Beni Suief University 3rd Year Electrical

Faculty of Industrial Education Term: First

Electrical Department Subject: Measurements

Sheet No.1

1. Determine the dimensions of the following of mechanical and electrical quantities: the
area, the volume, the velocity, the acceleration, the force, the work, the pressure, the
power, the electric charge, the voltage, the electric field, the resistance, the inductance
, the capacitance, the magnetic field, the magnetic field density, and the magnetic field
intensity. Also mention the unit and unit symbol of each quantity.
2. The normal human body temperature is given as 98.7 F. Determine the equivalent
Celsius and Kelvin scale temperature.
3. Batch of resistors that each has a nominal resistance of 330 are to be tested and
classified as 5% and 1% components. Calculate the maximum and minimum
absolute resistance for each case.
4. The resistors in Problem 4 are specified at 25C and their temperature coefficient is
300 ppm/C. calculate the maximum and minimum resistance for the components at
100C.
5. A one k potentiometer that has a resolution of 0.5 is used as a potential divider
with a 10 V supply. Determine the precision of the output voltage.
6. Three resistors refer to problem 4 are connected in series. One has a 5% tolerance,
and the other two are 10%. Calculate the maximum and minimum values of the total
resistance.
7. A dc power supply provides currents to four electronic circuits. The currents are 37,
42, 13, and 6.7 mA. The first two are measured with an accuracy of 3%, and the
other two are with 1% accuracy. Determine the maximum and minimum levels of
the total supply current.
8. Two currents from different sources flow in opposite directions through a resistor. I1 is
measured as 79 mA on a 100 mA analog instrument with an accuracy of 3% of full
scale. I2 determined as 3 mA, is measured on a digital instrument with 1% A
accuracy. Calculate the maximum and minimum levels of the current in the resistance.
9. The voltages at the opposite ends of a 470, 5% resistor are measured as V1=12 V,
V2=5 V. the measuring accuracies are 0.5 V for V 1 and 2% for V2. Calculate the
level of current in the resistor and specify its accuracy.
10. A resistor R1 has a potential difference of 25 V across its terminals, and a current of 63
mA. The voltage is measured on a 30 V analog instrument with an accuracy of 5% of
full scale. The current is measured on digital instrument with 1mA accuracy.
Calculate the resistance R1 and specify its tolerance.
11. Calculate the maximum and minimum power dissipation in the resistor in problems
10 and 11.
12. A 470, 10% resistor has a potential difference of 12 V across its terminals. If the
voltage is measured with an accuracy of 6%, determine the power dissipation in the
resistor and specify the accuracy of the result.
13. The output voltage from a precision 12V power supply, monitored at intervals over a
period of a time, produced the following readings: V 1 =12.001 V, V2 =11.999 V, V3
=11.998, V4 =12.003, V5 =12.002 V, V6 =11.997, V7 =12.002 V, V8 =12.003 V, V9
=11.998 V, V10 =11.997 V. Calculate the average voltage level, the mean deviation, the
standard deviation, and the probable error in the measured voltage at any time.
14. Successive measurements of the temperature of a liquid over a period of a time
produce the following data: T1=25.05C, T2=25.02C, T3=25.03C, T4=25.07C,
T5=25.55C, T6=25.06C, T7=25.04C, T8=25.05C, T9=25.07C, T10=25.03C,
T11=25.02C, T12=25.04C, T13=25.02C, T14=25.03C, T15=25.05C. Determine the
average temperature, the mean deviation from average, the standard deviation and the
probable measurement error.

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 With my best
wishes
Dr. M. M. Samy