Surprise Quiz 1 - Industrial Automation

The transition from manual to automated processes is mainly driven by __________.

• The reduction of labor costs

• The complexity of production processes

• The availability of skilled labor

• The decline of industrialization sequential process

Process automation primarily reduces human intervention to achieve ______________.

• Higher error rates

• Inconsistent production

• Greater accuracy and efficiency

• Increased manual processing

The HART protocol uses the ________technique.

• Frequency Shift Keying

• Phase Shift Keying

• Amplitude Shift Keying

• Hybrid Shift Keying

Foundation Fieldbus consists of _______layers.

• Six

• Five

• Four

• Three

______________ communication protocols is commonly used in industrial automation networks.

• PROFINET

• HTTP

• Bluetooth

• Wi-Fi

_____________ automation system allows reprogramming and adaptation to different products.

• Fixed automation

• Flexible automation

• Manual automation

• Rigid automation

The purpose of a watchdog timer which is a device or programmed routine in the digital control system is ______.

• interrupt normal program flow and address an immediate need

• check for errors in data communications

• monitor the operation of the microprocessor

• signal the start of a new program cycle

Sensors and control relays can't generate or interpret protocol communication, _______ is needed to provide an interface between the sensors and the SCADA network.

• Field instruments

• Optical fibres

• HMI

• RTU's

Many digital control systems utilize Ethernet as a communications network, because _______________.

• speed is not affected by traffic

• it is a wireless network standard

• it is fully deterministic

• it is robust and inexpensive

____________ element of an automated system is responsible for ensuring smooth operation and minimal downtime.

• Power system

• Safety monitoring

• Maintenance and repair diagnostics

• Error detection and recovery