Advanced Process Control Presentation Questionnaire

Department / Plant:

(1) Which one of the following is not a basic element of a PID control loop?

(a) Measuring Device (b) PID Controller

(c) Final Control Element (d) Model

(2) Product specifications can be maintained by

(a) Maintaining the desired operating conditions (b) minimizing process variance
(c) Fighting disturbances (d) all the above

(3) What is the basic control strategy in a manufacturing plant

(a) Feedback Control (b) Feed-forward Control

(c) Gain Scheduler Control (d) Inferential Control

(4) Crude Switching control can be implemented using

(a) Feedback Control (b) Cascade Control

(c) Ratio Control (d) Feed-forward Control

(5) What is the main reason for PID Controller’s inability to act as a multivariable controller

(a) SISO (b) no predictive capabilities

(c) Difficult to handle interactions (d) difficult to handle constraints

(6) Feed-forward control action can be implemented if

(a) Disturbance is measured (b) process is steady

(c) Process prediction is possible (d) None of the above

(7) Which one of the following is not essential for APC implementation

(a) CV identification (b) Dynamic model

(c) Inferential model (d) Tuning parameters

(8) Which one of these can represent a MV for APC

(a) Analyzer reading (b) Control valve maximum limit

(c) Operating constraint (d) Flow controller setpoint

(9) Main benefits of APC are

(a) Increased profit margin (b)Improved stability

(c) Smooth operation (d) All the above

(10) What is not true for APC models

(a) Dynamic models can have many representation (b) Dynamic models are discrete
(c) Models identified through plant perturbation (d) Inferential models are mandatory

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