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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of






2. Which of the following is a basic category of robot instructions?






3. The turning point of a lever






4. The generation of ideas for solutions






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






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






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






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






9. Which device can hear sounds that the human ear cannot?






10. A robot can be driven by any of the following except






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






12. Which memory can be changed by the computer user - allowing for temporary storage of information?






13. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






14. As late as the 1880's - bridge builders were stil improving their designs based on...






15. Compression is best described as...






16. What factors determine the weight if a structure?






17. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






18. The dead load of a structure is






19. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems






20. 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






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






22. Force times distance






23. A bit is the presence of voltage or no voltage. By what symbols is it represented?






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






25. What innovation first enabled greater flexibility in sailing ships?






26. Stress can be lowered by






27. The energy of motion






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






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






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






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






32. Protective barriers along the desk which keep things from falling off the bridge






33. Without what kind of systems - would the robot be deaf - blind - and dumb?






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






35. What are I/O devices?






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






37. The efficiency rating of a structure is...






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






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






40. In which two temperature measurement scales is absolute zero at zero degrees/






41. How are scale models of large buildings and bridges tested to determine the way they react to wind loads?






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






43. 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






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






45. The metric unit for measuring work






46. What kind of robot makes up 1/3 of the industrial robots in the Unites States?






47. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?






48. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum






49. The five types of stress are...






50. What was the forerunner of the robot?







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