Q.1

Which of the following is required for a plotter to perform specific commands?

  • Firmware
  • Software
  • Driver
  • Hardware
  • None of the above
Q.2

A microprocessor is:

  • controlled by a program
  • an integrated circuit
  • relatively inexpensive
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.3

The chosen language for the Japanese Fifth-Generation Compu¬ter Project is:

  • LISP
  • FORTRAN
  • COBOL
  • PROLOG
  • None of the above
Q.4

What kind of capability is required if one plans to interface with a plotter or printer?

  • A graphics cable
  • RGB monitor
  • A graphics board
  • A co-processor
  • None of the above
Q.5

Which of the following elements can be used with a TIFC?

  • Drum timer
  • Metronome
  • Cymbal timer
  • Flashing light
  • None of the above
Q.6

The term used to represent the recycling of unused memory is:

  • garbage collection
  • diagnostic routine
  • memory dump
  • direct memory access
  • None of the above
Q.7

Which of the following editor(s) is(are) incorporated into general CAD system?

  • Point Editor
  • Line Editor
  • Macro and symbol Editor
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.8

Group technology brings together and organizes:

  • automation and tool production
  • parts and simulation analysis
  • documentation and analysis
  • common parts, problems, and tasks
  • None of the above
Q.9

Programmable controllers:

  • are programmed using relay ladder logic
  • cannot perform functions other than relay logic
  • are widely used in many different industries
  • (a) and (c) above
  • None of the above
Q.10

A continuous process is:

  • used only for simple tasks
  • one that never shuts down
  • self-contained in that raw materials enter the process and an identifiable products exits the process.
  • used only with analog controllers.
  • None of the above
Q.11

Which of the methods below can be used to tell a robot what it is to do?

  • Walk-through
  • Set mechanical stops
  • Software program
  • (a) and (c)
  • None of the above
Q.12

Which part of the system allows the user to interact with the compiler? (a) Memory

  • Translator
  • Communications processor
  • Interpreter
  • None of the above
Q.13

What is offset error?

  • the difference between the sensor input and the absolute sensed parameter.
  • the difference between the controller output and the setting of the manipulated variable.
  • the difference between the control setpoint value and the actual value.
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.14

The general CAD system was development by considering a wide range of possible uses of such a system.

  • Mechanical engineering design
  • Animation and graphic design
  • Structural engineering design and Electronic circuit design
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.15

Microcomputer-based control sys¬tems

  • will just keep their present capability
  • will have more standard industrial application software available in the future.
  • will tend to increase in cost.
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.16

A thermistor:

  • is a pressure sensing device
  • has a voltage output
  • measures temperature
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.17

In the operation of a programmable controller:

  • all of the logic status is maintained in memory
  • any latched data must be done using an external latching relay
  • mathematics cannot be performed
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.18

The concept of a general CAD system was that it should provide:

  • A system for handling user actions.
  • A system for the operation of applications programming.
  • A set of basic system functions and utilities.
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.19

Operator interaction directly with the CRT is accomplished via:

  • a digitizing tablet
  • vector scanning
  • a stylus
  • a touch terminal
  • None of the above
Q.20

What two disciplines are usually tied by a common data base?

  • Documentation and geometric modeling
  • Computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing
  • Testing and analysis
  • Drafting and documentation
  • None of the above
Q.21

An operating system:

  • is required to run a microprocessor system
  • provides a structure with which to develop application programs
  • is useful because standard modules can be used
  • both (b) and (c)
  • None of the above.
Q.22

When one must sell a project to management, the most important document he or she can produce is a:

  • method for financing the project
  • summary of the problem
  • project evaluation
  • procedure for purchase
  • None of the above
Q.23

Artificial intelligence operates on the principle of using a _____ base as opposed to a data base.

  • Character
  • Knowledge
  • PROLOG
  • LISP
  • None of the above
Q.24

A smart solid-state sensor is:

  • one that integrates both logic and a solid-state sensor into one unit.
  • one that has two or three substrates
  • not available today
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.25

For a type 2 system, the steady-state:

  • error for a step input is always zero
  • error for a velocity input is always zero
  • input for acceleration input is always non-zero
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.26

An up/down counter used in a TI510PC has three inputs. Which of the following is not one of them?

  • Count up
  • Count out
  • Reset.
  • Count down
  • None of the above
Q.27

When a computer fetches an instruction, the binary code representing the instruction appears on the:

  • I/O address bus
  • memory data bus
  • input data bus
  • output data bus
  • None of the above
Q.28

A stepping motor;

  • has a speed proportional to voltage input
  • has a commutator
  • is a good choice where continuous rotation is needed
  • can index positional movement.
  • None of the above
Q.29

For a type 0 system, the steady-state:

  • error for a step input is always zero
  • error for a velocity input is always zero
  • input for acceleration input is always non-zero
  • (a) and (c)
  • None of the above
Q.30

In the instruction,SUBA #the command field is:

  • 500
  • # 50000
  • SUBA
  • (b) and (c)
  • None of the above
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