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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 metric unit for measuring work






2. What type of arch bridge is a type of truss?






3. Bridges are subject to failure because of...






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






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






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






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






8. Robots fit into two categories:






9. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage






10. What type of robot arm is able to move in three different dimensions and has a cube- shaped working envelope/






11. Mobile robots are able to maneuver around a factory floor by






12. The five types of stress are...






13. The controller is what part of the robot?






14. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end






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






16. Who is considered to be the first modern engineer?






17. The turning point of a lever






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






19. Torsion is best described as...






20. Technology has advanced so much in the last 20 years that automation has become:






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






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






23. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






24. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?






25. In Mesopotamia - engineers recorded information on






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






27. Tension is the force acting on the cables in a _______ bridge






28. The limiting factor in the height of a structure is the...






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






30. What is the difference between a tension and a compression structure?






31. What major landmark was located at Alexandria?






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






33. C. T. R. Wilson worked at the Ben Nevis Laboratory - observed a 'glory' - and eventually developed the






34. When generating ideas for a solution to a problem - it is important to do which of the following in order to effectively and visually communicate these ideas for use in construction drawings?






35. What is the name for the devices that make the manipulators move?






36. What is concrete with steel rods placed in it called?






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






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






39. The ability to do work






40. The _______ of structural components is more important than the type of material from which they are made






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






42. The truss bridge uses beams that have members that form...






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






44. Magnet - vaccuum - and hand are types of robot __________.






45. The improvement of things already invented






46. Work divided by time






47. In what field did Denis Papin and Thomas Newcomen perform early research?






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






49. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






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