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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Which kind of robot can perform a wide range of tasks but is somewhat limited?






2. The transistor was discovered in 1947 by a team of researchers with what company?






3. Programming - maintenance - and supervising are some of the ________ often created when robots are introduced into the workplace






4. Robots fit into two categories:






5. The periodic rising and falling of the Nile River led to what development?






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






7. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built






8. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that checks how hard it is for power to flow through the device?






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






10. The English unit of measuring work






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






12. The planned process of change






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






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






15. There are about 100 instructions that a typical robot inderstands. This collection of instructions is called what?






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






17. A wheel fixed to a support with a rope that is run over the wheel to change the direction of a force applied to the rope






18. Provides direction for the work of the designer






19. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...






20. 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






21. What is the definition of stress






22. What is the advantage of using a gate in tension instead of in compression?






23. The development of something completely new






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






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






26. Tension is best described as...






27. The downward bending of the cantilever part of the beam makes the beam in the adjoining bay bend...






28. Provides a structure for thinking and doing






29. One growing area in robotics is developing new ways for robots to:






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






31. Usually - the steel rod in a pre- stressed concrete beam will put the concrete in ____. The load will have to overcome this initial force.






32. The weight of the obect being moved






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






34. Beam bridges are especially prone to failure from...






35. Which of the following is not an example of a live load?






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






37. The five types of stress are...






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






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






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






41. What are I/O devices?






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






43. In what field did Denis Papin and Thomas Newcomen perform early research?






44. The word 'ROBOT' was chosen because of what quality?






45. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






46. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






47. I am a new bridge design that includes elements from a cantilever and a suspension bridge. I am easier to build than either of those but I am limited to spanning shorter distances






48. The three types of arches are...






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






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