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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The three types of equilibrium are:






2. How are scale models of large buildings and bridges tested to determine the way they react to wind loads?






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






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






5. Technology has advanced so much in the last 20 years that automation has become:






6. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective






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






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






9. The five types of stress are...






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






11. Magnet - vaccuum - and hand are types of robot __________.






12. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same






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






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






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






16. Robots are often used in factories instead of people because they






17. The planned process of change






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






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






20. Servo controls offer roots what advantage?






21. Force times distance






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


23. More than one pulley working together






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






25. The turning point of a lever






26. What development about 8000 years ago led to increased time to engage in activities that involved other than basic survival needs?






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






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






29. The probblem with very large compression structures is that they are...






30. What is the difference between a tension and a compression structure?






31. A cable- stayed bridge easily spans distances under...






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






33. Which of the following was not a development of Roman culture?






34. What device is made up of a light- emitting diode and a phototransistor?






35. Which of the following would not be a major factor in the design of a beam?






36. Suspension bridges usually have the longest single span of all bridges






37. The scientific formula for work is...






38. The truss bridge uses beams that have members that form...






39. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work






40. Without what kind of systems - would the robot be deaf - blind - and dumb?






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






42. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






43. What type of arch bridge is a type of truss?






44. The best way to prevent a rectangle from distorting is...






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






46. When a machine multiplies the effort being used






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






48. Operating parameters are the abilities and limitations of robots that determine their design and tasks. Which of the following is not a robotics operating parameter?






49. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always






50. Builders made the original versions of me out of wedge- shaped stones that fit snugly together. They were held in place with the pressure of the weight of the bridge