VIGNANS UNIVERSITY:: VADLAMUDI

EE216 - Electrical Measurements & Instrumentation (EM&I)

UNIT I
1 Mark Questions
1.

The use of _____ instruments is merely confined within laboratories as standardizing

instruments.
(a) Absolute (b) Indicating (c) Recording (d) Integrating (e) none of the above

2.

Which of the following instruments indicate the instantaneous value of the electrical
quantity being measured at the time at which it is being measured?

3.

(a) Absolute instruments

(b) Indicating instruments

(c) Recording instruments

(d) Integrating instruments

_____ instruments are those which measure the total quantity of electricity delivered in a
particular time.
(a) Absolute

4.

5.

6.

(b) Indicating

(c) Recording

(d) Integrating

Which of the following are integrating instruments?

(a) Ammeters

(b) Voltmeters

(c) Wattmeters

(d) Ampere-hour and watt-hour meters

Resistances can be measured with the help of

(a) Wattmeter

(b) voltmeters

(c) ammeters

(d) ohmmeters and resistance bridges

Which of the following essential features is possessed by an indicating instrument?

(a) Deflecting device (b) Controlling device (c) Damping device (d) All of the above

7.

A moving-coil permanent-magnet instrument can be used as _____ by using a low

resistance shunt.

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9.

(a) Ammeter

(b) voltmeter

(c) flux-meter

(d) ballistic galvanometer

Which of the following devices may be used for extending the range of instruments?
(a) Shunts

(b) Multipliers

(c) Current transformers

(d) Potential transformers

(e) All of the above

A moving iron instrument can be used for

(a) D.C. only (b) A.C. only (c) both D.C. and A.C

10.

In a portable instrument, the controlling torque is provided by

(a) Spring

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12.

13.

(b) gravity

(c) eddy currents

(d) all of the above

The household energy meter is

(a) An indicating instrument

(b) a recording instrument

(c) An integrating instrument

(d) none of these

An ammeter is a
(a) Secondary instrument

(b) absolute instrument

(c) recording instrument

(d) integrating instrument

The multiplier and the meter coil in a voltmeter are in

(a) Series

14.

(d) None of the above

(b) parallel

(c) series-parallel

(d) none of the above

A PMMC voltmeter is connected across a series combination of a dc voltage source v 1=2v

and an ac voltage source
V2 (t) = 3 sin (4t) volts. The meter reads
(a) 2V

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(b) 5V

(c) 2 + (3/2 )v

(d) 17/2 v

Moving iron and PMMC instruments can be distinguished from each other by looking at
(a) Pointer

(b) terminal size

(c) scale

(d) scale range

16.

Induction type instrument works on _________________ principle.

17.

Define multiplying power in case of ammeter shunt.

19.

Mention any two requirements for shunts in case of ammeters.

20.

Write the expression for deflecting torque in case of moving coil instrument.

21.

Mention any two requirements for multipliers in case of voltmeters.

22. Which type of medium is used in fluid friction damping.

TWO Mark Questions

1.

How to reduce temperature effect in PMMC meters?

2.

What material is used to manufacture the springs in spring control?

3.

What is the principle of Repulsion type moving iron instruments?

4.

What are the different types of Electro static meters?

5.

Which voltmeter would you select for measuring 50,000 V direct current?

6.

List out the advantages of spring control over gravity control.

7.

How can a milliammeter be used as a voltmeter?

8.

The damping torque on moving systems is provided by using _____________ method.

9.

Induction type of instrument comes under ____________ type of instruments.

10.

Damping force can produce by using_________________ methods.

11.

What are the errors in MI type meters?

12.

Units of flux density is ____________.

13.

______________________ instruments have high operating torque.

14.

At equilibrium position deflection torque= ______________ torque

15.

The hysteresis error is more in PMMC when compared to MI (True/False).

16.

In MI type instrument the damping technique used is_________

FIVE Marks questions

1. Discuss the advantages, disadvantages and errors in PMMC instruments?
2. Explain the working principle of Permanent magnet moving coil (PMMC) instrument.
Justify why this meter is used only for DC measurement?
3. Discuss the advantages, disadvantages and errors in MI instruments?
4. Explain the extension range of Moving Iron (MI) instruments as an ammeter and voltmeter.
5. Explain about classification of measuring instruments and what are the essential
requirements of an instrument?
6. Explain the different mechanisms for producing deflecting torque (T d), controlling torque
(Tc), and damping torque?
7. With the help of a neat sketch, explain the working of any two types of electrostatic
voltmeters.
8.

Explain the extension range of Electrostatic instruments?

9. With the help of a neat sketch, explain the working of any two types of electrostatic
voltmeters.
10. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of electrostatic instruments?

TEN Marks questions

1. a.

Describe how potential divider arrangement is used for multirange

voltmeters. Derive expressions for resistances of different sections?

b.

Design a multirange ammeter with the ranges of 1A, 5A, 10A, 50A employing
individual shunts in each case. A DArsonval movement with an internal resistance of
200 and full scale current of 5mA.

2. a.
b.

Discuss the advantages, disadvantages and errors in PMMC instruments?

Explain the working principle of Permanent magnet moving coil (PMMC) instrument.
Justify why this meter is used only for DC measurement?

3. a.

Explain the working of attraction type and repulsion type moving iron

instruments with neat diagrams?

The inductance of a moving iron instrument is given by L = (10 +5- 2) H where is

b.

deflection in radians from zero position. The spring constant is 12 10 -6 Nm/rad.

Estimate the deflection for a current of 5 A.

4. a.

Describe the working of universal shunt used for multirange ammeters

.Derive expressions for the resistances of different sections?

b.

Design an Ayrton or Universal shunt to provide an ammeter with the current ranges
1A, 5A and 10A.A basic meter resistance is 50 and full scale deflection current is 1
mA.
5. a.

b.

Discuss the advantages, disadvantages and errors in MI instruments?

Explain the extension range of Moving Iron (MI) instruments as an ammeter and
voltmeter.

6. a.

A moving coil instrument has the following data number of turns=100,width

of coil = 20 mm, depth of coil = 30 mm, flux density in air gap is 0.1 wb/m 2.Calculate
the deflecting torque when carrying a current of 10 mA. Also calculate the deflection if
spring constant is 2 10-6 Nm/degree.
b.

Justify how moving iron instrument is used to measure both AC and DC. Derive
Moving iron type instrument deflecting torque and explain its working principle.

7. a.

Explain about classification of measuring instruments and what are the

essential requirements of an instrument?

b.

Explain the different mechanisms for producing deflecting torque (Td), controlling
torque (Tc), and damping torque?

8. a.

Design a multi range voltmeter using potential divider arrangement the

required ranges are 5V,10V,50V,100V.A basic D Arsonoval movement with an internal

resistance of 100 and full scale deflection current is 2 mA.
b.

Explain the different error occurs in moving iron type and its compensations?

9. a.

Explain the working principle of Electrostatic instrument with its deflecting

torque equation and state its advantages & disadvantages?

b.

An electrostatic voltmeter has two parallel plates .The movable plate is 10cm in
diameter. With 10Kv between plates the pull is 0.005N .Find the change in the
capacitance for a moment of 1mm of movable plate.