Deck 6: Robotics and Automation

Question 1

____ is a manufacturing philosophy in which different parts are manufactured in a small batch or group based on similarities

A)Production technology
B)Group technology
C)Flexible manufacturing system
D)None of the above

Answer 1

Group technology

Question 2

Which layout is mostly used for batch type of production?

A)Product layout
B)Process layout
C)In line layout
D)None of the above

Answer 2

Process layout

Question 3

In which layout manufacturing is done according to machine arrangement

A)GT layout
B)Product layout
C)Process layout
D)Hybrid layout

Answer 3

Process layout

Question 4

In which layout manufacturing is done according to product's characteristics?

A)Process layout
B)GT layout
C)Product layout
D)Both A & B

Question 5

From the following which is type of coding system?

A)OPITZ coding system
B)KK3 system
C)The MICLASS system
D)All of the above

Question 6

From the following in which coding method supplementary code and form code are used?

A)KK3 system
B)The MICLASS system
C)OPITZ coding system
D)The DICLASS system

Question 7

____ is a collection of parts which have similar characteristics

A)Part family
B)Mono family
C)GT family
D)Poly family

Question 8

From the following which is the step of machine cell design?

A)Divide parts into part families
B)Select type of machine cell
C)Prepare a composite part
D)All of the above

Question 9

Cellular manufacturing is not a application of thought of group technology.

Question 10

Form which of the following is the objective of cellular manufacturing.

A)Reduced manufacturing lead time
B)Increased in quality
C)Reduced setup time
D)All of the above

Question 11

____ is a highly automated group of GT machine cell.

A)Flexible manufacturing system
B)Group technology
C)Automated system
D)None of the above

Question 12

From the following which is the main components of Flexible manufacturing system(FMS).

A)Main frame computer
B)Automated guided vehicle
C)Material handling system
D)All of the above

Question 13

From the following what is the full form of AGV?

A)Automatic Guided Vehicle
B)Automated Gas Vehicle
C)Automated Guided Vehicle
D)None of the above

Question 14

From the following which is the types of Automated Guided Vehicle (AGV).

A)Driver less train
B)Pallet trucks
C)Unit load carriers
D)All of the above

Question 15

From the following which method is used to guide the AGV.

A)Wire guided
B)Paint strip
C)Self guided vehicle
D)All of the above

Question 16

From the following which is not the application of AGV.

A)Truck loading and unloading
B)To change the tool
C)Material transfer
D)Paper roll transfer

Question 17

From the following which is the benefits of AGV.

A)Reduction in man-hours
B)Useful in hazardous area
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above

Question 18

A combination of equipment and controls which handles, stores and retrieves materials with precision,accuracy and speed under a defined degree of automation is known as ____

A)Automated storage and retrieval system (AS/RS)
B)Flexible manufacturing system
C)Automated guided vehicle
D)None of the above

Question 19

From the following which is the benefits of AS/RS

A)Less product damage
B)Good and easy housekeeping in FMS
C)Reduce labour cost
D)All of the above

Question 20

From the following which is the type of FMS layout

A)In line layout
B)Ladder layout
C)Both A &B
D)None of the above

Question 21

What is the full form of AS/RS in FMS?

A)Automated storage and recovery system
B)Automatic storage and rotary system
C)Automated storage and retrieval system
D)Automated storage and regenerative system

Question 22

From the following in which FMS layout machine tools are kept along a straight line.

A)Loop layout
B)In line layout
C)Ladder layout
D)Open field layout

Question 23

From the following in which FMS layout workstations are arranged in a loop

A)Ladder layout
B)In line layout
C)Loop layout
D)None of the above

Question 24

From the following in which FMS layout workstations are arranged in a loop with rungs

A)Ladder layout
B)Open field layout
C)Loop layout
D)None of the above

Question 25

From the following which FMS layout is combination of many loop and ladder layout

A)Ladder layout
B)Open field layout
C)Loop layout
D)None of the above

Question 26

From the following in which FMS layout robots are used as material handling system

A)Ladder layout
B)Open field layout
C)Loop layout
D)Robot centered layout

Question 27

If the production is done according to change in various product design easily then such manufacturing system is called as flexible system.

Question 28

From which of the following is not the main element of Flexible manufacturing system

A)Work handling system
B)Material handling system
C)Tool handling system
D)Main frame computer

Question 29

From the following which is the function of material handling system used in FMS

A)Handling of parts with different variety
B)Independent movement of part between stations
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above

Question 30

____ is an independent and self-operated vehicle which moves on defined guide ways

A)Automated Guarded Vehicles
B)Automated Storage and Retrieval System
C)Automated Guided Vehicles
D)Automated Driving Vehicles

Question 31

From the following which material handling equipment is used in ladder layout of FMS

A)Conveyor systems
B)AGVS
C)Both A & B
D)None of the above

Question 32

From the following which material handling equipment is used in Robot centered layout of FMS

A)Industrial Robot
B)Conveyor systems
C)Rail guided vehicle system
D)None of the above

Question 33

____ is a general purpose, programmable machine possessing certain human like characteristics

A)Robot
B)Manipulator
C)Gripper
D)None of the above

Question 34

_____ is area of engineering and science which understand the different principles, structure and programming of robot

A)Mechatronics
B)Robotics
C)Aeronautics
D)None of the above

Question 35

____ is also known as work volume of robot

A)Work envelope
B)Speed of movement
C)Load carrying capacity
D)Precision of movement

Question 36

The speed at which robot is capable of manipulating its end effector is known as the____.

A)Velocity of robot
B)Maximum reach
C)Speed of movement
D)Load carrying capacity

Question 37

The capacity of robot to carry load is known as_____.

A)Load carrying capacity
B)Work envelope
C)Maximum reach
D)None of the above

Question 38

____ is a collection of mechanical linkage connected by joints

A)End effector
B)Gripper
C)Sensor
D)Manipulator

Question 39

Sensors are the transducers that are used to____.

A)Measure physical quantity
B)Hold the objects
C)Fix the objects
D)None of the above

Question 40

From which of the following is the geometrical configuration of robot

A)Cylindrical configuration
B)Polar configuration
C)Both A& B
D)None of the above

Question 41

____ grippers are used to pick up light weight materials such as paper,cloth etc

A)Mechanical grippers
B)Adhesive grippers
C)Vacuum cup grippers
D)Magnetic grippers

Question 42

____ grippers are used to transfer ferrous material

A)Magnetic grippers
B)Mechanical grippers
C)Adhesive grippers
D)Vacuum cup grippers

Question 43

The technology is defined as the sophistication of a plant ,any equipment or any machine etc

Question 44

Sensors which are come in contact with some surface to measured desired physical variable are known as____

A)Non-contact sensors
B)Proximity sensors
C)Contact sensors
D)None of the above

Question 45

From which of the following is known as contact sensor.

A)Tactile sensor
B)Proximity sensor
C)Visual sensor
D)Range detector

Question 46

From which of the following is known as non-contact sensor

A)Force sensor
B)Tactile sensor
C)Proximity sensor
D)None of the above

Question 47

From which of the following is robot programming language

A)VAL
B)AML
C)ABD
D)Both A & B

Question 48

____ sensors are used to indicate presence or absence of hot objects

A)Vision sensors
B)Infrared sensors
C)Photo-metric sensors
D)Range detectors

Question 49

____ sensors are used to identify objects for pick and place purpose

A)Range detectors
B)Infrared sensors
C)Vision sensors
D)Photo-metric sensors

Question 50

Up and down motion along an axis known as ____ in robotics

A)Pitch
B)Roll
C)Yaw
D)None of the above

Question 51

Circular motion along an axis is known as ____ in robotics.

A)Pitch
B)Roll
C)Yaw
D)None of the above

Question 52

The operating range or reach capability of robot is known as ____ in robotics

A)Roll
B)Pitch
C)Yaw
D)Speed of movement

Question 53

From which of the following is robot programming method

A)Manual method
B)Lead through method
C)Walk through method
D)All of the above

Question 54

Which type of motion is possible in Cartesian coordinate robots?

A)3 linear motion
B)2 linear and 1 rotational motion
C)3 rotational motion
D)1 linear and 1 rotational motion

Question 55

Which type of motion is possible in cylindrical coordinate robots?

A)3 rotational motion
B)3 linear and 1 rotational motion
C)2 linear and 1 rotational motion
D)3 linear motion

Question 56

Which type of motion is possible in polar coordinate robots?

A)2 linear and 1 rotational motion
B)3 linear motion
C)3 rotational motion
D)2 rotational and 1 linear motion

Question 57

Which type of motion is possible in jointed arm robots

A)3 linear and 1 rotational motion
B)3 rotational motion
C)3 linear motion
D)2 linear and 1 rotational motion

Question 58

From the following which type of work envelope is made in Cartesian coordinate robot.

A)Square work envelope
B)Spherical work envelope
C)Cylindrical work envelope
D)Rectangular work envelope

Question 59

From the following which type of work envelope is made in jointed arm robot

A)Rectangular work envelope
B)Cylindrical work envelope
C)Spherical or hemispherical work envelope

Question 60

____ is the bridge between design and manufacturing

A)Production planning
B)Process Planning
C)Product design
D)None of the above

Question 61

From which of the following is the type of computer aided process planning

A)Variant process planning
B)Generative process planning
C)Both A &B
D)None of the above

Question 62

From the following which is not the type of protocol used in CIM?

A)Open standard interconnection - OSI
B)Manufacturing Automation Protocol - MAP
C)Technical and Industrial Protocol - TIP
D)None of the above

Question 63

____ is defined as the set of technologies that can construct physical solid models from CAD data

A)Rapid Production
B)Rapid prototyping
C)Lean Manufacturing
D)Artificial intelligence

Question 64

From which of the following is benefit of computer integrated manufacturing(CIM).

A)Reduced lead time
B)Increased production time
C)Reduced productivity
D)All of the above

Question 65

Cellular manufacturing is also known as_______

A)Manufacturing Technology
B)Production Technology
C)Group Technology
D)None of the above

Question 66

In a simple and visual method of Cell design, the priorities in classifying may be in the order

A)Rotational or non rotational - Material - Size - Shape
B)Material - Rotational or non rotational - Size - Shape
C)Size - Rotational or non rotational - Material - Shape
D)Shape - Rotational or non rotational - Material - Size

Question 67

In Opitz system, 2nd digit indicates

A)Type and Shape
B)External shape and external shape elements
C)External plane surface finishing
D)Auxiliary hole and gear teeth

Question 68

In cell formation using production flow analysis, the following process will be left out of the analysis

A)Grinding
B)Milling
C)Drilling
D)Gear cutting

Question 69

Which of the following technique of grouping does not consider the design and shape aspect?

A)A simple and visual method of cell design
B)Family formation by classification and codification
C)Cell formation using Production Flow Analysis
D)All of the above

Question 70

The following is basically a material flow simplification technique

A)A simple and visual method of cell design
B)Family formation by classification and codification
C)Cell formation using Production Flow Analysis
D)All of the above

Question 71

Which layout is mostly used for the batch type of production?

A)Product layout
B)Process layout
C)In line layout
D)None of the above

Question 72

From the following in which type of GT code chain-type structure is used?

A)Poly code
B)Hybrid code
C)Mono code
D)None of the above

Question 73

From the following in which type of GT code tree-type structure is used?

A)Poly code
B)Hybrid code
C)Mono code
D)None of the above

Question 74

Which system uses computers at lower-level strategies

A)Variant CAPP
B)Generative CAPP
C)Hybrid CAPP
D)All of the above

Question 75

Which system uses computers at higher level strategies

A)Variant CAPP
B)Generative CAPP
C)Hybrid CAPP
D)All of the above

Question 76

If all the processing equipment and machines are arranged according to the sequence of operations of a product the layout is known as

A)Product layout
B)Process layout
C)Fixed-position layout
D)GT layout

Question 77

The following type of layout is preferred to manufacture a standard product in large quantity

A)Product layout
B)Process layout
C)Fixed-position layout
D)GT layout

Question 78

The following type of layout is preferred for low volume production of non-standard products

A)Product layout
B)Process layout
C)Fixed-position layout
D)GT layout

Question 79

In ship manufacturing, the type of layout preferred is

A)Product layout
B)Process layout
C)Fixed-position layout
D)GT layout

Question 80

Which of the following is not the method of part family formation

A)Visual inspection method
B)Automatic product sorting
C)Parts classification & coding
D)Production flow analysis