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Industrial Control System (ICS)
Ans: A device, or set of devices, that manages, commands,
directs, or regulates the behavior of other devices or systems.
ICS technology drivers
Ans: Reliability, efficiency, safety, and ease of use.
Discrete Process
Ans: A process where a specified quantity of material moves as
a unit between workstations and each unit maintains it's unique
identity.
Batch Process
Ans: A process that requires the mixing of raw materials,
usually in a heated vessel.
Continuous Process
Ans: A physical system that is represented through variables
that are smooth an uninterrupted in time.
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Hybrid Process
Ans: reactive systems that intermix discrete and continuous
processes
Process Engineer
Ans: Designs the systems and processes used in the control
environment.
Field Technician
Ans: Maintains and repairs field devices
Programmer
Ans: Implements the individual steps of the process code and
deploys the code to the controllers.
Operator
Ans: Works in the operations center remotely managing and
controlling the process
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Owner/Operators
Ans: Purchases and uses the system. responsible for safe
operation and meeting regulations.
Vendors
Ans: Manufacture equipment and software
Integrator
Ans: Design, configure, test, train, and refresh systems.
Government
Ans: Implement guidance and regulation
programmable logic controller (PLC)
Ans: Computer based, solid-state devices that control
industrial equipment and processes.
Remote terminal unit (RTU)
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Ans: Is installed to report local system information and
otherwise communicate with the upstream supervisory system.
Connection typically made using RS-232 or RS-485
Intelligent Electronic Device (IED)
Ans: Used in the power industry primarily, and have limited
function, but contain their own control logic and are usually
micro-controller based.
Digital Protective Relay (DPR)
Ans: Contains a micro-controller with the specific purpose of
measuring voltages and currents to determining whether a fault
in the system exists.
Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU)
Ans: Measure voltages and currents at principle intersecting
locations on a power grid and can output accurately
timestamped voltage and current phasors.
Communication Gateway
Ans: Facilitates data acquitting, storage, transmission and
protocol conversion though the industrial data network. Widely
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SANS 410 Questions and Correct Answers/
Latest Update / Already Graded
Industrial Control System (ICS)
Ans: A device, or set of devices, that manages, commands,
directs, or regulates the behavior of other devices or systems.
ICS technology drivers
Ans: Reliability, efficiency, safety, and ease of use.
Discrete Process
Ans: A process where a specified quantity of material moves as
a unit between workstations and each unit maintains it's unique
identity.
Batch Process
Ans: A process that requires the mixing of raw materials,
usually in a heated vessel.
Continuous Process
Ans: A physical system that is represented through variables
that are smooth an uninterrupted in time.
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Hybrid Process
Ans: reactive systems that intermix discrete and continuous
processes
Process Engineer
Ans: Designs the systems and processes used in the control
environment.
Field Technician
Ans: Maintains and repairs field devices
Programmer
Ans: Implements the individual steps of the process code and
deploys the code to the controllers.
Operator
Ans: Works in the operations center remotely managing and
controlling the process
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Owner/Operators
Ans: Purchases and uses the system. responsible for safe
operation and meeting regulations.
Vendors
Ans: Manufacture equipment and software
Integrator
Ans: Design, configure, test, train, and refresh systems.
Government
Ans: Implement guidance and regulation
programmable logic controller (PLC)
Ans: Computer based, solid-state devices that control
industrial equipment and processes.
Remote terminal unit (RTU)
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Ans: Is installed to report local system information and
otherwise communicate with the upstream supervisory system.
Connection typically made using RS-232 or RS-485
Intelligent Electronic Device (IED)
Ans: Used in the power industry primarily, and have limited
function, but contain their own control logic and are usually
micro-controller based.
Digital Protective Relay (DPR)
Ans: Contains a micro-controller with the specific purpose of
measuring voltages and currents to determining whether a fault
in the system exists.
Phasor Measurement Unit (PMU)
Ans: Measure voltages and currents at principle intersecting
locations on a power grid and can output accurately
timestamped voltage and current phasors.
Communication Gateway
Ans: Facilitates data acquitting, storage, transmission and
protocol conversion though the industrial data network. Widely
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