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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