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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. A memory chip that has instructions burned permanently into the chip is called what?






2. What factors determine the weight if a structure?






3. The three types of equilibrium are:






4. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






5. Mobile robots are able to maneuver around a factory floor by






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






7. 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?






8. 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






9. A fixed wheel with a rope or chain that is attached to a load - used to change the direction of a force or to lift heavy objects - is a






10. What was the first synthetic fiber - developed at duPont in 1938?






11. The probblem with very large compression structures is that they are...






12. The ability of a material to return to its original shape when a load is removed is called






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






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






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






16. Two of the most common ways of classifying robots are:






17. The improvement of things already invented






18. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






19. A system of pulleys that consists of one rope wound around two separate sets of pulley - each of which is free to rotate independently on the same axle






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






21. Why did the nomads living in the high grasslands leave their settlements and head for the river valleys?






22. Provides a structure for thinking and doing






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






24. A fallen tree is used to cross a stream is an example of a...






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






26. In which two temperature measurement scales is absolute zero at zero degrees/






27. Which of the following is NOT an example of an input/output device?






28. The dead load of a structure is






29. What development about 8000 years ago led to increased time to engage in activities that involved other than basic survival needs?






30. Which of the following would probably not be a tension structure?






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






32. What is the definition of stress






33. The tower on a cable- stayed bridge supports a _________ portion of the deck






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






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






36. What type of arch bridge is a type of truss?






37. The weight or resistance on a lever






38. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage






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






40. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






41. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






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






43. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and the load






44. Which of the following is not a basic component of a robotics system?






45. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum






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






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






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






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






50. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it