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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes. 2 minutes extra for reading the instructions.
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1. Which of the following is not an example of a live load?






2. What is the device in the microcomputer that keeps timing for the microcomputer?






3. Compression is best described as...






4. What was mostly responsible for the decline of the Egyptian civilization?






5. A robot can be driven by any of the following except






6. What did the people trapped on the New York subway do when the power went out?






7. What is the difference between a tension and a compression structure?






8. The force (push or pull) used to do work






9. In cable- stayed bridges - the cables are strung from the ______ to the deck






10. When generating ideas for a solution to a problem - it is important to do which of the following in order to effectively and visually communicate these ideas for use in construction drawings?






11. What kind of robot is able to be programmed to many different tasks easily?






12. A side effect of bending is called...






13. Bridges are subject to failure because of...






14. Stress can be lowered by






15. Vertical travel is the name for the robot's movement in what direction?






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






17. A pulley that makes work easier






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






19. A memory chip that has instructions burned permanently into the chip is called what?






20. The limiting factor in the height of a structure is the...






21. Tension is the force acting on the cables in a _______ bridge






22. The metric unit for measuring work






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






24. What type of bridge sags in the middle but hogs at both ends?






25. Come in a variety of sizes with their teeth straight or curved and inclined at a variety of angles






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






27. Thrust lines are the ____ lines that forces - caused by loads - follow as they are transmitted through the system to the ground






28. What problem made the use of a compass for navigation unreliable?


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






30. The longer the suspension bridge - the ____ the towers need to be






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






32. Inclined section that connects land to beam






33. The I- beam is very strong because...






34. My bridge design is popular when the span is less than 3000 feet - mainly because I do not need anchorages or many piers






35. Work divided by time






36. What type of arch bridge did the Romans build? (They were made from stone with the road on top of the arch)






37. Robots fit into two categories:






38. In the Nile Valley - information was recorded on a paperlike material called






39. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by






40. The weight of the obect being moved






41. 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






42. The development of irrigation systems and the establishment of land boundaries did not lead to which of the following?






43. The development of something completely new






44. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






45. Distance between the piers






46. The ability to do work






47. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






48. Surplus food led to all of the following except:






49. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are...






50. What factors determine the weight if a structure?






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