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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. What is the definition of stress






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






3. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






4. 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






5. What factors determine the weight if a structure?






6. The lesson used an illustration of a robot filling boxes. The sensors detected if the box had moved. What kind of sensor was used?






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






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






9. A cable- stayed bridge easily spans distances under...






10. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






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






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

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






14. What are computer chips made from?






15. Builders made the original versions of me out of wedge- shaped stones that fit snugly together. They were held in place with the pressure of the weight of the bridge






16. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






17. Two examples of me are the Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. They both have decks that hang from cables made of hundreds of steel wires - just like me






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






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






20. Shear near supports - crumbling piers - stretching cables - and uneven traffic are examples of...






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






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






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






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






25. What is the advantage of using a gate in tension instead of in compression?






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






27. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






28. Force times distance






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






30. The development of something completely new






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






32. Why did the nomads living in the high grasslands leave their settlements and head for the river valleys?






33. The part of a structure that carries the load in tension is called a...






34. 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






35. Two of the most common ways of classifying robots are:






36. What development about 8000 years ago led to increased time to engage in activities that involved other than basic survival needs?






37. The group of people responsible for developing the arch bridge






38. When the thrustline wanders outside the middle of the tower - the tower becomes...






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






40. If a structure did not have rotational equilibrium - it would






41. The force that has the most impact in arch bridges






42. Tension is best described as...






43. The robot's wrist can sometimes move in two dimensions. What are they?






44. Stress can be lowered by






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






46. Ways of overcoming difficulties






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






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






49. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart






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







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