Question

What does the bus coupling unit of an actuator do when a telegram arrives from the bus?

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Answer

D — It decodes the telegram and passes the information to the application module, which executes the command

Correct: The text says the actuator's BCU receives and decodes telegrams and passes them to the AM, which executes the command.

Source

KNX Basic Course Documentation — 1.3 — p. 125

All proposed choices (exam context)
  1. A.It codes the state of its inputs and sends a new telegram on the bus
  2. B.It regulates the interaction between other sensors and actuators
  3. C.It assigns itself an individual address
  4. D.It decodes the telegram and passes the information to the application module, which executes the command
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