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# Question Your answer  

1 The KNX Association itself offers KNX basic courses to KNX installers. False 

A building owner wishing to include KNX in a new building can consult the KNX partner database on
2 the KNX Association web site to check for qualified installation companies with certified staff in his True 
vicinity

3 The ETS software does not provide home owners a complete documentation of their KNX installation True 

4 KNX can be used for high-speed transmission of audio and video data False 

5 A smartphone can not be used to visualize or control KNX installations False 

KNX allows to measure the energy consumption only for the whole installation and not at the level of
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the function (e.g. it is not possible to measure the power consumption of a wall socket).
False 

KNX telegrams can be transmitted from a TP medium to a RF medium (and vice versa) thereby using
7 an appropriate media coupler. Between these two media, the use of a media coupler is required. In True 
this case a KNX TP/RF coupler

8 Visualization programs do not exist for KNX installations as KNX is a decentralized system. True 

9 One of the benefits of certified KNX training is the standardized minimum course content True 

One of the benefits of certified KNX training is the guaranteed rebate for KNX products at KNX
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wholesalers.
False 

11 Currently there is no means of transmitting telegrams wirelessly False 

12 Individual room temperature control in a building can be implemented by means of KNX True 

13 The KNX Association is an association only consisting of ETS users False 

The programming button on a KNX product or the BCU has to be pressed to program every change in
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the application program.
False 

The programming button on a KNX product or the BCU has to be pressed to assign the individual
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address to the device.
True 

16 System 2 and system 7 devices have a unique KNX serial number. True 

KNX devices are supplied solely from a separate supply because they use the bus only for data
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transmission
False 

18 KNX TP devices are always supplied solely from the bus voltage False 

The bus coupling unit detects the type of the application module by the unique serial number of the
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application module
False 

If the polarity of the connected cable at a certain bus device is incorrect, the wrongly polarised bus
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device does not function until the fault is rectified
True 

21 It is possible to download application programs of any desired manufacturer in push buttons. False 

22 Sensors and actuators can always be physically separated into a BCU and an application module False 

When the application program for a sensor is downloaded into an actuator from the same
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manufacturer, the bus device is damaged as a result
False  Support

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# Question Your answer  

24 A function of a KNX actuator is to execute commands such as switching electrical loads True 

25 A function of a KNX actuator is to program other KNX devices False 

2 cores of the KNX TP bus cable are required for the transmission of telegrams and in most cases, to
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supply the bus devices with power
True 

After a read request, a group object will send one single response to the group address marked as
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"sending"
False 

28 The signal transmission is noise-free in KNX TP due to the high level of receiving sensitivity False 

As a minimum, the following functions are available as group objects in a shutter actuator: up/down
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(long operation) and Step/Stop (short operation)
True 

When the maximum distance of 1000m per TP line segment is exceeded, collision avoidance
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mechanisms can no longer be guaranteed
True 

The permitted length of the bus cable within a line segment shall be between 1000 m and 2000 m,
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dependent on the data transmission rate
False 

If a bus device cannot send its telegram due to another telegram with a higher priority, it will report an
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error
False 

If several KNX TP devices wish to send a telegram simultaneously, the telegrams are sent in parallel
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until a collision is detected
False 

34 The individual address of a KNX device is used for switching electrical loads on and off False 

The individual address is structured in the following way: Backbone coupler. Line coupler. Bus
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coupling unit
True 

A status or feedback object indicates whether the system software of the bus coupling unit can be
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overwritten
False 

The signal transmission is noise-free in KNX TP due to the high signal transmission capacity of the bus
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devices
False 

38 Group addresses are used for the unique identification of the device within the installation False 

If a bus device cannot send its telegram due to another telegram with a higher priority, it will wait until
39 the telegram with the higher priority has finished and then it will make another attempt to send its True 
telegram.

When finalizing the installation, the compliance in terms of the permitted cable lengths has to be
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checked.
True 

If available, it is required to connect the second twisted pair through, as otherwise the KNX TP
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installation will not work
False 

After having finalized the KNX project, the building owner is required to accept at least a one year
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maintenance contract on the project.
False 

43 The standardized bus connector allows up to 5 branch connections False 

The installation of bus and mains cables directly next to one another avoids loops and decreases the
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risk of damage as a consequence of indirect impact of lightning
True 

PE (Protective Earth) connectors of overvoltage protectors and power supply units may under no
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circumstance be connected to PE as this causes interference in the installation.
False 

If two TP line segments are to be supplied by a single power supply unit, both line segments must
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have their own choke
False 

Cable connections need to have been checked by the end of a TP installation to ensure that there are
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no non-permissible connections
True 

48 A SELV network may be earthed False 

49 The TP cores must be laid at a distance of 20 cm from the 230 V non-sheathed cable False 

The protective earth connection to the TP central power supply unit is only required if the TP power
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supply is installed in a water-tight housing of protection type IP 68
False 
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# Question Your answer  

The protective earth connection to the TP power supply unit has no function. It only serves to
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optionally branch off the earth conductor
True 

Some chokes/power supply units have a reset switch by means of which it is possible to short-circuit
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the bus line. This will cause the connected bus devices to be reset
False 

The routing counter ensures that couplers can block telegrams which might otherwise run in a
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continuous loop in the event of installation errors between TP lines
False 

54 The routing counter has the value 7 in telegrams that cross lines False 

The maximum number of bus devices in a TP line segment depends on the power consumption of the
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bus devices from the bus and the chosen power supply unit
True 

Because KNX is an open protocol, a KNX installation can be directly connected to many other non-KNX
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systems without a gateway
False 

57 The line couplers shall be programmed via the primary line True 

58 A TP telegram is transmitted from one area to another area on the backbone line True 

59 The filter table stores all the group addresses that are used in the installation True 

60 A line coupler has the following individual address: x.0.x (where x is a value between 1 and 15). False 

If a TP backbone coupler receives a telegram with the routing counter 0 from its primary side, it does
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not route the telegram
True 

62 A line coupler has the following individual address: x.x.0 (where x is a value between 1 and 15). True 

63 A KNX media coupler connects KNX with audio sources. False 

64 The individual address of the TP line coupler of line 5 in area 3 is 5.3.255 False 

65 A maximum of 256 sensors, actuators, line and backbone couplers can be connected to a TP main line True 

66 The individual address of an unloaded bus coupling unit is 0.0.255 False 

It is possible to trace group telegrams of a device with the source address 01.01.XXX on the main line
67 of area 01 when the group address in the telegram is contained in the filter table of the line coupler True 
1.1.0 and the option “routing” is set in the parameters

68 The individual address of an unloaded bus coupling unit is 0.0.0 False 

When opening ETS, ETS will automatically display an overview of all available projects included in the
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defined project directory
True 

When adding a group address to an already downloaded device, it is possible to only download this
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extra group address and leave the other application data unchanged
True 

When a parameter is modified, ETS warns that group associations will be invalidated. This means that
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this is only a software error of ETS
False 

A standard KNX device that is fully programmed contains an individual address, an application,
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parameters and the group addresses
True 

When changes are made to line crossing group addresses, one has to do nothing when programming
73 a TP device as line and backbone couplers are automatically set to “routing” when modifying line Not answered yet Answer
crossing group addresses

74 You always need two group addresses in order to link a sensor with an actuator. False 

When using ETS Group monitor, ETS will automatically display the description of devices and the
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names of group addresses from the currently open project
True 

A group object uses the group addresses 5/3/88, 0/0/27, 4/3/2. The sending group address can only be
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modified from 5/3/88 to 4/3/2 by deleting the device and then reinserting it
False 

77 The priorities "Low" and "System" can be assigned to a group object in ETS False 

When a device is selected, the certification status of the attributed application program will be visible
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in the tab ‘Information’/'Application' under “Properties”
True  Support

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# Question Your answer  

If the diagnostic tool "Device Info" is active, it is possible to simultaneously trace telegrams and
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program devices using the same interface
False 

80 All project data created with ETS are saved in the form of files in a pre-defined directory False 

Programming a KNX TP installation can be done in advance, e.g. in a workshop by connecting a single
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bus device to a small installation consisting of a power supply and a choke
True 

82 Partial download is only possible via the USB interface False 

83 After a bus device has been unloaded, the bus device has to be sent back to the manufacturer False 

The programming of a KNX TP installation can be changed later on at any time by downloading the
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application
True 

85 Programming a KNX TP installation can be done without power False 

86 Partial download should not be done because of the high bus load False 

After a bus device has been unloaded, it cannot be programmed anymore with the previously
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programmed application
False 

88 Programming a KNX TP installation can only be realized when all bus devices are connected False 

89 The driver for the USB interface has to be re-installed before each programming session False 

After a bus device has been unloaded, the bus device is automatically deleted from the ETS building
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view
False 

91 After a bus device has been unloaded, it can be programmed again as normal True 

The driver for the USB interface will be automatically installed when connecting it to the
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commissioning PC
True 

93 Partial download is not possible False 

94 Partial download is useful when only parameters/ group addresses have to be downloaded False 

95 Partial download is possible via the USB interface True 

96 Unidirectional KNX RF devices can send and receive False 

97 It is possible to downgrade a KNX Multi RF-device to a KNX Ready RF device True 

There are dedicated KNX RF Data interfaces to allow to wirelessly download a KNX RF device with ETS.
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Such KNX data interfaces are typically inserted in a USB slot of the PC
True 

In order to avoid that RF telegrams from one installation causes actions in adjacent KNX RF
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installations, each installation needs to have a different assigned domain address
False 

100 The free-field transmission range of KNX RF is more than 1000 meters False 

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