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Introduction To Engineering

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






2. Robots are often used in factories instead of people because they






3. My name means 'seesaw' in French and the English dictionary describes me as a level -- something that is counterbalanced - so that when one end is lowered - the other is raised






4. Which of the following is not a robot wrist movement?






5. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






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






7. What innovation first enabled greater flexibility in sailing ships?






8. The periodic rising and falling of the Nile River led to what development?






9. What is the name of the largest of the three types of computers?






10. The difficulties we must overcome






11. The points at which a robot can twist or bend are called what?






12. What do truss bridges require to prevent them from falling over?






13. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built






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






15. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






16. A force that opposes motion






17. The turning point of a lever






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






19. As late as the 1880's - bridge builders were stil improving their designs based on...






20. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point






21. Which of the following is NOT an example of an input/output device?






22. The dead load of a structure is






23. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are...






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






25. How are scale models of large buildings and bridges tested to determine the way they react to wind loads?






26. What was the 'first great man - made trigger of change?'






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






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






29. C. T. R. Wilson worked at the Ben Nevis Laboratory - observed a 'glory' - and eventually developed the






30. The I- beam is very strong because...






31. What invention made possible three- dimensional pictures called holograms?






32. The development of something completely new






33. Compression is best described as...






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






35. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...






36. Shows what a product will look like when it is produced






37. Operating parameters are the abilities and limitations of robots that determine their design and tasks. Which of the following is not a robotics operating parameter?






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






39. Suspension bridges usually have the longest single span of all bridges






40. The probblem with very large compression structures is that they are...






41. The development of irrigation systems and the establishment of land boundaries did not lead to which of the following?






42. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






43. The downward bending of the cantilever part of the beam makes the beam in the adjoining bay bend...






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






45. What is the definition of stress






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






47. If you generate alternative solutions and begin to build your best solution - but you have problems building your design - what should you do?






48. What was the first computer - developed at the University of Pennsylvania?






49. The word 'ROBOT' was chosen because of what quality?






50. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum