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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Foundation on which the roadway is built on top of the beam






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






3. Which memory can be changed by the computer user - allowing for temporary storage of information?






4. When compared to a beam - the truss has the advantage of being...






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






6. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






7. Horizontal framework that rests on piers






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

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9. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and the load






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






11. The safety factor is...






12. For a machine to be a robot and not just considered automated - it must have?






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






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






15. Which of the following are two advantages of using robotics technology?






16. Stress can be lowered by






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






18. Work divided by time






19. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?






20. Thrust lines are the ____ lines that forces - caused by loads - follow as they are transmitted through the system to the ground






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






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






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






24. The controller is what part of the robot?






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






26. What is the advantage of using a gate in tension instead of in compression?






27. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that is similar to a car's turn signal flasher?






28. The sides of a bridge where it is attached to the land that supports the arch






29. I am one of the oldest and simplest bridge designs. Today I can be quite a complex bridge - but like my ancestors - I support my own weight and the loads I have to bear - on vertical piers.






30. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






31. When a horizontal beam bends downward - the top surface is in ______ and the bottom surface is in ______.






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






33. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






34. Who is considered to be the first modern engineer?






35. The strength of my design lies in the use of triangles






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






37. Because bridges like me are long - light in weight - and high in the air - our greatest enemy is the wind






38. The metric unit for measuring work






39. In what field did Denis Papin and Thomas Newcomen perform early research?






40. Provides problem clarification and specification






41. Which is not a true statement about gears?






42. The longer the suspension bridge - the ____ the towers need to be






43. Which of the following is not a basic component of a robotics system?






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






45. There are about 100 instructions that a typical robot inderstands. This collection of instructions is called what?






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






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






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






49. What type of robot arm is able to move in three different dimensions and has a cube- shaped working envelope/






50. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)