Practice Test: Question Set - 04
1. Which of the following cannot measure a temperature of 1600°C?
- (A) Platinum resistance thermometer
- (B) Thermocouple
- (C) Photo-electric pyrometer
- (D) Radiation pyrometer
2. Radiation thermometer cannot measure the temperature
- (A) Inside a pressure vessel
- (B) Of an object without coming in contact with it
- (C) Of liquid oxygen
- (D) Of moving objects at high temperature
3. Which of the following instruments is not used for measuring sub-zero (<0°) temperatures?
- (A) Platinum resistance thermometer
- (B) Mercury in glass thermometer
- (C) Vapor pressure thermometer
- (D) Radiation pyrometer
4. The transfer function for an ideal proportional plus reset controller (reset time T) is
- (A) Kc[1 + (1/TS)]
- (B) Kc(1 + TS)
- (C) Kc/(1 + TS)
- (D) Kc/[1 + (s/T)]
5. Maximum differential pressure in liquid manometer is ________ psi.
- (A) 20
- (B) 30
- (C) 40
- (D) 50
6. A pyranometer is an instrument used for measuring the
- (A) Beam radiation
- (B) Global radiation
- (C) Bright sunshine period
- (D) None of these
7. Which is the strongest paramagnetic gas?
- (A) CO2
- (B) O2
- (C) NO
- (D) NO2
8. Thermistors are made of
- (A) Ultra pure metals
- (B) Metal oxides
- (C) Iron-copper alloys
- (D) Nickel-chromium alloys
9. Liquid column manometers are used for measuring the pressure _________ kgf/cm2.
- (A) > 2 (gage)
- (B) < 3 (gage)
- (C) < 10 (gage)
- (D) < atmospheric
10. Stabilizing time for the controllers is the time required for the response to reach _________ percent of its ultimate value.
- (A) 63.2
- (B) 87.5
- (C) 95
- (D) 100
11. Continuous measurement of moisture content of paper in paper industry is done by measuring the
- (A) Thermal conductivity through the paper
- (B) Electrical resistance through the paper
- (C) Magnetic susceptibility
- (D) None of these
12. The initial value (t = 0) of the unit step response of the transfer function [(s + 1)/(2s + 1)] is
- (A) 0
- (B) ½
- (C) 1
- (D) 2
13. Mcleod gauge measures the ________ pressure.
- (A) Positive
- (B) Sub-atmospheric
- (C) Very high
- (D) Atmospheric
14. Normal mercury thermometer can be used to measure a temperature of about 300°C. However, its maximum temperature measurement range can be increased upto about 500°C by
- (A) Filling nitrogen under pressure in the stem
- (B) Increasing the diameter of the tube
- (C) Using steel tube in place of glass tube
- (D) Accounting for the tube expansion
15. The Laplace transform of a sinusoidal function (e.g.; sin at) is represented by the curve