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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. What is the name of the largest of the three types of computers?






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






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






4. The five types of stress are...






5. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are...






6. Two examples of me are the Brooklyn Bridge and the Golden Gate Bridge. They both have decks that hang from cables made of hundreds of steel wires - just like me






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






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






9. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






10. The safety factor is...






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






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






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






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






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






16. The force (push or pull) used to do work






17. The three types of equilibrium are:






18. What was primarily responsible for the development of water wheels and windmills?






19. What is the term used for the storage places in memory available to store informatoin?






20. The planned process of change






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






22. What is the memory that cannot be changed by the computer operator?






23. Distance between the piers






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






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






26. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is...






27. The generation of ideas for solutions






28. Because bridges like me are long - light in weight - and high in the air - our greatest enemy is the wind






29. What is the advantage of using a gate in tension instead of in compression?






30. The strength of my design lies in the use of triangles






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






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






33. 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.






34. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder






35. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called






36. In cable- stayed bridges - the cables are strung from the ______ to the deck






37. 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






38. The difficulties we must overcome






39. The downward forces acting on a bridge are...






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






41. Hard automation machinery was controlled by what?






42. The weight of the obect being moved






43. A pulley that makes work easier






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






45. The longer the suspension bridge - the ____ the towers need to be






46. Which of the following are two advantages of using robotics technology?






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






48. The sides of a bridge where it is attached to the land that supports the arch






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






50. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point