SACA CERTIFICATION TEST EXAM
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
3 examples of advanced manufacturing - ANS additive manufacturing, industrial robotics,
Modeling and simulation
What is the role of product design in Advanced Manufacturing? - ANS Responsible for
creating the product features that meet customers' needs and wants
3 impacts of computers on advanced manufacturing (besides automation) - ANS Product
design, production control,
3 benefits of factory automation - ANS Improved quality, increased flexibility, relieve humans
from undesirable work
Describe how a CNC machine works - ANS CNC is a type of motion controller that can
coordinate the speed and positioning of multiple axes at the same time to cut complex features
into the metal part
Two types of robots - ANS Industrial robot, mobile robot
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, Difference between additive and subtractive manufacturing - ANS Additive is built up from
nothing (3-d printing), subtractive is taken from a block of material (lathe/CNC)
Function of a PLC - ANS Controls a machine by monitoring the status of the machine input
sensors to which it is wired and applying this information to its program control machine output
devices.
Software and New emerging tech in advanced manufacturing - ANS
HMI - ANS used to operate functions of a PLC
First Industrial Revolution - ANS Transition from goods being handmade by artisans to same
goods being produced by workers with limited skills using water or steam powered machines
Second Industrial Revolution - ANS Transition from individual machines to mass production.
Introduced use of electricity to power factories. Marked arrival of assembly line and
interchangeable parts.
Third Industrial Revolution - ANS Introduced computers and automation to manufacturing.
Created major improvements in manufacturing and allowed for greatly increased levels of
precision and accuracy.
Industrial robots and CNC machines. Reprogrammable, but often operated as individual stations
Fourth Industrial Revolution - ANS Marked by the use of networks to connect the many
computer controlled devices to entire systems that are monitored and controlled centrally.
Networks have been extended to access the internet and connect to many simple devices such
as sensors and actuators
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 2026
VERIFIED.
3 examples of advanced manufacturing - ANS additive manufacturing, industrial robotics,
Modeling and simulation
What is the role of product design in Advanced Manufacturing? - ANS Responsible for
creating the product features that meet customers' needs and wants
3 impacts of computers on advanced manufacturing (besides automation) - ANS Product
design, production control,
3 benefits of factory automation - ANS Improved quality, increased flexibility, relieve humans
from undesirable work
Describe how a CNC machine works - ANS CNC is a type of motion controller that can
coordinate the speed and positioning of multiple axes at the same time to cut complex features
into the metal part
Two types of robots - ANS Industrial robot, mobile robot
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, Difference between additive and subtractive manufacturing - ANS Additive is built up from
nothing (3-d printing), subtractive is taken from a block of material (lathe/CNC)
Function of a PLC - ANS Controls a machine by monitoring the status of the machine input
sensors to which it is wired and applying this information to its program control machine output
devices.
Software and New emerging tech in advanced manufacturing - ANS
HMI - ANS used to operate functions of a PLC
First Industrial Revolution - ANS Transition from goods being handmade by artisans to same
goods being produced by workers with limited skills using water or steam powered machines
Second Industrial Revolution - ANS Transition from individual machines to mass production.
Introduced use of electricity to power factories. Marked arrival of assembly line and
interchangeable parts.
Third Industrial Revolution - ANS Introduced computers and automation to manufacturing.
Created major improvements in manufacturing and allowed for greatly increased levels of
precision and accuracy.
Industrial robots and CNC machines. Reprogrammable, but often operated as individual stations
Fourth Industrial Revolution - ANS Marked by the use of networks to connect the many
computer controlled devices to entire systems that are monitored and controlled centrally.
Networks have been extended to access the internet and connect to many simple devices such
as sensors and actuators
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