Quiz 17-4: Caliper Practice Quiz

DIAL CALIPERS

Now that you've mastered the micrometer, it's time to move on to a measurement tool that's used even more commonly: calipers. Calipers are an extremely versatile tool that can measure a variety of features, including outside, inside, and depth measurements. Watch the following video to get an idea how to read a dial caliper measurement, then take the quiz.

Here is a quick summary of the information referenced in the video above.

How to Use a Dial Caliper

The caliper shown below is measuring an object that is 1.53 inches. 

• Each large line on the bar = 1.000"
• Each small line on the bar = 0.100"
• Each mark on the dial = 0.001

This caliper measurement would be added as follows:

• 1.000"
• 0.500"
• 0.031"

The sum of the three numbers equals the measurement. 

Answer each of the following questions. This is an open-book quiz, you may look back in the book as often as you like.

It is not an "open neighbor" or "open friend" quiz. Do your own work.