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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?






2. What is the device in the microcomputer that keeps timing for the microcomputer?






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

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






5. Some of the ________ bridges in the world are suspension bridges






6. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work






7. Structures would crumble or tip over if the forces acting on them were not in...






8. What type of arch bridge did the Romans build? (They were made from stone with the road on top of the arch)






9. The five types of stress are...






10. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






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






12. A wheel fixed to a support with a rope that is run over the wheel to change the direction of a force applied to the rope






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






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






15. The planned process of change






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






17. In cable- stayed bridges - the cables are strung from the ______ to the deck






18. The English unit of measuring work






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






20. The improvement of things already invented






21. What is the definition of stress






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






23. Inclined section that connects land to beam






24. Otto von Guericke developed a vaccuum pump which was originally a






25. Programming - maintenance - and supervising are some of the ________ often created when robots are introduced into the workplace






26. What kind of robot makes up 1/3 of the industrial robots in the Unites States?






27. The weight or resistance on a lever






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






29. What events made it necessary to perform periodic surveying in the Nile Valley?






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






31. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?






32. For a tower to be built higher - the walls can be...






33. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






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






35. Which of the following is not an example of a live load?






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






37. The scientific formula for work is...






38. Two wheels that intermest at an angle to change the direction of rotation - also altering speed and force if necessary






39. What device is made up of a light- emitting diode and a phototransistor?






40. 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






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






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






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






44. Provides direction for the work of the designer






45. 550 foot- pounds per second






46. Ways of overcoming difficulties






47. An automated system responds to external changes in three steps:






48. 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






49. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort






50. Foundation on which the roadway is built on top of the beam