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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The three basic types of bridges are...






2. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?






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






4. What device is made up of a light- emitting diode and a phototransistor?






5. What factors determine the weight if a structure?






6. A cable- stayed bridge easily spans distances under...






7. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






8. Work divided by time






9. Structures that are not able to support the loads placed upon them will experience...






10. The top - center stone that all other stones in the arch bridge lean on - or push against - for support






11. The weight of the obect being moved






12. The sides of a bridge where it is attached to the land that supports the arch






13. The points at which a robot can twist or bend are called what?






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






15. What caused the 1965 power failure in the Northeastern United States?






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






17. What is the name of the largest of the three types of computers?






18. Operating parameters are the abilities and limitations of robots that determine their design and tasks. Which of the following is not a robotics operating parameter?






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






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






21. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective






22. Provides a structure for thinking and doing






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






24. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






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






26. The deck of a suspension bridge is ____ from the cables






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






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






29. The downward forces acting on a bridge are...






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






31. Magnet - vaccuum - and hand are types of robot __________.






32. What is the memory that cannot be changed by the computer operator?






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






34. What is the name of the part that connects all the other parts of the computer to the CPU?






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






36. Horizontal framework that rests on piers






37. 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






38. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work






39. One material from which arch bridges are typically made






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






41. Force times distance






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






43. If a structure did not have rotational equilibrium - it would






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






45. For a machine to be a robot and not just considered automated - it must have?






46. What type of bridge has cables running from the tower directly to the roadway?






47. What is the definition of stress






48. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart






49. Torsion is best described as...






50. C. T. R. Wilson worked at the Ben Nevis Laboratory - observed a 'glory' - and eventually developed the







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