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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. In the Nile Valley - information was recorded on a paperlike material called






2. A fixed wheel with a rope or chain that is attached to a load - used to change the direction of a force or to lift heavy objects - is a






3. What is the definition of stress






4. What are I/O devices?






5. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?






6. 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






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






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






9. Tension is best described as...






10. The weight or resistance on a lever






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






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






13. The five types of stress are...






14. Bridges are subject to failure because of...






15. What is the name of the robot's arm?






16. Which is not a true statement about gears?






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






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






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






20. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






21. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end






22. What was the original meaning of 'ingeniator' which became the word 'engineer?'






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






24. Two of the most common ways of classifying robots are:






25. The development of something completely new






26. Which device can check to see if a surface is level?






27. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?






28. The improvement of things already invented






29. The English unit of measuring work






30. Usually - the steel rod in a pre- stressed concrete beam will put the concrete in ____. The load will have to overcome this initial force.






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






32. The weight of the obect being moved






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






34. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by






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






36. Which robots are capable of spray painting?






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






38. A memory chip that has instructions burned permanently into the chip is called what?






39. Which of the following is a basic category of robot instructions?






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






41. The robot's wrist can sometimes move in two dimensions. What are they?






42. In which two temperature measurement scales is absolute zero at zero degrees/






43. What is the most important advantage of the medium technology robot as compared to the low technology robot?






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






45. The study of how human beings best interact with technology






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






47. In the past it was commonly used to cross narrow distances like small streams or rivers






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






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






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