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Question 1 of 270705eccefa5bacbc34ba4d48835

What is another name for the control mode used in a process control system that uses two-point control?

Question 1 of 27070

What is another name for the control mode used in a process control system that uses two-point control?

🔍 Key Concepts

• Two-point control in process systems (think of something that switches between only two states) • How common household devices like thermostats or float switches operate • Difference between continuous control (smooth, variable output) and discrete control (fully one state or the other)

💭 Think About

• Which control mode would best describe something that is either fully ON or fully OFF, with no in‑between output? • Of the options given, which modes are normally used to provide a continuously variable output proportional to the error signal? • Think of a simple bilge pump float switch: it turns the pump fully on at a set level and fully off at another. What control mode name describes that behavior?

✅ Before You Answer

• Verify which options are associated with continuous control actions (they adjust gradually with error). • Identify the option that clearly represents a binary (two-state) action rather than gradual adjustment. • Confirm that two-point control means there are only two output conditions (e.g., 0% and 100%), not a sliding or proportional scale.

Question 1 of 27070

What is another name for the control mode used in a process control system that uses two-point control?

Derivative control

Proportional control

Integral control

On-off control