Quiz 1 (Introduction to Mechatronics )

_____________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is the difference between the result of measurement and the actual value of the quantity being measured.

• Range

• Span

• Error

•   Sensitivity

_____________ is the extent to which the value indicated by a measurement system might be wrong.

• Range

• Span

• Error

• Accuracy

______________ is the relationship indicating how much output there is per unit input.

• Sensitivity

• Accuracy

• Error

• Range

Transducers can give different outputs from the same value of a quantity being measured according to whether that value has been reached by a continuously increasing or decreasing change. This effect is called ________________.

• Sensitivity

• Hysteresis

• Non-linearity

• Repeatability

For many transducers, a ____________ relationship between the input and output is assumed over the working range.

• Linear

• Non-linear

• Quadratic

• Cubic

_____________ is the ability to give the same output for repeated applications of the same input value.

• Hysteresis

• Linearity

• Repeatability

• Stability

The __________________ of a transducer is its ability to give the same output when used to measure a constant input over some time.

• Hysteresis

• Linearity

• Repeatability

• Stability

For a transducer, the range of input values for which there is no output is known as ______________.

• Span

• Hysteresis error

• Non-linearity error

• Dead band

For a transducer, the smallest change in the input value that will produce an observable change in the output is known as _______________.

• Hysteresis

• Repeatability

• Resolution

• Stability

When a sensor giving _____________ output is interfaced with an electronics circuit, it is necessary to know the output impedance of the transducer or sensor.

• A mechanical

• An electrical

• A chemical

• A heat