Amazon FC Tour Quiz

The computer system Amazon uses at the Fulfillment Centers includes

• Scanners, conveyor belts, robotic pods and robotic arms.

• people, scanners, conveyor belts, and engineers.

• none of these answers.

• all of these answers.

_____ on the robots scan QR codes so the computer knows where to locate specific items.

• Blind robotic arms

• Cameras

• Algorithms

• Sensors

Another word for algorithm is

• calculation.

• rule.

• option.

• choice.

Why does Amazon choose to organize their stock the way they do?

• Amazon warehouses are limited on color.

• Amazon warehouses do not have enough space.

• Amazon's engineers' believe this system works faster.

• Amazon's engineers' believe that alphabetical order is too difficult.

The SLAM algorithm pulls the expected weight of an item from _____.

• the database

• the conveyor belt

• the algorithm

• the robotic pod

At the Amazon Fulfillment Center, an ______ matches the expected

weight to the actual weight of an item being purchased.

• scanner

• algorithm

• animatronic

• robot

In Part 2 of the Amazon Fulfillment Center tour video, the SLAM algorithm pulls dimension information about a product from _____.

• the database.

• the sensor.

• the system.

• another algorithm.

In Part of 2 of the Amazon Fulfillment Center Tour, an algorithm is used to check if an order is correct. This use of the algorithm is considered _______.

• hard drive.

• printer.

• software.

• scale.

_____ design and build complicated products, machines, and systems

like Amazon's Fulfillment system.

• Construction workers

• IT experters

• System experts

• Engineers

At the Amazon FCs, they use the conveyor belt not only to

move items from one place to another, but also to

• determine where to send the item.

• determine the weight of the item being sent.

• to put canceled items back in their place.