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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The longer the suspension bridge - the ____ the towers need to be






2. Provides problem clarification and specification






3. What marked the engineering efforts of the Greeks?






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






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






6. What type of bridge requires very strong abutments or supports?






7. The development of something completely new






8. The line in a beam where there is no tension or compression is called the...






9. What major landmark was located at Alexandria?






10. Which of the following is not a robot arm movement?






11. Structures that are not able to support the loads placed upon them will experience...






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






13. The _______ of structural components is more important than the type of material from which they are made






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






15. Which device can hear sounds that the human ear cannot?






16. The group of people responsible for developing the arch bridge






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






18. What are computer chips made from?






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






20. When the limits of stress and strain are exceeded - parts of a structure will...






21. What is the name of the amount of computer memory used for a computer 'word'?






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






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






24. An automated system responds to external changes in three steps:






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






26. What are the three common criteria to determine robot use?






27. Vertical supports that hold up the beam bridge






28. Tension is the force acting on the cables in a _______ bridge






29. Which of the following would probably not be a tension structure?






30. The three basic types of bridges are...






31. Ways of overcoming difficulties






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






33. What type of bridge has cables running from the tower directly to the roadway?






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






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






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






37. The three types of equilibrium are:






38. 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.






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






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






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






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






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






44. Two wheels that intermest at an angle to change the direction of rotation - also altering speed and force if necessary






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






46. A bit is the presence of voltage or no voltage. By what symbols is it represented?






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






48. An arm reaching out and pulling back is similar to what axes on the robot?






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






50. What is the definition of stress