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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Bridges like me are usually made from two beams - each supported by one pier






2. The sides of a bridge where it is attached to the land that supports the arch






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






4. Provides a structure for thinking and doing






5. The ability to do work






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






7. What did the people trapped on the New York subway do when the power went out?






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






9. The robot's power supply provides what kind of energy for the robot?






10. The top - center stone that all other stones in the arch bridge lean on - or push against - for support






11. The points at which a robot can twist or bend are called what?






12. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that checks how hard it is for power to flow through the device?






13. The development of something completely new






14. Which device can check to see if a surface is level?






15. What is binary?






16. There are about 100 instructions that a typical robot inderstands. This collection of instructions is called what?






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






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






19. Work divided by time






20. What are the three common criteria to determine robot use?






21. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?






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






23. What type of arch bridge did the Romans build? (They were made from stone with the road on top of the arch)






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






25. Suspension bridges usually have the longest single span of all bridges






26. Distance between the piers






27. What type of bridge sags in the middle but hogs at both ends?






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






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






30. Which of the following are two advantages of using robotics technology?






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






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






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






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






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






36. In which two temperature measurement scales is absolute zero at zero degrees/






37. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of






38. Why did the nomads living in the high grasslands leave their settlements and head for the river valleys?






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






40. Inclined section that connects land to beam






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






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






43. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always






44. What caused the 1965 power failure in the Northeastern United States?






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






46. A memory chip that has instructions burned permanently into the chip is called what?






47. In Mesopotamia - engineers recorded information on






48. What was the first computer - developed at the University of Pennsylvania?






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






50. A pulley that makes work easier






Can you answer 50 questions in 15 minutes?



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