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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. How are scale models of large buildings and bridges tested to determine the way they react to wind loads?






2. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






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






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






5. Which of the following would probably not be a tension structure?






6. The generation of ideas for solutions






7. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called






8. Provides direction for the work of the designer






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






10. Robots are often used in factories instead of people because they






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






12. What was the 'first great man - made trigger of change?'






13. The development of something completely new






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






15. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






16. For a machine to be a robot and not just considered automated - it must have?






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






18. In Mesopotamia - engineers recorded information on






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






20. Thrust lines are the ____ lines that forces - caused by loads - follow as they are transmitted through the system to the ground






21. What is a touchstone?






22. Shear is best described as...






23. A side effect of bending is called...






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






25. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are...






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






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






28. Force times distance






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






30. My bridge design is popular when the span is less than 3000 feet - mainly because I do not need anchorages or many piers






31. The ability to do work






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






33. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?






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






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






36. What is the name of the sensor that detects light?






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






38. Energy of position






39. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work






40. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






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






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






43. The longer the suspension bridge - the ____ the towers need to be






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






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






46. What are I/O devices?






47. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






48. What is the definition of stress






49. Two wheels that intermest at an angle to change the direction of rotation - also altering speed and force if necessary






50. A fixed wheel with a rope or chain that is attached to a load - used to change the direction of a force or to lift heavy objects - is a