Multiple Choice Questions:
1. The acronym PLC stands for:
a) Pressure Load Control
b) Programmable Logic Controller
c) Pneumatic Logic Capstan
d) PID Loop Controller
2. Ladder logic programming consists primarily of:
a) Virtual relay contacts and coils
b) Logic gate symbols with connecting lines
c) Function blocks with connecting lines
d) Text-based code
3. The PLC was invented by.
a) Bill Gates
b) Dick Morle
c) Bill Landis
d) Tod Cunningham
4. The first company to build PLCs was.
a) General Motors
b) Allen Bradley
c) Square D
d) Modicon
5. The part that monitors the inputs and makes decisions in a PLC is the CPU.
a) True
b) False
c) None of the above
6. One of the following is an input device
a) Motor
b) Light
c) Valve
d) Sensor
7. Which one of the following is not a PLC manufacturer
a) Siemens
b) Mitsubishi
c) Microsoft
d) ABB
8. To increase the number of inputs and outputs of the PLC, one can use expansion modules.
a) True
b) False
c) None of the above
9. PLC can be _____ in plant to change the sequence of operation.
a) only programmed
b) only reprogrammed
c) programmed and reprogrammed
d) able to give a set point
10. The PLC is used in _______.
a) machine tools
b) automated assembly equipment
c) moulding and extrusion machines
d) all of the above