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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. What major landmark was located at Alexandria?






2. Force times distance






3. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force






4. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






5. The three basic types of bridges are...






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






7. When the thrustline wanders outside the middle of the tower - the tower becomes...






8. What innovation first enabled greater flexibility in sailing ships?






9. The lesson used an illustration of a robot filling boxes. The sensors detected if the box had moved. What kind of sensor was used?






10. The metric unit for measuring work






11. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum - used to overcome a resistance or to raise a weight when force is applied is a






12. The best way to prevent a rectangle from distorting is...






13. Because bridges like me are long - light in weight - and high in the air - our greatest enemy is the wind






14. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end






15. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as...






16. What type of bridge requires very strong abutments or supports?






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






18. Technology has advanced so much in the last 20 years that automation has become:






19. What was the original meaning of 'ingeniator' which became the word 'engineer?'






20. Which of the following was not a development of Roman culture?






21. Ways of overcoming difficulties






22. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






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






24. The controller is what part of the robot?






25. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






26. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are...






27. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






28. What is concrete with steel rods placed in it called?






29. What is the name of the robot's arm?






30. The turning point of a lever






31. What was the Greeks' most important contribution to the realm of science?






32. On a high- tech robot the controller is what device?






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

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






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






36. What was primarily responsible for the development of water wheels and windmills?






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






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






39. An arch will support the load equally well at...






40. The planned process of change






41. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution






42. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?






43. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






44. In Mesopotamia - engineers recorded information on






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






46. What are computer chips made from?






47. The three types of equilibrium are:






48. What are I/O devices?






49. The robot's column rotation axis is similar to what movement on the human body?






50. What is the name for the set of instructions that a robot follows?