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Introduction To Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Surplus food led to all of the following except:
Plow
Tower
Input/Output devices
Irrigation
2. Thrust lines are the ____ lines that forces - caused by loads - follow as they are transmitted through the system to the ground
Imaginary
Sliding
Design loop
Send out a light signal
3. A cable- stayed bridge easily spans distances under...
Physical characteristics and work envelope
Hung
Ramp
3000 feet
4. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that checks how hard it is for power to flow through the device?
Hard automation and soft automation
Load
Is able to learn
Resistive sensor
5. For a machine to be a robot and not just considered automated - it must have?
Axes
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Plow
Suspension
6. The development of something completely new
Laser rod
The problem solving process
Invention
Yaw
7. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort
Read only memory
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
Work
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
8. Which device can hear sounds that the human ear cannot?
Gravity - weight - load
Pulley
Ultrasonic sensor
Brainstorming
9. Vertical travel is the name for the robot's movement in what direction?
A waist twisting
Up and down
Triangular lateen sail
Invention
10. What major landmark was located at Alexandria?
Invention
Solve problems
Functional models
A library
11. The I- beam is very strong because...
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Its depth
Bend and rotation
Most of the material is located where it is needed
12. What kind of robot makes up 1/3 of the industrial robots in the Unites States?
Science
add a diagonal member
Low technology robots
Actuators
13. 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
Cable- stayed
Bimetallic sensor
The deck arch
Cloud chamber
14. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by
Rack and pinion gears
Cable- stayed
Prototypes
The number of pulley wheels
15. What is the name of the largest of the three types of computers?
Triangular shapes
Ultrasonic sensor
Main - frame computer
A library
16. 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
lever
Monolithic - three pin - and two pin
Compression - tension - shear - torsion - and bending
Triangular shapes
17. What is the name of the amount of computer memory used for a computer 'word'?
Potential energy
Collapse or break
The growth of Christianity
Byte
18. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world
Bit
The problem solving process
Science
Block and tackle
19. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?
Work
Lasers
The number of pulley wheels
The ability to make adjustments to its surroundings
20. Distance between the piers
Span
The number of pulley wheels
Low technology robots
Gears
21. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?
Design loop
James Watt
Effort
Twisting
22. Which of the following is NOT an example of an input/output device?
James Watt
Send out a light signal
Axes
Microprocessor
23. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?
Balanced
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
the permanent loads on a structure
A cantilever bridge
24. What was the first computer - developed at the University of Pennsylvania?
James Watt
William Gilbert
Deck
ENIAC
25. Because bridges like me are long - light in weight - and high in the air - our greatest enemy is the wind
Appearance model
Rack and pinion gears
Suspension
Memory addresses
26. The robot's column rotation axis is similar to what movement on the human body?
A waist twisting
Sliding
High tech robots
Neil Armstrong
27. Which is not a true statement about gears?
The cable- stayed bridge
Instruction set
Science
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
28. What is the name for the set of instructions that a robot follows?
Optoelectronic sensor
Design brief
The ability to make adjustments to its surroundings
Program
29. Compression is best described as...
Newton - meter
Two story building
Pushing
Ate birthday cake and drank wine
30. What kind of robot is able to be programmed to many different tasks easily?
High technology robots
Papyrus
Tower
Cantilever
31. What is the advantage of using a gate in tension instead of in compression?
Lasers
A cantilever bridge
The structure will be lighter
Design loop
32. What was mostly responsible for the decline of the Egyptian civilization?
The lack of pressure to continue development
Wheel and axle
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Design brief
33. The group of people responsible for developing the arch bridge
Send out a light signal
Romans
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
Pushing
34. The force that has the most impact in arch bridges
Papyrus
Suspension
Compression
Any place on the arch
35. The strength of my design lies in the use of triangles
Memory addresses
Truss
Block and tackle
Beam - arch - and suspension
36. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?
Functional models
Two story building
William Gilbert
How much a material has changed its shape
37. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities
High tech robots
Technology
Gears
Tie
38. How are scale models of large buildings and bridges tested to determine the way they react to wind loads?
The number of pulley wheels
The problem solving process
Wind tunnel testing
Cable- stayed
39. What is the name of the part that connects all the other parts of the computer to the CPU?
Optoelectronic sensor
Read only memory
The cable- stayed bridge
Bus
40. The turning point of a lever
Suspension
Hung
Beam
Fulcrum
41. A memory chip that has instructions burned permanently into the chip is called what?
Triangular lateen sail
How much a material has changed its shape
ROM
Its depth
42. Anchorages are not necessary at the ____ of the cables on a cable- stayed bridge
Span
Neil Armstrong
Medium technology robot
Ends
43. Force times distance
Battered
Work
Foot- pounds
Design brief
44. The robot's wrist can sometimes move in two dimensions. What are they?
Soft clay tablets
Bend and rotation
Law of Conservation of Energy
Optoelectronic sensor
45. Which of the following is not a basic component of a robotics system?
Laser rod
Compression at the bottom
Most famous
The bowstring girder
46. Materials change shape as they expand and contract with...
More resistant to shear - light - and strong
Temperature changes
Cable- stayed
Work
47. What was primarily responsible for the development of water wheels and windmills?
Ultrasonic sensor
Weight of the roof...
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
The growth of Christianity
48. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective
Gripper
Bridge failure
True
Design loop
49. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems
Functional models
Lasers
Gears
lever
50. What is a touchstone?
Invisible
Fulcrum
Bimetallic sensor
A rock used to test metal for quality