Practice Test: Question Set - 16
1. When of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?
- (A) Dot
metric printers
- (B) Ink
jet printers
- (C) Laser
printers
- (D) Plotters
2. The user communicates directly with the computer through its peripheral devices is known as
- (A) On-line
processing
- (B) Remote-terminal
processing
- (C) Batch
mode processing
- (D) Intelligent
terminal Processing
3. What key hardware item ties a CAD/ CAM system together?
- (A) Mouse
- (B) Graphics
workstation
- (C) Digitizer
- (D) Plotter
4. The device that assembles groups of characters into complete messages prior to their entering the CPU is called:
- (A) A compiler
- (B) An
interpreter
- (C) A
communications processor
- (D) An
editor
5. A drum timer is a good example of:
- (A) An
output actuator
- (B) An
input sensor
- (C) A
position sensor
- (D) A
sequence controller
6. A solenoid:
- (A) Can
be used only in de circuits
- (B) Is
spring operated
- (C) Is
widely used in industrial automation
- (D) Is
related to an aneroid
7. What should be first considered in choosing a plotter?
- (A) The
hardware you currently own
- (B) The
application for which it will be used
- (C) The
type of data you will input
- (D) None
of the above
8. Which of the following devices could be part of a sensor?
- (A) Thermometer
- (B) Brake
- (C) Relay
- (D) Clutch
9. Flat panel displays are based on what type of technology?
- (A) Direct view
storage tube
- (B) Very
large-scale integration (VLSI)
- (C) Solid state
- (D) RGB monitor
10. Pressure sensors:
- (A) Use
the piezoresistive effect in strain gauge sensors
- (B) Use
an aneroid chamber with a variable resistance output
- (C) Use
capacitive variations to sense pressure
- (D) All
of the above
11. Which of the following is a graphical input device?
- (A) Light pen
- (B) Keyboard
- (C) Mouse
- (D) Track ball
12. An aneroid barometer
- (A) Is
very unreliable
- (B) Can
measure only atmospheric pressure
- (C) Measures
pressure by sensing deflection of an evacuated chambers
- (D) Can
be used to measure gas or liquid flow rates
13. A discrete parts process is:
- (A) The
same as a continuous process except a different controller must be used
- (B) Often
encountered in manufacturing
- (C) Normally
a repetitive series of operations
- (D) Both (b) and
(c)
14. Flexible manufacturing allows for:
- (A) Factory
management
- (B) Automated
design
- (C) Tool
design and tool production
- (D) Quick
and inexpensive product changes
15. Productivity is defined as:
- (A) Number of
items manufactured per day
- (B) Output per
man-hour of labour
- (C) Cost per day
- (D) Cost per
unit
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