ammeter coil has few turns of thick Measurements - Instruments Objective Questions
wire in order to have: Answers
a) High sensitivity b) Effective damping 1. ____ factor is the ratio of total flux to the useful flux
c) Low resistance and large current carrying capacity in a magnetic circuit:
d) Large scale C a) Form factor b) Leakage c) Utility d) Dispersion
B
2. Which of the set of torques is provided in 2. For eliminating the effect of earth capacitance from
deflection galvanometer: the bridge network we use:
a) Deflection and controlling b) Controlling and a) Wagner's earthing device b) High voltage at low
damping c) Deflecting and damping frequency c) Low voltage at high frequency d)
d) Deflecting, controlling and damping Campbell-maxwell device A
D
3. The most commonly used null deflector in a power
3. Which of the following is not an absolute frequency ac bridge is a:
instrument: a) Vibration galvanometer b) D'Arsanval galvanometer
a) Tangent galvanometer b) Rayleigh current balance c) Ballistic galvanometer d) Tachometer A
c) D'Arsonval galvanometer d) Absolute
electrometer C 4. For measuring emf of a standard cell we use:
a) Galvanometer b) Potentiometer c) Zener reference d)
4. Voltmeter should be of very high resistance so Electro-dynamic voltmeter B
that:
a) Its range is high b) Its accuracy is high 5.Loss of charge method is used to measure:
c) It may draw current minimum possible a) Low R b) High R c) Low L d) High L B
d) Its sensitivity is high C 6. Megger is an instrument used for the measurement of:
a) High resistance and insulation resistance
5. The internal resistance for milli ammeter must be b) Medium resistance c) Low resistance d) Leakage
very low for: current A
a)High sensitivity b) High accuracy
c) Maximum voltage drop across the meter 7. Vibration reeds are employed in:
d) Minimum voltage drop across the meter D a) Frequency meter b) Power factor meter
6. Swamping of resistance is used to compensate c)Synchroscope d) Megger A
error due to:
a) Stray magnetic field b) Temperature variations 8. Kelvin double bridge is best suited for the
c) Large supply variations d) None of the above measurement of:
B a) Inductance b) Capacitance c) Low resistance
d) High resistance C
7.Which of the following instrument can be used for
both ac and dc 9. Introduction of dielectric:
a) PMMC type b) Induction type c) Moving-iron type a) Increases the capacitance b) Reduces the breakdown
d) None of the above C voltage c) Reduces the mechanical voltage d)
Increases the size of the capacitor A
8. Electrostatic instruments are mainly employed to 10. The material used to make standard resistance is:
measure: a) Manganin b) Aluminium c) Nichrome d) Platinum
a) Heavy currents b) Low currents c) Low voltages A
d) High voltages D 1. A moving iron ammeter coil has few turns of thick
9. Uniformity in the scale of an ammeter indicates wire in order to have:
that it is: a) High sensitivity b) Effective damping c) Low
a) Rectifier type b) PMMC type c) Moving iron resistance and large current carrying capacity d) Large
type d) Dynamo-meter type B scale C
10. A Dynamometer type wattmeter responds to the:
a) Average value of the active power
b) Average value of the reactive power
c) Peak value of the active power
d) Peak value of the reactive power
A 3. Which of the following is not an absolute instrument:
11. Anderson bridge is used to measure of:
a) Inductance b) Capacitance c) Time period
d) Resistance and capacitance A
12. Campbell's bridge method is used to measure:
a) Copper loss b) Iron loss c) Both iron and copper
loss d) None of the above B
13. A Dynamometer type wattmeter responds to the:
a) Average value of the active power
b) Average value of the reactive power
c) Peak value of the active power
d) Peak value of the reactive power
A
14. Anderson bridge is used to measure of:
a) Inductance b) Capacitance c) Time period
d) Resistance and capacitance A
15. Campbell's bridge method is used to measure:
a) Copper loss
b) Iron loss
c) Both iron and copper loss
d) None of the above
B measure:
Electronic Devices Objective Questions Answers
1. In a semiconductor the movement of holes is due
to:
a) Movements of electrons in the conduction band
b) Movement of holes in the conduction band
c) Movement of holes in the valence band
d) Movement of electrons in the valence band
D driven device 3. GTR is current driven device
2. The forbidden energy gap of germanium is:
a) 0.3 eV b) 3.5 eV c) 0.72 eV d) 1.1 eV
C GTO is a pulse triggered device
2. Which of the set of torques is provided in deflection
galvanometer:
a) Deflection and controlling b) Controlling and
damping c) Deflecting and damping d) Deflecting,
controlling and damping D
a) Tangent galvanometer b) Rayleigh current balance
c) D'Arsonval galvanometer d) Absolute electrometer
C
4. Voltmeter should be of very high resistance so that:
a) Its range is high b) Its accuracy is high c) It may
draw current minimum possible d) Its sensitivity is high
C
5. The internal resistance for milli ammeter must be very
low for:
a)High sensitivity b) High accuracy c) Maximum
voltage drop across the meter d) Minimum voltage drop
across the meter D
6. Swamping of resistance is used to compensate error
due to:
a) Stray magnetic field b) Temperature variations
c) Large supply variations d) None of the above B
7.Which of the following instrument can be used for both
ac and dc
a) PMMC type b) Induction type c) Moving-iron
type d) None of the above C
8. Electrostatic instruments are mainly employed to
a) Heavy currents b) Low currents c) Low voltages
d) High voltages D
9. Uniformity in the scale of an ammeter indicates that it
is:
a) Rectifier type b) PMMC type c) Moving iron type
d) Dynamo-meter type B
[1] Which of the following statements are correct?
1. Thyristor is current driven device 2. GTO is current
4. SCR is a pulse triggered device
A.1 and 2 B.1, 2, 3 C.All D.4 only Ans:C
[2] Which of the following statements are correct?

3. Conduction of electrons will have more mobility
than the holes because they:
a) Have negative charge
b) They need less energy to move them
c) They are lighter
d) Experience collisions less frequently
B semiconductor device?
4. Which one of the following material is not a
semiconductor material:
a) Silica b) Germanium c) Selenium d) Gallium
Arsenide A
5. In an Intrinsic semi conductor, the mobility of
electrons in a conduction band is:
a) Zero
b) Less than the mobility of holes in the valence band
c) Equal to the mobility of holes in the valence band
d) Greater than the mobility of holes in the valence
band
D
6. The conductivity of semiconductor depends on:
a) Number of current carriers present per unit volume
b) The mobility of current carriers
c) Both (a) and (b)
d) None of the above
7. On increasing the temperature of the intrinsic
semiconductor:
a) Resistance of the semiconductor increases
b) Energy of the atom increases
c) Holes are created in the conduction band
d) Atomic radius is reduced B Ans: B
8. Higher the electric field intensity
a) Lower will be the mobility
b) Higher will be the mobility
c) Mobility remains the same
d) First increases upto 105 V/m and then decreases
A [8] The effective channel length of a MOSFET in a
9. Which is the pair of acceptor elements:
a) Arsenic and boron b) Antimony and indium
c) Phosphorous and aluminium d) Gallium and
boron
D
MOSFET is uni-polar device
SCR is a bipolar device
Continuous gate signal is not required to maintain the
SCR to be in ON state
A. 1, 2, 4 only B.1, 2 only C. 4 only D.All
Ans: D
[3] Which of the following is not a fully controlled
a. MOSFET b. IGBT c. IGCT d. SCR
Ans: D . Only turn on of the SCR can be controlled
whereas in other devices we can control both turn on and
turn off
[4] Which of the following is not associated with p-n
junction
A. junction capacitance
B. charge storage capacitance
C. depletion capacitance
D. channel length modulation
Ans: D
[5] In a p-n junction diode under reverse bias, the
magnitude of electric field is maximum at
A. the edge of the depletion region on the p-side
B. the edge of the depletion region on the n-side
C. the p-n junction
D. the center of the depletion region on the n-side
Ans: C
[6] An n-channel JFET has IDSS=2mA, and Vp=-4V. Its
transconductance gm=(in mA/V) for an applied gate to
source voltage VGS=-2V is
A. 0.25 B. 0.5 C. 0.75 D. 1
[7]The MOSFET switch in its on-state may be
considered equivalent to
A. resistor B. inductor C. capacitor D. battery
Ans: C
saturation decreases with increase in
A. gate voltage B. drain voltage C. source voltage
D. body voltage Ans:B

10. For N-type semiconductor material the doping
material is:
a) A tetravalent impurity b) A pentavalent impurity
c) A trivalent impurity d) Germanium B
11. The temperature coefficient of an intrinsic
semiconductor is:
a) Zero b) Poitive c) Negative d) None of the above
C [10] MOSFET can be used as a
12. Electron volt is the unit of:
a) Power b) Work c) Potential d) Charge
B
Answers
1. The Covalent bond is formed by:
a) Transfer of electrons between the atoms
b) Sharing of electrons between the atoms
c) Sharing of variable number of electrons by a
variable number of atoms
d) Removing the electrons completely
B [2] In two watt meter method of power measurement, if
2. In a conductor the valence band and the
conduction band
a) Separated by large gap b) Separated by small gap
c) Overlapping d) None of the above C
3.A Thyratron is a:
a) Gas filled diode b) Gas filled triode c) Gas filled
tetrode d) Gas filled pentode B
4. A Vacuum diode is a:
i) Detector ii) Rectifier iii) Amplifier iv) Oscillator
of all these statements:
a) (i) and (ii) are correct b) (ii) and (iii) are correct
c) (ii) and (iv) are correct d) (i) and (iv) are correct
A [4] To measure the applied power supply voltage to the
5. A practical current source is usually represented
by:
a) Resistance in series with an ideal current source
b) Resistance in parallel with an ideal current source
c) Resistance in both series and parallel with ideal
current sourcce
d) Resistance and capacitor in parallel with the ideal
current source
B
[9] The early effect in a bipolar junction transistor is
caused by
A. Fast turn - on
B. Fast turn - off
C. Large collector - base reverse bias
D. Large emmiter - base forward bias
Ans: C
A. Current controlled capacitor
B. Voltage controlled capacitor
C. Current controlled inductor
D. Voltage controlled inductors
Solved Objective Questions from Measurements &
Instrumentation:
[1] An oscilloscope cannot be used to indicate
A. Frequency
B. Peak signal voltage
C. Energy
D. Wave shape
one of the watt meter shows zero reading, then it can be
concluded that
A. Power factor is unity
B. Power factor is zero
C. Power factor is 0.5 lagging
D. Power factor is 0.5 leading
Ans: C
[3] voltmeters should generally have
A. High internal resistance
B. Low internal resistance
C. The ability to withstand large currents
D. The greatest possible sensitivity
Ans:A
electrical circuit, the voltmeter should be placed
A. In series with the circuit that works from the supply
B. Between the positive pole of the supply and the
circuit working from the supply
C. Between the negative pole of the supply and the
circuit working from the supply
D. In parallel with the circuit that works from the supply
Ans:D

6. The process of electron emission from the surface
of a metal into the surrounding space by heating the
material is known as:
a) Thermionic emission b) Secondary emission
c) Field emission d) Photo-electronic emission
A
7. An ideal voltage source will charge an ideal
capacitor:
a) In infinite time b) Exponentially c) Instantaneously
d) None of the above C
8. An example of solid state device is:
a) Zener diode b) Triode c) Pentode d) Thyratron A
9.In Zener diode large reverse current is due to:
a) Collision b) Presence of impurities
c) Rupture of bonds d) Low resistance in the reverse
biased region C
10. Avalanche breakdown in a semiconductor diode
occurs when:
a) The potential barrier is reduced to zero
b) Reverse bias exceeds a certain value
c) Forward bias exceeds a certain value
d) Forward current exceeds certain value
B A. Works by indirectly measuring voltage
Electronic Devices Objective Questions Answers
1. Junction breakdown occurs:
a) With forward bias
b) With reverse bias
c) Under high temperature condition
d) Because of excess heating of the diode
B C. Power in an audio amplifier
2. In a P-N junction the barrier potential offers
opposition to only:
a) Holes in P-region b) Free electrons in N-region
c) Majority carriers in both regions
d) Minority carriers in both regions
C B. Power
3. In the depletion region in the P-N junction there
are:
a) No charges b) No current c) No mobile charges
d) No electron C
[5] Which will not normally cause a large error in an
ohmmeter reading?
A. A slight change in switchable internal resistance
B. A small voltage between points under test
C. A small change in the resistance to be measured
D. A slight error in the range switch position
Ans:C
[6] Which is not function of the fuse?
A. To ensure there is enough current available for and
appliance to work right
B. To make sure the current drawn by an appliance can
not exceed a certain limit
C. To limit the amount of power that a device can draw
from the electrical circuit
D. To make it impossible to use appliances that are too
large for a given circuit
Ans: A
[7] The utility meter’s motor speed depends directly on
A. The number of watt hours being used at the time
B. The number of ampere hours being used at the time
C. The number of watts being used at the time
D. The number of kilowatt hours being used at the time
Ans: C
[8] A typical frequency counter
B. Is accurate to six digits or more
C. Works by indirectly measuring current
D. Has an analog readout
Ans: B
[9] A VU meter is never used to get a general indication
of
A. Sound intensity
B. Visible light intensity
D. Decibels
Ans:D
[10] The meter movement in an illumination meter
directly measures
A. Current
C. Voltage
D. Energy
Ans:A
4. For highly doped diode: Measuring Instrumentation Objective Questions
a) Zener breakdown is likely to take place 1. Moving Iron instruments can be used on:
b) Avalanche breakdown is likely to take place a) ac and dc both
c) Either (a) or (b) can take place b) ac only
d) Neither (a) nor (b) can take place c) dc only
A d) none of the above

5. Tunnel diode is a: A
a) Power diode b) Has light doping c) Has heavy
doping d) Is a reverse recovery diode 2. In spring control instruments, controlling torque:
C a) can be adjusted easily
b) cannot be adjusted easily
6. Zener diode is used as the main component in dc c) remains the same
power supply for: d) varies with the load
a) Rectification b) Voltage regulation c) Filter action
d) Both (a) and (b) B
3. Chemical effect is used for the operation of:
7. Reverse resistance of a diode is of the order of: a) voltmeter
a) Milli ohm b) Ohm c) Kilo ohm d) Mega ohm b) ammeter
D c) ampere hour meter
8. LEDs are fabricated from: d) kWh meter
a) Silicon b) Germanium
c) Si or Ge d) Gallium arsenide C

9. Schottky barrier diode can be used as:
a) Low noise amplifier
b) Variable capacitance device
c) Power supply rectifier
d) Low level detector
10. The arrow head of transistor symbol always
shows the direction of:
a) Electron flow in emitter region
b) Conventional current flow
c) Majority carrier flow in the emitter region
d) Minority carrier flow in the emitter region
B b) a high value resistance in parallel with the ammeter
Instrumentation MCQ Objectives
1. A thermo-couple instrument can be used for the
measurement of:
a) Direct current only
b) Alternating current only
c) Both direct current and alternating current
d) dc/ac voltage only
C c) shunt for measuring current and high resistance in
2. Electrostatic type instruments are mainly used for
measurement of:
a) Heavy currents b) Low currents c) Low voltages d)
High voltages D
4. The deflection torque can be produced by:
a) gravity control b) spring control c) air friction
d) magnetically
D
5. Moving coil instruments are:
a) permanent magnet type
b) dynamometer type
c) induction type
d) permanent magnet and dynamometer type
D
6. For increasing the range of an ammeter, connect:
a) a high value resistance in series with the ammeter coil
coil c) a low value resistance in parallel with the
ammeter coil d) a low value resistance in series with the
ammeter coil C
7. A galvanometer can be used for measuring current and
voltage of a circuit by:
a) shunt only
b) connecting high value of resistance in series only
series for voltage
d) without shunt and series resistance
C
3. The instrument which is cheapest for dc 8. Most commonly used watt meter is:
measurement is: a) induction type
a) Moving iron b) PMMC c) Hot-wire d) Electro- b) electrostatic type
dynamo A c) dynamometer type
d) moving iron type
4. Measurement range of a voltmeter can be extended
by using: C
a) High current resistance b) High series resistance
c) Low shunt resistance d) Low series resistance B 9. The energy meter used for measuring energy of a dc
circuit is:
5. Which of the following voltmeter have least power a) ampere hour meter
consumption: b) induction type
a) Moving iron b) Hot-wire c) Electrostatic d) c) electrostatic type
Induction type C d) dynamometer type

6. Which of the following instruments have least A

torque/weight ratio:
a) Dynamometer type b) PMMC c) Attraction type
moving iron d) Repulsion type moving iron
A a) same
7. The instrument having its deflection depends upon
average value is:
a) Moving iron b) Hot wire c) Rectifier type
d) Induction type
8. Which of the following instruments can be used
for full scale deflection of 300o:
a) PMMC b) Induction type c) Hot wire d)
Electrostatic B
9.While testing cables the galvanometer used should
be initially short-circuited in order to protect it from
sudden initial inrush currents as the cable have:
a) A low value of initial resistance
b) A low value of initial capacitance
c) A high value of initial capacitance
d) Both (a) and (b)
C variables C
10. A Ohmmeter is basically:
a) A ammeter b) A voltmeter c) A multimeter
d) None of the above A
11. A megger indicates infinity when test terminals
are open-circuited. This is because:
a) No current flows through the current coil
b) No current flows through the pressure coil
c) No current flows through the compensating
winding d) Current does not flow through current
coil and pressure coil A
10. The energy consumption of MI instrument as
compared to MC instrument is:
b) more
c) less
d) very small
B
1. Proportional band of a controller is defined as the
range of:
a) Measured variable to the set variable
b) Air output as the measured variable varies from
maximum to minimum
c) Measured variables through which the air output
varies from maximum to minimum
d) None of the above
C
2. Proportional band of the controller is expressed as:
a) Gain b) Ratio c) Percentage d) Range of control
3. The term reset control refers to:
a) Proportional b) Integral c) Derivative d) None of the
above B
4. The integral control:
a) Increases the steady state error b) Decreases the
steady state error c) Increases the noise and stability
d) Decreases the damping coefficient
A
12. Potentiometer is an __ instrument:
a) Indicating b) Comparison c) Calibrating
d) Recording B
13. Which of the following bridge is frequency
sensitive:
a) Wheatstone bridge b) Maxwell bridge c)
Anderson bridge d) Wien bridge C
14. Tesla coil is a ___ transformer:
a) Coreless b) Cascaded c) Low impedance
d) High frequency resonant
D 7. The number of operational amplifiers require for
15. Direct current is preferred over alternating current
for testing of ac transmission lines and cables
because:
a) Heavy charging currents will be drawn and so a
large sized transformer is required if tested with ac
b) Transmission lines and cables should not be tested
with dc
c) The transformers required for testing cannot be
used for long distances
d) All the above
A b) Proportional + Integral action
5. In a proportional temperature controller, if the quantity
under the heater increases the offset will:
a) Increase b) Reduce c) Remain unaffected d) None
of the above
A
6. When derivative action is included in a proportional
controller, the proportional band:
a) Increases b) Reduces c) Remains unchanged d) None
of the above C
designing of electronic PID controller is:
a) 1
b) 2
c) 3
d) 6
A
8. Which of the following system provides excellent
transient and steady state response:
a) Proportional action
c) Proportional + Differential action
d) Proportional + Integral + Differential action
9. In a PID controller, the offset has increased. The
integral time constant has to be ___ so as to reduce
offset:
a) Reduced b) Increased c) Reduced to zero
d) None of the above
B
10. In a PID controller, the overshoots has increased. The
derivative time constant has to be __ so as to reduce the
overshoots:
a) Increased b) Reduced c) Reduced to zero
d) None of the above
A