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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
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1. What is the memory that cannot be changed by the computer operator?






2. Work divided by time






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






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






5. The lesson used an illustration of a robot filling boxes. The sensors detected if the box had moved. What kind of sensor was used?






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






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






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






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






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






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






12. All suspension bridges have three things in common: two very tall towers - __________ - and cables made of many wires






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






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






15. What was the forerunner of the robot?






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






17. Provides problem clarification and specification






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






19. What device is the brain of the microcomputer?






20. In which two temperature measurement scales is absolute zero at zero degrees/






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






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






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






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






25. Bridges like me are usually made from two beams - each supported by one pier






26. What is the advantage of having robots in industry?






27. What was the first synthetic fiber - developed at duPont in 1938?






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






29. What are I/O devices?






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






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






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






33. As late as the 1880's - bridge builders were stil improving their designs based on...






34. In what field did Denis Papin and Thomas Newcomen perform early research?






35. A system of pulleys that consists of one rope wound around two separate sets of pulley - each of which is free to rotate independently on the same axle






36. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built






37. When a horizontal beam bends downward - the top surface is in ______ and the bottom surface is in ______.






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






39. The force applied to a lever






40. The ability of a material to return to its original shape when a load is removed is called






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






42. 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?






43. A memory chip that has instructions burned permanently into the chip is called what?






44. The force that has the most impact in arch bridges






45. Energy of position






46. The weight of the obect being moved






47. The scientific formula for work is...






48. The development of something completely new






49. 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






50. The improvement of things already invented







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