SCADA/PLC/SAP Flashcards
WHATS A PLC
A SOLID STATE MEMBER OF THE COMPUTER FAMILY USING INTEGRATED CIRCUITS INSTEAD OF ELECTROMAGNETIC DEVICES TO IMPLEMENT CONTROL FUNCTIONS
WHAT IS THE REASON FOR HAVING PLC’S
TO REPLACE RELAYS
WHAT IS THE MAIN FUNCTION OF A PLC
TO PERFORM THE REPETITIVE & SEQUENTIAL OPERATIONS THAT WERE PREVIOUSLY PERFORMED BY RELAYS
WHAT ARE THE 5 MAIN PARTS OF A PLC
I/O INTERFACE
MEMORY SYSTEM
PROCESSOR
POWER SUPPLY
PROGRAMMING DEVICE
WHERE ARE FIELD DEVICES CONNECTED
THE I/O INTERFACE
HOW ARE LOGIC DIAGRAMS WIRED INTO THE PLC
SOFT WIRED
WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF READING THE INPUTS,EXECUTING THE PROGRAM, AND UPDATING THE OUTPUTS
THE SCAN
WHAT SUPERVISORY PROGRAMS DIRECT ALL SYSTEMS ACTIVITIES
EXECUTIVE MEMORY
WHAT IS APPLICATION MEMORY
USER PROGRAMMED INSTRUCTIONS
WHICH MEMORY LOSES ITS PROGRAMMED CONTENTS WHEN POWER IS LOST
VOLATILE MEMORY
WHICH MEMORY RETAINS ITS PROGRAMMED CONTENTS WHEN POWER IS LOST
NON-VOLATILE MEMORY
WHAT IS ROM
READ ONLY MEMORY (PERMANENTLY STORES FIXED PROGRAMS)
WHAT IS RAM
RANDOM-ACCESS MEMORY (READ/WRITE MEMORY)
CAN THE DEPARTMENT MONITOR ALL IT RESOURCES
YES
CAN A SUPERVISOR ACCESS AN EMPLOYEES WORK AREA DEVICES
YES
WHAT ARE THE SECURITY VIOLATIONS
PHYSICAL OR ELECTRICAL UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS COMPROMISED OR MODIFIED DATA, MALICIOUS CODE INFECTION, OR DENIAL OF SERVICE ATTACK, OR THE LOSS, MISUSE, OR DAMAGE TO IT EQUIPMENT OR DATA THAT HE/SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR