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Introduction To Engineering
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1. Usually - the steel rod in a pre- stressed concrete beam will put the concrete in ____. The load will have to overcome this initial force.
Design brief
Gravity - weight - load
Compression at the bottom
Brain
2. The generation of ideas for solutions
Potential energy
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
Brainstorming
Pulley
3. The limiting factor in the height of a structure is the...
The calendar
Neutral axis...
Technology
Location of the trustline
4. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?
Manipulator
Axes
Timers - cams - electrical stops - and mechanical stops
Balanced
5. 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
Suspension
Neil Armstrong
Read only memory
Stress
6. In cable- stayed bridges - the cables are strung from the ______ to the deck
Compression - tension - shear - torsion - and bending
Yaw
Generate many alternative solutions
Tower
7. Bridges like me are usually made from two beams - each supported by one pier
Cantilever
The number of pulley wheels
Compression
Stress
8. The weight or resistance on a lever
Load
Resistive sensor
Kinetic energy
3000 feet
9. What type of arch bridge did the Romans build? (They were made from stone with the road on top of the arch)
Lever
The deck arch
Span
Program
10. What are computer chips made from?
Balanced
Microprocessor
Cable- stayed
Silicon
11. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called
How far it can reach
A waist twisting
Design loop
First- class levers
12. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?
Microprocessor
Optoelectronic sensor
Beam - arch - and suspension
Location of the trustline
13. The force (push or pull) used to do work
Effort
Battered
Functional models
To do jobs that would be boring to people
14. What factors determine the weight if a structure?
Triangular shapes
Size - shape - and type of material
Design loop
Structural failure
15. Which memory can be changed by the computer user - allowing for temporary storage of information?
Battered
Functional models
Random access memory
Bridge failure
16. Thrust lines are the ____ lines that forces - caused by loads - follow as they are transmitted through the system to the ground
Up
Compression at the bottom
Imaginary
Fire extinguisher
17. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Structural failure
How much a material has changed its shape
The problem solving process
18. How many combinations of eight bits are there?
Chemical reactions
Bus
256
Bending and shearing
19. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built
Input/Output devices
Prototypes
The problem solving process
Brainstorming
20. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?
Manipulator
The intensive development of borrowed ideas
James Watt
Up
21. What is the name for the set of instructions that a robot follows?
Program
The deck arch
Elasticity
Gripper
22. The points at which a robot can twist or bend are called what?
Manipulator
Axes
More resistant to shear - light - and strong
Timers - cams - electrical stops - and mechanical stops
23. What are I/O devices?
Input/Output devices
Effort
Newton - meter
Span
24. The transistor was discovered in 1947 by a team of researchers with what company?
Bell Laboratories
Cable- stayed
True
William Gilbert
25. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are...
High technology robots
Gears
Screw
Two story building
26. What is a touchstone?
Optoelectronic sensor
A rock used to test metal for quality
Overflows of the Nile
Its depth
27. What is concrete with steel rods placed in it called?
Cable- stayed
Cantilever
Brainstorming
Steel reinforced concrete
28. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point
Manipulator
Wheel and axle
Byte
XYZ
29. What was the first computer - developed at the University of Pennsylvania?
Horizontal braces
Design
ENIAC
Critical load/weight of the structure
30. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution
the permanent loads on a structure
Specifications
Can perform tasks more accurately and efficiently than people - can be programmed to do a variety of jobs - and never need holidays - sleep or meal breaks
Triangular shapes
31. What do truss bridges require to prevent them from falling over?
Yaw
Timers - cams - electrical stops - and mechanical stops
lever
Horizontal braces
32. Who is considered to be the first modern engineer?
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Location of the trustline
Galileo
Balanced
33. What is the name of the part that connects all the other parts of the computer to the CPU?
Bus
Specifications
Flexible
Neutral axis...
34. 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
Arch
Physical characteristics and work envelope
ROM
Resistance
35. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?
Compression - tension - shear - torsion - and bending
The ability to make adjustments to its surroundings
Chemistry
Work
36. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?
Design loop
Ultrasonic sensor
Lasers
Read only memory
37. Which of the following are two advantages of using robotics technology?
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Balanced
Reduced labor costs and predictable output
Clock
38. The robot's wrist can sometimes move in two dimensions. What are they?
Following white lines on the floor
Innovation
The intensive development of borrowed ideas
Bend and rotation
39. When a horizontal beam bends downward - the top surface is in ______ and the bottom surface is in ______.
Chemistry
the amount of force trying to push or pull a material apart
Microcomputer
Compression - tension
40. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work
Design loop
Invisible
Tie
Pulley
41. More than one pulley working together
The ability to make adjustments to its surroundings
Optoelectronic sensor
Block and tackle
Innovations
42. On a high- tech robot the controller is what device?
Irrigation
Microcomputer
Tip over
Suspension
43. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it
Aqueducts
Pushing
Optoelectronic sensor
Silicon
44. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always
Generate many alternative solutions
Input/Output devices
Energy
Dangerous job - heavy lifting - high accuracy required
45. What kind of robot makes up 1/3 of the industrial robots in the Unites States?
Problems
Low technology robots
The growth of Christianity
Shape
46. In the past it was commonly used to cross narrow distances like small streams or rivers
Design brief
Heavy
Silicon
Beam
47. A side effect of bending is called...
Bending moment or lever arm
First- class levers
Microprocessor
256
48. What problem made the use of a compass for navigation unreliable?
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49. What development about 8000 years ago led to increased time to engage in activities that involved other than basic survival needs?
Protect other people working around them
Rotational - vertical - and horizontal
Irrigation systems
Overflows of the Nile
50. Which kind of robot can perform a wide range of tasks but is somewhat limited?
Steel reinforced concrete
High tech robots
Medium technology robot
Worm gears
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