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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. For a machine to be a robot and not just considered automated - it must have?






2. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






3. Two gear wheels that intermesh in the same plane - regulating the speed or force of motion and reversing its direction






4. Builders made the original versions of me out of wedge- shaped stones that fit snugly together. They were held in place with the pressure of the weight of the bridge






5. My name means 'seesaw' in French and the English dictionary describes me as a level -- something that is counterbalanced - so that when one end is lowered - the other is raised






6. What development about 8000 years ago led to increased time to engage in activities that involved other than basic survival needs?






7. The probblem with very large compression structures is that they are...






8. The difficulties we must overcome






9. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called






10. When the limits of stress and strain are exceeded - parts of a structure will...






11. Why did the nomads living in the high grasslands leave their settlements and head for the river valleys?






12. Foundation on which the roadway is built on top of the beam






13. When compared to a beam - the truss has the advantage of being...






14. When a machine multiplies the effort being used






15. A system of pulleys that consists of one rope wound around two separate sets of pulley - each of which is free to rotate independently on the same axle






16. Why didn't the Greeks believe in the verification of ideas by experimentation?






17. The ability of a material to return to its original shape when a load is removed is called






18. What is a touchstone?






19. Otto von Guericke developed a vaccuum pump which was originally a






20. Which device can check to see if a surface is level?






21. The line in a beam where there is no tension or compression is called the...






22. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum






23. What was the first synthetic fiber - developed at duPont in 1938?






24. The five types of stress are...






25. Robots fit into two categories:






26. Some of the ________ bridges in the world are suspension bridges






27. Two examples of me are the Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. They both have decks that hang from cables made of hundreds of steel wires - just like me






28. How are scale models of large buildings and bridges tested to determine the way they react to wind loads?






29. If you generate alternative solutions and begin to build your best solution - but you have problems building your design - what should you do?






30. The controller is what part of the robot?






31. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it






32. Distance between the piers






33. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that is similar to a car's turn signal flasher?






34. When a horizontal beam bends downward - the top surface is in ______ and the bottom surface is in ______.






35. The ability to do work






36. The tower on a cable- stayed bridge supports a _________ portion of the deck






37. Shear near supports - crumbling piers - stretching cables - and uneven traffic are examples of...






38. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end






39. What is the name of the sensor that detects light?






40. In which two temperature measurement scales is absolute zero at zero degrees/






41. Which of the following is not a robot arm movement?






42. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?






43. What events made it necessary to perform periodic surveying in the Nile Valley?






44. What is the term used for the storage places in memory available to store informatoin?






45. What is the smallest amount of memory available to the computer?






46. Robots are often equipped with wire cages - infrared light curtains - and/or surveillance cameras to






47. An arm reaching out and pulling back is similar to what axes on the robot?






48. Suspension bridges have the problem of being...






49. What is the name of the amount of computer memory used for a computer 'word'?






50. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?