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Introduction To Engineering
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...
Second- class lever
Friction
The problem solving process
Cable- stayed
2. One material from which arch bridges are typically made
Structural failure
More resistant to shear - light - and strong
Monolithic - three pin - and two pin
Stone - concrete - or steel
3. When the thrustline wanders outside the middle of the tower - the tower becomes...
Unstable
Bending and shearing
The belief that nature has general laws of behavior which can be described by words
Silicon
4. One growing area in robotics is developing new ways for robots to:
Wheel and axle
Most famous
Compression at the bottom
Solve problems
5. What type of arch bridge did the Romans build? (They were made from stone with the road on top of the arch)
Program
Pushing
The deck arch
Instruction set
6. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same
True
Law of Conservation of Energy
Actuators
Measurement - evaluation - and control
7. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?
Hard automation
Potential energy
Ultrasonic sensor
Neil Armstrong
8. What is the name of the robot's arm?
Neil Armstrong
Manipulator
Structural failure
Span
9. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end
Horsepower
Second- class lever
W = F x d
Nylon
10. How are scale models of large buildings and bridges tested to determine the way they react to wind loads?
Invisible
Unstable
Romans
Wind tunnel testing
11. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart
Effort
Wheel and axle
Stress
Overflows of the Nile
12. Which of the following would not be a major factor in the design of a beam?
Axes
Stress
Trial and error
Width of the beam
13. The three types of equilibrium are:
Irrigation systems
Prototypes
Silicon
Rotational - vertical - and horizontal
14. Which kind of robot can perform a wide range of tasks but is somewhat limited?
Byte
Medium technology robot
Beam
Optoelectronic sensor
15. The limiting factor in the height of a structure is the...
Collapse or break
Interstate highway system
Location of the trustline
Weight of the roof...
16. The scientific formula for work is...
Flexible
Grippers
W = F x d
Lever
17. 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
Block and tackle
Most of the material is located where it is needed
Deck
Dangerous job - heavy lifting - high accuracy required
18. What is the most important advantage of the medium technology robot as compared to the low technology robot?
The structure will be lighter
Tower
Is able to learn
Collapse or break
19. Anchorages are not necessary at the ____ of the cables on a cable- stayed bridge
Ends
Twisting
The deck arch
Ramp
20. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?
Chemical reactions
Microprocessor
Pushing
Hard automation
21. Which memory can be changed by the computer user - allowing for temporary storage of information?
Piers
Strong anchorages
Random access memory
1 or 0
22. Suspension bridges have the problem of being...
Flexible
Design loop
Shape
Cable- stayed
23. What was primarily responsible for the development of water wheels and windmills?
Memory addresses
The growth of Christianity
Actuators
Tie
24. Which of the following is not a robot arm movement?
Yaw
Horsepower
Is able to learn
Critical load/weight of the structure
25. What was the 'first great man - made trigger of change?'
Shape
Compression - tension
Plow
Third- class lever
26. More than one pulley working together
Block and tackle
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Piers
Energy
27. What do truss bridges require to prevent them from falling over?
Steam engines
Microcomputer
Horizontal braces
The growth of Christianity
28. What is the smallest amount of memory available to the computer?
Law of Conservation of Energy
Bit
Compression - tension
The intensive development of borrowed ideas
29. In the past it was commonly used to cross narrow distances like small streams or rivers
A library
Kinetic energy
Pushing
Beam
30. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as...
To do jobs that would be boring to people
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Brainstorming
ROM
31. The study of how human beings best interact with technology
Physical characteristics and work envelope
lever
Ergonomics
Functional models
32. What type of bridge has cables running from the tower directly to the roadway?
A small degree of flexibility
Resistance
Bascule
The cable- stayed bridge
33. A fallen tree is used to cross a stream is an example of a...
Byte
Beam bridge
Instruction set
A small degree of flexibility
34. What is a touchstone?
Resistance
A rock used to test metal for quality
Structural failure
Block and tackle
35. The three types of arches are...
Monolithic - three pin - and two pin
Input/Output devices
256
Triangular shapes
36. The outward thrust of an arch can be resisted by...
The belief that nature has general laws of behavior which can be described by words
Horizontal braces
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Foot- pounds
37. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world
Science
Its depth
A small degree of flexibility
Hard automation and soft automation
38. Compression is best described as...
Pushing
Beam
Critical load/weight of the structure
The growth of Christianity
39. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are...
Rack and pinion gears
Innovations
lever
Taller
40. An arm reaching out and pulling back is similar to what axes on the robot?
Cable- stayed
Extend and retract
The growth of Christianity
To do jobs that would be boring to people
41. Thrust lines are the ____ lines that forces - caused by loads - follow as they are transmitted through the system to the ground
Pulley
Microcomputer
Imaginary
Tower
42. The development of something completely new
Invention
Bend and rotation
More resistant to shear - light - and strong
Memory addresses
43. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?
Random access memory
The intensive development of borrowed ideas
Reduced labor costs and predictable output
Compression
44. What caused the 1965 power failure in the Northeastern United States?
W = F x d
Ends
Innovations
A power relay in a Niagara Falls power station
45. A pulley that makes work easier
Movable pulley
Mechanical advantage
Gravity - weight - load
256
46. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of
Hard automation and soft automation
Appearance model
ROM
Time and angles
47. The robot's column rotation axis is similar to what movement on the human body?
Can perform tasks more accurately and efficiently than people - can be programmed to do a variety of jobs - and never need holidays - sleep or meal breaks
A waist twisting
Pulley
Send out a light signal
48. What are computer chips made from?
Microprocessor
Compression
Silicon
The wheel and axle
49. Programming - maintenance - and supervising are some of the ________ often created when robots are introduced into the workplace
New jobs
the permanent loads on a structure
Friction
Gravity - weight - load
50. The generation of ideas for solutions
Brainstorming
Gravity - weight - load
Low technology robots
Deck