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Introduction To Engineering
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1. Bridges like me are usually made from two beams - each supported by one pier
Functional models
Guard rails
Design loop
Cantilever
2. Which of the following would probably not be a tension structure?
Newton - meter
Science
They thought experiments should be done only by slaves
Two story building
3. Which robots are capable of spray painting?
Ultrasonic sensor
High tech robots
The intensive development of borrowed ideas
Problems
4. Programming - maintenance - and supervising are some of the ________ often created when robots are introduced into the workplace
Stress
Design loop
New jobs
the amount of force trying to push or pull a material apart
5. The definition of a robot's 'work envelope' is:
How far it can reach
Movable pulley
Third- class lever
Piers
6. Otto von Guericke developed a vaccuum pump which was originally a
Foot- pounds
Sensing systems
Fire extinguisher
Resistance
7. A cable- stayed bridge easily spans distances under...
Hung
3000 feet
Shape
Structural failure
8. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are...
Gears
Law of Conservation of Energy
Imaginary
Monolithic - three pin - and two pin
9. What kind of robot makes up 1/3 of the industrial robots in the Unites States?
Effort
Arch
Triangular shapes
Low technology robots
10. Why didn't the Greeks believe in the verification of ideas by experimentation?
An increase in the summer temperature - a reduction in rainfall - food sources began to disappear
They thought experiments should be done only by slaves
Beam
Pulling
11. There are about 100 instructions that a typical robot inderstands. This collection of instructions is called what?
Innovation
Instruction set
Effort
Science
12. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?
Screw
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
Bell Laboratories
Work
13. What type of robot arm is able to move in three different dimensions and has a cube- shaped working envelope/
Chain hoist
XYZ
Microprocessor
Axes
14. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point
Beam
Gears
Bus
Wheel and axle
15. Shear is best described as...
Stone - concrete - or steel
Computer language
Up
Sliding
16. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge
Temperature changes
Weight of the roof...
Axes
Piers
17. 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?
Axes
Weight of the roof...
Brain
Aqueducts
18. For a tower to be built higher - the walls can be...
Battered
increasing the area over which the force acts
A small degree of flexibility
Pulley
19. 550 foot- pounds per second
Following white lines on the floor
Horsepower
Piers
Steam engines
20. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?
William Gilbert
W = F x d
Microprocessor
Battered
21. Strain is a measure of...
Strong anchorages
Input/Output devices
A library
How much a material has changed its shape
22. The best way to prevent a rectangle from distorting is...
Power
add a diagonal member
Instruction set
The structure will be lighter
23. What is concrete with steel rods placed in it called?
Optoelectronic sensor
add a diagonal member
Steel reinforced concrete
The growth of Christianity
24. The force (push or pull) used to do work
256
designing the structure to be stronger than the anticipated need
Effort
A rock used to test metal for quality
25. Which device can check to see if a surface is level?
Newton - meter
Gears
Ultrasonic sensor
Collapse or break
26. What is the most important advantage of the medium technology robot as compared to the low technology robot?
Is able to learn
Beam
Movable pulley
Physical characteristics and work envelope
27. 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
Pulley
Solve problems
Technology
Suspension
28. What is the name of the robot's arm?
Steel reinforced concrete
Manipulator
Beam
Reduced labor costs and predictable output
29. What was the original meaning of 'ingeniator' which became the word 'engineer?'
Overflows of the Nile
Actuators
Operator of a battering ram
increasing the area over which the force acts
30. Which kind of robot can perform a wide range of tasks but is somewhat limited?
Power
Program
Medium technology robot
Generate many alternative solutions
31. 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
Cable- stayed
Microprocessor
Equilibrium
Ergonomics
32. Horizontal framework that rests on piers
Beam
A power relay in a Niagara Falls power station
Energy
Invention
33. Work divided by time
Worm gears
Electrical energy - pneumatic energy - and hydraulic energy
Beam
Power
34. More than one pulley working together
Block and tackle
Tension structures weigh less
Any place on the arch
Romans
35. If a structure did not have rotational equilibrium - it would
Tip over
Flexible
Interstate highway system
Hard automation
36. What is the difference between a tension and a compression structure?
Arithmetic - data handling - logic - and index register instructions
Ultrasonic sensor
Random access memory
Tension structures weigh less
37. For a machine to be a robot and not just considered automated - it must have?
Axes
First- class lever
High technology robots
Most of the material is located where it is needed
38. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by
The number of pulley wheels
Triangular lateen sail
Read only memory
Steam engines
39. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it
Aqueducts
Ergonomics
Plow
Beam
40. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities
Elasticity
Technology
Following white lines on the floor
Newton - meter
41. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/
Fulcrum
Memory addresses
Foot- pounds
Send out a light signal
42. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?
James Watt
Energy
Galileo
A power relay in a Niagara Falls power station
43. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?
Abutments
Bevel gears
The ability to make adjustments to its surroundings
ENIAC
44. The most important factor in determining the strength of a beam is...
Its depth
Measurement - evaluation - and control
Most of the material is located where it is needed
Following white lines on the floor
45. What was the first computer - developed at the University of Pennsylvania?
Soft clay tablets
ENIAC
designing the structure to be stronger than the anticipated need
Rack and pinion gears
46. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage
The wheel and axle
Optoelectronic sensor
Beam
Fixed pulley
47. Robots are often equipped with wire cages - infrared light curtains - and/or surveillance cameras to
Rack and pinion gears
Design loop
Grippers
Protect other people working around them
48. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of
Gravity - weight - load
Stress
Ultrasonic sensor
Time and angles
49. The difficulties we must overcome
Gravity - weight - load
Problems
Unstable
William Gilbert
50. What is the name for the devices that make the manipulators move?
Balanced
Irrigation systems
James Watt
Actuators
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