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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution






2. 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






3. Special long arches that carry water from rivers to towns that need it






4. The five types of stress are...






5. The difficulties we must overcome






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






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






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






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






10. One material from which arch bridges are typically made






11. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart






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






13. When generating ideas for a solution to a problem - it is important to do which of the following in order to effectively and visually communicate these ideas for use in construction drawings?






14. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?






15. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






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






17. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?






18. The weight or resistance on a lever






19. Two gear wheels that intermesh in the same plane - regulating the speed or force of motion and reversing its direction






20. Provides direction for the work of the designer






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






22. The metric unit for measuring work






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






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






25. What was the first synthetic fiber - developed at duPont in 1938?






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






27. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






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






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






30. What is binary?






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






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






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






34. Why didn't the Greeks believe in the verification of ideas by experimentation?






35. 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






36. What is the memory that cannot be changed by the computer operator?






37. An arch will support the load equally well at...






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






39. Force times distance






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






41. Torsion is best described as...






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






43. Compression is best described as...






44. Mobile robots are able to maneuver around a factory floor by






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






46. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






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






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






49. What is the name for the devices that make the manipulators move?






50. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force