1.

The following are the main advantages of PLC except

a. Less wiring
c. Easier and Faster to make changes
b. Less expensive
d. No electricity needed
2. At what year does the first PLC introduced?
a. 1968
c. 1978
b. 1969
d. 1986
3. The company who first introduced the PLC in the industry?
a. Hitachi Hi-tech
c. Omron
b. General Motors Corp.
d. Siemens
4. The term PLC stands for?
a. Programming language controller
c. Programmable Logic
Controller
b. Programmable Logic Circuit
d. Programming Logic Controller
5. Small sizes PLCs can have a memory up to?
a. 1 Kb
c. 2 Kb
b. 4 Kb
d. 10 Kb
6. Medium sizes PLCs can have a memory up to?
a. 32 Kb
c. 64 Kb
b. 30 Kb
d. 128 Kb
7. Large sizes PLCs can have a memory up to?
a. 128 Kb
c. 256 Kb
b. 512 Kb
d. 750 Kb
8. The following are the major components of PLC except
a. Input Module
c. Output Module
b. CPU
d. Keyboard
9. Provide the voltage needed to run the primary PLC components.
a. Power supply
c. I/O Modules
b. CPU
d. Processor
10.Provides signal conversion and isolation between the internal logic-level
signal inside the PLC and the fields high level signal.
a. Power supply
c. I/O Modules
b. CPU
Programming devices
11.Used to enter the desired program that will determine the consequence of
operation and control of process equipment or driven machine.
a. Processor
c. I/O Modules
b. CPU
d. Programming devices
12.Provides intelligence to command and govern the activities of the entire PLC
system.
a. Processor
c. Power supply
b. Programming devices
d. I/O Module
13.All are samples of input devices except
a. Bulb
c. Switch
b. Sensor
d. Push Button
14.All are sample of output devices except
a. Motor
c. Thermometer
b. Solenoid valve
d. LED
15.In DC input module of PLC, what type of component is used to drop the
voltage to logic level?

a. Opto-isolator
c. Current Limiting resistor
b. Buffer
d. Rectifier
16.Opto-isolator is needed in the PLC input module to?
a. Prevent voltage transient from damaging the processor
b. Convert voltage to logic level
c. Amplify the input signal
d. Demodulate signal
17.This type of output circuit is used to drive high-current electromagnetic loads
such as solenoids, relays, valves, and motor starter.
a. Pilot-Duty Output
c. General- Purpose Output
b. Analog Output
d. Special-Purpose Output
18.This type of output circuit is usually low-voltage and low-current and used to
drive indicating lights and other non-inductive loads.
a. Pilot-Duty Output
c. General-Purpose Output
b. Analog Output
d. Special-Purpose Output
19.Type of input circuit is used to sense the status of limit switches, push
button, and other discrete sensors.
a. Analog Input
c. Discrete Input
b. Special-Purpose Input
d. General-Purpose Input
20.Circuits of this type are used to interface PLCs to very specific types of circuit
such as servomotors, stepping motors,high-speed pulse counting, resolver
and decoder input, multiplexed display, and keyboards.
a. Analof I/O
c. Discrete I/O
b. Special-Purpose I/O
d. General-Purpose I/O
21.A type of memory that loses its stored information when power is removed.
a. Volatile memory
c. Non-Volatile memory
b. Short term memory
d. Long-term memory
22.The term RAM stands for
a. Read Access Memory
c. Read Adopting Memory
b. Random Access Memory d. Random Adopting Memory
23.The following are several types of RAM except
a. MOS
c. CMOS
b. HMOS
d. EMOS
24.Memory that has the ability to retain information when power is removed,
accidentally or intentionally.
a. Volatile Memory
c. Non-Volatile Memory
b. Short-term Memory
d. Long-term Memory

25.The term ROM stands for

a. Read Only Memory
c. Random Only Memory
b. Read Overall Memory
d. Random Overall Memory
26. The output of AND gate with three inputs, A,B, and C, is HIGH (1) when
________.
a. A=1, B=1, C=0
c. A=0, B=0, C=0
b. A=1, B=1, C=1
d. A=1, B=0, C=1
27.If a 3-input NOR gate has eight input possibilities, how many of those
possibilities will result in a HIGH output?

a. 1
c. 2
b. 7
d. 8
28.If a signal passing through a gate is inhibited by sending a LOW into one of
the inputs, and the output is HIGH, the gate is a(n):
a. AND
c. NAND
b. NOR
d. OR
29.The output of an OR gate with three inputs, A,B, and C, is LOW when_______.
a. A=0, B=0, C=0
c. A=0, B=0, C=1
b. A=0, B=1, C=1
d. all of the above
30.Which of the following logical operation is represented by + sign in Boolean
algebra?
a. Inversion
c. AND
b. OR
d. complementation
31.Output will be LOW for any case when one or more inputs are zero for a(n):
a. OR gate
c. NOT gate
b. AND gate
d. NOR gate
32.The output of NOR gate is HIGH if ________.
a. All inputs are HIGH
c. Any input is HIGH
b. Any input is LOW
d. All inputs are LOW
33.CMOS means __________________.
a. Complementary Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
b. Ceramic Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
c. Conductive Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
d. Capacitor Metal-Oxide Semiconductor
34.Used in short-distance computer communications, with the majority of
computer hardware and peripherals.
a. RS 232
c. VGA
b. RJ 45
d. RJ 11
35.This is the speed at which the controller executes the relay-ladder program.
a. Memory Capacity
c. Scan time
b. Programming speed
d. Power rating

36.The amount of memory required for a particular application is related to the

length of the program and the complexity of the control system.
a. Memory Capacity
c. Scan time
b. Programming speed
d. Power rating
37.1101100110012 is(are) equal to _________.
a. D998
c. 348110
b. Both a and b
d. None of the above
38.201610 is(are) equal to __________.
a. 7E016
c. 37408
b. Both a and b
d. None of the above
39.37408 is equal to __________.
a. 111111000002
b. 11110110002
b. 100111001102
d. 111111100002
40.17D616 is equal to __________.
a. 1372610
c. 137268
b. 1736210
d. 173628