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This document contains an answer key for a virtual instrumentation module test with 10 multiple choice questions. It defines key concepts like virtual instrumentation, LabVIEW, data flow and sequence flow programming, common programming methods for industrial fields, graphical user interfaces, the main parts of virtual instrumentation, tools in the LabVIEW tools palette, implementing equations using formula nodes, while and for loops, and icons and connectors.

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This document contains an answer key for a virtual instrumentation module test with 10 multiple choice questions. It defines key concepts like virtual instrumentation, LabVIEW, data flow and sequence flow programming, common programming methods for industrial fields, graphical user interfaces, the main parts of virtual instrumentation, tools in the LabVIEW tools palette, implementing equations using formula nodes, while and for loops, and icons and connectors.

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MAHENDRA ENGINEEING COLLEGE

MODULE TEST - I ANSWER KEY


VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTATION

Year/Sem : III / VI DATE: 11.01.2012

Part-A
1. Define Virtual Instrumentation and LabVIEW.
A layer of software and/or hardware added to a general purpose computer in such a fashion
that users can interact with the computer as though it were their own custom-designed traditional
electronic instrument.
LabVIEW is a graphical programming environment used by millions of engineers and
scientists to develop sophisticated measurement, test, and control systems using intuitive graphical
icons and wires that resemble a flowchart.

2. Difference between virtual instruments over traditional instruments.

TRADITIONAL INSTRUMENTS VIRTUAL INSTRUMENTS


Vendor-defined User-defined
Function-specific, stand-alone with limited Application-oriented system with connectivity
connectivity to networks, peripherals, and applications
Hardware is the key Software is the key
Expensive Low-cost, reusable
Closed, fixed functionality Open, flexible functionality leveraging off
familiar computer technology
Slow turn on technology (5-10 year life cycle) Fast turn on technology (1-2 year life cycle)
Minimal economics of scale Maximum economics of scale
High development and maintenance costs Software minimizes development and
maintenance costs

3. Give the example for data flow and sequence flow programming.

4. What are the conventional programming methods for industrial field.


PLC, SCADA , DCS, EMBEDDED SYSTEM,
5. Define GUI.
Graphical user interface which permits the user to interact graphically with the computer, most
commonly through the use of a pointing device like a mouse.
GUIs allowed creation of many sophisticated graphical widgets such as graphs, charts, tables, gauges, or
meters, which can easily be created with many user interface tools (Figure #). In addition, improvements
in presentation capabilities of personal computers allowed for development of various sophisticated 2-D
and 3-D medical imaging
Technologies

6. What are the three main parts of virtual instrumentation?


The three main parts of VI are,
. Front Panel . How the user interacts with the VI.
. Block Diagram . The code that controls the program.
. Icon/Connector . Means of connecting a VI to other VIs.

7. What are the tools present in tools palette?

8. Implement the given equation using formula node


Y = X² + X + 1
9. Define while loop and for loop.
Similar to a Do Loop or a Repeat-Until Loop in text-based programming languages, The While
Loop executes the sub diagram until the conditional terminal, an input terminal, receives a specific
Boolean value. When a conditional terminal is Continue If True, the While Loop executes its
subdiagram until the conditional terminal receives a FALSE value.
A For Loop, shown at left, executes a subdiagram a set number of times. The value in the count
terminal (an input terminal) represented by the N, indicates how many times to repeat the subdiagram.

10. Define Icon and Connector.


Every VI has a default icon displayed in the upper-right corner of the Front Panel and Diagram
windows. For VIs, the default is the LabVIEW VI icon and a number indicating how many new VIs you
have opened sincelaunching LabVIEW. You use the Icon Editor to customize the icon by turning
individual pixels on and off. To activate the Icon Editor, pop up on the default icon in the top right
corner of the Panel window and selectEdit Icon.

The connector is the programmatic interface to a VI. If you use the panelcontrols or indicators to
pass data to and from sub VIs, these controls or indicators need terminals on the connector pane. You
define connections by choosing the number of terminals you want for the VI and assigning a front panel
control or indicator to each of those terminals.To define a connector, select Show Connector from the
icon pane pop-up menu on the Panel window.

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