Measurement and Instrumentation
Ratio of readings of two wattmeter connected to measure power in a balanced 3-phase load is 5:3 and the load is inductive. The power factor at load is

 0.917 lag.
 0.917 lead.
 0.6 lag.
 0.6 lead.

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Measurement and Instrumentation
In DC potentiometer measurments, a second reading is often taken after reversing the polarities of the DC supply and the unknown voltage and the average of the two reading is taken. This is with a view of eliminate the effects of

 Ripples of the DC supply.
  Stray thermal emfs.
 Stray magnetic fields.
 Errorneous standardisation.

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Measurement and Instrumentation
In measurement system, the function of the signal manipulating elements is to

 to perform linear operation like addition and multiplication.
 to perform non liner operation like clipping filtering, chopping and clamping.
 change the quantity under measurement to an analogues signal.
 change the magnitude of the input signal while retaining its identity.

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