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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. In Mesopotamia - engineers recorded information on






2. Which of the following would not be a major factor in the design of a beam?






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






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






5. The force (push or pull) used to do work






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






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






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






9. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force






10. Bridges are subject to failure because of...






11. Stress can be lowered by






12. The periodic rising and falling of the Nile River led to what development?






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






14. What was primarily responsible for the development of water wheels and windmills?






15. What type of bridge sags in the middle but hogs at both ends?






16. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






17. 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.






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






19. Inclined section that connects land to beam






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






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






22. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?






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






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






25. One material from which arch bridges are typically made






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






27. A fallen tree is used to cross a stream is an example of a...






28. Robots fit into two categories:






29. An automated system responds to external changes in three steps:






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






31. The turning point of a lever






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






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






34. The improvement of things already invented






35. 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?






36. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






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






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






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






40. The best way to prevent a rectangle from distorting is...






41. 550 foot- pounds per second






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






43. What is the name for the set of instructions that a robot follows?






44. Work divided by time






45. What is the name of the part that connects all the other parts of the computer to the CPU?






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






47. Which of the following is not an example of a live load?






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






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






50. What is the definition of stress







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