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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why did the nomads living in the high grasslands leave their settlements and head for the river valleys?






2. Usually - the steel rod in a pre- stressed concrete beam will put the concrete in ____. The load will have to overcome this initial force.






3. The _______ of structural components is more important than the type of material from which they are made






4. The turning point of a lever






5. Which of the following is not a robot wrist movement?






6. Magnet - vaccuum - and hand are types of robot __________.






7. One growing area in robotics is developing new ways for robots to:






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






9. The five types of stress are...






10. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same






11. The definition of a robot's 'work envelope' is:






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






13. What are computer chips made from?






14. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?






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






16. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






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






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






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






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






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






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






23. Provides problem clarification and specification






24. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end






25. The truss bridge uses beams that have members that form...






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






27. Because bridges like me are long - light in weight - and high in the air - our greatest enemy is the wind






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






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






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






31. 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.






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






33. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






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






35. The energy of motion






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






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






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






39. The three types of equilibrium are:






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






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






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






43. The planned process of change






44. More than one pulley working together






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






46. Suspension bridges usually have the longest single span of all bridges






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






48. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






49. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always






50. Shear is best described as...