Automatic vs manual mode switching in SCADA systems - Interactive Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the code to set the system to manual mode.

SCADA systems

system.mode = '[1]'

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Aauto

Bautomatic

Cmanual

Dmanual_mode

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'auto' instead of 'manual'

Adding extra words like 'manual_mode'

The system mode must be set exactly to 'manual' to switch to manual mode.

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medium

Complete the code to check if the system is in automatic mode.

SCADA systems

if system.mode == '[1]':

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Aautomatic

Bmanual

Cauto

Dmanual_mode

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Checking for 'auto' instead of 'automatic'

Using 'manual' by mistake

To check automatic mode, compare the mode string to 'automatic'.

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hard

Fix the error in the code to switch to automatic mode.

SCADA systems

system.set_mode([1])

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Aautomatic

B'automatic'

C'manual'

Dauto

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Passing automatic without quotes

Using 'auto' instead of 'automatic'

The mode must be passed as a string with quotes, so use 'automatic'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to create a function that toggles between automatic and manual modes.

SCADA systems

def toggle_mode(system):
    if system.mode == '[1]':
        system.mode = '[2]'

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Aautomatic

Bmanual

Cauto

Dmanual_mode

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'auto' or 'manual_mode' instead of correct strings

The function checks if the mode is 'automatic' and switches it to 'manual'.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to complete the code that sets mode based on a condition.

SCADA systems

def set_mode(system, auto_enabled):
    system.mode = '[1]' if [2] else '[3]'

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Aautomatic

Bauto_enabled

Cmanual

Dmanual_mode

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'manual_mode' instead of 'manual'

Using wrong condition variable

The mode is set to 'automatic' if auto_enabled is True, otherwise 'manual'.