MECHATRONICS CORE EXAMINATION 2026
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Manual auto reset - ✔✔Three most common operating modes for a pick and place
✔✔True - ✔✔They go no go gauging station can inspect parts while stationary or while
in motion
✔✔PLC - ✔✔How does a part reject module know that a para should be rejected
✔✔Limit switches - ✔✔Nonservo traverse access includes ___________used as end of
travel sensors
✔✔Precise positioning - ✔✔A synchronous drive belt is often used to transmit power for
applications that require
✔✔Analog - ✔✔And ultrasonic sensor is an example of a ____________ sensor
✔✔Selector switches - ✔✔Operator panels traditional use __________ to select a
Mode of an operation
✔✔Tolerance - ✔✔True
✔✔Return to BOT - ✔✔Nonservo traverse access typically is the limit switch along with
a heart stopped a signal PLC to stop motor and
✔✔Friction - ✔✔A clutch is a mechanical device that uses either mechanical, magnetic,
hydraulic, pneumatic, or __________ connections to engage and disengage two
rotating members
✔✔Magnetic read switches - ✔✔Often a part transverse cylinder is equipped with to
__________ to detect the cylinders position
✔✔Homed - ✔✔Before a machine can run in automatic mode I must first be
, ✔✔Worm gear - ✔✔When a stepper motor is mounted to the shaft is parallel to the
indexing table a _________ drivers use between the motor in the in the table
✔✔Photo electric - ✔✔Fiber optic sensors are __________ sensors with fiber optic
filaments to send and receive light
✔✔Electrostatic - ✔✔Hey capacitive sensor creates a _______ field that is used to
since when the part comes into range
✔✔two - ✔✔Some industrial applications use _________ for parts orientation
✔✔IOT - ✔✔In indexing processing station can consist of multiple modules such as
✔✔All the above - ✔✔Rotary indexing tables can be powered by __________ drives
✔✔Ready - ✔✔A typical stepper motor indexing table will have an input from the
stopper motor __________, in a sense or input to the PLC indicating a part is present
✔✔Speed - ✔✔Stepper motors or program by the user to provide the positioning and
_________ required by the application
✔✔Inductive - ✔✔A rotary table timing sensor is often a ________ sensor because the
tables Metal and is low cost sensor
✔✔True - ✔✔Industrial applications often use queuing models as part feeding modules.
✔✔Conveyors - ✔✔A sorting module separate objects based on measurements taken
by the sensors, writing them to the correct location using a series of actuators, gates,
and __________.
✔✔Manual - ✔✔Which mode is used to move the machines actuators in and as needed
basis
✔✔Double acting cylinder - ✔✔A typical sorting module includes a single solenoid
directional valve and a ________ to redirect parts
✔✔True - ✔✔Photo electric sensor use the principal called photo conduction to operate
✔✔flow - ✔✔Buffer storage is often necessary to regulate ___________ between two
processes that have different production rates
✔✔all of the above - ✔✔Flat belt conveyors are use for moving
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SURE A+
✔✔Manual auto reset - ✔✔Three most common operating modes for a pick and place
✔✔True - ✔✔They go no go gauging station can inspect parts while stationary or while
in motion
✔✔PLC - ✔✔How does a part reject module know that a para should be rejected
✔✔Limit switches - ✔✔Nonservo traverse access includes ___________used as end of
travel sensors
✔✔Precise positioning - ✔✔A synchronous drive belt is often used to transmit power for
applications that require
✔✔Analog - ✔✔And ultrasonic sensor is an example of a ____________ sensor
✔✔Selector switches - ✔✔Operator panels traditional use __________ to select a
Mode of an operation
✔✔Tolerance - ✔✔True
✔✔Return to BOT - ✔✔Nonservo traverse access typically is the limit switch along with
a heart stopped a signal PLC to stop motor and
✔✔Friction - ✔✔A clutch is a mechanical device that uses either mechanical, magnetic,
hydraulic, pneumatic, or __________ connections to engage and disengage two
rotating members
✔✔Magnetic read switches - ✔✔Often a part transverse cylinder is equipped with to
__________ to detect the cylinders position
✔✔Homed - ✔✔Before a machine can run in automatic mode I must first be
, ✔✔Worm gear - ✔✔When a stepper motor is mounted to the shaft is parallel to the
indexing table a _________ drivers use between the motor in the in the table
✔✔Photo electric - ✔✔Fiber optic sensors are __________ sensors with fiber optic
filaments to send and receive light
✔✔Electrostatic - ✔✔Hey capacitive sensor creates a _______ field that is used to
since when the part comes into range
✔✔two - ✔✔Some industrial applications use _________ for parts orientation
✔✔IOT - ✔✔In indexing processing station can consist of multiple modules such as
✔✔All the above - ✔✔Rotary indexing tables can be powered by __________ drives
✔✔Ready - ✔✔A typical stepper motor indexing table will have an input from the
stopper motor __________, in a sense or input to the PLC indicating a part is present
✔✔Speed - ✔✔Stepper motors or program by the user to provide the positioning and
_________ required by the application
✔✔Inductive - ✔✔A rotary table timing sensor is often a ________ sensor because the
tables Metal and is low cost sensor
✔✔True - ✔✔Industrial applications often use queuing models as part feeding modules.
✔✔Conveyors - ✔✔A sorting module separate objects based on measurements taken
by the sensors, writing them to the correct location using a series of actuators, gates,
and __________.
✔✔Manual - ✔✔Which mode is used to move the machines actuators in and as needed
basis
✔✔Double acting cylinder - ✔✔A typical sorting module includes a single solenoid
directional valve and a ________ to redirect parts
✔✔True - ✔✔Photo electric sensor use the principal called photo conduction to operate
✔✔flow - ✔✔Buffer storage is often necessary to regulate ___________ between two
processes that have different production rates
✔✔all of the above - ✔✔Flat belt conveyors are use for moving
