Test 1

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Question 1:

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question

1. A four-color resistor has the color-code (red-violet-orange-gold) . If it is placed across a 12

V source, the expected current is
(a) 0.44mA (b) 4.44mA (c) 1.25mA (d) 0.12mA

2. Determine the upper limit of 4.7 kΩ @ 10% resistor

a) 4.23 kΩ (b) 0.47 kΩ (c) 5.17 kΩ (d) 5.17Ω

3. The difference between the indicated value and the true value of a quantity is

(a) gross error. (b) absolute error. (c) dynamic error. (d) relative error.

4. A 0 – 250 V voltmeter has a guaranteed accuracy of 2 % of full-scale reading. The

voltage measured by this voltmeter is 150 volts. The limiting error in percentage is

(a) 2.5% (b) 0.05% (c) 3.33% (d) 5.0%

5. A set of observations has a wide range, so it has

(a) low accuracy. (b) low precision.

(c) high accuracy but low precision. (d) high precision but low accuracy.

6. To measure 5 volts, if one selects a 0 – 100 V range voltmeter which is accurate within ±1%,
then the error in this measurement may be up to

(a) ±1.5% (b) ±2.5% (c) ±7.5% (d) ±20%

7. The degree of agreement within a group of measurements is:

(a) gross error. (b) Accuracy. (c) Precision. (d) Resolution.

8. Two capacitances, C1 = 150 ± 2.4 µF and C2 = 120 ± 1.5 µF are connected in parallel. What
is the limiting error of the resultant capacitance C ?

(a) 0.9 µF (b) 1.95 µF (c) 3.9 µF (d) 4.8 µF

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Question 2:

Fill in the blank

1. The variance of the numbers [3, 8, 6, 10, 12, 9, 11, 10, 12, 7] is …………….
2. Convert 5.25 × 105 Ω to engineering notation ……………………..
3. Systematic errors are
A. ……………
B. …………….
C. …………….

4. If the voltmeter has a range of 2 V and sensitivity is 1

kΩ/V, what will be the reading of the voltmeter in the
circuit?

the reading of the voltmeter in the circuit is ……….

5. Calculate [1.02 + 8.2 + 3.33 + 9.781] and give the answer using the correct number of
significant figures

6. How many significant figures are in the number 52.92? …………………….

7. The standard deviation of the values: [7.55 -14- 49- 32- 23 -30 -32 -34- 27] is …………..