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1. What is the purpose of the safety shield?

Protect the operator from flying chips

Keep foreign objects out of the enclosure

Allow the operator to see the turning process

All of the above

Answer

Correct Answer: All of the above

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2. Which of the following is an unsafe practice while turning?

Tighten all Locking and holding devices

Roll your sleeves up above the wrist

Wearing a loose chain around your neck

Pressing the emergency stop button before opening the safety shield

Answer

Correct Answer: Tighten all Locking and holding devices

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3. How often should you check the way lubrication levels on your CNC machine?

Once every hour

Once every week

Once every shift

Once every month

Answer

Correct Answer: Once every shift

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4. The button that will activate the CNC program after temporary stoppage is:

Reset

Emergency Stop

Coolant On

Cycle Start

Answer

Correct Answer: Cycle Start

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5. What mode switch position allows you to send the machine to its reference (home) position?

Jog

Auto

MDI (manual data Input)

Zero return

Answer

Correct Answer: Zero return

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6. The button that will clear data in the look-ahead buffer after a temporary program stoppage is:

Reset

Emergency Stop

Coolant On

Cycle Start

Answer

Correct Answer: Emergency Stop

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7. What mode switch position allows a program to be run from within the CNC control?

Jog

Auto

MDI (manual data Input)

Edit

Answer

Correct Answer: Auto

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8. Which one of the following technologies is used only for material handling, not actual production or assembly?

Robots

CNC

CAD

AGVs

Answer

Correct Answer: AGVs

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9. Which on/off switch makes the control activate one command in the program at a time and then stop?

Dry Run

Optional Stop

Optional Block Skip/Block Delete

Single Block

Answer

Correct Answer: Single Block

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10. What mode switch position allows the activation of a single CNC command?

Jog

Auto

MDI (manual data Input)

Edit

Answer

Correct Answer: MDI (manual data Input)

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11. Which one of the following is not a function of "Drag" command?

Translate

Rotate

Stretch

Scale

Answer

Correct Answer: Scale

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12. Which is NOT a component for the CNC machine?

Milling

Computer

Control box

NC program

Answer

Correct Answer: NC program

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