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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. One growing area in robotics is developing new ways for robots to:






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






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






4. Who is considered to be the first modern engineer?






5. Ways of overcoming difficulties






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






7. What do truss bridges require to prevent them from falling over?






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






9. Which of the following is not a robot wrist movement?






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






11. The force applied to a lever






12. Inclined section that connects land to beam






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






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






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






16. The best way to prevent a rectangle from distorting is...






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






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






19. The energy of motion






20. Strain is a measure of...






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






22. The force that has the most impact in arch bridges






23. An arch will support the load equally well at...






24. What events made it necessary to perform periodic surveying in the Nile Valley?






25. Which memory can be changed by the computer user - allowing for temporary storage of information?






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






27. The generation of ideas for solutions






28. The outward thrust of an arch can be resisted by...






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






30. Two examples of me are the Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. They both have decks that hang from cables made of hundreds of steel wires - just like me






31. Which of the following is not a basic component of a robotics system?






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






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






34. Foundation on which the roadway is built on top of the beam






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






36. One material from which arch bridges are typically made






37. My name means 'seesaw' in French and the English dictionary describes me as a level -- something that is counterbalanced - so that when one end is lowered - the other is raised






38. In the Nile Valley - information was recorded on a paperlike material called






39. A robot can be driven by any of the following except






40. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






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






42. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum






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






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






45. What was the first synthetic fiber - developed at duPont in 1938?






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






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






48. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






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






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