Process Control and Instrumentation

161. Radiation pyrometers as compared to thermocouples

  1. Has a slower speed of response
  2. Can measure higher temperature
  3. Can’t measure the temperature of moving objects
  4. Is more affected by corrosive atmosphere

Correct answer: (B)
Can measure higher temperature

162. Radiation thermometer cannot measure the temperature

  1. Inside a pressure vessel
  2. Of an object without coming in contact with it
  3. Of liquid oxygen
  4. Of moving objects at high temperature

Correct answer: (C)
Of liquid oxygen

163. Range of hydrogen gas constant volume thermometer is _________ °C.

  1. -10 to 20
  2. 0 to 100
  3. 100 - 500
  4. 400 - 1000

Correct answer: (B)
0 to 100

164. Reference points i.e., ice point and steam point in Reaumer temperature scale are respectively

  1. - 273° & 80°
  2. 0° & 80°
  3. 32° & 460°
  4. 32° & 80°

Correct answer: (B)
0° & 80°

165. Relationship between absorption/evolution of heat at the thermocouple junctions and the current flow in the circuit is given by _________ effect.

  1. Peltier
  2. Thomson
  3. Seebeck
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (A)
Peltier

166. Reset rate is the another term used for _________ time.

  1. Dead
  2. Integral
  3. Derivative
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (B)
Integral

167. Resistance of a gas in a vessel is given by (where, P = pressure, V = volume of the vessel, n = no. of moles of the gas, R = gas constant)

  1. V/nRT
  2. nRT/V
  3. nRT/P
  4. P/nRT

Correct answer: (A)
V/nRT

168. Response of a linear control system for a change in set point is called

  1. Frequency response
  2. Transient response
  3. Servo problem
  4. Regulator problem

Correct answer: (C)
Servo problem

169. Response of a system to a sinusoidal input is called _________ response.

  1. Impulse
  2. Unit step
  3. Frequency
  4. None of these

Correct answer: (C)
Frequency

170. Routh stability method uses _________ loop transfer function.

  1. Open
  2. Closed
  3. Either (A) or (B)
  4. Neither (A) nor (B)

Correct answer: (B)
Closed

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