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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Work divided by time






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






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






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






5. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?






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






7. What did the people trapped on the New York subway do when the power went out?






8. Which of the following is not a basic component of a robotics system?






9. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that checks how hard it is for power to flow through the device?






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






11. What is the device in the microcomputer that keeps timing for the microcomputer?






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






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






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






15. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called






16. What caused the 1965 power failure in the Northeastern United States?






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






18. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






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






20. In the 1950's - the ______ created a boom in bridge building






21. The outward thrust of an arch can be resisted by...






22. Shear is best described as...






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






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






25. The weight or resistance on a lever






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






27. Ways of overcoming difficulties






28. My name means 'seesaw' in French and the English dictionary describes me as a level -- something that is counterbalanced - so that when one end is lowered - the other is raised






29. The generation of ideas for solutions






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






31. As late as the 1880's - bridge builders were stil improving their designs based on...






32. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






33. 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






34. What major landmark was located at Alexandria?






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






36. The force that has the most impact in arch bridges






37. What problem made the use of a compass for navigation unreliable?

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






39. Compression is best described as...






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






41. What is the name of the robot's arm?






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






43. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






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






45. What is the difference between a tension and a compression structure?






46. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






47. Come in a variety of sizes with their teeth straight or curved and inclined at a variety of angles






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






49. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?






50. Provides a structure for thinking and doing