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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. Two gear wheels that intermesh in the same plane - regulating the speed or force of motion and reversing its direction
Effort
Mechanical advantage
Spur gears
Specifications
2. A lever in which the fulcrum is between the effort and the load
First- class lever
Innovation
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Energy
3. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as
Prototypes
Effort
Brainstorming
Design brief
4. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems
Functional models
Effort
Law of Conservation of Energy
Ergonomics
5. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built
Fulcrum
Prototypes
Friction
W = F x d
6. 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
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
First- class lever
Potential energy
lever
7. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort
Design
Foot- pounds
Work
The problem solving process
8. When a machine multiplies the effort being used
Power
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Worm gears
Mechanical advantage
9. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world
Science
Block and tackle
Ergonomics
First- class lever
10. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end
Worm gears
Third- class lever
Design loop
Invention
11. Come in a variety of sizes with their teeth straight or curved and inclined at a variety of angles
Gears
Ergonomics
lever
Fixed pulley
12. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the effort is at the other end
Potential energy
Second- class lever
Science
Mechanical advantage
13. Which is not a true statement about gears?
Appearance model
Rack and pinion gears
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Mechanical advantage
14. Energy of position
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Gears
Design brief
Potential energy
15. 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
Brainstorming
Pulley
Gears
Bevel gears
16. The amount of effort needed to raise a load by using a pulley system is determined by
First- class levers
Newton - meter
Fixed pulley
The number of pulley wheels
17. The turning point of a lever
Fulcrum
Load
Fixed pulley
Pulley
18. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys
Resistance
Block and tackle
Chain hoist
Pulley
19. An inclined plane which is wrapped around a cylinder
Design
Bevel gears
Screw
Block and tackle
20. The energy of motion
Design brief
Kinetic energy
Design
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
21. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work
Potential energy
Chain hoist
Design loop
Innovation
22. 550 foot- pounds per second
Horsepower
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
Load
Block and tackle
23. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are
Movable pulley
Functional models
Gears
Kinetic energy
24. The process of how solutions to problems are developed is
Resistance
Brainstorming
The problem solving process
Prototypes
25. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective
Design loop
Problems
Specifications
Movable pulley
26. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called
First- class levers
Design loop
Work
Invention
27. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point
Functional models
Fulcrum
Second- class lever
Wheel and axle
28. The English unit of measuring work
Screw
Third- class lever
Foot- pounds
Movable pulley
29. Two wheels that intermest at an angle to change the direction of rotation - also altering speed and force if necessary
Worm gears
Work
Bevel gears
Block and tackle
30. Shows what a product will look like when it is produced
The problem solving process
Appearance model
Foot- pounds
Innovations
31. A wheel that meshes with a sliding toothed bar - converting rotary motion to reciprocating (to- and- fro)
Problems
Mechanical advantage
Rack and pinion gears
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
32. The development of something completely new
Invention
Wheel and axle
Technology
Newton - meter
33. A pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage
Bevel gears
Fixed pulley
Resistance
Effort
34. A force that opposes motion
Brainstorming
Design brief
Friction
Block and tackle
35. A pulley that makes work easier
Second- class lever
Movable pulley
First- class lever
Design loop
36. 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
Design loop
Rack and pinion gears
Pulley
Law of Conservation of Energy
37. The scientific formula for work is
W = F x d
Block and tackle
Design loop
Pulley
38. The force applied to a lever
Bevel gears
Effort
Specifications
Ergonomics
39. 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
Foot- pounds
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Kinetic energy
Block and tackle
40. If you generate alternative solutions and begin to build your best solution - but you have problems building your design - what should you do?
Appearance model
Design loop
Functional models
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
41. The force (push or pull) used to do work
Effort
Design
Wheel and axle
Generate many alternative solutions
42. The planned process of change
Design
Effort
Gears
Foot- pounds
43. The improvement of things already invented
Movable pulley
Innovation
Effort
W = F x d
44. Energy may change form but the amount of energy remains the same
Problems
The number of pulley wheels
Invention
Law of Conservation of Energy
45. The weight of the obect being moved
Invention
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
Resistance
Gears
46. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always
Effort
Chain hoist
Generate many alternative solutions
Spur gears
47. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution
Problems
Specifications
First- class lever
Gears
48. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?
Gears
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Lever
Fixed pulley
49. Work divided by time
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Movable pulley
Specifications
Power
50. The study of how human beings best interact with technology
Power
Ergonomics
Third- class lever
W = F x d