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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. In the 1950's - the ______ created a boom in bridge building






2. What major landmark was located at Alexandria?






3. Mobile robots are able to maneuver around a factory floor by






4. Provides direction for the work of the designer






5. What do truss bridges require to prevent them from falling over?






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






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






8. 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






9. The turning point of a lever






10. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?






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






12. My name means 'seesaw' in French and the English dictionary describes me as a level -- something that is counterbalanced - so that when one end is lowered - the other is raised






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






14. The English unit of measuring work






15. An arm reaching out and pulling back is similar to what axes on the robot?






16. The scientific formula for work is...






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






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






19. The downward forces acting on a bridge are...






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






21. Inclined section that connects land to beam






22. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work






23. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as...






24. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






25. The dead load of a structure is






26. 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?






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






28. Surplus food led to all of the following except:






29. More than one pulley working together






30. Horizontal framework that rests on piers






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






32. In the past it was commonly used to cross narrow distances like small streams or rivers






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






34. The weight of the obect being moved






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






36. Suspension bridges have the problem of being...






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






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






39. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






40. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






41. 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?






42. The sides of a bridge where it is attached to the land that supports the arch






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






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






45. Shear is best described as...






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






47. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder






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

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






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