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INSTRUMENTATION ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION
presents

TECH QUIZ
Dont forget to write NAME, INTECHO ID, COLLEGE NAME, MOBILE NO in Answer sheet

Duration:1 hour Total Marks:30

MICROPROCESSOR (Common to Both streams)
1. When is it called a BURST mode (With Ref to Microprocessor) from the following?
a. Reading data from a slave at a high speed without utilizing its clock
b. Writing the consecutive memory locations in external peripheral sending only its first
address
c. Reading the consecutive memory locations in external peripheral sending only its first
address
d. Writing data to a peripheral without having read cycles in between

2. In a 16 bit processor, words are stored in consecutive memory location. The entire word can be
read in one operation provided the first,
a. Word is even c. Memory Address is even
b. Word is odd d. Memory location is odd

3. In 8085 Microprocessor the following instructions are executed and its clock frequency is 2MHz.
Arrange the instructions according to their execution times in descending order?
1) PUSH 2) PCHL 3) XCHG 4) XTHL
a. 4,1,2,3 c. 3,2,4,1
b. 4,3,1,2 d. 3,4,1,2

4. Consider a system consisting of microprocessor, memory and peripheral devices connected by a
common bus. During DMA data transfer, the microprocessor
a. Only reads from the bus c. Both reads from and writes to the bus
b. Only writes to the bus d. Neither reads from nor writes to the bus

5. How will the port number be affected if we decode the high-order address line A
15
-A
8
rather than
A
7
-A
0
?
a. In exactly the reversed way
b. Port address will remain same
c. In a way which then the control signals will determine
d. None of these



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CONTROL ENGINEERING (Common to Both streams)

6. Consider transfer function of lead lag compensator
(

)(

)
(

)(

)


(

)
(

)
=lead compensator
(

)
(

)
=lag compensator then?
a. |Z1|>|Z2|>|P2|>|P1| c. |P1|>|Z1|>|Z2|>|P2|
b. |P1|>|Z2|>|P2|>|Z1| d. |Z2|>|P2|>|P1|>|Z1|
7. In force current analogy, which of the following are true?
1. Displacement is equivalent to voltage.
2. Mass is equivalent to capacitance
3. Friction is equivalent to conductance.
4. Spring constant is equivalent to inductance.

a. 2 and 3 c. 2,3 and 4
b. 1,2 and 3 d. 3 and 4

8. Time constant is the
a. Time taken by the controlled variable to reach 63.2% of its full change.
b. Same as transportation lag.
c. Same as dead time.
d. Time required by the measured variable to reach 63.2% of its ultimate change.

9. Identify an unbounded input from inputs whose transfer functions are given below:
a. 1 c. 1/S^2
b. 1/S d. 1/(S^2 + 1)

10. Which of the following are not true about M and N circles?
1. Centre of M-circle lies on Real axis.
2. N-circles pass through origin and (-1,0).
3. As M tends to 1, it becomes line parallel to Imaginary axis meeting real axis at 0.5.

a. 1 and 2 c. 3 only
b. 2 only d. 2 and 3





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INSTRUMENTATION (For Instrumentation Stream)
11. Which type of Thermocouple is highly linear among all standard types?
a. K-Type c. S-Type
b. R-Type d. J-Type

12.
**
Though the Errors for T-type Thermocouple are standardized, E-Type Thermocouple is mostly
preferred for low temperature measurement rather than T-type Thermocouple. Why?--------- (2)

13. Quartz has most of the desirable properties of a piezoelectric material. Unfortunately, it lacks one
of the following. What is it?
a. Stability c. High output
b. Low leakage d. Measurement of slow varying parameters.

14. Which of the frequently used Thermocouple cannot be used in oxidizing environment?
a. K-Type c. T-Type
b. W-Type d. J-Type

15. For --------------- mass flow rate measurement is meaningful and for -------------- both mass and
volumetric flow rate measurement is meaningful
a. Liquid, Gas c. Liquid, Solid
b. Gas, liquid d. Gas, Solid

16.
**
What is the significance of High C
d
(Coefficient of discharge) in variable head flow meter?
What is the significance of Low C
d
(Coefficient of discharge) in variable head flow meter? How
the value of C
d
must be? ---------------------------------------------------------------------(3)
(Hint: Tell with respect to Sensitivity and pressure loss for first two questions)
(Hint: Tell with respect to magnitude of Cd

for third question)

17. Determine the volume flow rate in litres/min in an oval gear type flow meter. The volume trapped
between the gears and the casting is 120 CC and the speed of the rotation is 150 rpm.
a. 72litres/min c. 36litres/min
b. 84litres/min d. 18litres/min

18. If diaphragm of thickness t is there, then only for the deflection ---------- up to which the linear
relation is obtained.
a. 3t c. t/2
b. t/3 d. 2t

19. In hair hygrometer, for humidity measurement human hair is used. Basic principle behind is
human hair lengthens ------------ when relative humidity changes from 0% to 100%
a. 8% c. 25%
b. 3% d. 10%





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20. The dig. Shown below represents

a. Flow kept constant and variation in pressure is measured
b. Flow is varied and variation in pressure is measured
c. Pressure is varied and variation in flow is measured
d. Pressure is maintained constant and variation in flow is measured

21. When using Pitot tube, what will be the distance from centre such that we can measure mean
velocity (Vm)?
a. 0.762*r c. 0.726*r
b. 0.632*r d. 0.596*r
(Hint: r is the radius of the pipe)
22. American Wire Gauge 30 (AWG 30) have ---------- thickness, ------------- range and -------------
sensitivity.
a. Low, Low, High c. High, Low, High
b. Low, High, High d. High, High, Low

23. -----------------Flow Meter requires straight run of pipe ahead and after installation and --------------
flow meter has very good dynamic response
a. Target, Vortex Shedding c. Target, Target
b. Vortex Shedding, Target d. Vortex Shedding, Vortex Shedding

24.
**
Mention two types of level measurements and also state the principle how the level being
measured in that two methods. -----------------------------------------------------(2)

25.
**
Can Bourdon gauge be used for remote indication? If so suggest a method to make it as a
remote indication instrument?------------------------------------------------------(2)




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ELECTRONICS ( For Electronics Stream)
26. The input voltage of zener regulator varies from 20V to 30V. The load current varies from 10mA
to 15mA. If the zener voltage is 5V, the value of series resistor will be (Assume I
zk
=0)?
a. 1k c. 1.5k
b. 1.66k d. 2k

27. An ideal saw tooth voltage waveform of frequency 500Hz and amplitude 3v is generated by
charging a capacitor of 2F in every cycle. The charging requires
a. Constant voltage source of 3V for 1ms
b. Constant current source of 3mA for 1ms
c. Constant voltage source of 3V for 2ms
d. Constant current source of 3mA for 2ms

28. Thermal runaway will take place if the quiescent point is such that
a. V
CE
>1/2(V
CC
) c. V
CE
<(V
CC
)
b. V
CE
<2(V
CC
) d. V
CE
<1/2(V
CC
)

29. A forward-biased silicon diode when carrying negligible current has a voltage drop of 0.64V.
When the current is 1A it dissipates 1W. The ON-resistance of the diode is
a. 0.36 c. 1.64
b. 0.64 d. 1

30. What is the use of Impedance matching in circuits?
a. To reduce noise c. To maximize power transfer
b. To reduce Attenuation d. To select correct impedance value components

31. A source follower using an FET usually has a voltage gain which is
a. Greater than +100 c. Exactly unity but positive
b. About -10 d. Slightly less than unity but positive

32. Class AB operation is often used in power (large signal) amplifiers in order to
a. get maximum efficiency c. overcome a crossover distortion
b. remove even harmonics d. reducing collector dissipation

33. Generally, the gain of a transistor amplifier falls at high frequencies due to the
a. Internal Capacitance of the device c. Coupling capacitor at the input
b. Skin effect d. Coupling capacitor at the output

34. Removing bypass capacitor across the emitter-leg resistor in a CE amplifier causes
a. Increase in current gain c. Decrease in voltage gain
b. Increase in voltage gain d. Both remains unchanged




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35. In every practical oscillator, the loop gain is slightly larger than unity and the amplitude of the
oscillations is limited by the
a. Magnitude of the loop gain c. Feedback Transmission factor
b. Magnitude of gain of the amplifier d. Non-linearity

36. An amplifier without feedback has a voltage gain of 50, input resistance of 1k and output
resistance of 2.5k. The input resistance of the current-shunt negative feedback amplifier using
the above amplifier with a feedback factor of 0.2 is?
a. 1/11k c. 1/5k
b. 5k d. 11k

37. If V
i
=V
1
sin(wt) and V
0
=V
2
Sin(wt+), then the minimum and maximum values of (in radians)
are respectively
a. /2 and /2 c. 0 and /2
b. and 0 d. /2 and 0

38. In case of BJT, the output impedance of CE configuration is approximately -------------- and the
output impedance of CB configuration is approximately --------------------------
a. 450k, 45k c. 45 k, few
b. 45 k, 450 k d. Few , 450 k

39. The overall bandwidth of two identical voltage amplifiers connected in cascade will
a. Remain the same as that of a single stage
b. Be worse than that of a single stage
c. Be better than that of a single stage
d. Be better if stage gain is low and worse if stage gain is high

40. Which of the following parameters is used for distinguishing between a small signal and a large
signal amplifier?
a. Voltage gain c. Harmonic Distortion
b. Frequency Response d. Input/Output impedances

41. A 50% duty cycle square wave with zero mean is used as a base band signal in an ideal frequency
modulator with a sinusoidal carrier of frequency w
c
. The modulator signal is given as an input to
an ideal phase demodulator (a circuit that produces an output proportional to the difference in
phase of the modulated signal from that of the carrier). The output of the circuit is
a. Square wave c. A train of impulses with alternating signs
b. Triangular wave d. Sinusoidal

42. A galvanometer with internal resistance 100 and full scale current 1mA is used to realize a dc
voltmeter with a full scale range of 1V. The full scale range of this voltmeter can be extended to
10V by connecting an external resistance of value
a. 9k b. 9.9k c. 10k d. 11k





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43. Shown below is a pole zero plot of a digital filter

Which one of the following statements is TRUE?
a. This is a low pass filter c. This is a high pass filter
b. This is an IIR filter d. This is an FIR filter
44. The characteristics of a thermometer measuring ambient temperature is ,
Where Ti and Ta are the indicated and ambient temperatures, respectively, both in
o
C and time is in
seconds. The -3dB cut-off frequency in the frequency response of the thermometer is-------------------- (2)
a. 1/41tHZ c. 1Hz
b. 1/2Hz d. 21tHZ




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