MCQ TYPE QUESTIONS

PAPER- ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC MEASUREMENT

PAPER CODE- PC-EE403
DEPARTMENT- EE
SEMESTER- 4TH

GROUP-A ( Each MCQ carry 1 mark)

1. In a series-type ohmmeter
(a) zero marking is on the left-hand side
(b) zero marking is at the centre
*(c) zero marking is on the right-hand side
(d) zero marking may be either on left or right-hand side

2. Shunt-type ohmmeters have on their scale

(a) zero ohm marking on the right corresponding to zero current
(b) zero ohm marking on the right corresponding to full scale current
(c) infinite ohm marking on the right corresponding to zero current
*(d) infinite ohm marking on the right corresponding to full scale current

3. Shunt-type ohmmeters have a switch along with the battery to

*(a) disconnect the battery when not in use
(b) prevent meter from getting damaged when measuring very low resistances
(c) compensate for thermo-emf effects by reversing battery polarity
(d) all of the above
4. Accuracy of the substitution method for measurement of unknown resistance depends on
(a) accuracy of the ammeter
(b) accuracy of the standard resistance to which the unknown is compared
(c) accuracy in taking the readings
*(d) all of the above

5. Wheatstone bridge is not preferred for precision measurements because of errors due to
(a) resistance of connecting leads (b) resistance of contacts
(c) thermo-electric emf *(d) all of the above
6. Kelvin’s double bridge is called ‘double’ because
(a) it has double the accuracy of a Wheatstone bridge
(b) its maximum scale range is double that of a Wheatstone bridge
(c) it can measure two unknown resistances simultaneously, i.e., double the capacity of a
Wheatstone bridge
*(d) it has two additional ratio arms, i.e., double the number of ratio arms as compared to a
Wheatstone bridge
7. Guard terminals are recommended for high resistance measurements to
*(a) bypass the leakage current
(b) guard the resistance from effects of stray electro-magnetic fields
(c) guard the resistance from effects of stray electro-static fields
(d) none of the above
8. The loss of charge method is used for measurement of
(a) high value capacitances
(b) dissipation factor of capacitances
(c) low value resistances
*(d) high value resistances

9. A meggar is used for measurement of

(a) low value resistances
(b) medium value resistances
*(c) high value, particularly insulation resistances
(d) all of the above
10. The calibration of a voltmeter can be carried out by using
(a) an ammeter
(b) a function generator
(c) a frequency meter
*(d) a potentiometer
11. The potentiometer is standardised for making it
(a) precise
(b) accurate
(c) accurate and precise
*(d) accurate and direct reading

12. In a dc potentiometer measurements, a second reading is often taken after reversing the
polarities of dc supply and the unknown voltage, and the average of the two readings is taken.
This is with a view to eliminate the effects of
(a) ripples in the dc supply
(b) stray magnetic field
*(c) stray thermal emfs
(d) erroneous standardisation

13. For measuring an ac voltage by an ac potentiometer, it is desirable that the supply for the
potentiometer is taken from
(a) a battery
*(b) the same source as the unknown voltage
(c) a source other than the source of unknown voltage
(d) any of the above

14. Under balanced condition of a bridge for measuring unknown impedance, if the detector
is suddenly taken out
(a) measured value of the impedance will be lower
(b) measured value of the impedance will be higher
*(c) measured value of the impedance will not change
(d) the impedance can not be measured

15. The advantage of Anderson’s bridge over Maxwell’s bridge is that

(a) its final balance equations are independent of inductor losses
*(b) it reduces cost by not making capacitor or inductor as the variable parameters
(c) number of bridge components required are less
(d) attaining balance condition is easier and less time consuming

16. DeSauty’s bridge is used for measurement of

(a) high Q inductances
(b) low Q inductances
*(c) loss less capacitors
(d) capacitors with dielectric losses

17. Schering bridge can be used for measurement of

*(a) capacitance and dissipation factor
(b) dissipation factor only
(c) inductance with inherent loss
(d) capacitor but not dissipation factor

18. The high torque by weight ratio in an indicating instrument indicates

(a) High friction loss *(b) low friction loss
(c) Slow response (d) fast response

19. If a voltmeter is connected, like an ammeter, in series with the load

*(a) Almost no current will flow (b) the meter will burn out
(c) Measurement reading will be too high (d) An abnormal high current will flow

20. Swamping resistance is connected

(a) In series with the shunt to reduce temperature error in shunted ammeters.
(b) In series with the ammeters to reduce errors on account friction.
(c)In series with the meter and have a high resistance temperature co-efficient to
reduce temperature errors in ammeters.
*(d) in series with the meter and have a negligible resistance temperature co-efficient
in order to reduce temperature errors in shunted ammeters

21. The power consumption of PMMC instruments is typically about

(a) 0.25W to 2W (b) 0.25mW to 2mW
*(c) 25µW to200µW (d) none of the above

22. A moving iron instrument can be used for current and voltage measurements
(a) In a.c circuits only
(b) in d.c circuits only
(c) In both a.c and d.c circuits for any value of frequencies (in case of a.c circuits)
*(d) In both a.c and d.c circuits for frequencies up to about 125Hz (in case of a.c)

23. In a spring controlled moving iron instruments, the scale is

(a) Uniform
*(b) Cramped at the lower end and expanded at the upper end
(c) Expanded at the lower end and cramped at the upper end
(d) Cramped both at the lower and upper ends.
24. Moving iron type instruments can be used as
(a) Standard instrument for calibration of other instruments
(b) Transfer type instruments *(c) indicating type instruments
(d) None of the above

25. An electrodynamometer type instrument finds its major use as

(a) Standard instrument only (b) transfer instrument only
*(c) Both as standard and transfer instrument (d) indicating instrument

26. Electrostatic type instruments are primarily used as

(a) Ammeters (b) watt meters
*(c) Voltmeters (d) ohmmeters

27. Which meter has the highest accuracy in the prescribed limit of frequency range
(a) PMMC (b) moving iron
*(c) Electrodynamometer (d) rectifier

28. Which instrument has the highest frequency range with accuracy within reasonable limits
(a) PMMC (b) electrodynamometer
(c) Thermocouple *(d) rectifier

29. Which instrument is the cheapest regarding the accuracy

*(a) Moving iron (b) electrodynamometer
(c) PMMC (d) rectifier
30. Which of the following ammeters will be used to measure alternating current only
(a) Electrodynamic type (b) Permanent magnet type
*(c) Induction type (d) Moving iron type

31. Which of the following instruments is equally accurate on dc as well as ac circuits

*(a) Dynamometer wattmeter (b) Moving- Iron ammeter
(c) PMMC voltmeter (d) Induction Wattmeter

32. Which of the following instruments has its reading independent of waveform and
frequency of the ac supply
(a) Moving iron *(b) Hot wire
(c) Induction (d) Electrostatic.

33. A null type instrument as compared to deflection type one has

*(a) A higher accuracy (b) a lower sensitivity
(c) A faster response (d) all of the above

34. In an instrument the smallest measurable input is known as

*(a) threshold (b) resolution
(c) Dead zone (d) Sensitivity

35. Frequency can be measured by using

(a) Maxwell’s bridge (b) Schering bridge
 *(c) Wein’s bridge (d) Anderson bridge

36. Anderson bridge is used for the measurement of

(a) Time period (b) Phase difference
*(c) Inductance (d) Capacitance

37. A Digital Voltmeter (DVM) measures

(a)Peak value (b) RMS value
(c)Peak-to-peak value *(d) Average value

38. Which one of the following can act as inverse transducer?

(a) Resistance potentiometer *(b) Piezo electrical crystal
(c) strain gauge (d) Thermocouple

39. Electrical resistance of a thermistor

(a) Increases as the temperature increases
*(b) Decreases as the temperature increases
(c) Remains unaffected with change in temperature
(d) Increases at low temperatures and decrease at high temperature

40. Which of the following transducers is used for very linear displacement measurement?
*(a) LVDT (b) Pirani Gauge
(c) Thermocouple (d) Shaft encoder

41. K - type T/C is made of

(a) Cu, Constantan, (b) Chromel, Constantan
(c) Pt, Pt rhodium *(d) Chromel, alumel

42. Modern electronic multimeters measure resistance by

(a) using an electronic bridge compensator for nulling
*(b) forcing a constant current and measuring the voltage across the unknown resistor
(c) using a bridge circuit
(d) applying a constant voltage and measuring the current through the unknown resistor

43. The time base signal in a CRO is

(a) a sinusoidal signal
*(b) a sawtooth signal
(c) a square wave signal
(d) a triangular wave signal

44. In a CRO, the sawtooth voltage is applied at the

(a) cathode
(b) accelerating anode
(c) vertical deflecting plates
*(d) horizontal deflecting plates

45. The patterns used to measure phase and frequency with a cathode ray oscilloscope are
called
(a) Faraday’s pattern
(b) Ohm’s patterns
*(c) Lissajous pattern
(d) Phillips pattern

46. Energy meters do not have a control spring to

(a) avoid unnecessary friction losses
*(b) enable continuous rotation of the disc
(c) avoid damping during movement
(d) all of the above

47. In induction-type energy meters, the speed of rotation of the disc is proportional to the
(a) energy consumption
*(b) power consumption
(c) derivative of power consumption
(d) none of the above

48. The advantages of induction-type energy meters are

(a) low torque/weight ratio
*(b) low friction
*(c) high and sustained accuracy
(d) all of the above

49. In induction-type energy meters

(a) pressure coil is the moving part
(b) current coil is the moving part
(c) both current and pressure coils are moving
*(d) both current and pressure coils are stationary

50. Braking torque provided by the permanent magnet in an induction-type energy meter is
proportional to
(a) speed of the rotating disc
(b) square of the flux of the permanent magnet
(c) distance of the permanent magnet with respect to centre of the disc
*(d) all of the above

51. Braking torque provided by the permanent magnet in an induction-type energy meter can
be changed by
(a) providing a metal shunt and shifting its position
(b) moving the position of the permanent magnet with respect to the disc
*(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of the above

52. Creeping in a single-phase energy meter may be due to

(a) vibration
*(b) overcompensation of friction
(c) over voltages
(d) all of the above

53. Creeping in a single-phase energy meter can be avoided by

(a) using good quality bearings
(b) increasing strength of the brake magnet
*(c) placing small soft iron piece on edge of the rotating disc
(d) all of the above

54. Power indicated while measuring power in a dc circuit using an ammeter and a voltmeter,
when the voltmeter is connected to the load side, is
(a) true power consumed by the load
(b) power consumed by the load plus power lost in ammeter
*(c) power consumed by the load plus power lost in voltmeter
(d) power consumed by load plus power lost in both ammeter and voltmeter

55. Electrodynamometer-type wattmeters have a construction where

*(a) current coil is fixed
(b) voltage coil is fixed
(c) both voltage and current coils are movable
(d) both voltage and current coils are fixed

56. In electrodynamometer-type wattmeters, current coil is made of two sections

(a) to reduce power loss
*(b) to produce uniform magnetic field
(c) to prevent Eddy-current loss
(d) to reduce errors due to stray magnetic field

57. In electrodynamometer-type wattmeters, a high value non-inductive resistance is

connected in series with the pressure coil
(a) to prevent overheating of the spring leading current in the pressure coil
(b) to restrict the current in the pressure coil
(c) to improve power factor of the pressure coil
*(d) all of the above

58. In electrodynamometer-type wattmeters, both current coil and pressure coil are preferably
air-cored
(a) to reduce effects of stray magnetic field
*(b) to reduce Eddy-current losses under AC operation
(c) to increase the deflecting torque
(d) all of the above

59. When measuring power in a circuit with low current, the wattmeter current coil should be
connected
*(a) to the load side
(b) to the source side
(c) anywhere, either load side or source side, does not matter
(d) in series with the load along with CT for current amplification
60. When measuring power in a circuit with high current
(a) current coil should be connected to the load side
*(b) pressure coil should be connected to the load side
(c) pressure coil should be connected to the source side
(d) the placement of pressure and current coils are immaterial
 GROUP-B (Each MCQ carry 2 Marks)

1. A dc potentiometer is designed to measure up to about 2 volts with a slide wire of 800 mm.
A standard cell of emf 1.18 volt obtains balance at 600 mm. a test cell is seen to obtained
balance at 680 mm. The emf of the test cell is
(a) 1.50 volts
(b) 1.00 volts
*(c) 1.34 volts
(d) 1.70 volts

2. A slide wire potentiometer has 10 wires of 1 m each. With the help of a standard voltage
source of 1.018 volt it is standardise by keeping the jockey at 101.8 cm. If the resistance of
the potentiometer wire is 1000 Ω then the value of the working current is
(a) 1 mA
(b) 0.5 mA
(c) 0.1 A
*(d) 10 mA
3. In the potentiometer circuit, the value of the unknown voltage E under balance condition
will be
(a) 3 V
*(b) 200 mV
(c) 2.8 V
(d) 3.2 V

4. A 1mA ammeter has a resistance of 100. It is to be converted to a 1A ammeter. The value

of shunt resistance is
(a) 0.001 *(b) 0.1001
(c) 100000 (d) 100

5. A voltmeter has a resistance of 2000. When it is connected across a dc circuit its power
consumption is 2mW. Suppose this voltmeter is replaced by a voltmeter of 4000 résistance,
the power consumption will be
(a) 4 mW *(b) 1mW
(c) 2mW (d) none of the above

6. An instrument has sensitivity of 100 /volt. On the 100 volt scale, this instrument will have
internal resistance of
 (a) 10 *(b) 10,000,
(c) 1, 00,000, (d) 1,000.

7. A 0-10A ammeter has a guaranteed accuracy of 1% of full-scale deflection. The limiting

error while reading 2.5A is
(a) 1%, (b) 2%
(c) 3%, *(d) none of the above

8. A voltmeter is calibrated between 10 V to 250V. The scale span and scale range are
respectively
(a) 250,250 *(b) 240,250
(c) 250,240 (d) 240,240

9. The measured value of resistance is 10.25, whereas its actual value is 10.22.The
absolute error is
*(b) 0.03 (b) –0.03
(c) 2.910 
-3
(d) 2.910-4
10. A 0-300V voltmeter has an error of 2% of full-scale deflection. If the true value is 30V
then the range of reading on this voltmeter would be
(a) 20-40V *(b) 24 -36V
(c) 29.4 -30.6V (d) 29.94 -30.06V

11. A 0-250 V voltmeter has a guaranteed accuracy of 2% of Full scale reading. The voltage
measured by the voltmeter is 150 volts. The limiting error in percentage is
*(a)3.33% (b)2.22%
(c)1.11% (d)4.44%

12. The measurand value of a resistance is 10.25 Ω, whereas its value is 10.22 Ω. The
absolute error of the measurement is
(a) 0.01 Ω (b) 0.02 Ω
*(c) 0.03 Ω (d) 0.04 Ω

13. A moving-coil ammeter has a fixed shunt of 0.02 Ω. With a coil resistance of R = 1000 Ω
and a potential difference of 500 mV across it full scale deflection is obtained. The value of
shunt current is
(a) 10 A (b) 15 A
(c) 20 A *(d) 25 A

14. The inductance of a 25 A electrodynamic ammeter changes uniformly at the rate of

0.0035 mH/radian. The spring constant is 10-6N-m/radian. The angular deflection at full scale
is
*(a)1250 (b) 1350
0
(c) 145 (d) 1550

15. In a test for fault to earth by Murray loop test, the faulty cable has a length of 5.2 km. The
faulty cable is looped with a sound (healthy) cable of the same length and cross section.
Resistances of the ratio arm of the measuring bridge circuit are 100 Ω and 41.2 Ω at balance.
The distance of the fault point from the testing terminal is
(a) 2.02 km *(b) 3.03 km
(c) 4.04 km (d) 5.05 km
16. A simple slide wire potentiometer is used for measurement of current in a circuit. The
voltage drop across a standard resistor of 0.1 Ω is balanced at 75 cm. The magnitude of the
current if the standard cell emf of 1.45 volt is balanced at 50 cm is
(a) 41.75 A (b) 31.75 A
*(c) 21.75 A (d) 11.75 A

17. The frequency at which the bridge is balanced is

(a)1103 Hz *(b) 1203 Hz

(c)1303 Hz (d) 1403 Hz

18. An electrodynamometer-type wattmeter has a current coil with a resistance of 0.1 Ω and a
pressure coil with resistance of 6.5 kΩ. When the meter is connected as current coil to the load
side and the load is specified as 12 A at 250 V with unity power factor, the percentage error is
(a) 0.18% (b) 0.28%
(c) 0.38% *(d) 0.48%

19. A 230 V, 5 A energy meter on full load unity power factor test makes 60 revolutions in 360
seconds. If the designed speed of the disc is 520 revolutions per kWh, the percentage error is
*(a) 0.34% (b) 0.44%
(c) 0.54% (d) 0.64%

20. An energy meter is designed to have 80 revolutions of the disc per unit of energy consumed.
when measuring the energy consumed by a load carrying 30 A at 230 V and 0.6 power factor
the number of revolutions made by the disc is
(a) 321.2 *(b) 331.2
(c) 341.2 (d) 351.2

21. A 230 V, single-phase watt hour meter records a constant load of 10 A for 4 hours at unity
power factor. If the meter disc makes 2760 revolutions during this period, the meter constant
is
(a) 100 rev/KWh (b) 200 rev/KWh
*(c) 300 rev/KWh (d) 400 rev/KWh

22. An electrically deflected CRT has a final anode voltage of 2000 V and parallel deflecting
plates 1.5 cm long and 5 mm apart. If the screen is 50 cm from the centre of deflecting
plates, The beam speed is
*(a) 26.5X 106 m/sec (b) 27.5X 106 m/sec
(c) 28.5X 106 m/sec (d) 29.5X 106 m/sec

23. An electrically deflected CRT has a final anode voltage of 2000 V and parallel deflecting
plates 1.5 cm long and 5 mm apart. If the screen is 50 cm from the centre of deflecting
plates, the deflection sensitivity of the tube is
(a) 0.075 mm/v *(b) 0.375 mm/v
(c) 1.375 mm/v (d) 3.375 mm/v

24. An electrically deflected CRT has a final anode voltage of 2000 V and parallel deflecting
plates 1.5 cm long and 5 mm apart. If the screen is 50 cm from the centre of deflecting
plates, the deflection factor of the tube is
(a) 0.66 v/mm (b) 1.66 v/mm
*(c) 2.66 v/mm (d) 3.66 v/mm

25. The voltage 10 cos ωt and V cos (ωt + α) are applied to the X and Y plates of a CRO. The
Lissajous figure observed on the screen is a straight line of 60° to the positive axis. Then
*(a) V = 10, α = 60°
(b) V = 10, α = 0°
(c) V = 10, α = 90°
(d) V = 10, α = 45°

26. The X and Y inputs of a CRO are respectively V sin ωt and − V sin ωt. The resulting
Lissajous pattern will be
*(a) a straight line
(b) a circle
(c) the shape of 8
(d) an ellipse

27. Two equal voltages of same frequency applied to the X and Y plates of a CRO, produce a
circle on the screen. The phase difference between the two voltages is
(a) 150°
*(b) 90°
(c) 60°
(d) 30°

28. The Lissajous pattern on a CRO screen is shown in the given figure:

The frequency ratio of the vertical signal to the horizontal one is

(a) 3 : 2
(b) 2 : 3
(c) 5 : 1
*(d) 1 : 5

29. A multimeter is used for the measurement of the following:

1. Both ac and dc voltage
2. Both ac and dc current
3. Resistance
4. Frequency
5. Power
Select the correct answer using the codes given:
(a) 1, 2 and 4
(b) 1, 2 and 5
(c) 1, 3 and 5
*(d) 1, 2 and 3

30. A DVM measures

(a) peak value
(b) rms value
*(c) average value
(d) peak to peak value

31. In series type ohmmeters, zero adjustment should be done by

*(a) changing the shunt resistance across the meter movement
(b) changing the series resistance
(c) changing the series and the shunt resistance
(d) changing the battery voltage
32. The shape of scale in an analog shunt-type ohmmeter is
*(a) linearly spaced at lower scales (b) cramped near the start
(c) linearly spaced at higher scales (d) uniform all throughout the scale
33. The null detector used in a Wheatstone bridge is basically a
(a) sensitive voltmeter (b) sensitive ammeter
*(c) may be any of the above (d) none of (a) or (b)

34. Low resistances are measured with four terminals to

(a) eliminate effects of leads
(b) enable the resistance value to be independent of the nature of contact at the current
terminals
(c) to facilitate connections to current and potential coils of the meters
*(d) all of the above

35. ‘Null detection method’ is more accurate than ‘deflection method’ for measurement of
unknown resistances because
(a) the former does not include errors due to nonlinear scale of the meters
(b) the former does not include errors due to change in battery voltage
(c) the former does to depend on meter sensitivity at balanced condition
*(d) all of the above

36. A bridge circuit works at a frequency of 2 kHz. Which of the following can be used as
null detector in such a bridge?
(a) Vibration galvanometers and tunable amplifiers
*(b) Headphones and tunable amplifiers
(c) Vibration galvanometers and headphones
(d) All of the above
37. The main advantage of Owen’s bridge for measurement of unknown inductance is that
*(a) it has two independent elements R and C for achieving balance
(b) it can be used for measurement of very high Q coils
(c) it is very inexpensive
(d) it can be used for measurement of unknown capacitance as well
38. Harmonic distortions in power supply does not affect the performance of Maxwell’s
bridge since
(a) filters are used to remove harmonics
(b) final expression for unknown inductance contain only fundamental frequency
(c) mechanical resonance frequency of null detectors are beyond the range of harmonic
frequencies
*(d) final expression for unknown inductance is independent of frequency
39. The advantage of Hay’s bridge over Maxwell’s inductance–capacitance bridge is that
(a) its final balance equations are independent of frequency
(b) it reduces cost by not making capacitor or inductor as the variable parameters
(c) it can be used for measuring low Q inductors
*(d) it can be used for measuring high Q inductors

40. The advantage of Varley loop test over Murray loop test for cable fault localisation is
*(a) the former can be used for localising faults even without knowledge of cable resistance
(b) the former can be used for localising both earth fault and short circuit faults
(c) the former can experimentally determine the total loop resistance
(d) all of the above