Practice Automation System Multiple Choice Questions with Answers Quiz-16

Q.1.

Use of modern control technology in automation systems:

reduces costs
improves reliability
increases yield
All of the above
None of the above

Q.2.

A microprocessor:

is another name for a computer
is a CPU in integrated circuit form
executes a program of instructions
(a) and (c)
None of the above

Q.3.

Which document sums up the general provisions of purchase, terms and agreement, warranties, and maintenance?

The contract
The project evaluation
The financial report.
The purchasing report
None of the above

Q.4.

Which of the following are kinds of instructions?

Input
Arithmetic
Conditional branching
All of the above
None of the above

Q.5.

The robot:

is very primitive at the present
represents the most powerful new industrial automation tool currently on the horizon
will be more useful when robot vision is improved significantly
All of the above
None of the above

Q.6.

Which of the following may be classified as an automation system?

automated warehouses
numerically controlled machine tools
robotics
All of the above
None of the above

Q.7.

Relay ladder logic is used in a PC because:

it is impossible to write a control program for a machine in any other logic
it is the best industrial control language ever developed.
most industrial control personnel are familiar with relay ladder logic diagrams and this is the easiest for them to use
All of the above
None of the above

Q.8.

The insect type robot Attila is a more competent version of the robot Genghis an weights 1.7 kg. What is the number of microprocessors carried by its body?

15
10
33
15
None of the above

Q.9.

The "walk-through" method of programming a robot involves:

walking through your suggested procedure with your supervisor prior to programming
physically moving the robot through all the motions it is to repeat
moving the robot from one location to another
All of the above.
None of the above

Q.10.

Which of the following is a graphical output device?

Dot-matrix Printer
Plotter
Laser Printer
Line Printer
None of the above

Q.11.

A display of a volume model that shows all of its edges is called a:

surface model
3-D model
wire-frame
solid model
None of the above

Q.12.

What is required to enable the PC to emulate a graphics terminal?

Software
A laser printer
A color monitor
A graphics board
None of the above

Q.13.

D/A (digital to analog) conversion:

results in a binary code as the final output
has to be sampled at 1/2 the highest input frequency
must be fed through a filter to reproduce the original signal accurately
both (b) and (c)
None of the above

Q.14.

The refresh-vector CRT uses which of the following techniques?

The beam constantly travels across the screen to turn on/off a series of pixels.
Makes changes on the image by increasing the anode voltage.
Uses an electron gun to continuously flood the surface of the tube.
Creates images on the screen by scanning straight-line vectors between selected points.
None of the above

Q.15.

If a sine wave has a frequency ofHz, the period in seconds of the sine wave is:

5000
0.003
0.02
0.002.
None of the above

Q.16.

An assembly language instruction:

is written in ones and zeros
corresponds to one computer operation
does not require knowledge of the computer design
All of the above
None of the above

Q.17.

The accuracy of a pick-and-place robot can be as good as:

+ 0.0005 inches
+ 0.05 inches
0.008 inches
+ 3%
None of the above

Q.18.

The "end-effector" of a robot:

can be an actual tool
is the robot "hand"
may have a gripping action
All of the above
None of the above

Q.19.

Which type of digitizer measures a wave traveling at the speed of sound?

Electrostatic
Sonic
Digitizing sr amer
Caparitive
None of the above

Q.20.

Most data transmission in the future will be:

digital bit stream encoded data
analog in nature
carried over metallic telephone lines
All of the above
None of the above

Q.21.

Standard computer control products:

are available off the shelf
are very expensive and not cost effective
do not exist yet
All of the above
None of the above

Q.22.

The difference between CAD and CAM is that CAD software is directed at product design while CAM software is:

concerned with production and control of tool design
concerned with management programs
designed for communications
specifically for PC-board design
None of the above

Q.23.

The program execution time:

must be slower than the fastest mechanical operation that is to be controlled
will vary depending on the language used
cannot be changed once the program is written
All of the above
None of the above

Q.24.

Skipping every other line and picking up the skipped lines on the second pass is called:

interlacing
refresh-vector
raster-scan
stroke writing
None of the above

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