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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Which of the following is not a robot wrist movement?






2. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






3. What are the three common criteria to determine robot use?






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






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






6. The three types of arches are...






7. Protective barriers along the desk which keep things from falling off the bridge






8. In the 1950's - the ______ created a boom in bridge building






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






10. 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






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






12. The controller is what part of the robot?






13. What was the 'first great man - made trigger of change?'






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






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






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






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






18. One material from which arch bridges are typically made






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






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






21. The group of people responsible for developing the arch bridge






22. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






23. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder






24. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of






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






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






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






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






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






30. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?






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






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






33. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






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






35. Work divided by time






36. The force that has the most impact in arch bridges






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






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






39. What are I/O devices?






40. The robot's power supply provides what kind of energy for the robot?






41. The force applied to a lever






42. The strength of my design lies in the use of triangles






43. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point






44. Provides direction for the work of the designer






45. Which device can hear sounds that the human ear cannot?






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






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






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






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






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