SENA - Centro de Operación y Mantenimiento Minero

Technical English Training

Prepared by: Eduardo Hernández

QUIZ
Industrial Automation: What is it? (Basics &Types)

Place an X if the sentences below are true or false TRUE FALSE

1 Manual machines don't need human intervention to operate X
2 Automation systems don't use control devices for processes X
3 Automation refers to any mechanism that moves by itself. x
4 Sensors, actuators and controllers are used in industrial automation x
5 PLC abreviation stans for Process Laboratory Controller X
6 Process plant automation is used in chemical industries x
7 Signals from sensors are used to produce control outputs x
8 PLC's can not be programmed to perform automation tasks X
Human Machine Interface (HMI) is a graphical display x
10 Control valves, relays and motors are included as actuaors x
11 Mention six advantages of industrial automation
11.1 increased labor productivity

11.2 improves product quality

11.3 reduction of routine manual tasks

11.4 reduction of production labor costs

11.5 improves security

11.6 assisted removal monitoring

Give a short answer to questions 12, 13 and 14.
12 Why do automation reduces labor costs?
why automation reduces the need for human resources, reducing labor costs

13 How automation improves safety?

work is made safer by transferring the worker from a location of active participation in the process to
the supervisory role

14 Why automation improves product quality?

because the automation system performs operations with greater conformity and uniformity with the quality
specifications through the use of automation systems
 15 Would you like to work with industrial automation?
If I would like to work in industrial automation

NAME: _________________ALEX MOYA MARTINEZ________________________ COURSE:

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