INSTRUMENT TECHNICIAN POSITION WRITTEN EXAMINATION

(Test No. 1)
1. Enumerate at least ten (10) Tools of the Trade you use as an Instrument
Technician.
2. Enumerate at least ten (10) Calibration Equipment you normally use in the
calibration of Instruments.
3. Enumerate at least ten (10) Process Variables that you measure and/or
control in a process control systems.
4. Draw the instrumentation symbols for the following items:
a) Continuous Drainer
b) Y- Strainer
c) Pressure Transmitter (Locally Mounted)
d) Flow Recorder (Panel Mounted)
e) Instrument Control Panel
f) Rupture Disc
g) Pressure Control Valve (Self-Regulating)
h) On-Off Valve (Electrically Operated)
i) Electrical Heat Tracing Lines
j) Angle Choke Valve (Hydraulically Operated)
5. What is a Rotameter, what does it measures?
6. What is the difference between a Transducer and a Transmitter? Can a
transmitter performs the function of a transducer?
7. What are the basic elements of a process control system?
8. In the calibration of SDVs and BDVs what does an Instrument Technician
usually measures and/or determines?
9. What are the different methods and/or devices used in measuring
Temperature?
10. Give the meaning to the following Instrument abbreviations and/or symbols:
a). RTD b). TW c). PSHH d). LT e). FO
f). AT g). ISA h). VESDA i). FGDS j). SCADA