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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The planned process of change






2. Robots fit into two categories:






3. Shear is best described as...






4. What type of bridge requires very strong abutments or supports?






5. The word 'ROBOT' was chosen because of what quality?






6. The weight of the obect being moved






7. Work divided by time






8. Force times distance






9. The development of something completely new






10. What is the term used for the storage places in memory available to store informatoin?






11. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






12. The I- beam is very strong because...






13. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of






14. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?






15. The robot's power supply provides what kind of energy for the robot?






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






17. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)






18. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it






19. What are I/O devices?






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






21. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective






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






23. I am a new bridge design that includes elements from a cantilever and a suspension bridge. I am easier to build than either of those but I am limited to spanning shorter distances






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






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






26. Compression is best described as...






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






28. The energy of motion






29. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






30. Energy of position






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






32. In the 1950's - the ______ created a boom in bridge building






33. The dead load of a structure is






34. What did the people trapped on the New York subway do when the power went out?






35. The robot's column rotation axis is similar to what movement on the human body?






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






37. Which kind of robot can perform a wide range of tasks but is somewhat limited?






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






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






40. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force






41. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are...






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






43. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point






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






45. The probblem with very large compression structures is that they are...






46. 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






47. What was the forerunner of the robot?






48. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end






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






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