6. Practical Skills
Measurement — Quiz
Test your understanding of measurement with 5 practice questions.
Practice Questions
Question 1
Which of the following is the best method to reduce the effect of random errors in a series of measurements?
Question 2
A student measures the length of a wire using a ruler with 1 mm smallest division and records the length as 15.63 cm. What is the most appropriate way to report the uncertainty in this measurement?
Question 3
Which of the following best describes how to identify the number of significant figures in the measurement 0.00450 m?
Question 4
A vernier caliper has a main scale with 1 mm divisions and a vernier scale with 10 divisions corresponding to 9 mm. What is the least count (smallest reading) of this vernier caliper?
Question 5
A student records the time for a pendulum to complete one oscillation as 1.52 s, 1.54 s, 1.51 s, and 1.53 s. What is the best estimate for the period of the pendulum and its uncertainty?