It's a Numbers Game
PLC Addresses And Data
The Operation of PLCs
Circuits and Electricy
Potpourri
100

Convert 47 into a binary number

101111

100

In the tag Local:2:I.Data.3, the number 2 represents __________.

Slot

100

Upon loss of power where does the PLC retain the program?

Non-Volatile Memory

100

Define this circuit type: 

MEMORY

100

__________ control of an electric motor only works for motors that draw a small current.

Direct Control

200

What base is the binary number based on?
(binary is based on what base?)


2

200

In the tag Local:2:I.Data.3, the number 3 represents what?

Bin Number

200

One of the advantages of a PLC is that it permits many instructions to be controlled by one __________.

Input

200


Define this circuit type: 

AND

200

A motor start requires only a very small current from the PLC to energize its coil, but its __________ can handle a very large current to the motor.

Contacts

300

The numbering system you use everyday to count money, keep score, add, subtract and multiply is known as the __________ system.

Decimal


300

Input instructions having output addresses can be used to perform memory functions by using __________.

Seal In Logic

300

One method of controlling multiple outputs at the same time is by placing each output on a separate rung and using multiple input instructions with the same __________.

TAG

300

Define this Circuit Type

NAND

300

Seal-in programs are commonly used to control the __________ of electric motors and is a building block of most other machine control programs.

Start/Stop

400

The base of a numbering system determines the total number of __________ used in that system.

Symbols


400

A(n) __________ is another name that references an existing tag.

Alias


400

If a N.O. pushbutton is connected to a normally closed contact, pressing the pushbuttion will cause the contact to turn __________.

FALSE

400

Define this Circuit Type

NOR

400

A normally __________ pushbutton is used with an XIC instruction to turn off a seal-in logic output.


Closed

500

The largest-valued symbol of the system is always one less than the __________

Base

500

One of the advantages of a PLC is that it permits many instructions to be controlled by one __________ and it does not matter how many of these are XIC or XIO.

INPUT

500

The outputs of a programmable controller can be used to control an output device directly or __________.

Indirectly

500

Define this Circuit Type



NOT

500

Multiple safety interlocks can be used in a program by placing input instructions in __________ with each other on a rung.

Series