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