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Introduction To Engineering
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1. What was the first computer - developed at the University of Pennsylvania?
ENIAC
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Horsepower
Strong anchorages
2. The group of people responsible for developing the arch bridge
Irrigation
1 or 0
Romans
Span
3. Distance between the piers
It didn't always point at the North Star
add a diagonal member
Span
Ergonomics
4. I am a new bridge design that includes elements from a cantilever and a suspension bridge. I am easier to build than either of those but I am limited to spanning shorter distances
Location of the trustline
Gripper
Cable- stayed
Instruction set
5. Vertical travel is the name for the robot's movement in what direction?
Up and down
Ultrasonic sensor
New jobs
Send out a light signal
6. Structures would crumble or tip over if the forces acting on them were not in...
Critical load/weight of the structure
Effort
The number of pulley wheels
Equilibrium
7. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end
Innovations
Compression - tension - shear - torsion - and bending
Width of the beam
Third- class lever
8. The planned process of change
Design
Electrical energy - pneumatic energy - and hydraulic energy
Design brief
Soft clay tablets
9. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end
Up and down
Resistive sensor
Optoelectronic sensor
Second- class lever
10. Which of the following is not a robot wrist movement?
Neutral axis...
Gripper
Bus
The number of pulley wheels
11. The improvement of things already invented
Bit
Hard automation and soft automation
Innovation
Chemistry
12. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and the load
First- class lever
Byte
increasing the area over which the force acts
Horsepower
13. The most important factor in determining the strength of a beam is...
Shape
Its depth
Irrigation systems
Innovations
14. What was primarily responsible for the development of water wheels and windmills?
Foot- pounds
Suspension
The growth of Christianity
Computer language
15. What was the original meaning of 'ingeniator' which became the word 'engineer?'
Soft clay tablets
Fulcrum
Design brief
Operator of a battering ram
16. Suspension bridges usually have the longest single span of all bridges
Innovation
A rock used to test metal for quality
The bowstring girder
True
17. The points at which a robot can twist or bend are called what?
Axes
Elasticity
Optoelectronic sensor
Byte
18. Materials change shape as they expand and contract with...
Compression
Stress
Temperature changes
Span
19. The study of how human beings best interact with technology
Unstable
Ergonomics
The number of pulley wheels
Critical load/weight of the structure
20. Which is not a true statement about gears?
Electrical energy - pneumatic energy - and hydraulic energy
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Send out a light signal
Potential energy
21. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point
Span
Power
Wheel and axle
Clock
22. What is the device in the microcomputer that keeps timing for the microcomputer?
Microcomputer
Clock
Is able to learn
Axes
23. When the limits of stress and strain are exceeded - parts of a structure will...
Collapse or break
the permanent loads on a structure
Rack and pinion gears
Steel reinforced concrete
24. What development about 8000 years ago led to increased time to engage in activities that involved other than basic survival needs?
XYZ
Taller
Irrigation systems
Generate many alternative solutions
25. In what field did Denis Papin and Thomas Newcomen perform early research?
W = F x d
Load
Steam engines
Overflows of the Nile
26. How are scale models of large buildings and bridges tested to determine the way they react to wind loads?
Hard automation and soft automation
A waist twisting
Wind tunnel testing
Chemistry
27. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems
Sensing systems
Horizontal braces
Functional models
Optoelectronic sensor
28. Strain is a measure of...
Program
Rankine and Kelvin
How much a material has changed its shape
Collapse or break
29. The weight of the obect being moved
Ate birthday cake and drank wine
Mechanical advantage
The calendar
Resistance
30. Which of the following would not be a major factor in the design of a beam?
Balanced
Effort
Width of the beam
Equilibrium
31. 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
Suspension
Is able to learn
First- class lever
Collapse or break
32. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as...
Specifications
Work
Brainstorming
the amount of force trying to push or pull a material apart
33. What is the name of the largest of the three types of computers?
Design loop
Brainstorming
Main - frame computer
William Gilbert
34. All suspension bridges have three things in common: two very tall towers - __________ - and cables made of many wires
Heavy
XYZ
Strong anchorages
Physical characteristics and work envelope
35. When the thrustline wanders outside the middle of the tower - the tower becomes...
Tower
Unstable
Wind tunnel testing
The growth of Christianity
36. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart
Axes
Brain
Potential energy
Stress
37. Magnet - vaccuum - and hand are types of robot __________.
Measurement - evaluation - and control
Design brief
Optoelectronic sensor
Grippers
38. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always
Generate many alternative solutions
Can perform tasks more accurately and efficiently than people - can be programmed to do a variety of jobs - and never need holidays - sleep or meal breaks
Resistive sensor
Spur gears
39. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it
Aqueducts
increasing the area over which the force acts
Effort
Resistance
40. The safety factor is...
designing the structure to be stronger than the anticipated need
the amount of force trying to push or pull a material apart
Neutral axis...
Pulley
41. The limiting factor in the height of a structure is the...
Ultrasonic sensor
Size - shape - and type of material
Design loop
Location of the trustline
42. The difficulties we must overcome
Solve problems
Chain hoist
Pulling
Problems
43. What is binary?
Can perform tasks more accurately and efficiently than people - can be programmed to do a variety of jobs - and never need holidays - sleep or meal breaks
Soft clay tablets
Computer language
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
44. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage
Design loop
Manipulator
Fixed pulley
Stress
45. In cable- stayed bridges - the cables are strung from the ______ to the deck
Power
Ergonomics
Tower
Structural failure
46. Bridges are subject to failure because of...
Bending and shearing
Truss
Fulcrum
Imaginary
47. Which of the following is not an example of a live load?
Pulley
Weight of the roof...
Problems
A rock used to test metal for quality
48. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Screw
Deck
Design brief
49. An automated system responds to external changes in three steps:
Following white lines on the floor
Foot- pounds
Optoelectronic sensor
Measurement - evaluation - and control
50. A pulley that makes work easier
Movable pulley
Optoelectronic sensor
Block and tackle
Balanced
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