Training Quiz

This quiz is composed of 12 multiple choice questions. All material used to create these questions is covered in
the Introduction to Foundation Fieldbus course, and is built upon in the Advanced Principles of Foundation
Fieldbus course. If you have difficulty answering any of these questions correctly, then you should consider
attending the Introduction to Foundation Fieldbus workshop prior to attending the Advanced Principles of
Foundation Fieldbus workshop.

Please select the most appropriate response for the following questions:

1) Permanent devices connect to the segment 7) Which is not a standard block defined in the
in this address range Foundation Specifications?
a. 0-15 a. Analog Input
b. 16-247 b. Segment Control
c. 248-251 c. PID
d. 252-256 d. Multiple Discrete Output

2) Alarms are initially sent via what type of 8) Which is not an actual mode for blocks?
communication across the bus a. Automatic
a. Client/Server b. Initialization Manual
b. Master/Slave c. Fault
c. Report Distribution d. Cascade
d. Publisher/Subscriber
9) Status has three parts to it, which below is
3) One of these components on each segment not one of them?
will take on the Link Active Scheduler (LAS) a. Fault State
duties b. Sub-status
a. Basic Device c. Limit
b. Link Master Device d. Quality
c. Power Supply
d. Terminator 10) These types of blocks can have parameters
added to the standard definition they are
4) These types of parameters always have based on, but cannot have parameters
value and status removed
a. Contained Parameters a. Enhanced
b. Input Parameters b. Special
c. Output Parameters c. Standard
d. Input and Output Parameters d. Custom

5) A PID block is an example of a 11) What is the speed of H1 Communications?

a. Resource Blocks a. 8 kbits/s
b. Junction Box b. 31.25 kbits/s
c. Function Blocks c. 44.5 kbits/s
d. Transducer Blocks d. 23.75 kbits/s

6) Which is not a model of communication 12) All of the following can be included in a
used by Fieldbus protocols? Device Description DD file except for
a. Client/Server a. Parameter descriptions
b. Master/Slave b. Help texts
c. Report Distribution c. Data types
d. Publisher/Subscriber d. Initial parameter values

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