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The document contains a multiple choice quiz about basic programmable logic controllers (PLCs). It covers topics like who invented the PLC, common manufacturers, components of a PLC like the CPU, examples of input and output devices, types of inputs and outputs, ladder logic programming, relay logic, and applications of PLCs.

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MCQ On Basic PLC

The document contains a multiple choice quiz about basic programmable logic controllers (PLCs). It covers topics like who invented the PLC, common manufacturers, components of a PLC like the CPU, examples of input and output devices, types of inputs and outputs, ladder logic programming, relay logic, and applications of PLCs.

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Basic Programmable Logic Controllers MCQ

1. The PLC was invented by.


a) Bill Gates

b) Dick Morley

c) Bill Landis

d) Tod Cunningham

2. The first company to build PLCs was .


a) General Motors

b) Allen Bradley

c) Square D

d) Modicon

4. The part that monitors the inputs and makes decisions in a PLC is the CPU.
a. True
b. False

c. None of the above

5. One of the following is an input device


a. Motor

b. Light

c. Valve

d. Sensor
6. Which one of the following is not a PLC manufacturer
a. Siemens

b. Mitsubishi

c. Microsoft
d. ABB

7. Solenoids, lamps, motors are connected to:


a. Analog output

b. Digital output
c. Analog input
d. Digital input

8. In a PLC “I” is used for output and “Q” is used for input
a. True

b. False
c. None of the above

9. PLC stands for programmable logo controller


a. True

b. False
c. None of the above

10. 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

11. An example of discrete (digital) control is:


a. Varying the volume of a music system

b. Turning a lamp ON or OFF


c. Varying the brightness of a lamp

d. Controlling the speed of a fan

12. A solenoid is an example of an output device.


a. True
b. False

c. None of the above

13. Which of the following cannot be an input that is given to the PLC?
a. Manual switches

b. Relays

c. Sensors

d. None of the above

14. Which of the following statements is correct?


a) Ladder logic is a PLC graphical programming technique introduced in the last 10 years.
b) A ladder logic program is hard to analyze because it is totally different when compared with
the equivalent relay logic solution.

c) The number of ladder logic virtual relays and input and output instructions is limited only by
memory size.
d) The number of contacts for a mechanical relay is limited to number of coils on the relay.

15. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?


a) The status of each input can be checked from one location and outputs can be forced on and
off.

b) All symbols in the RLL represent actual components and contacts present in the control
system.

c) PLCs are not as reliable as electromechanical relays in RLL.


d) Input (-| |-) and output (- ( ) -) instruction symbols in the ladder logic represent only data
values stored in PLC memory.

16. Which of the following statements is NOT correct?


a) If a problem in a PLC module occurs, the module can be changed in a matter of minutes
without any changes in wiring.

b) Outputs can be paralleled on the same rung.

c) The physical wires between the input and output field devices and the PLC input and output
modules are the only signal wires required in the PLC system.

d) The cost and size of PLCs have increased significantly in the last 10 years.
17. Which of the following statements about a single pole double throw relay is NOT true?
a) It is called an SPDT type of relay.

b) It has one common contact.

c) It has two positions (NC and NO).

d) It has a center off position.


18. Which of the following statements about a single pole double throw relay is true?
a) Insulators are used in the armature to isolate the electrical switching contacts from the rest of
the relay components.

b) The NC contact and the pole are in contact when the relay is off.

c) It has just one coil.

d) All of the above.


19. Which of the following statements about RLL is NOT true?
a) NO contact symbol has two parallel lines to indicate an open contact.
b) RLL stands for Relay Ladder Logic.

c) NC contact symbol has the same two parallel lines with a line across them to indicate closed
contacts.

d) The right power rail is positive or the high side of the source, and the left power rail is the
power return or ground.
20. The _____ is moved toward the relay electromagnet when the relay is on.
a) Armature
b) Coil

c) NO contact

d) NC contact

21. When a relay is NOT energized:


a) There is an electrical path through the NO contacts

b) There is an electrical path through the NC contacts


c) Neither the NO or the NC contacts have an electrical path

d) Both the NO and the NC contacts have an electrical path

22. Which of the following RLL applications is not normally performed in early
automation systems?
a) On/off control of field devices

b) Logical control of discrete devices

c) On/off control of motor starters

d) Proportional control of field devices


23. Current flows into the _____
a) Input terminal of a sinking DC input module

b) Input terminal of a sinking output field device

c) Output terminal of a sinking input field device

d) All of the above

24. In a current sinking DC input module _____


a) The current flows out of the input field device
b) Requires that a AC sources be used with mechanical switches

c) The current flows out of the input module

d) Currents can flow in either direction at the input module


27. What one item in the input module circuit above should be changed to make it correct.
a) The battery polarity

b) Input module should be sinking


c) Field device should be sinking

d) Current flow direction

28. When _____ contacts are actuated, they disrupt the power supply through them.
a. normally open type

b. normally closed type


c. both a. and b.

d. none of the above

29. The type of memory which is fast and temporarily stores the data which are
immediately required for use is called as______.
a. HDD

b. ROM

c. RAM
d. SSD

30. How is the speed of operation of conventional relay system as compared to digital
controllers?
a. very slow
b. very fast

c. same

d. almost similar

31. The capability of convention relay systems for complex operations is ____ that of the
PLCs .
a. poor than
b. excellent than

c. as good as

d. unpredictable as

32. How is the noise immunity of PLCs to electrical noises as compared to that of
conventional relay controllers?
a. poor
b. excellent

c. as good as noise immunity of conventional relay controllers

d. unpredictable

33. _____ of PLCs can be done in very little time.


a. Programming

b. Installation

c. Commissioning

d. All of the above


34. 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

35. The PLC is used in _______.


a. machine tools

b. automated assembly equipment

c. moulding and extrusion machines

d. all of the above


36. Which of the following can be the output of PLC?
1. Relay coils

2. Solenoids

3. Indicators

4. Motors

5. Lamps

6. Alarms

Select correct option

a. Only (1), (2), (3) and (4)

b. Only (3), (4), (5) and (6)


c. Only (1), (2), (3) and (5)

d. All the (1), (2), (3), (4), (5), and (6)


37. Which of the following cannot be an input that is given to the PLC?
a. Manual switches

b. Relays

c. Sensors

d. None of the above

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