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Course ID: 30152

Exam started: 21/12/2023 10:14:42
Exam finished: 21/12/2023 11:41:12
Student: Mr. Matija Zuza (KNX620226)
Score: 91.00%

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1. The KNX Association is an organization only consisting of certified training centres False False

2. Currently there is no means of transmitting telegrams wirelessly False False

3. It is not possible to connect Smart home virtual assistants such as Alexa from Amazon or False False
Google Home to a KNX installation.

4. KNX offers customers increased convenience True True

5. One of the objectives of the KNX Association is the certification of training centres True True

6. KNX devices allowing configuration via more than 1 mechanism (e.g. S-mode as well as False False
E-mode) do not exist.

7. One of the objectives of the KNX Association is the definition of testing and quality True False
standards together with the KNX member companies

8. KNX offers customers the possibility of adaptation of installations to changing True True
requirements

9. All KNX products are tested by KNX test engineers at the headquarters of KNX False False
Association.

10. Since the introduction of the KNX standard, KNX products may no longer be branded False False
with the EIB logo.

11. KNX can be used for high-speed transmission of audio and video data False False

12. One of the benefits of certified KNX training is the standardized minimum course content True True

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

14. If an application program of a sensor is downloaded into an actuator, the bus coupling False False
unit reprograms the application module accordingly

15. The programming button on a KNX product or the BCU has to be pressed to check the True True
correct individual address of a KNX device during error diagnostics.
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16. The programming button on a KNX product or the BCU has to be pressed to program False False
every change in the application program.

17. The version of the system software included in a bus device is identified by its “mask True True
version" or "device descriptor type 0".

18. An application program of manufacturer A can not be downloaded into a product of True True
manufacturer B. ETS compares the manufacturer codes of both: if different, download is
not possible.

19. The connection between a KNX TP bus device and the bus is in most cases ensured via True True
a bus connector.

20. 2 cores of the KNX TP bus cable are required for the transmission of telegrams and 2 False False
other cores are required for supplying the same device with power

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

22. 2 cores of the KNX TP bus cable are required for the transmission of telegrams and in True True
most cases, to supply the bus devices with power

23. A possible function of a KNX sensor is to detect physical variables such as temperature, True True
voltage, current,…

24. Bus devices can be divided into 3 classes: sensors, actuators and controllers True True

25. A System 2 application program can be downloaded into a System 1 device. False False

26. A function of a KNX actuator is to connect different KNX lines False False

27. A power supply and choke is required to enable sensors and actuators to function in a True True
KNX TP installation

28. The various data point types (DPT) were standardized so manufacturers could limit False False
interoperability with other manufacturers

29. The sending group address is the first assigned group address of a group object True True

30. The DPT "Scaling" allows the setting of the brightness of a dimming actuator directly True True

31. It is possible to mount 256 bus devices in a KNX TP line under all circumstances. False False

32. The individual address is structured in the following way: Line.Bus device.Area False False

33. A group object has the group addresses 1/5/8, 0/0/1, 2/3/4 and 6/7/8. A read request may True True
be sent to any of these group addresses in order to receive a reply

34. A maximum of 256 bus devices can operate in a KNX TP line. The number can be lower, True True
depending on the type of power supply unit used and the power consumption of the
connected bus devices.
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35. The group address of the receiver is transmitted in a switching telegram True True

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

37. By means of the Step/Stop group object, a moving blind will be stopped or if the blind is True True
not in motion, the slats position will be adjusted

38. After a read request, a group object will send one single response to the group address True True
marked as "sending"

39. The value of the group object is transmitted in a switching telegram True True

40. In order to ensure that unsheathed bus wires do not come into contact with 230 V cables, True True
either two separate installations/wall junction boxes shall be used or boxes with a
partition, guaranteeing the required clearance/creepage distances

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

42. The standardized bus connector allows up to 5 branch connections False False

43. When the maximum distance per line segment of 1000 m is exceeded, proper signalling False False
can only be ensured when using a terminating resistor

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

45. The standardized bus connector connects a KNX TP device with the bus. In order to False False
avoid confusion, this connector shall however not be used for branching off cables.

46. A lightning current arrester is required as primary lightning protection of a TP line True False
segment if a bus cable between buildings is insufficiently protected against a direct
lightning impact (e.g. by means of an earthed steel cable duct)

47. TP push buttons and 230 V sockets can be installed under a common cover, provided True True
that the socket is protected from further contact if the common cover is removed and only
if the manufacturer explicitly states that this combination is permitted

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

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

50. The TP sheathed cable may be laid directly next to the 230 V non-sheathed cable True True

51. When finalizing the installation, the compliance in terms of the permitted cable lengths True True
has to be checked.
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52. Cable connections need to have been checked by the end of a TP installation to ensure True True
that there are no non-permissible connections

53. The maximum number of bus devices in a TP line segment depends on the distances False True
between the power supply units in the segment

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

55. The smallest unit in the TP topology is a line segment True True

56. TP areas are connected by the main line of the first area False False

57. If a TP line contains line repeaters, only the first line segment needs a mounted power False False
supply unit. The other line segments are powered by the line repeater

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

59. The filter table of a line coupler contains a list of all the individual addresses of the False False
devices connected to that line

60. With the help of filter tables, line and backbone couplers ensure that telegram data is only True True
transmitted to these parts of the installation where this information is really needed

61. The routing counter has the value 6 at the start of a normal group communication True True

62. The line couplers shall be programmed via the primary line False True

63. The TP bus cable can be laid randomly using terminating resistors False False

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

65. A TP main line within an area may contain any number of power supply units False False

66. By changing the individual address in the 'Settings' tab of the properties window, ETS will False False
automatically download this modified address to the corresponding device

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

68. The priorities "Low", "High", "Alarm" and "System" can be assigned to a group object in False False
ETS

69. A standard KNX device that is fully programmed contains an individual address, filter False False
table and IP address

70. When resetting (“Restart” service) a bus device by means of ETS, the individual address False False
will be reset to 15.15.255
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71. The individual address of an unloaded bus coupling unit is 0.0.0 False False

72. ETS Professional can be downloaded free of charge. The software can be installed but True True
the complete functionality needs to be released by means of a dongle or via a Cloud
license, which can be purchased from the KNX Association in Brussels.

73. When downloading an individual address locally into a device (for example, a USB True True
interface), there is no need to activate the programming mode

74. All product data in a certain older ETS format can be imported in an ETS version True True
supporting a newer product data format.

75. ETS allows the export of the group addresses from the project database for use in True True
visualization packages using an OPC server

76. All files in the “Attachments” tab are exported during project export. True True

77. One generation of ETS will typically allow to export the product data in the format of the False False
former ETS generation.

78. It is possible to limit the number of devices shown in the Catalogs window by entering True True
filter criteria in the “Search” field

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

80. When a parameter is modified, ETS warns that group associations will be invalidated. False True
This means that the individual address of the device must be entered again

81. Partial download is not possible False False

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

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

84. After a bus device has been unloaded, the bus device has to be sent back to the False False
manufacturer

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

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

87. Programming a KNX TP installation can be done without power False False

88. Partial download is useful when only parameters/ group addresses have to be True True
downloaded

89. Partial download is possible via the USB interface True True
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90. Partial download should not be done because of the high bus load False False

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

92. Partial download is only possible via the USB interface False False

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

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

95. The driver for the USB interface has to be installed via a separate installation program on False False
the commissioning PC

96. The modulation used in KNX RF is Amplitude Shift Keying False False

97. A multi-channel KNX RF device has the possibility to send information over alternative True True
channels, should one of the fast or slow channels be blocked.

98. It is possible to downgrade a KNX Multi RF-device to a KNX Ready RF device True True

99. RF signals pass through walls and other obstructions, which do not influence the False False
reception capabilities of KNX RF receivers

100. KNX RF Multi slow channels can e.g. be used for applications such as lighting False False