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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?






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






3. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution






4. The safety factor is...






5. When a machine multiplies the effort being used






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






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






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






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






10. Shear near supports - crumbling piers - stretching cables - and uneven traffic are examples of...






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






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






13. What is the name of the amount of computer memory used for a computer 'word'?






14. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






15. Structures would crumble or tip over if the forces acting on them were not in...






16. The improvement of things already invented






17. More than one pulley working together






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






19. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart






20. 550 foot- pounds per second






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






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






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






24. What is the definition of stress






25. What is the name of the robot's arm?






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






27. Work divided by time






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






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






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






31. Which of the following was not a development of Roman culture?






32. Inclined section that connects land to beam






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






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






35. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities






36. 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?






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






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






39. Horizontal framework that rests on piers






40. Ways of overcoming difficulties






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






42. For a tower to be built higher - the walls can be...






43. When a horizontal beam bends downward - the top surface is in ______ and the bottom surface is in ______.






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






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






46. What development about 8000 years ago led to increased time to engage in activities that involved other than basic survival needs?






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






48. Shear is best described as...






49. Which device can hear sounds that the human ear cannot?






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







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