M&M IMPORTANT DESCRIPTIVE & OBJECTIVE QUESTIONS

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1. The LVDT used for displacement measurement is [ A ]

a) Active Transducer b) Passive. Transducer c) Capacitive Transducer d) Digital Transducer
2. The dynamometer which measures power when it is being transferred from one place to
other place [ B ]
a) Absorption dynamometer b) Transmission dynamometer c) Driving dynamometer
d) Torsion dynamometer
3. In a bourdon tube pressure gauge incorrect readings may encountered due to [ C ]
a) Hysteresis b) Fatigue c) Creep d) Grift
4. -----metal/non-metal has the highest temperature range [ D ]
a) Semi-Conductors b) Nickel. c) Copper d) Platinum
5. The gauge factor of resistance gauge depends upon [ D ]
a) Gauge Material b)Configuration of the gauge wire c) Mechanical loading d)All of the above.
6. Thermocouples are generally used for temperature measurements up to [ C ]
0 0 0 0
a) 500 C b) 1000 C c) 1500 C d) 2000 C
7. A Prony brake dynamometer measures the [ C ]
a) Crankshaft force b) crankshaft torque c) engine brake power d) power input to a pump
8. A pendulum Scale is a ---------Transducer [ C ]
a) Electrical b) Optical c) Mechanical d) vibration
9. Out of the following vibrating measuring instrument which one will use resonance as a mean of
measurement [ B ]
a) Piezoelectric tachometer b) Reed vibrometer c) vibrating wedge d) Stroboscope
10. Thermocouples are ---------------------------sensors [ A ]
a) Active b) Passive. c) both d) none of the above
11. The speed of a sealed compressor units can be measured by a [ B ]
a) Stroboscope b) vibrating reed tachometer c) Both a & b d) Tachoscope
12. Mechanical strain gauges can measure [ D ]
a) Static strains only b) Dynamic strains only
c) Static and quasi-Static Strains d) Strain and Dynamic Strains
13. The direct output from dynamometer is [ A ]
a) Torque and Power b) Speed c) Force d) Power
14. Doppler shift principle is used in the measurement of [ A ]
a) Frequency b) sound pressure c) speed d) vibration
15.Awell type manometer is used in preference to a simple U-shaped manometer obtain [ C ]
a)Better Accuracy b) Better Precision c) High resistivity d) High resolution
16. Identify the instrument that indicates the rotational speed of a shaft in revolution per minute [ B ]
a) Tachometer b) Tachoscope c) Both a & b d) odometer
17. Bimetallic thermometers are of Solid Expansion type of thermometers.
18.The average speed measurement are given by Drag Cup tachometer
19. LVDT stands for Linear Variable Differential Transformer
20.Strain Gauge accelerometer is Seismic mass type of Accelerometer.
21. The ratio of fractional change in resistance to mechanical strain is called Gauge Factor.
22. Pirani gauges produces small changes in resistance which is sensed by means of Wheast stone bridge
Circuit
23. Force per unit area is known as Pressure
24. Manometers used to measure Low pressures.
25.The Standard method of calibrating all pressure transducer is to use a Dead Weight Gauge Tester.
26.Rotameter is used for measuring discharge.
27.Electric dynamic microphone is used for measuring sound.
28. Vibrating Wedge is used to measure Amplitude of Vibration [ True ]
29. Combination of two or more strain gauge elements is known as Rosette [ True ]
30. Piezo electric transducers produce an EMF when external magnetic
field is applied across them [ False ]
31. Absorption dynamometers are used to measure power [ True ]
32. LVDT used for displacement Measurement and an active transducer [ True ]
33. RDT stands for Resistance Temperature Detector [ True ]
34. A piezoelectric accelerometer can only be used for Acceleration and vibration [ True ]
35. A dead weight tester is used for producing high pressure [ False ]
36. McLeod gauge is used to measure high pressure [ False ]
37.Strain gauge torsional meter consists of Four gauges, two gauges in torsion, two gauges
in compression [ True ]
38.Vibration picks up will be made to have High undamped natural frequency [ False ]
39.The Piezoeletric accelerometer has high frequency response [ True ]
40.Tachometer can be used to measure speeds up to 5000 r.p.m. [ True ]

1.Explain the following (i) Stroboscope (ii) piezoelectric accelerometer

2. Derive the expression for Gauge Factor in a Strain Gauge?

3. Construct the diagram of Bourdon tube pressure gauge and describe the
working principle involved in it.
4. Discuss the operating principle of an LVDT diagram with neat sketch ?

5. With the help of an illustration, explain inductive type transducer and Inductive type
transducer.

6.a) List out five physical properties of matter, which are used to measure temperature and state
clearly how each is used
b)Write short notes on (i) Tachometer (ii) Strain rosette for strain measurement

7. a) Explain the working of Pressure Thermometer with neat sketch?

b) Explain the working of Resistance Thermometer with neat sketch?

8. a) Construct with a sketch, the working principle of the capacitive transducer

b) Explain the operating principle of a piezo-electric transducer with diagram
9. a) Discuss the principle and working of prony brake dynamometer with
neat sketch
b) Discuss the different laws of thermocouples and also list out the different thermocouple
materials with their designation

10. Describe the working of McLeod gauge with neat sketch ?