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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Two gear wheels that intermesh in the same plane - regulating the speed or force of motion and reversing its direction






2. One material from which arch bridges are typically made






3. 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






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






5. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point






6. The English unit of measuring work






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






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






9. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






10. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






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






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






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






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






15. The development of something completely new






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






17. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






18. What is binary?






19. What type of bridge has cables running from the tower directly to the roadway?






20. The tower on a cable- stayed bridge supports a _________ portion of the deck






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






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






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






24. The _______ of structural components is more important than the type of material from which they are made






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






26. Provides direction for the work of the designer






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






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






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






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






31. The scientific formula for work is...






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






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






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






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






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






37. Two of the most common ways of classifying robots are:






38. Strain is a measure of...






39. Suspension bridges have the problem of being...






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






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






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






43. The ability to do work






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






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






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






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






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






49. The improvement of things already invented






50. Why did the nomads living in the high grasslands leave their settlements and head for the river valleys?