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Introduction To Engineering

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






2. What is the name of the amount of computer memory used for a computer 'word'?






3. What was the first synthetic fiber - developed at duPont in 1938?






4. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






5. What are I/O devices?






6. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






7. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder






8. What is the definition of stress






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






10. What is the difference between a tension and a compression structure?






11. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?






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






13. Horizontal framework that rests on piers






14. Which of the following was not a development of Roman culture?






15. What major landmark was located at Alexandria?






16. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end






17. What is the name of the largest of the three types of computers?






18. Which of the following would probably not be a tension structure?






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






20. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?






21. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






22. On a high- tech robot the controller is what device?






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






24. 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?






25. The word 'ROBOT' was chosen because of what quality?






26. The outward thrust of an arch can be resisted by...






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






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






29. The weight or resistance on a lever






30. In the Nile Valley - information was recorded on a paperlike material called






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






32. 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






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






34. The strength of my design lies in the use of triangles






35. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities






36. What are the three common criteria to determine robot use?






37. What is binary?






38. Technology has advanced so much in the last 20 years that automation has become:






39. Stress can be lowered by






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






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






42. What type of robot arm is able to move in three different dimensions and has a cube- shaped working envelope/






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






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






45. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






46. Distance between the piers






47. The study of how human beings best interact with technology






48. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






49. The force applied to a lever






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







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