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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. The difficulties we must overcome






2. The definition of a robot's 'work envelope' is:






3. The I- beam is very strong because...






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






5. The word 'ROBOT' was chosen because of what quality?






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






7. The deck of a suspension bridge is ____ from the cables






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






9. A wheel fixed to a support with a rope that is run over the wheel to change the direction of a force applied to the rope






10. For a tower to be built higher - the walls can be...






11. Magnet - vaccuum - and hand are types of robot __________.






12. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?






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






14. What is the term used for the storage places in memory available to store informatoin?






15. What is the advantage of using a gate in tension instead of in compression?






16. In what field did Denis Papin and Thomas Newcomen perform early research?






17. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage






18. The safety factor is...






19. How are scale models of large buildings and bridges tested to determine the way they react to wind loads?






20. In the past it was commonly used to cross narrow distances like small streams or rivers






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






22. Which of the following is not a robot arm movement?






23. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force






24. Without what kind of systems - would the robot be deaf - blind - and dumb?






25. What kind of robot makes up 1/3 of the industrial robots in the Unites States?






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






27. Energy of position






28. What was the original meaning of 'ingeniator' which became the word 'engineer?'






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






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






31. Strain is a measure of...






32. Why didn't the Greeks believe in the verification of ideas by experimentation?






33. What was the forerunner of the robot?






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






35. Anchorages are not necessary at the ____ of the cables on a cable- stayed bridge






36. What was the Greeks' most important contribution to the realm of science?






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






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






39. A fallen tree is used to cross a stream is an example of a...






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






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






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






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






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






45. In Mesopotamia - engineers recorded information on






46. Provides problem clarification and specification






47. Which kind of robot can perform a wide range of tasks but is somewhat limited?






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






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






50. The three types of arches are...