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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems






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






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






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






5. Which of the following is a basic category of robot instructions?






6. What is a touchstone?






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






8. The efficiency rating of a structure is...






9. The energy of motion






10. The longer the suspension bridge - the ____ the towers need to be






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






12. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






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

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






15. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder






16. The five types of stress are...






17. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point






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






19. What type of arch bridge is a type of truss?






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






21. The dead load of a structure is






22. Work divided by time






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






24. The transistor was discovered in 1947 by a team of researchers with what company?






25. 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






26. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it






27. Robots are often equipped with wire cages - infrared light curtains - and/or surveillance cameras to






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






29. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






30. The generation of ideas for solutions






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






32. The turning point of a lever






33. There are about 100 instructions that a typical robot inderstands. This collection of instructions is called what?






34. The downward bending of the cantilever part of the beam makes the beam in the adjoining bay bend...






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






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






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






38. Provides direction for the work of the designer






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






40. The tower on a cable- stayed bridge supports a _________ portion of the deck






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






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






43. Which device can hear sounds that the human ear cannot?






44. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work






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






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






47. Torsion is best described as...






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






49. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






50. The difficulties we must overcome