Practice Test: Advanced Terminal Design and Automation Choices
More advanced practice test on crane concepts, buffering, automation pathways, and terminal design trade-offs in the Rijsenbrij chapter.
7 questions · pass mark 60% · try 5 free
1 What is a key purpose of separating waterside and landside handling with a buffer in between?
- To smooth stochastic variability between subsystems
- To eliminate the need for yard equipment
- To reduce ship size
- To avoid all gate operations
The chapter presents buffering between waterside and landside handling as a way to smooth stochastic effects and improve system performance.
2 Which measures are discussed as crane or crane-related productivity concepts?
Select all that apply
- Optimization of hoist and trolley speeds
- Tandem-lift spreaders
- Special conveying provisions within existing portal structures
- A height-adjustable main girder
- Replacing containers with bulk cargo
The chapter mentions speed optimization, tandem-lift spreaders, special conveying provisions, and a height-adjustable main girder as relevant concepts; bulk cargo replacement is unrelated.
3 The chapter presents AGVs and ASCs as having promising experience for further automation development.
- True
- False
The text explicitly describes experience with AGVs and ASCs as promising.
4 Why are straddle carriers considered less attractive in the chapter’s discussion of future high-throughput terminals?
- They are less attractive for high-density stacking
- They cannot move containers at all
- They require no drivers
- They are designed only for inland barges
The chapter notes that straddle carriers are less attractive because they are less suitable for high-density stacking.
5 Automated shuttle carriers are described as already having fully proven reliability equal to AGVs.
- True
- False
The chapter says automated shuttle carriers still had to prove reliability comparable to AGVs.
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