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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. What is the name of the robot's arm?






2. Tension is best described as...






3. Anchorages are not necessary at the ____ of the cables on a cable- stayed bridge






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






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






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






7. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems






8. Ways of overcoming difficulties






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






10. Robots are often used in factories instead of people because they






11. The weight of the obect being moved






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






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






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






15. When the limits of stress and strain are exceeded - parts of a structure will...






16. What was the original meaning of 'ingeniator' which became the word 'engineer?'






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






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






19. The truss bridge uses beams that have members that form...






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






21. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are...






22. A pulley that makes work easier






23. What is concrete with steel rods placed in it called?






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






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

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






27. 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?






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






29. Vertical travel is the name for the robot's movement in what direction?






30. How are scale models of large buildings and bridges tested to determine the way they react to wind loads?






31. The metric unit for measuring work






32. When a machine multiplies the effort being used






33. Force times distance






34. A wheel fixed to a support with a rope that is run over the wheel to change the direction of a force applied to the rope






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






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






37. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






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






39. A robot can be driven by any of the following except






40. Protective barriers along the desk which keep things from falling off the bridge






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






42. The probblem with very large compression structures is that they are...






43. What major landmark was located at Alexandria?






44. Stress can be lowered by






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






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






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






48. I am one of the oldest and simplest bridge designs. Today I can be quite a complex bridge - but like my ancestors - I support my own weight and the loads I have to bear - on vertical piers.






49. Why didn't the Greeks believe in the verification of ideas by experimentation?






50. When generating ideas for a solution to a problem - it is important to do which of the following in order to effectively and visually communicate these ideas for use in construction drawings?







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