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Introduction To Engineering
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1. Robots fit into two categories:
Twisting
How much a material has changed its shape
Hard automation and soft automation
Battered
2. The study of how human beings best interact with technology
Third- class lever
Beam - arch - and suspension
Size - shape - and type of material
Ergonomics
3. All suspension bridges have three things in common: two very tall towers - __________ - and cables made of many wires
Irrigation
Strong anchorages
Cable- stayed
Clock
4. What problem made the use of a compass for navigation unreliable?
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5. 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
Resistive sensor
Third- class lever
Memory addresses
Cable- stayed
6. The periodic rising and falling of the Nile River led to what development?
Microprocessor
Beam bridge
The calendar
Bimetallic sensor
7. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective
lever
Design loop
Invention
Arch
8. The weight of the obect being moved
Grippers
Tie
Resistance
The calendar
9. The word 'ROBOT' was chosen because of what quality?
Bell Laboratories
A small degree of flexibility
Most of the material is located where it is needed
Ramp
10. The robot's column rotation axis is similar to what movement on the human body?
A waist twisting
increasing the area over which the force acts
High technology robots
Its depth
11. A side effect of bending is called...
Ultrasonic sensor
Computer language
Bending moment or lever arm
Specifications
12. What development about 8000 years ago led to increased time to engage in activities that involved other than basic survival needs?
Irrigation systems
Design loop
add a diagonal member
Arithmetic - data handling - logic - and index register instructions
13. The deck of a suspension bridge is ____ from the cables
Program
256
Hung
The growth of Christianity
14. What was the forerunner of the robot?
Ergonomics
Fire extinguisher
Grippers
Hard automation
15. Tension is best described as...
Byte
Solutions
Pulling
Screw
16. What did the people trapped on the New York subway do when the power went out?
Prototypes
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
Strong anchorages
Ate birthday cake and drank wine
17. Provides a structure for thinking and doing
Twisting
A power relay in a Niagara Falls power station
Cable- stayed
Design loop
18. When the thrustline wanders outside the middle of the tower - the tower becomes...
Design brief
Beam
Unstable
The cable- stayed bridge
19. What is concrete with steel rods placed in it called?
Taller
Sensing systems
Tension structures weigh less
Steel reinforced concrete
20. The force applied to a lever
Shape
Collapse or break
Up and down
Effort
21. The points at which a robot can twist or bend are called what?
Is able to learn
Axes
Beam
How far it can reach
22. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?
Tension structures weigh less
Chain hoist
Microprocessor
Collapse or break
23. 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
Stone - concrete - or steel
First- class lever
Solutions
24. The robot's power supply provides what kind of energy for the robot?
Elasticity
Kinetic energy
Electrical energy - pneumatic energy - and hydraulic energy
Location of the trustline
25. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)
Rack and pinion gears
Beam bridge
Gravity - weight - load
designing the structure to be stronger than the anticipated need
26. Foundation on which the roadway is built on top of the beam
Cable- stayed
Deck
Is able to learn
Critical load/weight of the structure
27. The scientific formula for work is...
W = F x d
Timers - cams - electrical stops - and mechanical stops
Shape
Beam
28. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point
Energy
Wheel and axle
Compression - tension - shear - torsion - and bending
Chain hoist
29. What kind of robot is able to be programmed to many different tasks easily?
Up
Monolithic - three pin - and two pin
High technology robots
Triangular lateen sail
30. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?
Resistance
The ability to make adjustments to its surroundings
Bridge failure
Clock
31. One material from which arch bridges are typically made
Stone - concrete - or steel
Pulling
Bending moment or lever arm
Work
32. An arch will support the load equally well at...
Mechanical advantage
Trial and error
Any place on the arch
the permanent loads on a structure
33. What is the name of the sensor that detects light?
Clock
The calendar
Optoelectronic sensor
Bascule
34. The strength of my design lies in the use of triangles
Resistive sensor
Truss
The problem solving process
Compression - tension
35. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys
Soft clay tablets
Pushing
Chain hoist
Axes
36. A memory chip that has instructions burned permanently into the chip is called what?
Twisting
The growth of Christianity
Collapse or break
ROM
37. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?
Critical load/weight of the structure
Lasers
Brainstorming
Arithmetic - data handling - logic - and index register instructions
38. Shear near supports - crumbling piers - stretching cables - and uneven traffic are examples of...
Bridge failure
Energy
Most famous
High tech robots
39. What was the 'first great man - made trigger of change?'
Plow
ENIAC
Mechanical advantage
Time and angles
40. Torsion is best described as...
Compression - tension - shear - torsion - and bending
Temperature changes
Twisting
Most famous
41. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work
Battered
Design loop
Ultrasonic sensor
Brain
42. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort
Work
Chemistry
Irrigation systems
Shear
43. Suspension bridges usually have the longest single span of all bridges
Stone - concrete - or steel
True
Steel reinforced concrete
Read only memory
44. For a tower to be built higher - the walls can be...
lever
Design loop
Battered
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
45. Robots are often used in factories instead of people because they
Block and tackle
Monolithic - three pin - and two pin
add a diagonal member
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
46. The most important factor in determining the strength of a beam is...
Its depth
How much a material has changed its shape
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
Actuators
47. Which of the following are two advantages of using robotics technology?
Reduced labor costs and predictable output
The deck arch
Random access memory
Two story building
48. Which of the following would not be a major factor in the design of a beam?
Axes
Width of the beam
Weight of the roof...
Brainstorming
49. Mobile robots are able to maneuver around a factory floor by
Following white lines on the floor
Ultrasonic sensor
Optoelectronic sensor
Span
50. For a machine to be a robot and not just considered automated - it must have?
Axes
A library
Reduced labor costs and predictable output
True
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