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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. An arch will support the load equally well at...






2. Structures would crumble or tip over if the forces acting on them were not in...






3. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as...






4. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






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






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






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






8. 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






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






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






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






12. What are I/O devices?






13. On a high- tech robot the controller is what device?






14. A fallen tree is used to cross a stream is an example of a...






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






16. A wheel fixed to a support with a rope that is run over the wheel to change the direction of a force applied to the rope






17. What events made it necessary to perform periodic surveying in the Nile Valley?






18. In the Nile Valley - information was recorded on a paperlike material called






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






20. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






21. Foundation on which the roadway is built on top of the beam






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






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






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






25. What is a touchstone?






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






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






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






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






30. What do truss bridges require to prevent them from falling over?






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






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






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






34. What is the name for the set of instructions that a robot follows?






35. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






36. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






37. Technology has advanced so much in the last 20 years that automation has become:






38. The three types of equilibrium are:






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






40. What is binary?






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






42. Structures that are not able to support the loads placed upon them will experience...






43. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called






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






45. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that is similar to a car's turn signal flasher?






46. What was the first computer - developed at the University of Pennsylvania?






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






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






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






50. The generation of ideas for solutions







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