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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. Why didn't the Greeks believe in the verification of ideas by experimentation?






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






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






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






5. The development of something completely new






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






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






8. The five types of stress are...






9. When a machine multiplies the effort being used






10. The Mesopotamian number system was based on 60 and formed the basis for our measure of






11. Which is not a true statement about gears?






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






13. Who was the first to conclude that the Earth is a giant magnet?






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






15. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






16. A pulley that makes work easier






17. Provides a structure for thinking and doing






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






19. What is the definition of stress






20. What kind of robot is able to be programmed to many different tasks easily?






21. An arch will support the load equally well at...






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






23. What is the device in the microcomputer that keeps timing for the microcomputer?






24. Which of the following is NOT an example of an input/output device?






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






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






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






28. Provides problem clarification and specification






29. A side effect of bending is called...






30. The energy of motion






31. Two of the most common ways of classifying robots are:






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






33. What factors determine the weight if a structure?






34. The three types of equilibrium are:






35. Strain is a measure of...






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






37. 550 foot- pounds per second






38. What was the 'first great man - made trigger of change?'






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






40. The safety factor is...






41. What is the name of the sensor that detects light?






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






43. Come in a variety of sizes with their teeth straight or curved and inclined at a variety of angles






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






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






46. Structures would crumble or tip over if the forces acting on them were not in...






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






48. What kind of robot makes up 1/3 of the industrial robots in the Unites States?






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






50. There are about 100 instructions that a typical robot inderstands. This collection of instructions is called what?