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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Shows what a product will look like when it is produced






2. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end






3. Work divided by time






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






5. The planned process of change






6. What is concrete with steel rods placed in it called?






7. I am one of the oldest and simplest bridge designs. Today I can be quite a complex bridge - but like my ancestors - I support my own weight and the loads I have to bear - on vertical piers.






8. Distance between the piers






9. Which of the following are two advantages of using robotics technology?






10. Operating parameters are the abilities and limitations of robots that determine their design and tasks. Which of the following is not a robotics operating parameter?






11. In Mesopotamia - engineers recorded information on






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






13. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are...






14. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






15. Materials change shape as they expand and contract with...






16. Two of the most common ways of classifying robots are:






17. Tension is best described as...






18. Why did the nomads living in the high grasslands leave their settlements and head for the river valleys?






19. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?






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






21. Which device can check to see if a surface is level?






22. Inclined section that connects land to beam






23. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






24. Ways of overcoming difficulties






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






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






27. What is binary?






28. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same






29. What factors determine the weight if a structure?






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






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






32. What is the memory that cannot be changed by the computer operator?






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






34. Horizontal framework that rests on piers






35. The periodic rising and falling of the Nile River led to what development?






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






37. The truss bridge uses beams that have members that form...






38. What is the most important advantage of the medium technology robot as compared to the low technology robot?






39. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built






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






41. The transistor was discovered in 1947 by a team of researchers with what company?






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






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






44. Vertical travel is the name for the robot's movement in what direction?






45. The most important factor in determining the strength of a beam is...






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






47. 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






48. The probblem with very large compression structures is that they are...






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






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