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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the memory that cannot be changed by the computer operator?






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






3. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






4. Provides direction for the work of the designer






5. Suspension bridges have the problem of being...






6. The lesson used an illustration of a robot filling boxes. The sensors detected if the box had moved. What kind of sensor was used?






7. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






15. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum - used to overcome a resistance or to raise a weight when force is applied is a






16. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder






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






18. What innovation first enabled greater flexibility in sailing ships?






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






20. 550 foot- pounds per second






21. Provides problem clarification and specification






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






23. What kind of robot is able to be programmed to many different tasks easily?






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






25. Vertical travel is the name for the robot's movement in what direction?






26. A bit is the presence of voltage or no voltage. By what symbols is it represented?






27. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






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






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






30. The periodic rising and falling of the Nile River led to what development?






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






32. The controller is what part of the robot?






33. Come in a variety of sizes with their teeth straight or curved and inclined at a variety of angles






34. Shows what a product will look like when it is produced






35. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by






36. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...






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






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






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






40. Because bridges like me are long - light in weight - and high in the air - our greatest enemy is the wind






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






42. Operating parameters are the abilities and limitations of robots that determine their design and tasks. Which of the following is not a robotics operating parameter?






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






44. The five types of stress are...






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






46. The development of something completely new






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






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






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






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