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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Without what kind of systems - would the robot be deaf - blind - and dumb?






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






3. A side effect of bending is called...






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






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






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






7. Tension is best described as...






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






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






10. The best way to prevent a rectangle from distorting is...






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






12. Strain is a measure of...






13. Which of the following is not a robot wrist movement?






14. What kind of robot makes up 1/3 of the industrial robots in the Unites States?






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






16. Suspension bridges have the problem of being...






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






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






19. The dead load of a structure is






20. What are computer chips made from?






21. Distance between the piers






22. 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






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






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






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






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






27. A robot can be driven by any of the following except






28. Shear near supports - crumbling piers - stretching cables - and uneven traffic are examples of...






29. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities






30. What was the forerunner of the robot?






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






32. What problem made the use of a compass for navigation unreliable?

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33. The development of irrigation systems and the establishment of land boundaries did not lead to which of the following?






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






35. When generating ideas for a solution to a problem - it is important to do which of the following in order to effectively and visually communicate these ideas for use in construction drawings?






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






37. In Mesopotamia - engineers recorded information on






38. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are...






39. What is the name for the devices that make the manipulators move?






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






41. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort






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






43. A pulley that makes work easier






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






45. The definition of a robot's 'work envelope' is:






46. What is the name of the sensor that detects light?






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






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






49. The turning point of a lever






50. The study of how human beings best interact with technology