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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The periodic rising and falling of the Nile River led to what development?






2. The _______ of structural components is more important than the type of material from which they are made






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






4. What are I/O devices?






5. Tension is the force acting on the cables in a _______ bridge






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






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






8. 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






9. The line in a beam where there is no tension or compression is called the...






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






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






12. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by






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






14. Which of the following would probably not be a tension structure?






15. What was mostly responsible for the decline of the Egyptian civilization?






16. The planned process of change






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






18. Shear near supports - crumbling piers - stretching cables - and uneven traffic are examples of...






19. What is the name of the robot's arm?






20. The safety factor is...






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






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






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






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






25. The three types of arches are...






26. A side effect of bending is called...






27. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)






28. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






29. Tension is best described as...






30. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






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






32. The dead load of a structure is






33. Thrust lines are the ____ lines that forces - caused by loads - follow as they are transmitted through the system to the ground






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






35. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






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






37. Beam bridges are especially prone to failure from...






38. What is the name for the set of instructions that a robot follows?






39. The five types of stress are...






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






41. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?






42. 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






43. The tower on a cable- stayed bridge supports a _________ portion of the deck






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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






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