Foundation Field-bus Refresher Questionaire

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Foundation Fieldbus

1) The common line of bus network that supports all the data being transmitted.

a. spur

b. Trunk

c. Segment

d. Branch

2) What is most often selected "scan time" for foundation fieldbus loops? (except slower loops)
a. 100 ms
b. 125 ms
c. 200 ms
d. 250 ms

3) Permanent devices connect to the segment in this address range

a. 0-8

b. 16-247

c. 248-249

d. 250-256

4) Alarms are initially sent via what type of communication across the bus

a. Report Distribution

b. Master/Slave 

c. Client/Server

d. Publisher/Subscriber

5) Which of these types of parameters always have value and status

a. Input Parameters

b. Contained Parameters 

c. Output Parameters

d. Input and Output Parameters

6) Which is not a model of communication used by Fieldbus protocols?

a. Client/Server

b. Master/Slave

c. Report Distribution

d. Publisher/Subscriber

7) Which is not a standard block defined in the Foundation Specifications?

a. Analog Input

b. Segment Control

c. PID

d. Multiple Discrete Output

8) Which is not an actual mode for blocks?

a. Fault

b. Initialization Manual

c. Automatic

d. Cascade

9) These types of blocks can have parameters added to the standard definition they are based on, but cannot have parameters removed

a. Enhanced

b. Special

c. Standard

d. Custom

10) What is the speed of H1 Communications?

a. 8 kbits/s

b. 31.25 kbits/s

c. 44.5 kbits/s

d. 23.75 kbits/s

11) Status has three parts to it, which below is not one of them?

a. Fault State

b. Sub-status

c. Limit

d. Quality

12) All of the following can be included in a Device Description DD file except for

a. Parameter descriptions

b. Help texts

c. Data types

d. Initial parameter values

13) A PID block is an example of a

a. Resource Blocks

b. Junction Box

c. Function Blocks

d. Transducer Blocks

14) One of these components on each segment will take on the Link Active Scheduler (LAS) duties

a. Basic Device

b. Link Master Device

c. Power Supply

d. Terminator

15) How many devices can be connected per segment?
a. 4
b. 12
c. 16
d. 20

16) Can RTD/TC be considered as field bus device?
a. Yes
b. No

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See Links 

Foundation Fieldbus Concepts-1
Foundation Fieldbus Concepts-2
Foundation Fieldbus Concepts-3