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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The weight of the obect being moved






2. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution






3. The dead load of a structure is






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






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






6. What is the memory that cannot be changed by the computer operator?






7. What was the first synthetic fiber - developed at duPont in 1938?






8. 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






9. 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?






10. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






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






12. A memory chip that has instructions burned permanently into the chip is called what?






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






14. The controller is what part of the robot?






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






16. The English unit of measuring work






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






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






19. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and the load






20. What was the Greeks' most important contribution to the realm of science?






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






22. 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






23. Shear is best described as...






24. The I- beam is very strong because...






25. Force times distance






26. The robot's column rotation axis is similar to what movement on the human body?






27. What development about 8000 years ago led to increased time to engage in activities that involved other than basic survival needs?






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






29. One material from which arch bridges are typically made






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






31. A side effect of bending is called...






32. The metric unit for measuring work






33. A bit is the presence of voltage or no voltage. By what symbols is it represented?






34. Two wheels that intermest at an angle to change the direction of rotation - also altering speed and force if necessary






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






36. Energy of position






37. The five types of stress are...






38. Who is considered to be the first modern engineer?






39. 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






40. Bridges are subject to failure because of...






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






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






43. What is the term used for the storage places in memory available to store informatoin?






44. The turning point of a lever






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






46. I am one of the oldest and simplest bridge designs. Today I can be quite a complex bridge - but like my ancestors - I support my own weight and the loads I have to bear - on vertical piers.






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






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






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






50. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...