A voltmeter is connected across a battery in a simple circuit. What does it measure?
It measures the potential difference across the battery terminals.
A voltmeter is a high-resistance instrument connected in parallel to measure the potential difference (voltage) between two points.
When placed across a battery, it reads the potential difference between the battery's positive and negative terminals (the terminal voltage).
Power is measured by a wattmeter, current by an ammeter connected in series, and resistance by an ohmmeter.
Hence, the answer is It measures the potential difference across the battery terminals.
A 0–200 V voltmeter has a guaranteed accuracy of ±1% of full-scale reading. If the instrument indicates 50 V, the actual voltage being measured lies between:
An engineer compares two voltmeters. If Voltmeter A has higher sensitivity than Voltmeter B, what is the most likely practical implication?
If an ideal voltmeter is connected in parallel across a resistor in a simple series circuit, what effect does it have on the circuit's total current?
A digital voltmeter is required to measure a DC signal with superimposed AC noise. Which type of DVM is most likely to produce the most accurate reading?
Hot wire ammeters are used for measuring
Which one of the following force is not needed for the satisfactory operation of any indicating (or measuring) instrument?
Assertion (A): Shunt of an ammeter has a low resistance
Reason (R): Shunt may be connected in series or in parallel with an ammeter.Which of the following statements are correct?
A. Ultrasonic method for liquid level measurement is not preferred in industrial applications.
B. In a pH meter, the glass electrode is the reference electrode.
C. A chromatograph is used for analyzing the composition of a gas.
D. The production of Korotkoff sounds in indirect blood pressure measurement is due to pressure pulses produced due to the difference in systolic and diastolic blood pressure.
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