PAES 020 Quiz: Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standard

True or false: PAES 020: 2005 General – Metrication Guidelines was initiated by the Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (AMTEC) and Department of Agriculture.

True or false: Ampere is a derived unit used to measure electric current.

True or false: Lumen is a derived unit used to measure luminous flux.

True or false: Lux is a based unit used to measure illuminance.

True or false: Farad is a derived unit used to measure electric capacitance.

Is PAES 020: 2005 a metrication guideline?

Is Ampere a base unit for electric current?

Is Lumen a derived unit for luminous flux?

Is Lux a base unit for illuminance?

Is Farad a derived unit for capacitance?

PAES 020: 2005 - Philippine Agricultural Engineering Standard

Formulated by the Agricultural Machinery Testing and Evaluation Center (AMTEC) and the Department of Agriculture.

Definitions of Metric Units

Ampere (A): a base unit used to measure electric current.
Candela (cd): a base unit used to measure luminous intensity.
Coulomb (C): a derived unit used to measure the quantity of electricity.
Farad (F): a derived unit used to measure electric capacitance.
Henry (H): a derived unit used to measure electric inductance.
Hertz (Hz): a derived unit used to measure frequency.
Joule (J): a derived unit used to measure energy or work.
Kelvin (K): a base unit used to measure thermodynamic temperature.
Kilogram (kg): a base unit used to measure mass.
Lumen (lm): a derived unit used to measure luminous flux (a measure of the power of visible light produced by a light source or light fitting).
Lux (lx): a derived unit used to measure illuminance.
Meter (m): a base unit used to measure length.