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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The periodic rising and falling of the Nile River led to what development?






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






3. Provides direction for the work of the designer






4. What are the three common criteria to determine robot use?






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






6. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?






7. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum - used to overcome a resistance or to raise a weight when force is applied is a






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






9. 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






10. Shear is best described as...






11. The generation of ideas for solutions






12. The lesson used an illustration of a robot filling boxes. The sensors detected if the box had moved. What kind of sensor was used?






13. Which kind of robot can perform a wide range of tasks but is somewhat limited?






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






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






16. If a structure did not have rotational equilibrium - it would






17. Provides problem clarification and specification






18. Inclined section that connects land to beam






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






20. The difficulties we must overcome






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






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






23. What is a touchstone?






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






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






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






27. Shows what a product will look like when it is produced






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






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






30. Which is not a true statement about gears?






31. Ways of overcoming difficulties






32. What is the name of the amount of computer memory used for a computer 'word'?






33. The strength of my design lies in the use of triangles






34. Compression is best described as...






35. What was the forerunner of the robot?






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






37. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart






38. Stress can be lowered by






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






40. 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






41. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






42. The weight or resistance on a lever






43. 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?






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






45. What is the name for the devices that make the manipulators move?






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






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






48. The ability of a material to return to its original shape when a load is removed is called






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






50. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?