Process Instrumentation

1. Action to stop part of plant operation to achieve safe conditions is a –

A. Regulatory function.
B. Protective function
C. Control function
D. Emergency response

2. Which of the following functions is not envisaged to be carried out from Back-up
Control Room –
A. to ensure decay heat removal B. to ensure cooling water flow
C. to shut down the reactor D. to maintain the plant in safe shut down state

3. Which of the following is not necessarily an advantage of adopting distributed

approach in control system –
A. Reduced spares B. Reduced cabling
C. Scalability D Fault tolerance

For a repairable system the best measure for maintainability would be its -
A. up time
B. mean time between failure
C. mean time to repair
D. availability

The extent to which a system will continue to operate at a defined performance level even
though one or more of its components are malfunctioning can be defined as its -
A. Fail safeness B. Fault tolerance C. Defence-in-depth D. Online testability

Confirmation by examination that a product will fulfil requirement of intended use, can be
termed as
A. Surveillance B. Diagnostics C. Validation D. Verification

3. The following is a means to prevent propagation of failure –

A. Electrical isolation
B. Physical separation
C. Independence
D. None of the above