Mechatronics MCQs
Mechatronics MCQs
Answer these 100 Mechatronics MCQs and assess your grip on the subject of Mechatronics.
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1: What is an example of a device that measures acceleration?
A. Magnetometer
B. Gyroscope
C. Accelerometer
2: What are accelerometers usually based on?
A. Microelectromechanical systems
B. Magnetism
C. Piezoelectric crystals
D. Microfluidic systems
E. Piezoelectric materials
3: What is the term for applying a force or displacement to a system?
A. Actuator Mechanism
B. System
C. Load
D. Mechanism
E. Torque
4: What can an actuator do to a system?
A. Applying a force or displacement
B. Causing a change in the system's state
C. Generating power
D. Controlling a valve
E. Regulating a system's output
5: What type of control could be used as an actuator?
A. Human control
B. Animal control
C. Hydraulic control
D. Electric motor control
E. Computer control
6: What type of current is alternating?
A. Steam
B. Acoustic
C. Magnetic
D. Electric
7: What type of current oscillates?
A. Direct current
B. Wireless power
C. True RMS
D. Alternating current
8: What does D/A Converter convert the digital signal to?
A. Control-signal-level voltage or amperage
B. Amplitude-modulated digital signal
C. Continuously variable DC power
D. Carrier frequency
E. Control-signal-level current or power
9: What is the term used to describe a device that takes a digital signal and converts it?
A. Analog-to-Digital converter
B. Digital Audio Converter
C. Digital-Analog converter
D. Digital-to-Analog converter
10: Ampere is the unit of measurement for electric current how many coulombs?
A. 1 ampere
B. 5
C. 3
D. 1 million
E. 1
11: What is another name for an Ampere?
A. The SI unit for electric potential energy
B. The unit of electric capacitance
C. A unit of electric power
D. The metric unit of measurement for an electric current
E. A unit of electrical capacity
12: When studying a path in an analog continuous, one would study a path that involved what device?
A. A graphing calculator
B. The 'Real World'
C. A calculator
D. A digital display
E. A computer
13: What does the term 'Analog Continuous' mean?
A. Using analog signals to transmit information
B. A specific type of electrical signal
C. Creating numbers that are precise, but don't change over time
D. Having a continuous record of events
E. Having to do with the 'Real World'
14: In what type of connection is the computer 'stand and wait'?
A. Parallel
B. Asynchronous
C. Serial
15: What type of connection is an Asynchronous?
A. A type of security system
B. Used to describe a network connection
C. A type of electrical outlet
D. Used to describe a computer connection
E. Used to describe a telephone connection
16: What does the combination of two or more cells joined to produce an electrical potential difference constitute?
A. Radio
B. Battery
C. Generator
D. Solar panel
17: Calibration is the comparison of what against a reference standard?
A. Sensor measurements
B. Instrument readings
C. Calibrating sensors
D. Transducer outputs
E. Sampling frequency
18: Calibration is the comparison of transducer outputs to what?
A. The transducer's response to a reference input
B. The transducer's response to the environment
C. The manufacturer's published displacement value
D. The sensor's nominal range
E. The outputs of a reference standard
19: What is an electric charge storage device?
A. Capacitor
B. Battery
C. Superconductor
D. Magnet
20: What does the capacitor store?
A. Acid
B. Electrical charge
C. Air
D. Gasoline
21: Which law describes the attractive or repulsive electric force between two charged objects?
A. Faraday’s law
B. Law of Gauss
C. Law of Electric Potential
D. Coulomb’s law
E. Ohm’s law
22: What does Coulomb's law describe?
A. The tendency of charged particles to avoid each other
B. The attractive or repulsive electric force between two charged objects
C. The force that causes an object to accelerate
D. The force that holds an object together
E. The mathematical relationship between electric potential and electric current
23: What is the name of the device that reverses the direction of current?
A. Rotor
B. Magnet
C. Relay
D. Commutator
24: What does a commutator do?
A. Generating electricity
B. Reversing the direction of current
C. Converting energy from one form to another
D. Moving charges around
E. Producing electricity
25: What will only allow current to pass through in one direction?
A. Resistor
B. Capacitor
C. Fuse
D. Diode
26: What can easily move through electrical conductor?
A. A metal object
B. A rubber band
C. A magnet
D. An electric current
E. A metal conductor
27: A medium through which an electric current can easily move is called?
A. Liquid
B. Electrical conductor
C. A liquid
D. A solid
E. Gas
28: What type of material is an electric insulator?
A. A material that can easily become a conductor when an electric current is applied; a semiconductor
B. A material that conducts electricity very well; an electrically conductive material
C. A material that carries an electric current but not a lot of it; a conductor
D. A material that won’t ordinarily carry an electric current; a nonconductor
29: What is it called when a material won't ordinarily carry an electric current?
A. Conductor
B. A nonconductor
C. A conductor
D. Insulator
E. A metal
30: What is the flow of charges between two points caused by?
A. A flow of electrons
B. A difference in electric conductivity
C. A current flow
D. A difference in electric potential
E. A difference in electric charge
31: What is a conducting path for electrons?
A. Electrical circuit
B. Atomic nucleus
C. Magnetic field
D. Metal
E. Gas
32: What is a device that converts electrical energy into mechanical energy?
A. Gasoline engine
B. Electric motor
C. Steam engine
33: Motor convert electrical energy into?
A. Heat
B. Kinetic energy
C. Nuclear energy
D. Mechanical energy
E. Chemical energy
34: What does the term "medical facility" refer to?
A. Facility C a nursing home
B. A doctor's office
C. Facility B a hospital
D. Facility A structure designed and constructed for a particular purpose, such as a medical facility
E. A hospital
35: What is a Facility designed for?
A. A mass storage system
B. A particular purpose
C. A broadcast waveform
D. A place to sleep
E. Storage
36: What kind of charge is used for a conducting path?
A. Liquid
B. Magnetic
C. Gas
D. Radio Frequency
E. Electric
37: What is provided to the ground by a conductor?
A. Electric field
B. Electrical current
C. Magnetic field
D. Conducting path
E. Electromagnetic radiation
38: What does the term "hydraulics" mean?
A. The science of fluids in motion
B. A machine used to move goods by water or air power
C. Systems that use the displacement of fluids to create mechanical work
D. The study of fluids and their behavior in a mechanical system
E. A natural science that studies fluids and their characteristics
39: What term describes fluid being moved from one place to another?
A. Hydroelectric
B. Hydraulics
C. Pump
D. Fluid dynamics
E. Liquefaction
40: How many Hertz are in a second?
A. 3
B. 2
C. 1
41: What is a unit of frequency?
A. Km
B. Hertz
C. Second
D. Kelvin
42: What is the name for the amount of power that a single Horsepower equals?
A. 746 watts
B. 1 horsepower
C. 1,500 watts
D. 1,000 watts
43: What is Horsepower?
A. Ability to travel a certain distance in a set time
B. Power that can be extracted from an engine
C. How much work a horse can do in one minute
D. Unit to measure the amount of power produced
E. A tool used to measure acceleration or speed
44: What does an inductor resist?
A. Change in current
B. Noise
C. Electrical interference
D. Electrical noise
E. Electromagnetic radiation
45: What opposes changes in the current?
A. Resistor
B. Filter
C. Resonator
D. Inductor
E. Capacitor
46: In what kind of equipment can multiple signals be transmitted?
A. Transmitter
B. Amplifier
C. Receiver
D. Multiplexer
47: What does multiplexer allow?
A. Changing the output signal
B. Switching between multiple input signals
C. Transmission of multiple signals on the same line
D. Separation of different audio channels
E. Selection of input signals
48: What is the most common type of electrical circuit?
A. Parallel circuit
B. Series circuit
49: What type of circuit is a parallel circuit?
A. Radio
B. Mechanical
C. Computer
D. Chemical
E. Electrical
50: What is the name of the device that measures electrical potential by comparison with a known voltage?
A. Potentiometer
B. Ohmmeter
C. Voltmeter
D. Multimeter
51: What can be measured by a potentiometer?
A. A voltage
B. A current
C. A turning force
D. An electrical potential
E. A volume
52: What is the power of doing work?
A. The amount of work done
B. The speed or rate of doing work
C. The efficiency of doing work
D. The amount or quantity of work done
E. The intensity or degree of work done
53: What is the measure of a force's intensity?
A. Power
B. Force
C. Pressure
D. Mass
E. Velocity
54: What does the term pressure mean?
A. A substance that expands when heated and contracts when cooled
B. A weight used to increase the speed of something
C. The act of putting pressure on something
D. The condition of being under great stress
E. The measure of a force’s intensity
55: What is the process by which a system at its natural frequency vibration is converted to a system at an excited frequency?
A. Transformation of matter
B. Forced Vibration
C. Conversion of energy
D. Modulation
E. Resonance Vibration
56: At which frequency is a system considered to be in resonance?
A. Musical
B. Natural
C. Musical
D. Harmonic
E. Electronic
57: What is the process of taking an analog signal and taking samples at a given frequency to create a digital representation?
A. Pulse-width modulation
B. Encoding
C. Sampling
D. Amplitude modulation
E. Conversion
58: Sampling is the process of what?
A. Drawing figures on a piece of paper
B. Choosing a random number from a set and sampling it
C. Generating new data by making selections from old data
D. Taking an analog signal and taking samples at a given frequency
E. Calculating the average of a set of numbers
59: The point where nonlinear behavior starts governing a system is called what?
A. Saturation
B. Critical point
C. Phase transition
D. Plateau
E. Curvature
60: When does saturation occur?
A. When water droplets form on a surface and coalesce into larger droplets
B. A system reaches the theoretical limit of its performance
C. Moving an electrical amplification or other system to the point where nonlinear behavior starts governing the system
D. When the number of tubes in an amplifier reaches a certain point
E. When all of the gas has been used up
61: Electrical insulation that takes on the properties of a conductor when energy of what kind is added to it is known as what?
A. Metal
B. Dielectric
C. Semiconductor
D. Insulator
62: When does the semiconductor take on the properties of a conductor?
A. When it is heated to a high temperature
B. When energy of some kind is added to it
C. When it is cooled to a low temperature
D. When there is a break in the coating
E. When it is cooled below its Curie Point
63: What is an example of a circuit with only one path for an electrical current to follow?
A. Series circuit
B. Parallel circuit
C. Half-bridge circuit
D. DC circuit
64: What is an example of a series circuit?
A. A keyless entry remote
B. A circuit with a single power supply and multiple loads
C. Electrical circuit with only one path for an electrical current to follow
D. A battery
E. A circuit in which voltages are repeatedly changed
65: What is the unit of measure used to measure the algebraic difference between the limits of the range from zero to full scale?
A. Degrees
B. Gradient
C. Graduation point
D. Span
E. Scale
66: A representation of the frequency content of a signal is called what?
A. Graph
B. Spectrogram
C. Spectrum
D. Frequency
67: A spectrum is a representation of what?
A. The colour of a rainbow
B. The width of a peak on a curve
C. The frequency content of a signal
68: How much is deducted from gross weight to determine net weight?
A. Net weight
B. Tare
C. Net
D. Gross
E. Gross weight
69: What does the word tare mean?
A. A type of fabric with a smooth surface
B. Amount deducted from gross weight
C. To reduce the size of
D. A tool for measuring the weight of fruit or vegetables
70: What type of material does the thermistor in a thermostat consist of?
A. Copper
B. Nickel
C. Metal
D. Plastic
E. Resist
71: What type of device varies in resistance by temperature?
A. Resistor
B. Thermistor
C. Thermometer
D. Thermostat
E. Thermistor and resistor
72: A device that produces an electrical output in proportion to a stimulus is called what?
A. Transducer
B. Amplifier
C. Photometer
D. Analog to digital converter
E. Voltmeter
73: What is a transducer?
A. A device which converts mechanical energy into electrical energy
B. A type of amplifier
C. A device which converts sound into electrical signals
D. A machine which translates one form of energy into another
E. A device which when acted upon by a physical stimulus produces an electrical output
74: Safety purposes indicates that the device does what?
A. Noise
B. Increase or decrease frequency
C. Signal current
D. Reduce or increase current
E. Increase or decrease voltage
75: What can a transformer be used for?
A. Transmission and/or safety purposes
B. To change the voltage
C. Heating and cooling
D. To change the frequency
E. Transformers are used for
76: What is the core of an amplifier or a digital switch?
A. Capacitor
B. Transistor
C. Diode
D. Cathode
77: What material is used to make transistors?
A. Semiconducting
B. Metal
C. Glass
D. Carbon
E. Metals
78: What is another name for a transducer with integral active electronics?
A. Sensor
B. Transmitter
C. Receiver
D. Amplifier
79: What is the difference in electrical potential energy per unit of charge between two points?
A. Voltage difference
B. Joule difference
C. Energy difference
D. Charge difference
E. Ampere-hour difference
80: What is voltage difference per unit of charge?
A. The amount of electric current
B. The amperage in an electrical circuit
C. The electric potential difference
D. The voltage
E. The difference in electrical potential energy
81: What type of energy can only be done by a force?
A. Thermal
B. Kinetic
C. Electrical
82: What is the only type of energy that can be transferred to an object and cause it to move a distance?
A. Heat energy
B. Electrical energy
C. Thermal energy
D. Kinetic energy
83: What type of properties does air have?
A. Elastic
B. Mechanical
C. Electric
D. Solid
E. Thermal
84: What type of materials do pneumatics deal with?
A. Electricity and magnetism
B. Solids and metals
C. Liquids and solids
D. Liquids and gasses
E. Air and other gases
85: What does insulator mean?
A. Cover for a wire
B. Material that reduces heat flow
C. Nonmetallic solid
D. Nonconducting substance
86: What is an example of a substance that is nonconducting?
A. Metal
B. Gas
C. Plastic
D. Insulator
E. Liquid
87: What is a component or circuit for amplifying power, current, or voltage called?
A. Load
B. Superconductor
C. Amplifier
D. Transformer
88: What type of circuit is an amplifier?
A. Radio
B. A switch
C. A battery
D. Electronic component or circuit
E. Solar panel
89: In what system are binary digits usually expressed?
A. The binary system
B. The hexadecimal system
C. The decimal system
90: What is a machine that is made up of moving parts performing a complete functional motion called?
A. Automobile
B. Machine
C. Mechanism
D. Engine
91: What function could a mechanism perform?
A. Complete functional motion
B. Signal completion of motion
C. Nonfunctional motion
D. Initiate movement
E. Variable function
92: Resistance is the property of a conductor by virtue of which the passage of what is opposed?
A. Current
B. Resistance
C. Voltage
93: What is it called when a conductor opposes the passage of current?
A. Electricity
B. Resistance
C. Conductor
D. Inductance
E. Capacitance
94: What do the terms "resistance" and "inductance" describe?
A. Property of a conductor
B. Electrical properties of materials
C. Ability of an inductor to generate an electric current
95: Relay is a device that consists of an electromagnet and what?
A. An armature
B. A spring
C. A coil
D. A weight
E. A handle
96: What is another name for an Electronically device used to transmit an electrical signal optically?
A. Laser
B. Optocoupler
C. Transmitter
D. Photodiode
97: What gives a visual graph of voltage or current?
A. A battery
B. A graph paper
C. Multimeter
D. VCR
E. Oscilloscope
98: What does an oscilloscope graph against?
A. Voltage
B. Time
C. Amps
D. Frequency
99: What type of signal can be measured by an oscilloscope?
A. Voltage or current
B. Signal intensity or frequency
C. Power
D. Frequency
E. Waveform or time
100: A generator converts one form of energy into what?
A. Heat energy
B. Mechanical energy
C. Thermal energy
D. Electrical energy
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