Instrumentation and Control Systems, 3rd Edition

Answers

The following are answers to the numerical and multiple-choice problems and brief clues as to the answers to other problems.

Chapter 1

1. 1. A
2. 2. C
3. 3. B
4. 4. B
5. 5. B
6. 6. Sensor, signal processor, data presentation, see Section 1.2.
7. 7. See sections 1.4 and 1.3.3section 1.4section 1.3.3sections 1.4 and 1.3.3. Reliability: the probability that a system will operate to an agreed level of performance for a specified period, subject to specified environmental conditions. Repeatability: the ability of a system to give the same value for repeated measurements of the same variable.
8. 8. See Section 1.6.3.
9. 9. See Section 1.6.
10. 10. Only give required accuracy 6 times in 10.
11. 11. In 1 year, 1 in 100 will be found to fail.
12. 12. (a) 9 mm/kg, (b) 0.060 mV/°C, (c) 3 pC/N
13. 13.  ...