CONTROL SYSTEM INTRO -Learning Check

Storing information often in a series of 1’s and 0’s or

binary numbers. The process can be used to do

calculations or sending pulses to regulate

instrumentation or other electronic equipment turning it

on/off or regulating the use of materials such as the

flow of liquid through a valve.

• Analogue

• DEC numbers

• Digital

• Servomechanism

________ is usually thought of in an electrical

context, however mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic,

and other systems may also use analog signals.

A control system consisting of interconnected _________ is designed to achieve a desired purpose

• components

• plants

• process

• all of the choices

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___________ control engineering practice includes the use of control design strategies for improving manufacturing processes, the efficiency of energy use, advanced automobile control, including rapid transit, among others.

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System to be controlled given various names such as:

Process

Plants

______________

• Manipulated Output

• Controlled Output

• Controlled System

• Subsystems

A silicon based processing chip or logic chip

designed as the heart of the computer, contains all

the necessary information to run a computer speed

measured in megahertz (MHz) or gigahertz (GHz).

• logic

• electronics

• mechatronics

• microprocessors

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In information technology, a _________network is a

system of programs and data structures that

approximates the operation of the human brain.

• electronic

• neutral

• neural

• all answers are correct

Some controlled variables in process industries (Process Control Applications)

Temperature

Flow

Level

Pressure

Humidity

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Servomechanism. Comes from the word servant or slave and __________-. Aimed mainly at applications wherein the need is to control mechanical motions such as position, velocity or acceleration was developed around 1940 to 1950.

• motion

• mechanism

• acceleration

• position

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term used for all type of controlled systems.