Instrumentation Engineering
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Questions 101–110 of 360. Imported answers require independent review unless marked reviewed.
Question 13
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A discrete-time sequence is given by
for
. The zero lag auto-correlation value of
isYour answerChoose one option.
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Match the following measuring devices with their principle of measurement.
Measuring Device | Principle of Measurement |
|---|---|
(P) Optical pyrometer | (I) Variation in mutual inductance |
(Q) Thermocouple | (II) Change in resistance |
(R) Strain gauge | (III) Wavelength of radiated energy |
(S) Linear variable differential transformer | (IV) Electromotive force generated by two dissimilar metals |
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The capacitor shown in the figure has parallel plates, with each plate having an area
. The thickness of the dielectric materials are
and
and their relative permittivities are
and
, respectively. Assume that the fringing field effects are negligible and
is the permittivity of free space.
If
is decreased by
, the resultant capacitance becomesYour answerChoose one option.
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Among the given options, the simplified form of the Boolean function
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Consider the state-space representation of a system
where
is the state vector,
is the input,
is the system matrix and
is the input matrix. Choose the matrix
from the following options such that the system has a pole at the origin.Your answerChoose one option.
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The sinusoidal transfer function corresponding to the pole plot shown in the figure, for
, is 
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A matrix
is constructed by stacking three column vectors
as
Choose the set of vectors from the following options such that
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The capacitance formed between two concentric spherical metal shells having radii
and
with
isNote:
is the permittivity of the medium between the shells.Your answerChoose one option.
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A wire of circular cross section with radius
is shown in the figure. The current density is given by
, where
is a constant,
is the radial distance from the axis and
. The total current
in the wire is 
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The measured values from a flow instrument, whose range is between 0 and 2 flow units, are shown in the histogram. The systematic error (bias) and the maximum error (in flow units), respectively are

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