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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The transistor was discovered in 1947 by a team of researchers with what company?






2. The best way to prevent a rectangle from distorting is...






3. Programming - maintenance - and supervising are some of the ________ often created when robots are introduced into the workplace






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






5. The turning point of a lever






6. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end






7. 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?






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






9. When compared to a beam - the truss has the advantage of being...






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






11. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?






12. Mobile robots are able to maneuver around a factory floor by






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






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






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






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






17. Force times distance






18. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage






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






20. Which of the following is not a robot wrist movement?






21. The top - center stone that all other stones in the arch bridge lean on - or push against - for support






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






23. Distance between the piers






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






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






27. What was primarily responsible for the development of water wheels and windmills?






28. The safety factor is...






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






30. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






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






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






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






34. There are about 100 instructions that a typical robot inderstands. This collection of instructions is called what?






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






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






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






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






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






40. What are computer chips made from?






41. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






42. Otto von Guericke developed a vaccuum pump which was originally a






43. What is the smallest amount of memory available to the computer?






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






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






46. C. T. R. Wilson worked at the Ben Nevis Laboratory - observed a 'glory' - and eventually developed the






47. 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






48. Energy of position






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






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