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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 difficulties we must overcome






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






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






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






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






6. The strength of my design lies in the use of triangles






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






8. Which of the following is not an example of a live load?






9. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always






10. A memory chip that has instructions burned permanently into the chip is called what?






11. The improvement of things already invented






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






13. What events made it necessary to perform periodic surveying in the Nile Valley?






14. What are I/O devices?






15. The metric unit for measuring work






16. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?






17. In cable- stayed bridges - the cables are strung from the ______ to the deck






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






19. When the limits of stress and strain are exceeded - parts of a structure will...






20. I am one of the oldest and simplest bridge designs. Today I can be quite a complex bridge - but like my ancestors - I support my own weight and the loads I have to bear - on vertical piers.






21. What are computer chips made from?






22. What is the most important advantage of the medium technology robot as compared to the low technology robot?






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






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






25. One growing area in robotics is developing new ways for robots to:






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






27. The three types of equilibrium are:






28. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?






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






30. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






31. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






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






33. The line in a beam where there is no tension or compression is called the...






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






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






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






37. An arch will support the load equally well at...






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






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






40. The generation of ideas for solutions






41. More than one pulley working together






42. On a high- tech robot the controller is what device?






43. What is the definition of stress






44. Two gear wheels that intermesh in the same plane - regulating the speed or force of motion and reversing its direction






45. The five types of stress are...






46. Structures that are not able to support the loads placed upon them will experience...






47. Horizontal framework that rests on piers






48. Inclined section that connects land to beam






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






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