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Introduction To Engineering
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The three basic types of bridges are...
Plow
Electrical energy - pneumatic energy - and hydraulic energy
Ultrasonic sensor
Beam - arch - and suspension
2. 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?
Axes
Tip over
Weight of the roof...
Cable- stayed
3. Two wheels that intermest at an angle to change the direction of rotation - also altering speed and force if necessary
Bevel gears
Silicon
the permanent loads on a structure
Location of the trustline
4. The lesson used an illustration of a robot filling boxes. The sensors detected if the box had moved. What kind of sensor was used?
Electrical energy - pneumatic energy - and hydraulic energy
Fire extinguisher
Optoelectronic sensor
Battered
5. The turning point of a lever
Laser rod
Fulcrum
Beam - arch - and suspension
Aqueducts
6. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that checks how hard it is for power to flow through the device?
Ultrasonic sensor
Resistive sensor
Up
Program
7. What was mostly responsible for the decline of the Egyptian civilization?
Triangular shapes
Specifications
Resistance
The lack of pressure to continue development
8. What was the Greeks' most important contribution to the realm of science?
Unstable
The belief that nature has general laws of behavior which can be described by words
Flexible
Second- class lever
9. The definition of a robot's 'work envelope' is:
Ergonomics
First- class lever
How far it can reach
A waist twisting
10. What is the advantage of using a gate in tension instead of in compression?
Fulcrum
The structure will be lighter
Arch
Gears
11. For a machine to be a robot and not just considered automated - it must have?
Functional models
Arithmetic - data handling - logic - and index register instructions
Axes
ROM
12. Provides a structure for thinking and doing
Design loop
Triangular shapes
Is able to learn
Arithmetic - data handling - logic - and index register instructions
13. Inclined section that connects land to beam
Beam
How far it can reach
Memory addresses
Ramp
14. What was the forerunner of the robot?
Horizontal braces
Beam
Hard automation
Romans
15. C. T. R. Wilson worked at the Ben Nevis Laboratory - observed a 'glory' - and eventually developed the
Cloud chamber
Effort
Horsepower
A rock used to test metal for quality
16. For a tower to be built higher - the walls can be...
True
Friction
Battered
The problem solving process
17. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities
Pushing
Elasticity
Technology
Location of the trustline
18. What is the name for the devices that make the manipulators move?
Actuators
Wind tunnel testing
Fixed pulley
The cable- stayed bridge
19. What was the first synthetic fiber - developed at duPont in 1938?
The belief that nature has general laws of behavior which can be described by words
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Axes
Nylon
20. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end
Microprocessor
Second- class lever
Ends
Read only memory
21. What is the term used for the storage places in memory available to store informatoin?
Bending moment or lever arm
Keystone
Memory addresses
Innovations
22. The word 'ROBOT' was chosen because of what quality?
A small degree of flexibility
Send out a light signal
A waist twisting
Lasers
23. Bridges are subject to failure because of...
Bending and shearing
The bowstring girder
Neil Armstrong
Plow
24. Usually - the steel rod in a pre- stressed concrete beam will put the concrete in ____. The load will have to overcome this initial force.
Main - frame computer
It didn't always point at the North Star
Bending moment or lever arm
Compression at the bottom
25. What was the 'first great man - made trigger of change?'
Memory addresses
Plow
Load
Law of Conservation of Energy
26. Otto von Guericke developed a vaccuum pump which was originally a
Time and angles
Abutments
Fire extinguisher
Hard automation
27. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective
Extend and retract
Arch
Triangular lateen sail
Design loop
28. The study of how human beings best interact with technology
Ergonomics
Arch
Overflows of the Nile
How far it can reach
29. The line in a beam where there is no tension or compression is called the...
Triangular shapes
Neutral axis...
Ultrasonic sensor
Deck
30. An arm reaching out and pulling back is similar to what axes on the robot?
Gears
Extend and retract
Memory addresses
Suspension
31. Which kind of robot can perform a wide range of tasks but is somewhat limited?
Triangular shapes
Medium technology robot
Generate many alternative solutions
Optoelectronic sensor
32. Stress can be lowered by
Compression at the bottom
Piers
increasing the area over which the force acts
More resistant to shear - light - and strong
33. What innovation first enabled greater flexibility in sailing ships?
Guard rails
Steam engines
Bus
Triangular lateen sail
34. Shows what a product will look like when it is produced
Invisible
Appearance model
Brainstorming
ENIAC
35. What events made it necessary to perform periodic surveying in the Nile Valley?
Overflows of the Nile
3000 feet
Optoelectronic sensor
Bevel gears
36. Strain is a measure of...
How much a material has changed its shape
Bascule
3000 feet
Laser rod
37. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called
Microprocessor
Block and tackle
First- class levers
Fulcrum
38. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?
William Gilbert
ENIAC
Can perform tasks more accurately and efficiently than people - can be programmed to do a variety of jobs - and never need holidays - sleep or meal breaks
Physical characteristics and work envelope
39. Which of the following is NOT an example of an input/output device?
Microprocessor
Romans
Chemical reactions
James Watt
40. The most important factor in determining the strength of a beam is...
Its depth
Can perform tasks more accurately and efficiently than people - can be programmed to do a variety of jobs - and never need holidays - sleep or meal breaks
It didn't always point at the North Star
Fulcrum
41. What is the definition of stress
Steel reinforced concrete
Friction
the amount of force trying to push or pull a material apart
designing the structure to be stronger than the anticipated need
42. What are computer chips made from?
Bridge failure
Pushing
Silicon
Papyrus
43. The planned process of change
Wind tunnel testing
Design
The wheel and axle
Read only memory
44. Structures would crumble or tip over if the forces acting on them were not in...
Beam
New jobs
Any place on the arch
Equilibrium
45. What kind of robot is able to be programmed to many different tasks easily?
True
High technology robots
Hard automation and soft automation
Compression - tension
46. What caused the 1965 power failure in the Northeastern United States?
Tower
A power relay in a Niagara Falls power station
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Potential energy
47. More than one pulley working together
Hard automation
Critical load/weight of the structure
Two story building
Block and tackle
48. Which of the following was not a development of Roman culture?
Generate many alternative solutions
Chemistry
Power
Beam
49. 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
Bridge failure
Design brief
Ate birthday cake and drank wine
Pulley
50. What is the most important advantage of the medium technology robot as compared to the low technology robot?
Its depth
Is able to learn
Compression at the bottom
Fixed pulley