SACA Certification Test Questions With
Correct Answers 2026
3 examples of advanced manufacturing - CORRECT ANSWER -additive manufacturing, industrial
robotics, Modeling and simulation
What is the role of product design in Advanced Manufacturing? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Responsible for creating the product features that meet customers' needs and wants
3 impacts of computers on advanced manufacturing (besides automation) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Product design, production control,
3 benefits of factory automation - CORRECT ANSWER -Improved quality, increased flexibility,
relieve humans from undesirable work
Describe how a CNC machine works - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Industrial robot, mobile robot
Difference between additive and subtractive manufacturing - CORRECT ANSWER -Additive is
built up from nothing (3-d printing), subtractive is taken from a block of material (lathe/CNC)
Function of a PLC - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -
, HMI - CORRECT ANSWER -used to operate functions of a PLC
First Industrial Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -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
Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) - CORRECT ANSWER -system of interconnected computing
devices. Includes machines, buildings, vehicles, and devices which collect and exchange data.
Connects physical world to computer world through computer based devices and sensors.
IIOT Applications - CORRECT ANSWER -Monitoring in-plant processes
Monitoring health of machines
Collecting and analyzing data
Providing communications between devices
Correct Answers 2026
3 examples of advanced manufacturing - CORRECT ANSWER -additive manufacturing, industrial
robotics, Modeling and simulation
What is the role of product design in Advanced Manufacturing? - CORRECT ANSWER -
Responsible for creating the product features that meet customers' needs and wants
3 impacts of computers on advanced manufacturing (besides automation) - CORRECT ANSWER -
Product design, production control,
3 benefits of factory automation - CORRECT ANSWER -Improved quality, increased flexibility,
relieve humans from undesirable work
Describe how a CNC machine works - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -Industrial robot, mobile robot
Difference between additive and subtractive manufacturing - CORRECT ANSWER -Additive is
built up from nothing (3-d printing), subtractive is taken from a block of material (lathe/CNC)
Function of a PLC - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -
, HMI - CORRECT ANSWER -used to operate functions of a PLC
First Industrial Revolution - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -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 - CORRECT ANSWER -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
Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT) - CORRECT ANSWER -system of interconnected computing
devices. Includes machines, buildings, vehicles, and devices which collect and exchange data.
Connects physical world to computer world through computer based devices and sensors.
IIOT Applications - CORRECT ANSWER -Monitoring in-plant processes
Monitoring health of machines
Collecting and analyzing data
Providing communications between devices
