Airflow is measured by which of the following?

a. "Hot-wire" ane-mometer c. Water-sealed spi-rometer
b. Bellows spirometer d. Dry rolling seal spirometer


ANS: A
A typical example of a flow-sensing device is a hot-wire, or thermal, anemometer. The other de-vices are volume-collecting devices.

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