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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. If you generate alternative solutions and begin to build your best solution - but you have problems building your design - what should you do?






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






3. Robots fit into two categories:






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






5. If a structure did not have rotational equilibrium - it would






6. What kind of robot is able to be programmed to many different tasks easily?






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






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






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






10. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage






11. Robots are often equipped with wire cages - infrared light curtains - and/or surveillance cameras to






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






13. The force that has the most impact in arch bridges






14. Suspension bridges have the problem of being...






15. What caused the 1965 power failure in the Northeastern United States?






16. Anchorages are not necessary at the ____ of the cables on a cable- stayed bridge






17. 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.






18. Surplus food led to all of the following except:






19. What factors determine the weight if a structure?






20. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called






21. The efficiency rating of a structure is...






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






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






24. The controller is what part of the robot?






25. The definition of a robot's 'work envelope' is:






26. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






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






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






29. What is the name of the temperature sensing device that checks how hard it is for power to flow through the device?






30. Who developed the first efficient steam engine?






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






32. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems






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






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






35. 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






36. The three types of equilibrium are:






37. 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






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






39. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






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






41. The outward thrust of an arch can be resisted by...






42. The improvement of things already invented






43. The most important factor in determining the strength of a beam is...






44. Tension is best described as...






45. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






46. In Mesopotamia - engineers recorded information on






47. 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






48. In the Nile Valley - information was recorded on a paperlike material called






49. What is concrete with steel rods placed in it called?






50. Distance between the piers