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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. One growing area in robotics is developing new ways for robots to:






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






3. Strain is a measure of...






4. 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






5. The weight of the obect being moved






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






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






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






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






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






11. Why didn't the Greeks believe in the verification of ideas by experimentation?






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






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






14. C. T. R. Wilson worked at the Ben Nevis Laboratory - observed a 'glory' - and eventually developed the






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






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






17. I am a new bridge design that includes elements from a cantilever and a suspension bridge. I am easier to build than either of those but I am limited to spanning shorter distances






18. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?






19. The efficiency rating of a structure is...






20. What type of bridge requires very strong abutments or supports?






21. When the thrustline wanders outside the middle of the tower - the tower becomes...






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






23. Robots are often equipped with wire cages - infrared light curtains - and/or surveillance cameras to






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






25. Distance between the piers






26. The metric unit for measuring work






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






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






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






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






31. Provides problem clarification and specification






32. The dead load of a structure is






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






34. Provides a structure for thinking and doing






35. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?






36. Torsion is best described as...






37. As late as the 1880's - bridge builders were stil improving their designs based on...






38. 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






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






40. The truss bridge uses beams that have members that form...






41. My bridge design is popular when the span is less than 3000 feet - mainly because I do not need anchorages or many piers






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






43. The safety factor is...






44. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built






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






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






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






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






49. What was the original meaning of 'ingeniator' which became the word 'engineer?'






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