1. Automation Engineering
Multiple Choice Questions

2. 1. What will be the effect on production cost after implementing automation.
Cost will increase
Cost will decrease
No effect
Don’t know
Ans: Cost will decrease

3. 2. Which of the following is not a type of industrial automation?
Flexible Automation
Fixed automation
Primary Automation
Programmable Automation
Ans: Primary Automation

4. 3. In fixed automation, one can produce variety of products.
True
False
Don’t know
Ans: False

5. 4. Which of the following is not an advantage of the industrial automation?
Increase in quality
End user satisfaction
Decrease in cost
Decrease in production rate
Ans: Decrease in production rate

6. 5. Which of the following is not a type of automated systems
Continuous Automated System
Disputed Automated System
Synchronous Automated System
Asynchronous Automated System
Ans: Disputed Automated System

7. 6. Selection of automated system does not depend on
No. of operations to be performed
Floor space available
Size of the product/component produced
Use of product
Ans: Use of product

8. 7. Which of the following is a type of transfer mechanism generally used in industrial automation?
Peripheral Transfer Mechanism
Diagonal Transfer Mechanism
Linear Transfer Mechanism
Square Transfer Mechanism
Ans: Linear Transfer Mechanism

9. 8. Geneva mechanism is a type of
Linear Transfer Mechanism
Rotary Transfer Mechanism
Simple Transfer Mechanism
Complex Transfer Mechanism
Ans: Rotary Transfer Mechanism

10. 9. Which of the following approach is not used in analyzing automated flow line?
Upper bound approach
Moderate bound approach
Lower bound approach
Ans: Moderate bound approach

11. 10. What is line balancing? Balancing on the rope
Balancing on the wheels
Balancing on the line
Equal assignments of tasks to the work centers
Ans: Equal assignments of tasks to the work centers

12. 11. What is NC? Moving tool non-conventionally
Controlling work piece movement by numbers, letters etc.
Controlling tool movement by numbers, letters etc.
Controlling men on work place.
Ans: Controlling tool movement by numbers, letters etc.

13. 12. Which is not a type of NC system?
Point -to- point NC system
Contouring NC system
Straight cut NC system
Curvilinear NC system
Ans:Curvilinear NC system

14. Thank You !!!