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Introduction To Engineering
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engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. When the limits of stress and strain are exceeded - parts of a structure will...
Gears
Cable- stayed
Collapse or break
Bus
2. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?
Microcomputer
Cable- stayed
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
Two story building
3. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective
Load
Screw
Design loop
The belief that nature has general laws of behavior which can be described by words
4. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are...
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Up and down
Innovations
Fulcrum
5. Some of the ________ bridges in the world are suspension bridges
True
Operator of a battering ram
A cantilever bridge
Most famous
6. Beam bridges are especially prone to failure from...
Solve problems
A waist twisting
How far it can reach
Shear
7. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart
Actuators
Up
Neutral axis...
Stress
8. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder
Power
A rock used to test metal for quality
Screw
William Gilbert
9. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Design loop
Design brief
Keystone
10. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution
Following white lines on the floor
Timers - cams - electrical stops - and mechanical stops
256
Specifications
11. The robot's power supply provides what kind of energy for the robot?
Design brief
Tower
Prototypes
Electrical energy - pneumatic energy - and hydraulic energy
12. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built
Microprocessor
Prototypes
Innovation
Grippers
13. What type of arch bridge did the Romans build? (They were made from stone with the road on top of the arch)
Beam - arch - and suspension
The belief that nature has general laws of behavior which can be described by words
The deck arch
Gripper
14. Foundation on which the roadway is built on top of the beam
ROM
Lasers
Block and tackle
Deck
15. What major landmark was located at Alexandria?
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
Compression - tension
A library
The ability to make adjustments to its surroundings
16. The deck of a suspension bridge is ____ from the cables
Dangerous job - heavy lifting - high accuracy required
Protect other people working around them
Hung
Work
17. Otto von Guericke developed a vaccuum pump which was originally a
Actuators
Fire extinguisher
Arch
Cable- stayed
18. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world
Steel reinforced concrete
Shear
Science
Tie
19. What caused the 1965 power failure in the Northeastern United States?
A power relay in a Niagara Falls power station
Most famous
Up
Brainstorming
20. When a machine multiplies the effort being used
Ultrasonic sensor
Optoelectronic sensor
How far it can reach
Mechanical advantage
21. On a high- tech robot the controller is what device?
Microcomputer
A waist twisting
The growth of Christianity
Read only memory
22. What type of robot arm is able to move in three different dimensions and has a cube- shaped working envelope/
Actuators
Operator of a battering ram
Neil Armstrong
XYZ
23. A fallen tree is used to cross a stream is an example of a...
Chemistry
Instruction set
Hard automation
Beam bridge
24. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are...
Law of Conservation of Energy
Gears
Chemistry
Irrigation
25. Work divided by time
The number of pulley wheels
Axes
Power
Bend and rotation
26. The line in a beam where there is no tension or compression is called the...
Neutral axis...
Ergonomics
Ultrasonic sensor
3000 feet
27. What is concrete with steel rods placed in it called?
Steel reinforced concrete
Bridge failure
Read only memory
Monolithic - three pin - and two pin
28. The outward thrust of an arch can be resisted by...
Optoelectronic sensor
Read only memory
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Romans
29. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of
Time and angles
Spur gears
Clock
Cable- stayed
30. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by
Cloud chamber
The number of pulley wheels
Optoelectronic sensor
Papyrus
31. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work
Design loop
Trial and error
Optoelectronic sensor
Program
32. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?
High tech robots
Law of Conservation of Energy
Effort
William Gilbert
33. The downward forces acting on a bridge are...
Microprocessor
the permanent loads on a structure
Gravity - weight - load
A small degree of flexibility
34. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force
Chain hoist
Any place on the arch
Worm gears
lever
35. How many combinations of eight bits are there?
Extend and retract
256
Twisting
Design loop
36. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?
To do jobs that would be boring to people
Steam engines
Microprocessor
Bit
37. What is the name of the part that connects all the other parts of the computer to the CPU?
Bus
Imaginary
Steam engines
Design brief
38. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?
Nylon
3000 feet
XYZ
Microprocessor
39. What is the memory that cannot be changed by the computer operator?
Suspension
Byte
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
Read only memory
40. In what field did Denis Papin and Thomas Newcomen perform early research?
Movable pulley
Screw
Size - shape - and type of material
Steam engines
41. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities
Deck
Battered
Measurement - evaluation - and control
Technology
42. Robots are often equipped with wire cages - infrared light curtains - and/or surveillance cameras to
Cable- stayed
Ultrasonic sensor
Pulley
Protect other people working around them
43. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys
Critical load/weight of the structure
To do jobs that would be boring to people
Chain hoist
Grippers
44. Come in a variety of sizes with their teeth straight or curved and inclined at a variety of angles
Up and down
Gears
Structural failure
Tower
45. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it
The lack of pressure to continue development
Aqueducts
Solutions
They thought experiments should be done only by slaves
46. Why didn't the Greeks believe in the verification of ideas by experimentation?
They thought experiments should be done only by slaves
Energy
Stone - concrete - or steel
Gears
47. Surplus food led to all of the following except:
Bit
Truss
Irrigation
Beam
48. In the past it was commonly used to cross narrow distances like small streams or rivers
Beam
Bending and shearing
Arithmetic - data handling - logic - and index register instructions
Up and down
49. A side effect of bending is called...
Bimetallic sensor
Bending moment or lever arm
Fixed pulley
Dangerous job - heavy lifting - high accuracy required
50. What problem made the use of a compass for navigation unreliable?
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