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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The downward bending of the cantilever part of the beam makes the beam in the adjoining bay bend...






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






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






4. Who was the first man to walk on the moon?






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






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






7. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys






8. What did the people trapped on the New York subway do when the power went out?






9. The I- beam is very strong because...






10. The periodic rising and falling of the Nile River led to what development?






11. What is a touchstone?






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






13. A robot can be driven by any of the following except






14. 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






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






16. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are...






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






18. 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






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






20. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end






21. The deck of a suspension bridge is ____ from the cables






22. Stress can be lowered by






23. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work






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






25. How many combinations of eight bits are there?






26. What is the name of the largest of the three types of computers?






27. Which of the following is not a basic component of a robotics system?






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






29. When a machine multiplies the effort being used






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






31. The improvement of things already invented






32. Protective barriers along the desk which keep things from falling off the bridge






33. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world






34. The safety factor is...






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






36. The force applied to a lever






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






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






39. Strain is a measure of...






40. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder






41. 550 foot- pounds per second






42. What is the smallest amount of memory available to the computer?






43. What was the forerunner of the robot?






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






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






46. What type of robot arm is able to move in three different dimensions and has a cube- shaped working envelope/






47. The limiting factor in the height of a structure is the...






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






49. The top - center stone that all other stones in the arch bridge lean on - or push against - for support






50. The five types of stress are...