Practice Test: Question Set - 09
1. The rate at which scanning is repeated is called the:
- (A) Stroke
rate
- (B) Refresh rate
- (C) Bandwidth
- (D) Resolution
2. In the PROLOG language system, facts are manipulated by:
- (A) Algorithms
- (B) Rules
- (C) Memory
- (D) Simulations
3. A typical NC system has which of the following components?
- (A) Controller
- (B) Tape
input
- (C) Machine tool
- (D) All
of the above
4. Advantages of robots include:
- (A) Increased
productivity
- (B) Ability
to withstand hazardous environments
- (C) Good
return on investment and better company image
- (D) All
of the above
5. Use of modern control technology in automation systems:
- (A) Reduces
costs
- (B) Improves
reliability
- (C) Increases
yield
- (D) All
of the above
6. The heart of automation technology is.
- (A) Robots
- (B) Computers
- (C) Control
- (D) Sensors
7. A flexible manufacturing system may be:
- (A) An
automated assembly line
- (B) Expensive to
alter
- (C) Very
difficult to change when new products are introduced
- (D) All
of the above
8. Most continuous control actuators:
- (A) Are
of the time proportioning type
- (B) Use a 4 to
20 mA current loop input
- (C) Are used
with standard continuous control loop
- (D) Both (b) and
(c) above
9. The term used to represent the recycling of unused memory is:
- (A) Garbage
collection
- (B) Diagnostic
routine
- (C) Memory
dump
- (D) Direct
memory access
10. The basic difference between broadband and baseband is:
- (A) Availability
- (B) Capacity
- (C) Reliability
- (D) Transmission
11. Which part of the system performs the "housekeeping" chores?
- (A) Operating
system
- (B) Compiler
- (C) Interpreter
- (D) Translator
12. The Ziegler-Nichols method:
- (A) Is a
graphical solution method
- (B) Can
be used to determine gain factors of a PI loop
- (C) Is a method
of control
- (D) Both (a) and
(b) above
13. Microcomputer-based control systems
- (A) Will
just keep their present capability
- (B) Will
have more standard industrial application software available in the future
- (C) Will
tend to increase in cost
- (D) All
of the above
14. Robots can increase productivity because:
- (A) They do not
take a vacation
- (B) They do not
get tired
- (C) Production
quality is uniform
- (D) All of the
above
15. The power source that drives the manipulator can be:
- (A) Pneumatic
- (B) Electric
- (C) Hydraulic
- (D) All of the
above
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