Questions

The following questions will help test your understanding of this chapter. Ensure you have read and understood the topics in this chapter before attempting these questions:

1. The term ____________ describes the connection between two or more industrial automation/control devices such as controllers, sensors/transmitters, actuators, PCs, and more to exchange data for real-time monitoring and process control purposes in harsh environments.
2. Each device in a network can be referred to as a _________________
3. __________________ refers to the physical and logical arrangement of a network.
4. ___________________ refers to the pattern in which data is being transferred between the nodes in the network.
5. In the ______________ topology, each node is connected to a central device, which can be a switch, router, or hub.
6. ________________ can be defined as the channel of communication that’s used to interconnect nodes on a network.
7. A ________________ network...