Multiple Choice Questions
CAD CAM and Automation
Unit 6: Automation
1. The main objective(s) of Industrial robot is to
A. To minimise the labour requirement
B. To increase productivity
C. To enhance the life of production
machines
D. All of the above
2. ___________ is true for a Robot and NC
Machine
A. Different feedback systems are used in
both
B. Similar power drive technology is
used in both
C. Programming is same for both
D. All of the above
3. Drives are also known as
A. Controller
B. Sensors
C. Manipulator
D. Actuators
4. Radial movement (in & out) to the manipulator
arm is provided by ___________
A. Wrist bend
B. Wrist swivel
C. Wrist yaw
D. Elbow extension
5. The Robot designed with Cartesian coordinate
systems has
A. Three rotational movements
B. Three linear movements
C. Two linear and one rotational movement
D. Two rotational and one linear movement
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6. The Robot designed with Polar coordinate
systems has
A. Three rotational movements
B. Three linear movements
C. Two linear and one rotational movement
D. Two rotational and one linear
movement
7. The Robot designed with Cartesian coordinate
systems has
A. Three rotational movements
B. Three linear movements
C. Two linear and one rotational
movement
D. Two rotational and one linear movement
8. ____________ work is done by General purpose
robot?
A. Part picking
B. Welding
C. Spray painting
D. All of the above
9. ____________ drive is used for lighter class of
Robot.
A. Pneumatic drive
B. Hydraulic drive
C. Electric drive
D. All of the above
10. Internal state sensors are used for measuring
__________ of the end effector.
A. Position
B. Position & Velocity
C. Velocity & Acceleration
D. Position, Velocity & Acceleration
11. _____________ is not a programming language 17. For a robot unit to be considered a functional
for computer controlled robot? industrial robot, typically, how many degrees of
A. VAL freedom would the robot have?
B. RAIL A. Three
C. AML B. Six
D. AMU C. Four
D. Eight
12. In which of the following operations Continuous
Path System is used. 18. Large quantity of product with lesser variety can
A. Pick and Place be produced in
B. Loading and Unloading A. Mass production System
C. Continuous welding B. Job Production System
D. All of the above C. Batch Production System
D. Cellular Production system
13. What is the name for information sent from
robot sensors to robot controllers? 19. Advantage of automation is/are:
A. temperature A. Increase in productivity
B. pressure B. Reduce cost of production
C. signal C. Worker safety
D. feedback D. All the above

14. ______________ terms refers to the rotational 20. Following automation is capable of producing
motion of a robot arm? large variety of components
A. Swivel A. Hard automation
B. Axle B. Programmable automation
C. Retrograde C. Soft automation
D. Roll D. All of the above

15. ____________ is the name for space inside 21. Following is not a method of grouping parts into
which a robot unit operates? part family
A. Environment A. Sampling
B. Spatial base B. Visual inspection
C. Exclusion zone C. Production flow analysis
D. Work envelope D. Composite part method

16. Which of the following is last joint of robot 22. Parts can be classified into part family based on
A. Controller A. Design attributes
B. Manipulator B. Manufacturing attribute
C. End effectors C. Both A and B
D. Base D. None of the above

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23. In which type of coding system, interpretation C. Fixed position layout
of successive symbol is depend on preceding D. Plant layout
symbol
A. Hierarchical code 30. In fixed position layout
B. Chain type of code A. Total production cost is less
C. Hybrid code B. Material movement is less
D. All of the above C. Capital investment is minimum
D. All of these
24. First five digits of OPTIZ coding method
describes
A. Design attributes
B. Tooling attributes
C. Manufacturing attributes
D. Market attributes

25. Which of the following is element of FMS

A. Workstation
B. Automated storage system
C. Computer Control System
D. All of the above

26. Machine selection in FMS is depend upon

A. Volume of production
B. Shape of component to produced
C. Accuracy of component to produce
D. All of the above

27. In which process planning, new process plan is

generated by recalling the existing process plan
A. Generative PP
B. Variant PP
C. Capacitive PP
D. None of the above

28. Cellular manufacturing is preferred when,

A. Product configuration is similar
B. Similar process sequence
C. Mass manufacturing of single part is
required
D. None of the above

29. Which of the following layouts is suited for

mass production?
A. Process layout
B. Product layout

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