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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Which of the following is not a basic component of a robotics system?






2. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?






3. What was the 'first great man - made trigger of change?'






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






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






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






7. The sides of a bridge where it is attached to the land that supports the arch






8. Beam bridges are especially prone to failure from...






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






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






11. Because bridges like me are long - light in weight - and high in the air - our greatest enemy is the wind






12. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






13. Shear is best described as...






14. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work






15. Bridges like me are usually made from two beams - each supported by one pier






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






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






18. Which of the following is a basic category of robot instructions?






19. The force applied to a lever






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






21. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort






22. The three types of equilibrium are:






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






24. What are computer chips made from?






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






26. What is the name of the sensor that detects light?






27. Stress can be lowered by






28. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






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






30. Builders made the original versions of me out of wedge- shaped stones that fit snugly together. They were held in place with the pressure of the weight of the bridge






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






32. What innovation first enabled greater flexibility in sailing ships?






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






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






35. The robot's wrist can sometimes move in two dimensions. What are they?






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






37. In what field did Denis Papin and Thomas Newcomen perform early research?






38. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of






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






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






41. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






42. In Mesopotamia - engineers recorded information on






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






44. Provides a structure for thinking and doing






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






46. The development of something completely new






47. One material from which arch bridges are typically made






48. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






49. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






50. In cable- stayed bridges - the cables are strung from the ______ to the deck