Q.1

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?

  • June 1965
  • November 1966
  • December 1967
  • April 1970
  • None of the above
Q.2

When of the following produces the best quality graphics reproduction?

  • Dot metric printers
  • Ink jet printers
  • Laser printers
  • Plotters
  • None of the above
Q.3

The three key elements for a graphics workstation include the host processor, display controller, and:

  • mouse
  • keyboard
  • CRT
  • digitizer
  • None of the above
Q.4

What is the difference between integral and derivative control?

  • derivative control does not eliminate offset error
  • integral control has slower response to an error signal.
  • derivative control responds to a change in the rate of change in the error signal
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.5

The program counter:

  • decides which program to run
  • counts the number of instructions that have been executed
  • contains the address of the next instruction to be executed
  • is where arithmetic is done in a computer.
  • None of the above
Q.6

Flat panel displays are based on what type of technology?

  • Direct view storage tube
  • Very large-scale integration (VLSI)
  • Solid state
  • RGB monitor
  • None of the above
Q.7

Semiconductor devices:

  • are less reliable than electro¬mechanical components
  • usually have a very short MTBF (mean time between failure)
  • have a very short infant mortality period
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.8

Which method is frequently used, especially in the early stages of design?

  • The iterative design method
  • The direct method
  • The design selection method
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.9

Who made the statement "if a robot can do a job, a person should not be doing it"?

  • Prof. F. A. Fisher of Britain
  • Ron Albo of Shugart Associates, California
  • Prof. Meredith Turing, London University
  • John Smith, USA
  • None ,of the above
Q.10

A programmable controller:

  • allows faster machine checkout
  • is easier to troubleshoot than standard relay logic
  • both (a) and (b)
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.11

Which industry is the leading user of robots?

  • Chemical industry
  • Automobile industry
  • Electronic industry
  • Shipping industry
  • None of the above
Q.12

An operational amplifier:

  • can be used to subtract two or more signals
  • can be used to sum two or more signals
  • uses the principle of feedback
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.13

Digital signals:

  • can have three possible levels
  • are assigned values of 1 or 0 depending on the voltage level
  • have a sinusoidal shape.
  • have a frequency measured in units of hertz
  • None of the above
Q.14

Which of the following is a graphical input device?

  • light pen
  • keyboard
  • mouse
  • Track ball
  • None of the above
Q.15

A drum timer is a good example of:

  • an output actuator
  • an input sensor
  • a position sensor
  • a sequence controller
  • None of the above
Q.16

The formula for memory capacity is:

  • MC = N/2
  • MC = 2/N
  • MC = N squared.
  • MC -2 to the Nth power
  • None of the above
Q.17

In raster-scan colour monitors, colour can be intensified by:

  • grouping the phosphor dots in a circular pattern
  • having each electron gun controlled by a composite signal
  • using an in-line gun arrangement with a solid metal mesh
  • having each electron gun controlled by separate signal
  • None of the above
Q.18

Timing using a TM micro¬computer:

  • require an external timer added by the user
  • is available on the standard CPU board
  • can be handled in software
  • both (b) and (c)
  • None of the above.
Q.19

CAD/CAM is the inter-relationship between:

  • manufacturing and marketing
  • marketing and design
  • engineering and marketing
  • engineering and manufacturing
  • None of the above
Q.20

What prevents a robotic instrument from running into other objects?

  • negative image
  • functional manipulators
  • memory
  • sensory devices
  • None of the above
Q.21

The SKETCHPAD system

  • consisted of an cathode-ray oscilloscope driven by a Lincoln Tx2 computer where by graphical information was displayed on the screen.
  • is used for interactive Graphics
  • is expensive because it is sophisticated and make demands on the power and resources of the computer.
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.22

The name given to the test that determines whether a machine can think is the:

  • Gaussian test
  • McCarthy test
  • Turing test
  • Boolean test
  • None of the above
Q.23

What two methods are available to build electronic continuous control?

  • Analog and mechanical
  • Pneumatic and analog
  • Analog and digital
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.24

If the transient response of a system is overdamped:

  • the value of the output exceeds the value of the input at times during the transient period.
  • the value of the output never exceeds the value of the input during the transient period.
  • the value of the output never stabilizes.
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.25

The raster CRT eliminates:

  • flicker and slow update
  • slow update only
  • flicker only
  • has no effect
  • None of the above
Q.26

There are several procedures you can implement to provide maximum security. The most important of these is:

  • do not leave training manuals unsecured
  • run regular simulated tests using TARP (testing of Applications Recovery Planes)
  • Verify the reputation of the people installing your system
  • do not allow unbonded service people to work on your equipment
  • None of the above
Q.27

Today, programmable controllers:

  • are more powerful then the first controllers on the market
  • are relatively low cost compared with the original digital equipment available for industrial control
  • can be cost effective even when replacing just a few relays
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.28

Productivity is defined as:

  • number of items manufactured per day
  • output per man-hour of labour
  • cost per day
  • cost per unit
  • None of the above
Q.29

How is the integral mode implemented using analog methods?

  • Op amp and resistors
  • Op amp and a capacitor
  • Op amp and an RC network to place the error voltage across the capacitor
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
Q.30

The general type of process found in industry is:

  • discrete parts
  • continuous
  • batch
  • All of the above
  • None of the above
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