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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Why did the nomads living in the high grasslands leave their settlements and head for the river valleys?






2. If a structure did not have rotational equilibrium - it would






3. The downward forces acting on a bridge are...






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






5. Two gear wheels that intermesh in the same plane - regulating the speed or force of motion and reversing its direction






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






7. What type of arch bridge is a type of truss?






8. The efficiency rating of a structure is...






9. The scientific formula for work is...






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






11. Which of the following is a basic category of robot instructions?






12. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as...






13. The improvement of things already invented






14. Otto von Guericke developed a vaccuum pump which was originally a






15. The controller is what part of the robot?






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






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






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






19. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?






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






21. A system of pulleys that consists of one rope wound around two separate sets of pulley - each of which is free to rotate independently on the same axle






22. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and the load






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






24. What factors determine the weight if a structure?






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






26. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






27. On a high- tech robot the controller is what device?






28. A pulley that makes work easier






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






30. What problem made the use of a compass for navigation unreliable?


31. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it






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






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






34. Structures that are not able to support the loads placed upon them will experience...






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






36. An arm reaching out and pulling back is similar to what axes on the robot?






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






38. The difficulties we must overcome






39. 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






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






41. Stress can be lowered by






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






43. The weight or resistance on a lever






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






45. Provides a structure for thinking and doing






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






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






48. Surplus food led to all of the following except:






49. The three types of equilibrium are:






50. When a machine multiplies the effort being used