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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Technology has advanced so much in the last 20 years that automation has become:






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






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






4. The line in a beam where there is no tension or compression is called the...






5. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






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






7. 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






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






9. 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






10. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by






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






12. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum






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






14. What is the most important advantage of the medium technology robot as compared to the low technology robot?






15. A force that opposes motion






16. Tension is the force acting on the cables in a _______ bridge






17. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it






18. The points at which a robot can twist or bend are called what?






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






20. Which of the following would probably not be a tension structure?






21. If you generate alternative solutions and begin to build your best solution - but you have problems building your design - what should you do?






22. The robot's power supply provides what kind of energy for the robot?






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






24. Which memory can be changed by the computer user - allowing for temporary storage of information?






25. What is the name of the largest of the three types of computers?






26. An arch will support the load equally well at...






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






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






29. The improvement of things already invented






30. The three types of arches are...






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






32. The weight or resistance on a lever






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






34. Which of the following are two advantages of using robotics technology?






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






36. The five types of stress are...






37. What is the device in the microcomputer that keeps timing for the microcomputer?






38. Which device can hear sounds that the human ear cannot?






39. An automated system responds to external changes in three steps:






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






41. Thrust lines are the ____ lines that forces - caused by loads - follow as they are transmitted through the system to the ground






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






43. What type of arch bridge did the Romans build? (They were made from stone with the road on top of the arch)






44. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder






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






46. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?






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






48. For a tower to be built higher - the walls can be...






49. Which is not a true statement about gears?






50. An arm reaching out and pulling back is similar to what axes on the robot?