Electrical Measurements Lab

Wheatstone Bridge

Please attempt the following questions:

Q1. Wheatstone bridge is a _________.

a.c. bridge
d.c. bridge
high voltage bridge
power dissipation bridge

Q2. Wheatstone bridge is used to measure resistance in the range of _______.

1Ω to a few megaohms
10kΩ to a few megaohms
100MΩ to a few gegaohms
100Ω to a few teraohms

Q3. Wheatstone bridge is used to measure the d.c. resistance of various types of wires for _________.

determining their effective resistance
computing the power dissipation
quality control of wire
maintaining a source of constant e.m.f

Q4. Telephone companies make use of the Wheatstone bridge for _________.

measuring the telephone resistance
computing the line strength
maintaining dialtone
locating the cable faults

Q5. The opposite two ends of a Wheatstone bridge consist of ________.

e.m.f and null detector
Voltage and current source
resistance and capacitance
inductance and impedance