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Introduction To Engineering - 7
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The improvement of things already invented
Foot- pounds
Rack and pinion gears
lever
Innovation
2. The weight of the obect being moved
Resistance
Design brief
The problem solving process
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
3. The scientific formula for work is
The problem solving process
Specifications
W = F x d
Technology
4. Energy of position
Problems
Brainstorming
Worm gears
Potential energy
5. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder
Screw
Ergonomics
Lever
Appearance model
6. When generating ideas for a solution to a problem - it is important to do which of the following in order to effectively and visually communicate these ideas for use in construction drawings?
Specifications
Design
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Generate many alternative solutions
7. A force that opposes motion
Chain hoist
Prototypes
Friction
Worm gears
8. The planned process of change
Problems
Design
Bevel gears
Fulcrum
9. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are
Block and tackle
Gears
Effort
Design loop
10. The metric unit for measuring work
Rack and pinion gears
Design loop
Newton - meter
Innovations
11. The force applied to a lever
Problems
Brainstorming
Effort
Potential energy
12. Two wheels that intermest at an angle to change the direction of rotation - also altering speed and force if necessary
Design
Bevel gears
Spur gears
Appearance model
13. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems
First- class lever
Energy
Work
Functional models
14. Provides direction for the work of the designer
Design brief
Friction
Invention
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
15. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage
Technology
Effort
Power
Fixed pulley
16. The turning point of a lever
Fulcrum
Fixed pulley
Science
Load
17. A fixed wheel with a rope or chain that is attached to a load - used to change the direction of a force or to lift heavy objects - is a
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Pulley
Energy
Kinetic energy
18. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution
Mechanical advantage
Specifications
Fixed pulley
Innovation
19. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and the load
Worm gears
First- class lever
Pulley
Ergonomics
20. Which is not a true statement about gears?
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Lever
Chain hoist
Technology
21. 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
W = F x d
Potential energy
Work
Pulley
22. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)
Rack and pinion gears
lever
Chain hoist
First- class levers
23. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective
Design loop
First- class levers
Resistance
Lever
24. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort
lever
Work
Load
Foot- pounds
25. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by
Work
Law of Conservation of Energy
The number of pulley wheels
Energy
26. More than one pulley working together
Block and tackle
Invention
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Resistance
27. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as
Design
Power
Block and tackle
Brainstorming
28. The weight or resistance on a lever
Load
W = F x d
The problem solving process
Specifications
29. Provides a structure for thinking and doing
Brainstorming
Fulcrum
Energy
Design loop
30. Ways of overcoming difficulties
Solutions
Pulley
Effort
Generate many alternative solutions
31. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are
First- class levers
Innovations
Generate many alternative solutions
Lever
32. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities
Technology
Appearance model
Design loop
Solutions
33. The generation of ideas for solutions
Mechanical advantage
Rack and pinion gears
First- class lever
Brainstorming
34. 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
Effort
Lever
Block and tackle
Horsepower
35. Work divided by time
Power
Brainstorming
Design loop
Appearance model
36. 550 foot- pounds per second
Brainstorming
The problem solving process
Resistance
Horsepower
37. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end
Resistance
Innovations
lever
Third- class lever
38. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world
Ergonomics
Law of Conservation of Energy
Solutions
Science
39. The ability to do work
Innovations
Potential energy
Second- class lever
Energy
40. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end
Kinetic energy
Second- class lever
Effort
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
41. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum - used to overcome a resistance or to raise a weight when force is applied is a
Design loop
Gears
Brainstorming
lever
42. Shows what a product will look like when it is produced
Appearance model
Generate many alternative solutions
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Gears
43. The English unit of measuring work
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Foot- pounds
Block and tackle
Effort
44. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built
Friction
Newton - meter
Power
Prototypes
45. Provides problem clarification and specification
Chain hoist
Foot- pounds
Design brief
Block and tackle
46. When a machine multiplies the effort being used
Mechanical advantage
Movable pulley
Power
Fulcrum
47. The force (push or pull) used to do work
Effort
Functional models
Pulley
Design brief
48. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys
Fixed pulley
Chain hoist
W = F x d
Work
49. The difficulties we must overcome
Problems
Pulley
Rack and pinion gears
Fulcrum
50. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called
First- class levers
Chain hoist
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
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