MAE 2381 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

MAE 2381 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Measurement - ANSWERare attempted to find the True Value

Sensor - ANSWERA physical element that employs some natural phenomenon to
sense the variable being measured

Transducer - ANSWERconverts sensed info into a detectable signal

Signal Conditioning - ANSWERmodifies the transducer signal to a desired
magnitude

Measurement systems - Input signal - ANSWERexchange of energy

Measurement systems - measurand - ANSWERvariable to be measured

Measurement systems - transducer - ANSWERinternal capillary

Measurement systems - output signal - ANSWERthermal expansion

Measurement systems - condition the signal - ANSWERimprove the system's ability
to detect the signal

Measurement systems - sensor - ANSWERto find a measurable physical element

Continuous variables - ANSWERcan take any real numbered value in an internal.
Analog

Discrete variables - ANSWERcan take only a finite number of values in an interval.
Digital

Static sensitivity - ANSWERThe static calibration constant. The slope of a static
calibration curve is the static sensitivity of the measurement system.

Input operating range - ANSWERXmax-Xmin

output operating range - ANSWERYmax-Ymin

Range - ANSWERthe maximum minimum allowable inputs and outputs

Resolution - ANSWERthe smallest increment in the measured value can be
discerned.

Calibration - ANSWERfinding a relationship between a known and an unknown
quanity