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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In the past it was commonly used to cross narrow distances like small streams or rivers






2. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?






3. Energy of position






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






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






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






7. Which device can check to see if a surface is level?






8. A pulley that makes work easier






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






10. The dead load of a structure is






11. Who is considered to be the first modern engineer?






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






13. What type of robot arm is able to move in three different dimensions and has a cube- shaped working envelope/






14. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same






15. Robots are often used in factories instead of people because they






16. The scientific formula for work is...






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






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






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






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






21. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work






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






23. Anchorages are not necessary at the ____ of the cables on a cable- stayed bridge






24. Provides direction for the work of the designer






25. What kind of robot is able to be programmed to many different tasks easily?






26. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






27. Torsion is best described as...






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






29. Robots fit into two categories:






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






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






32. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






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






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






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






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






37. The part of a structure that carries the load in tension is called a...






38. The robot's wrist can sometimes move in two dimensions. What are they?






39. The difficulties we must overcome






40. 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






41. The weight or resistance on a lever






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






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






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






45. Without what kind of systems - would the robot be deaf - blind - and dumb?






46. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always






47. Strain is a measure of...






48. All suspension bridges have three things in common: two very tall towers - __________ - and cables made of many wires






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






50. The force (push or pull) used to do work