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Introduction To Engineering
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1. Foundation on which the roadway is built on top of the beam
Compression - tension - shear - torsion - and bending
Block and tackle
Compression - tension
Deck
2. The definition of a robot's 'work envelope' is:
Tension structures weigh less
Electrical energy - pneumatic energy - and hydraulic energy
Keystone
How far it can reach
3. The controller is what part of the robot?
Brain
Chemistry
Structural failure
Nylon
4. What type of bridge has cables running from the tower directly to the roadway?
Dangerous job - heavy lifting - high accuracy required
Bending and shearing
The cable- stayed bridge
Beam
5. 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
Ergonomics
Size - shape - and type of material
Functional models
lever
6. The safety factor is...
designing the structure to be stronger than the anticipated need
Gears
ENIAC
Horsepower
7. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?
Size - shape - and type of material
To do jobs that would be boring to people
Stone - concrete - or steel
Bending and shearing
8. What is binary?
Up and down
The intensive development of borrowed ideas
Computer language
Lever
9. What was the Greeks' most important contribution to the realm of science?
Measurement - evaluation - and control
The belief that nature has general laws of behavior which can be described by words
Byte
Romans
10. What do truss bridges require to prevent them from falling over?
designing the structure to be stronger than the anticipated need
Horizontal braces
Send out a light signal
The intensive development of borrowed ideas
11. An arm reaching out and pulling back is similar to what axes on the robot?
Optoelectronic sensor
Extend and retract
Gripper
Rotational - vertical - and horizontal
12. The lesson used an illustration of a robot filling boxes. The sensors detected if the box had moved. What kind of sensor was used?
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
Soft clay tablets
Optoelectronic sensor
A library
13. Suspension bridges usually have the longest single span of all bridges
True
Pulley
Science
New jobs
14. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same
Random access memory
Law of Conservation of Energy
Temperature changes
Work
15. A pulley that makes work easier
Movable pulley
Chain hoist
Low technology robots
Up
16. Shear is best described as...
The lack of pressure to continue development
Sliding
Input/Output devices
Resistance
17. Anchorages are not necessary at the ____ of the cables on a cable- stayed bridge
Ends
Compression
Clock
Design loop
18. What innovation first enabled greater flexibility in sailing ships?
Spur gears
Triangular lateen sail
Optoelectronic sensor
A small degree of flexibility
19. The ability to do work
Galileo
Energy
Imaginary
Guard rails
20. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution
Arch
Size - shape - and type of material
Friction
Specifications
21. Programming - maintenance - and supervising are some of the ________ often created when robots are introduced into the workplace
Solve problems
Measurement - evaluation - and control
Up and down
New jobs
22. The longer the suspension bridge - the ____ the towers need to be
Taller
Operator of a battering ram
The lack of pressure to continue development
Program
23. A cable- stayed bridge easily spans distances under...
3000 feet
ROM
Shape
Hard automation
24. Which of the following would not be a major factor in the design of a beam?
A cantilever bridge
Physical characteristics and work envelope
Romans
Width of the beam
25. The difficulties we must overcome
Problems
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
A cantilever bridge
The lack of pressure to continue development
26. The metric unit for measuring work
Arch
The wheel and axle
Overflows of the Nile
Newton - meter
27. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
Gears
Laser rod
Twisting
28. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Heavy
Microprocessor
Size - shape - and type of material
29. The limiting factor in the height of a structure is the...
Shear
Gears
Location of the trustline
Chemical reactions
30. 550 foot- pounds per second
Horsepower
Ate birthday cake and drank wine
Computer language
Romans
31. A fallen tree is used to cross a stream is an example of a...
Problems
Beam bridge
Timers - cams - electrical stops - and mechanical stops
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
32. The force applied to a lever
Fire extinguisher
Memory addresses
Microcomputer
Effort
33. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?
Fire extinguisher
Ends
Lasers
Axes
34. What are computer chips made from?
Keystone
Silicon
Imaginary
The lack of pressure to continue development
35. What type of arch bridge did the Romans build? (They were made from stone with the road on top of the arch)
The deck arch
Rack and pinion gears
Steam engines
Bimetallic sensor
36. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/
Mechanical advantage
An increase in the summer temperature - a reduction in rainfall - food sources began to disappear
Send out a light signal
increasing the area over which the force acts
37. The group of people responsible for developing the arch bridge
Hard automation
1 or 0
Problems
Romans
38. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...
New jobs
Arch
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
The problem solving process
39. Shear near supports - crumbling piers - stretching cables - and uneven traffic are examples of...
The structure will be lighter
Work
Bridge failure
Lever
40. What did the people trapped on the New York subway do when the power went out?
Horizontal braces
Ate birthday cake and drank wine
Is able to learn
The bowstring girder
41. Which of the following is a basic category of robot instructions?
Imaginary
Span
They thought experiments should be done only by slaves
Arithmetic - data handling - logic - and index register instructions
42. Builders made the original versions of me out of wedge- shaped stones that fit snugly together. They were held in place with the pressure of the weight of the bridge
ENIAC
Arch
Flexible
An increase in the summer temperature - a reduction in rainfall - food sources began to disappear
43. What was the first computer - developed at the University of Pennsylvania?
Block and tackle
ENIAC
the permanent loads on a structure
Horizontal braces
44. The energy of motion
Specifications
Laser rod
Kinetic energy
High tech robots
45. Stress can be lowered by
Any place on the arch
increasing the area over which the force acts
Lever
Pulley
46. When the limits of stress and strain are exceeded - parts of a structure will...
Collapse or break
Actuators
Trial and error
Microprocessor
47. What was the original meaning of 'ingeniator' which became the word 'engineer?'
Kinetic energy
The cable- stayed bridge
Operator of a battering ram
Time and angles
48. The robot's column rotation axis is similar to what movement on the human body?
Load
Twisting
Flexible
A waist twisting
49. The sides of a bridge where it is attached to the land that supports the arch
Cable- stayed
Reduced labor costs and predictable output
Brainstorming
Abutments
50. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective
The cable- stayed bridge
Interstate highway system
Design loop
Friction
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