Questions

The following questions will help you test your understanding of this chapter. Ensure that you have read and understood the topics in this chapter before attempting these questions:

1. _________________ is used to control machinery and equipment in an industry by using personal computers (PC), programmable logic controllers (PLCs), sensors, actuators, and other control devices to minimize the human involvement in the manufacturing or production processes.
2. __________________ automation systems reduce the downtime that's experienced in programmable automation systems.
3. In the hierarchy of industrial automation, the ____________________ level consists of PLCs or other form of controllers.
4. ____________________ uses various forms of devices and control systems to operate machines and equipment that's used in manufacturing or processing plant with little human intervention.
5. ______________________ is a set of sequential operations that's established in a factory where components are assembled to make a finished product or where materials are put through a refining process to produce an end product that is suitable for consumption.
6. _________________, ________________________, and __________________ are the three types of industrial automation.
7. A method of manufacturing where identical or similar style of products are produced together within a time frame is referred to as _________________.
8. Vehicles without an on-board driver, which are used mostly to transport materials/goods in a factory or warehouse, are called ______________.
9. In the industrial automation hierarchy, the ________________ level consists of sensors and actuators.
10. _________________ convert electrical signals (digital or analog signals) into physical characteristics that can be in the form of motion or heat.
11. ____________ convert physical characteristics into electrical signals (digital or analog).
12. CNC is an acronym for _______________________.
13. PLC is an acronym for ________________________.
14. SCADA is an acronym for _____________________.
15. HMI is an acronym for _______________________.