Measurement and Instrumentation Lab - VIVA QUESTIONS

EXPNO.1 MEASUREMENT OF RESISTANCE USING WHEATSTONE

BRIDGE
1.
2.

Explain the operation of Wheatstone bridge.

Name two advantages of a Wheatstone bridge over an ordinary

ohmmeter.
3.
What is the range of resistance can be measured using
Wheatstone bridge
4.
What do u meant by sensitivity?
5.
6.

What do u meant by selectivity?

What do u meant by accuracy?

7.
8.

What are the limitations of this bridge?

What are the other methods used for measurement of medium resistance?

9.

Why we use this method for measurement of medium resistance?

EXPNO.2 MEASUREMENT OF RESISTANCE KELVINS DOUBLE BRIDGE.

1.

What is the difference between Kelvins Double Bridge and

Wheatstone bridge?
2.
Explain the operation of Kelvins Double Bridge.
3.
4.

Why this method is called as double bridge method?

Can this method be beneficial for measurement of low value of resistance or
not?

5.
6.

What are the limitations of this bridge?

What is the range of resistance can be measured using
Kelvins Double Bridge

EXPNO.3 MEASUREMENT OF CAPACITANCE

USING SCHERING BRIDGE
1.

Explain the operation of Schering Bridge

2.

What are the limitations of this bridge?

3.

What is the range of capacitance can be measured using this

bridge.

EXPNO.4 MEASUREMENT OF INDUCTANCE USING MAXWELLS BRIDGE

1.
2.

What is the Q factor of the coil?

What is the range of Q?

3.
4.

Which bridges are used for measurement of inductances?

What are the limitations of this bridge?

5.

What is the range of inductance can be measured using this

bridge
EXPNO.5 INSTRUMENTATION AMPLIFIER

1.
2.

Explain the operation of Instrumentation Amplifier

What are advantages of Instrumentation Amplifier?

3.
4.

What are disadvantages of Instrumentation Amplifier?

What is the difference between differential Amplifier and
Instrumentation Amplifier?

EXPNO.6 CALIBRATION OF 1 ENERGYMETER

1.

Why MI meter is not used to measure d.c quantity?

2.
3.

What do you meant by calibration?

How to measure energy using energy meter?

4.

How many watts equal to one unit?

EXPNO.7 MEASUREMENT OF 3 PHASE POWER AND POWER FACTOR

1.
2.
3.
4.

Define power factor.

What are the different methods to measure 3 phase power and power
factor.
Why MI meter is not used to measure d.c quantity?
Explain about how the wattmeter is connected in the circuit to measure the

power delivered to the Load and the Line.

5.
Explain How the Resistive Power is measured by the Wattmeter Method

6.

What do you mean by the 3phase wattmeter?

EXPNO.8 STUDY OF DISPLACEMENT TRANSDUCER LVDT

1.

What do you meant by transducer?

2.
3.

What is LVDT?
Explain the operation of LVDT.

4.
5.

What are advantages of LVDT?

What are disadvantages of LVDT?

EXPNO.9 STUDY OF PRESSURE TRANSDUCER

1.
2.

What do you meant by transducer?

Explain the operation of pressure transducer.

3.
4.

What are advantages of pressure transducer?

What are disadvantages of pressure transducer?

EXPNO.10 A/D CONVERTER

1.
2.

Explain the operation of A/D Converter.

What are the different types of A/D Converter?

3.
4.

Which one of A/D Converters is the best?

What are advantages of A/D Converter?

5.
6.

What are disadvantages of A/D Converter?

What are the applications of A/D Converter?

EXPNO.11 D/A CONVERTER

1.
2.

Explain the operation of D/A Converter.

What are the different types of D/A Converter?

3.
4.

Which one of D/A Converters is the best?

What are advantages of D/A Converter?

5.
6.

What are disadvantages of D/A Converter?

What are the applications of D/A Converter?

EXPNO.12 STUDY OF TRANSIENTS

1.
2.

What do you meant by Transients?

Obtain the expression of transient voltage and current in RC

circuit.
3.
Obtain the expression of transient voltage and current in RL
circuit.
EXPNO.13 CALIBRATION OF CURRENT TRANSFORMER
1.

What do you meant by calibration?

2.
3.

What are the applications of Current Transformer?

What are advantages of Current Transformer?

EXPNO.14 MEASUREMENT OF IRON LOSS (MAXWELL BRIDGE)

1.

How Maxwell Inductance Bridge is used to measure the Iron

loss?
2.
What is the Q factor of the coil?
3.

What is the range of Q?