Civil Engineering Semester VI

Subject Name: Instrumentation and Sensors

Questions Bank:

  1. Define following terms: Accuracy, Precision, Repeatability, Resolution, Input Range, Output Range, Sensitivity, Span, Calibration, Measurement, and Hysteresis.

2. Compare active sensor and passive sensor with examples.

3. Compare Sensor, Transducer and Transmitter.

4. Explain importance of proximity sensor.

5. Compare analog and digital sensor.

6. Explain selection criteria of sensor.

7. List Selection criteria of temperature sensor.

8. Explain sensor sitting.

9. Explain sensor installation and configuration.

10. List selection criteria of pressure sensor.

11. List selection criteria of load sensor.

12. List types of strain gauge.

13. Explain sensor design of electrical resistance strain gages.

14. List inputs and outputs of sensor with respect to example.

15. Explain measurement uncertainty.