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Introduction To Engineering
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1. The outward thrust of an arch can be resisted by...
Movable pulley
Gripper
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Following white lines on the floor
2. 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?
Interstate highway system
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
Twisting
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
3. The I- beam is very strong because...
Generate many alternative solutions
Hard automation
Most of the material is located where it is needed
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
4. The scientific formula for work is...
Pulley
W = F x d
Invisible
Cloud chamber
5. The energy of motion
Following white lines on the floor
Kinetic energy
True
Technology
6. What was primarily responsible for the development of water wheels and windmills?
Its depth
The growth of Christianity
Beam
Time and angles
7. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...
The problem solving process
256
Rack and pinion gears
First- class levers
8. Energy of position
1 or 0
Potential energy
Power
Temperature changes
9. The robot's power supply provides what kind of energy for the robot?
Electrical energy - pneumatic energy - and hydraulic energy
Wheel and axle
Pulley
Friction
10. What is the most important advantage of the medium technology robot as compared to the low technology robot?
XYZ
Arch
Is able to learn
Can perform tasks more accurately and efficiently than people - can be programmed to do a variety of jobs - and never need holidays - sleep or meal breaks
11. What type of robot arm is able to move in three different dimensions and has a cube- shaped working envelope/
Grippers
Bimetallic sensor
XYZ
Taller
12. On a high- tech robot the controller is what device?
Up
High technology robots
Send out a light signal
Microcomputer
13. In the Nile Valley - information was recorded on a paperlike material called
Gravity - weight - load
Microprocessor
Papyrus
Romans
14. What is a touchstone?
A rock used to test metal for quality
Axes
Load
Cable- stayed
15. The sides of a bridge where it is attached to the land that supports the arch
Brain
Abutments
Bus
Hung
16. What are I/O devices?
Brainstorming
Input/Output devices
XYZ
The calendar
17. A cable- stayed bridge easily spans distances under...
Beam
Sensing systems
New jobs
3000 feet
18. Because bridges like me are long - light in weight - and high in the air - our greatest enemy is the wind
Gripper
Specifications
Compression at the bottom
Suspension
19. As late as the 1880's - bridge builders were stil improving their designs based on...
Soft clay tablets
Trial and error
Hard automation and soft automation
Movable pulley
20. One growing area in robotics is developing new ways for robots to:
Fire extinguisher
Axes
Solve problems
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
21. When a horizontal beam bends downward - the top surface is in ______ and the bottom surface is in ______.
Piers
Microcomputer
Compression - tension
Ultrasonic sensor
22. The group of people responsible for developing the arch bridge
Block and tackle
A cantilever bridge
Romans
Imaginary
23. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always
Science
Its depth
Generate many alternative solutions
Weight of the roof...
24. The weight of the obect being moved
Tension structures weigh less
Resistance
More resistant to shear - light - and strong
Optoelectronic sensor
25. How can an ultrasonic sensor measure movement and distance?
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
Compression - tension
Structural failure
It didn't always point at the North Star
26. The efficiency rating of a structure is...
Can perform tasks more accurately and efficiently than people - can be programmed to do a variety of jobs - and never need holidays - sleep or meal breaks
Critical load/weight of the structure
Newton - meter
Abutments
27. Which of the following is NOT an example of an input/output device?
New jobs
Axes
Microprocessor
Hard automation and soft automation
28. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force
Solutions
Chemistry
Worm gears
Design loop
29. An arm reaching out and pulling back is similar to what axes on the robot?
Movable pulley
Extend and retract
Dangerous job - heavy lifting - high accuracy required
Foot- pounds
30. The downward forces acting on a bridge are...
Low technology robots
The calendar
Gravity - weight - load
Medium technology robot
31. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge
Bridge failure
Piers
Fire extinguisher
It didn't always point at the North Star
32. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?
Bimetallic sensor
Timers - cams - electrical stops - and mechanical stops
To do jobs that would be boring to people
Brainstorming
33. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage
Balanced
Fixed pulley
Soft clay tablets
Guard rails
34. Distance between the piers
Span
Aqueducts
New jobs
Pushing
35. What was the Greeks' most important contribution to the realm of science?
Width of the beam
Invisible
The belief that nature has general laws of behavior which can be described by words
Yaw
36. The truss bridge uses beams that have members that form...
Steel reinforced concrete
Location of the trustline
Most of the material is located where it is needed
Triangular shapes
37. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of
Bus
Horizontal braces
Time and angles
Sending a sound out and monitoring the echo
38. The ability of a material to return to its original shape when a load is removed is called
Effort
1 or 0
Elasticity
Design loop
39. What is the name of the amount of computer memory used for a computer 'word'?
Optoelectronic sensor
The number of pulley wheels
Byte
Cantilever
40. Shows what a product will look like when it is produced
Appearance model
Invention
Innovations
Chemistry
41. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end
Third- class lever
Width of the beam
Ultrasonic sensor
Actuators
42. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by
Functional models
the permanent loads on a structure
The number of pulley wheels
Bus
43. Provides a structure for thinking and doing
Extend and retract
Tying the feet together and building buttresses at the feet
Design loop
Ramp
44. What was mostly responsible for the decline of the Egyptian civilization?
The lack of pressure to continue development
Medium technology robot
Most of the material is located where it is needed
The problem solving process
45. The controller is what part of the robot?
Invisible
Size - shape - and type of material
Brain
Input/Output devices
46. 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
Pulley
A small degree of flexibility
James Watt
Up and down
47. A side effect of bending is called...
The wheel and axle
Solve problems
Bending moment or lever arm
The problem solving process
48. What kind of robot is able to be programmed to many different tasks easily?
ENIAC
Spur gears
High technology robots
Solutions
49. The development of irrigation systems and the establishment of land boundaries did not lead to which of the following?
Temperature changes
A power relay in a Niagara Falls power station
Silicon
The wheel and axle
50. When the limits of stress and strain are exceeded - parts of a structure will...
The growth of Christianity
Bending moment or lever arm
Collapse or break
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