INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION
1. Which of the following is true about industrial automation
a. It is a collection of numbers, characters and is a relative term.
b. It is the collection of personnel, hardware & software that can affect or influence the safe,
secure and reliable operation of an industrial process.
c. It is an industrial grade computer that is capable of being programmed to perform control
functions.
d. All
Answer B.
2. One of the following represents OR logic gate circuit diagram.
a. b.
c. d.
Answer C.
3. One of the following represents AND logic gate circuit diagram.
b. b.
d. d.
Answer A.
4. The logic symbol of NOR gate is
a. b.
c. d.
Answer B.
5. The truth table of XOR is
a. b.
input input output input input output
0 0 0 0 0 1
0 1 1 0 1 0
1 0 1 1 0 0
1 1 0 1 1 0
c. d.
input input output input input output
0 0 0 0 0 0
0 1 1 0 1 0
1 0 1 1 0 0
1 1 1 1 1 1
Answer A.
6. _________________ timer is used when you want to program a time delay before an
instruction
becomes true.
a. An off-delay
b. An on-delay
c. A retentive
d. A Cascading
Answer B.
7. ____________ timer operation will keep the output energized for a time period after the rung
containing the timer has gone false.
a. An off-delay
b. An on-delay
c. A retentive
d. A Cascading
Answer A.
8. _____________ accumulates time whenever the device receives power, and it maintains the
current time should power be removed from the device.
a. An off-delay
b. An on-delay
c. A retentive
d. A Cascading
Answer C.
9. Which of the following is true for Off-Delay PLC timer?
a. When the rung containing the timer is true, the timer time-out period commences.
b. Operation will keep the output energized for a time period after the rung containing the
timer has gone false.
c. The length of the time delay can be adjusted by changing the preset value.
d. The timed output becomes true sometime after the timer rung becomes true
Answer B.
10. Which of the following is true about Retentive Timer On (RTO)?
a. Counts time-based intervals when the instruction transitions from a true to false
condition.
b. Counts time-based intervals when the instruction is true.
c. Counts time-based intervals when the instruction is true and holds the accumulated value
when the instruction goes false or when power cycle occurs.
d. None
Answer C.
11. Timer-timing (TT) bit is true whenever _____________.
a. the timer instruction is true.
b. the accumulated value of the timer is changing
c. the accumulated value reaches the preset value.
d. All
Answer B.
12. One of the following is not PLC programming device
a. Desktop consoles
b. Ladder Logic Diagram (LLD)
c. Function Block Diagram (FBD)
d. All
Answer A.
13. ________________ is an output instruction whose function is to increment its
accumulated value on false-to-true transitions of its instruction.
a. Up-Counter
b. Down-Counter
c. Cascading Counters
d. Combining Counters
Answer A.
14. Count-Down (CD) Enable Bit is whenever________________.
a. the count-up counter instruction is true.
b. the count-down counter instruction is true.
c. the accumulated value is equal to or greater than the pre-set value of the counter, for
either the count-up or the count-down counter.
d. the counter counts past its maximum value, which is 32,767.
Answer B.
15. which of the following is characteristics/description of SCADA system?
a. Monitors and controls a plant or equipment in industries.
b. Encompasses the transfer of data between parts.
c. Gathers information, transfers the information back to a central site, alerts the home
station of the event related to the information, carrying out analysis and control and
displaying the information in a logical and organized fashion.
d. All
Answer D.
