Interview Questions

How drive works, Calculate time in one pulse.

Make a ladder diagram for 05 no. outputs with one proximity switch. A conveyor moves
television sets. s/w on output 1 when televisions between 15-17 pass, 2 between 18 to 20,
3 between 25-30 & 4 when 35 no television sets pass
Star Delta starters & their power & control diagrams
Reversing & forwarding circuits of motors
On off, proportional & PID Controllers.
Reading of Electrical Circuits
How electrical signal is obtained from pressure sensors.
RTD, Principle, types, How u will recognize whether RTD or thermocouple
Difference between RTD & TC
Thermistor, Principle, types, uses
Difference between Micrologix & SLC 5
How a laptop communicates with micrologix / SLC
Which instructions Available in SLC not in micrologix
Communication cables for Allen Bradley PLCs:
Micrologix: PM 02
Hmi: HM 02
SLC: CP3 Direct PLC RS 232 port
UIC for USB port to PLC DH 485 Port
PIC for comport to PLC DH 485 Port
Difference between Star-Delta & DOL
What is protocol.
What is full duplex & what is half duplex
RTD, thermocouple, Basic Electronics Transistor, Diode, Not gate,
6 output s/w on one by one, not to use timer & comparator, make logic
Tell me something about yourself?
What is SCADA
Which SCADA Software you have worked
Which all PLCs you have worked, describe individually
How many I/Os are there in micrologix
Detailed description about the projects during training
How to communicate between HMI & PLC, Which software is used for HMI
Make a program that counts 5 times, works for 5 sec & then s/w off & also use a reset
button
Working principle of Inductive & capacitive proximity switches
Difference between relay & contactor

 sourcing & sinking concept of PLCs

Control the level of a tank by proportional control valve using analog level sensor
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Define Analog & digital I/O, what is resolution
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Draw PLC Wiring
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Generate a pulse & count up to 10 pulses
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Load cell
General
1) What is Automation?
Automation is delegation of human control functions to technical equipment for increasing
productivity, better quality, reduced cost & Increase in safety conditions.
2) What are the different components used in Automation?

Sensors for sensing the input parameters

Transmitters for Transmitting the raw signal in electrical form.

Control systems which include

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Different control systems used in Automation

Explain PID Based control system
Difference between PLC & relay
Difference between PLC & DCS
What is Encoder

Instrumentation
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Sensors used for measuring different parameters
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What is Transmitter
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Why 4-20ma signal is preferred over 0-10v signal
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Why 4-20ma signal is preferred over 0-20ma signal
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Difference between 2 wire, 3 wire & 4 wire transmitter
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What is smart transmitter
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What is field bus
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What is protocol
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RS 232, RS 485,
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What is actuator
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How RTD Works
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Use of 3rd wire in RTD (lead resistor compensation)
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Temperature range supported by RTD
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Working of Thermocouple
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What is cold junction compensation
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Temp range supported by Thermocouple
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Can I split my one T/C signal to two separate instruments
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What are different types flow measuring instruments used
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What are different types of Pressure measuring instruments used
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What is a control valve & functioning
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How capacitive & Inductive sensors function
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What is purpose of SCADA & HMI

Features of SCADA software
Applications of SCADA software
Some of the leading SCADA Companies
Types of SCADA packages in Wonderware
Different licensing patterns used in SCADA
Types of windows
What is symbol factory
What type of user inputs used in Intouch
Types of animation given in Intouch
What are trends
What are alarms & events
Security management
What is the use of scripts in intouch
What is driver
What is DDE

PLC
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What is PLC, Role of PLC in Automation, Application of PLC

Role of each component of PLC
Role of communication module
Difference between fixed and modular PLCs
What are the types of I/Os
What is the meaning of resolution in I/O Cards in PLCs
What is analog input module
What is analog output module
Meaning of universal analog input card
Inputs and outputs connected to PLC
Source & sink concept
What is forcing of I/O
Scan cycle of a PLC
What is Scan time in PLC? Typical scan time in PLCs. What effects scan
time?

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Different languages to Program a PLC

What is a ladder diagram
What is redundancy
Need for redundancy, types of redundancy
What are the components of redundant PLC System
Commonly used instructions in PLCs
Use of timers & counters
PLC Ranges available in Allen Bradley PLC
Software used with AB PLC & its uses
Use of RS Linx software
What file gets created in PC for RS Logix PLC Program
How to create linkages between PLCs and PLC Programming software

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Meaning of Upload & download

Various communication interfaces supported by AB
Data Hightway: a Proprietary data network used by AB PLCs to
communicate information to and from other PLCs on the network or and from host
computers attached to the network
Control Net: A real time, control layer network providing high speed transport of both
time-critical IO data and messaging data including upload / download of programming
and configuration data and peer to peer messaging on a single physical media link
Device Net: a low cost communication link that connects industrial devices to a
network. It is based on broadcast oriented communication protocol- the Control Area
Network (CAN)
Ethernet: Ethernet based coaxial cable transmits data at speeds up to 100MBPS.
Ethernet is used as transport vehicle by several upper level protocols TCP/IP.
What is latency in communication?
How communication protocols are distinguished
Comparison between various protocols used with AB
Various PLC Systems in SIMATIC S7 range
Components of Siemens S7-300 PLC system
Communication protocols used in Siemens
What are the blocks used in Siemens (DB, OB, FC, PB, & FB)
OBs: determine the structure of the user program
Data Block: These are the blocks used by logic blocks in CPU Program for storing the
data. DBs do not contain any instructions and take up space in the user memory. The user
program can access a data block with bit, byte, word or double word operations
Global Data block: these contain information that can be accessed by all the logic
blocks in the user program.
Instant Data Block: these DBs are always assigned to a particular FB
Function Blocks: it is a block with a memory. A FB contains a program that is always
executed when a different logic block calls the FB. FB make it much easier to program
frequently occurring complex functions.
Statement List: STL is a textual programming language that can be used to create the
code section of logic blocks. Its syntax for statements is similar to assembly language and
consists of instructions followed by addresses on which the instructions acts.