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Introduction To Engineering - 7
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Subject
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. Provides direction for the work of the designer
lever
Design brief
Pulley
Resistance
2. The weight of the obect being moved
Energy
Resistance
Second- class lever
Generate many alternative solutions
3. The weight or resistance on a lever
Block and tackle
Fulcrum
Load
Appearance model
4. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and the load
Invention
Design loop
Block and tackle
First- class lever
5. The study of how human beings best interact with technology
Design loop
Screw
First- class levers
Ergonomics
6. The planned process of change
Technology
Design
Innovations
Horsepower
7. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end
Rack and pinion gears
Gears
Bevel gears
Second- class lever
8. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called
Bevel gears
Appearance model
Brainstorming
First- class levers
9. 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
lever
Work
Potential energy
Block and tackle
10. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is
Problems
Bevel gears
Fulcrum
The problem solving process
11. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same
Fulcrum
Newton - meter
Law of Conservation of Energy
Design brief
12. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)
Bevel gears
Rack and pinion gears
Law of Conservation of Energy
Gears
13. Seeks to meer our needs and wants and to extend our capabilities
Work
Newton - meter
Technology
Fixed pulley
14. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?
Potential energy
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Pulley
Design loop
15. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by
Foot- pounds
Design
Design loop
The number of pulley wheels
16. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage
Bevel gears
Appearance model
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Fixed pulley
17. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as
Invention
Design loop
Gears
Brainstorming
18. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are
Gears
Science
Invention
Brainstorming
19. The scientific formula for work is
Fulcrum
Power
Load
W = F x d
20. 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?
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Design loop
Pulley
First- class lever
21. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Innovations
Mechanical advantage
Design brief
22. 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
Functional models
Mechanical advantage
Pulley
Wheel and axle
23. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end
Third- class lever
Invention
Law of Conservation of Energy
Design brief
24. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built
Prototypes
Brainstorming
Science
Design brief
25. The force applied to a lever
Bevel gears
Science
Brainstorming
Effort
26. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always
Energy
Generate many alternative solutions
Appearance model
Effort
27. A pulley that makes work easier
Generate many alternative solutions
Movable pulley
Pulley
Worm gears
28. 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
Energy
Law of Conservation of Energy
lever
Invention
29. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force
Worm gears
Spur gears
Innovation
Wheel and axle
30. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world
Science
Third- class lever
Design brief
Potential energy
31. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems
Problems
Spur gears
Design loop
Functional models
32. When a machine multiplies the effort being used
Technology
Mechanical advantage
Design loop
The number of pulley wheels
33. Work divided by time
Pulley
Effort
Newton - meter
Power
34. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort
Work
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Design brief
Second- class lever
35. Ways of overcoming difficulties
Block and tackle
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Effort
Solutions
36. The metric unit for measuring work
Invention
Newton - meter
First- class lever
Law of Conservation of Energy
37. Energy of position
Potential energy
Worm gears
First- class levers
First- class lever
38. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point
Worm gears
Wheel and axle
Spur gears
Kinetic energy
39. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys
Design loop
Rack and pinion gears
Technology
Chain hoist
40. The difficulties we must overcome
Innovations
First- class lever
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Problems
41. 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
Load
Pulley
Worm gears
Power
42. The English unit of measuring work
Effort
Foot- pounds
Brainstorming
Invention
43. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective
Design brief
Design loop
First- class levers
Block and tackle
44. The turning point of a lever
Fulcrum
Effort
Brainstorming
The number of pulley wheels
45. The development of something completely new
Invention
Fulcrum
Friction
Wheel and axle
46. Force times distance
Design
lever
Work
Load
47. The ability to do work
Energy
W = F x d
Resistance
Design brief
48. Come in a variety of sizes with their teeth straight or curved and inclined at a variety of angles
Design brief
Kinetic energy
Gears
Innovations
49. A force that opposes motion
Horsepower
Design brief
Mechanical advantage
Friction
50. 550 foot- pounds per second
The problem solving process
Horsepower
First- class levers
Design loop