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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is binary?






2. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






3. The deck of a suspension bridge is ____ from the cables






4. A system of pulleys that consists of one rope wound around two separate sets of pulley - each of which is free to rotate independently on the same axle






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






6. What was mostly responsible for the decline of the Egyptian civilization?






7. The dead load of a structure is






8. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






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






10. Foundation on which the roadway is built on top of the beam






11. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?






12. Compression is best described as...






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






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






15. Ways of overcoming difficulties






16. The difficulties we must overcome






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






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






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






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






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






22. For a machine to be a robot and not just considered automated - it must have?






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






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






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






26. The three basic types of bridges are...






27. The limiting factor in the height of a structure is the...






28. My bridge design is popular when the span is less than 3000 feet - mainly because I do not need anchorages or many piers






29. The development of something completely new






30. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






31. Programming - maintenance - and supervising are some of the ________ often created when robots are introduced into the workplace






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






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






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






35. The safety factor is...






36. Force times distance






37. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and the load






38. C. T. R. Wilson worked at the Ben Nevis Laboratory - observed a 'glory' - and eventually developed the






39. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage






40. When a horizontal beam bends downward - the top surface is in ______ and the bottom surface is in ______.






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






42. Tension is best described as...






43. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






44. Vertical travel is the name for the robot's movement in what direction?






45. A wheel fixed to a support with a rope that is run over the wheel to change the direction of a force applied to the rope






46. What is the smallest amount of memory available to the computer?






47. What type of bridge has cables running from the tower directly to the roadway?






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






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






50. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built