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Introduction To Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The development of something completely new






2. Measured in newtons per square inch - ______ is the intensity of the forces trying to push or pull a solid material apart






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






4. The word 'ROBOT' was chosen because of what quality?






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






6. What is the most important advantage of the medium technology robot as compared to the low technology robot?






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






8. Ways of overcoming difficulties






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






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






11. The difficulties we must overcome






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






13. Compression is best described as...






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






15. What major landmark was located at Alexandria?






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






17. Stress can be lowered by






18. Suspension bridges have the problem of being...






19. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same






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






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






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






23. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force






24. Which is not a true statement about gears?






25. Magnet - vaccuum - and hand are types of robot __________.






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






27. An optoelectronic emitter is used to do what/






28. The scientific formula for work is...






29. 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






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






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






32. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by






33. The dead load of a structure is






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






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






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






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






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






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






40. 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






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






42. A wheel fixed to a support with a rope that is run over the wheel to change the direction of a force applied to the rope






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






44. What is the definition of stress






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






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






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






48. The five types of stress are...






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






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