Practice Test: Question Set - 10
1. A pick-and-place manipulator is:
- (A) The
most flexible of all robots
- (B) An
intelligent robot
- (C) Capable
of point-to-point operation
- (D) Primarily
used for large parts handling
2. The use of specialized workstations:
- (A) Provides limited
growth potentials for 3-D
- (B) Reduces
the host computer workload and allows more users
- (C) Reduces
the host computer workload
- (D) None
of the above
3. If the transient response of a system is overdamped:
- (A) The
value of the output exceeds the value of the input at times during the
transient period
- (B) The
value of the output never exceeds the value of the input during the transient
period
- (C) The
value of the output never stabilizes
- (D) None
of the above
4. The first industrial robot for commercial uses was installed in a Japanese plant at Toyota Automatic Loom Company, the parent company of the Toyota Automobile Group. When did this robot go into operation?
- (A) June 1965
- (B) November
1966
- (C) December
1967
- (D) April 1970
5. Which item best describes a CAM technology?
- (A) Numerical
control
- (B) Drafting
- (C) Documentation
- (D) Geometric
modeling
6. The formula for memory capacity is:
- (A) MC = N/2
- (B) MC = 2/N
- (C) MC = N
squared
- (D) MC -2 to the
Nth power
7. Speech recognition:
- (A) Will never
be used in industrial controls
- (B) Is already
widely used in industrial controls
- (C) Will
be used in more applications as the technology matures
- (D) None of the
above
8. The difference between a high-technology and a medium-technology robot is the:
- (A) Speed
of movement
- (B) Range
of motion of the robot
- (C) Accuracy
of the robot
- (D) Complexity
of the task it can perform
9. The SKETCHPAD system
- (A) Consisted
of an cathode-ray oscilloscope driven by a Lincoln Tx2 computer where by
graphical information was displayed on the screen
- (B) Is
used for interactive Graphics
- (C) Is
expensive because it is sophisticated and make demands on the power and
resources of the computer
- (D) All
of the above
10. The computer graphics system called SKETCHPAD was demonstrated at
- (A) Massachusetts
Institute of Technology in 1963
- (B) Imperial
college of Science and Technology, London, 1973
- (C) University
of Aston, Birmingham, 1960
- (D) Cranfield
Institute of Technology, London, 1962
11. An operational amplifier:
- (A) Can
be used to subtract two or more signals
- (B) Can
be used to sum two or more signals
- (C) Uses
the principle of feedback
- (D) All
of the above
12. Sensors:
- (A) Are
easily developed
- (B) Probably
will not improve over the next decade
- (C) Are not
important in automation
- (D) Will
be much smarter and more sophisticated in the future
13. The axis of movement of a robot may include:
- (A) Wrist
rotation
- (B) X-Y
coordinate motion
- (C) Elbow
rotation
- (D) All
of the above
14. The method of solid modeling that defines the topology of faces, edges, and vertics, as well as data that defines the surface in which each face lies is called:
- (A) Constructive
solid geometry
- (B) Layering
- (C) Boundary
representation
- (D) Isometric
15. A program language:
- (A) Defines
the form of the instruction
- (B) Is
always machine dependent
- (C) Is
never machine dependent
- (D) All
of the above
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