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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What was the 'first great man - made trigger of change?'






2. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that is similar to a car's turn signal flasher?






3. Which of the following is not a robot arm movement?






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






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






6. If you generate alternative solutions and begin to build your best solution - but you have problems building your design - what should you do?






7. The best way to prevent a rectangle from distorting is...






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






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






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






11. Compression is best described as...






12. What was the Greeks' most important contribution to the realm of science?






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






14. The definition of a robot's 'work envelope' is:






15. Work divided by time






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






17. Shear is best described as...






18. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






19. Beam bridges are especially prone to failure from...






20. The ability of a material to return to its original shape when a load is removed is called






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






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






23. A force that opposes motion






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






25. 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






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






27. 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.






28. Why didn't the Greeks believe in the verification of ideas by experimentation?






29. What was mostly responsible for the decline of the Egyptian civilization?






30. 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






31. The generation of ideas for solutions






32. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?






33. The outward thrust of an arch can be resisted by...






34. The five types of stress are...






35. The top - center stone that all other stones in the arch bridge lean on - or push against - for support






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






37. Which of the following are two advantages of using robotics technology?






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






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






40. The weight of the obect being moved






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






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






43. What is the name of the part that connects all the other parts of the computer to the CPU?






44. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort






45. The downward bending of the cantilever part of the beam makes the beam in the adjoining bay bend...






46. Bridges like me are usually made from two beams - each supported by one pier






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






48. 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






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






50. The three types of equilibrium are: