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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When a machine multiplies the effort being used






2. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






3. Surplus food led to all of the following except:






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






5. Which of the following is not a robot arm movement?






6. 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?






7. Which of the following is NOT an example of an input/output device?






8. Provides problem clarification and specification






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






10. Which of the following are two advantages of using robotics technology?






11. The difficulties we must overcome






12. The line in a beam where there is no tension or compression is called the...






13. The generation of ideas for solutions






14. Strain is a measure of...






15. Distance between the piers






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






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






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






19. The weight of the obect being moved






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






21. Ways of overcoming difficulties






22. Two gear wheels that intermesh in the same plane - regulating the speed or force of motion and reversing its direction






23. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)






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






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






26. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective






27. What is a touchstone?






28. The development of irrigation systems and the establishment of land boundaries did not lead to which of the following?






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






30. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






31. For a machine to be a robot and not just considered automated - it must have?






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






33. The scientific formula for work is...






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






35. The definition of a robot's 'work envelope' is:






36. One material from which arch bridges are typically made






37. The three basic types of bridges are...






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






39. Provides a structure for thinking and doing






40. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






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






42. 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






43. Torsion is best described as...






44. The development of something completely new






45. 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






46. Compression is best described as...






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






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






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






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