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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Shear near supports - crumbling piers - stretching cables - and uneven traffic are examples of...






2. Which of the following would not be a major factor in the design of a beam?






3. What is the smallest amount of memory available to the computer?






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






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






6. All suspension bridges have three things in common: two very tall towers - __________ - and cables made of many wires






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






8. The difficulties we must overcome






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






10. Bridges like me are usually made from two beams - each supported by one pier






11. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?






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






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






14. The dead load of a structure is






15. Bridges are subject to failure because of...






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






17. What is the name for the devices that make the manipulators move?






18. What was primarily responsible for the development of water wheels and windmills?






19. What is binary?






20. Stress can be lowered by






21. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






22. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






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






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

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






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






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






28. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






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






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






31. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that is similar to a car's turn signal flasher?






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






33. What is the difference between a tension and a compression structure?






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






35. When the thrustline wanders outside the middle of the tower - the tower becomes...






36. What type of bridge requires very strong abutments or supports?






37. My bridge design is popular when the span is less than 3000 feet - mainly because I do not need anchorages or many piers






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






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






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






41. What innovation first enabled greater flexibility in sailing ships?






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






43. Strain is a measure of...






44. The development of irrigation systems and the establishment of land boundaries did not lead to which of the following?






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






46. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart






47. When a machine multiplies the effort being used






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






49. 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






50. The robot's wrist can sometimes move in two dimensions. What are they?