Module 2: Introduction to Control Systems & SCADA
Assessment
True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
____ 1. Radio telementry is not used much to communicate field data as it is expensive and limited in its range to only several hundred feet from the device.
____ 2. Remote Telemetry Units and Programmable Logic Controllers serve, roughly, the same purpose to monitor process feedback, sending the data to a centralized computer.
____ 3. A logic programming language that is similar to an AC wiring diagram is referred to as a Function Block Diagram.
____ 4. SCADA systems can be networked in either a LAN or a WAN.
Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
____ 5. Which of the following is not a part of industrial control systems?
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- a. Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition
- b. Distributed Control Systems
- c. Production Control Systems
- d. Programmable Logic Controllers
____ 6. Which of the following is not one of the main methods by which measurement data is communicated to a system?
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- a. Computer protocols, such as serial communications
- b. Analog devices
- c. binary alarms
- d. Digital devices
____ 7. Which of the following is not a function of SCADA data?
- a. Provides information from which reports
- b. Monitors and annunciates alarm conditions
- c. Provides meaningful displays for And trending data can be generatedoperator
- d. All of the above
Completion
Complete each statement.
8. A system that provides for remote monitoring and control of industrial devices and equipment (bringing plant/process data into a computer systems) is known as ____________.
9. ___________ can be either digital or analog devices that provide an audible warning of a condition.
Short Answer
10. Discuss some of the useful information that SCADA reports can provide.
