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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 pulley that changes direction of effort but provides no mechanical advantage
Horsepower
The problem solving process
Fixed pulley
Ergonomics
2. 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
Third- class lever
lever
Chain hoist
3. Consists of an endless chain looped around three pulleys
Chain hoist
W = F x d
The number of pulley wheels
Screw
4. Ways of overcoming difficulties
Design loop
Bevel gears
Solutions
Spur gears
5. The scientific formula for work is
Kinetic energy
Second- class lever
W = F x d
Problems
6. Toothed wheels that intermesh with other toothed wheels to transmit motion and force are
Wheel and axle
W = F x d
Gears
Problems
7. Seeks to explain and describe the physical world
Science
Foot- pounds
Third- class lever
The problem solving process
8. The development of something completely new
Design brief
Invention
Worm gears
Design loop
9. A pulley that makes work easier
lever
Ergonomics
Problems
Movable pulley
10. Force times distance
Power
The problem solving process
Appearance model
Work
11. Provides a framework for design and problem solving work
Foot- pounds
Design loop
Law of Conservation of Energy
Lever
12. The weight or resistance on a lever
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Brainstorming
Foot- pounds
Load
13. 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
Kinetic energy
Innovation
Pulley
Generate many alternative solutions
14. The study of how human beings best interact with technology
Resistance
Bevel gears
Effort
Ergonomics
15. The weight of the obect being moved
Resistance
Pulley
Design brief
Screw
16. A guide to help make problem solving in technology more effective
Brainstorming
Design loop
Lever
Kinetic energy
17. 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
Brainstorming
Block and tackle
Appearance model
First- class lever
18. Two gear wheels that intermesh in the same plane - regulating the speed or force of motion and reversing its direction
Spur gears
Design brief
Innovations
Specifications
19. The energy of motion
The problem solving process
Design loop
Horsepower
Kinetic energy
20. A bar or rod that tilts on a pivot - or fulcrum
Lever
Movable pulley
Invention
Mechanical advantage
21. A lever in which the fulcrum is at one end - and the load is at the other end
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Third- class lever
Brainstorming
Science
22. The metric unit for measuring work
Power
Fulcrum
Invention
Newton - meter
23. 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
The problem solving process
Pulley
Technology
Resistance
24. Operational models used to test the mechanical or electrical systems
Screw
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Problems
Functional models
25. 550 foot- pounds per second
Pulley
Horsepower
Worm gears
Fixed pulley
26. The improvement of things already invented
Work
Newton - meter
Innovation
Design brief
27. The force (push or pull) used to do work
Effort
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Innovation
Law of Conservation of Energy
28. The difficulties we must overcome
Prototypes
Solutions
Problems
Third- class lever
29. Machines are used to make work easier. How does a machine accomplish this?
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Design brief
Science
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
30. Two wheels that intermest at an angle to change the direction of rotation - also altering speed and force if necessary
Wheel and axle
Mechanical advantage
Bevel gears
Work
31. 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
Potential energy
Innovations
Design brief
32. The generation of ideas for solutions
Generate many alternative solutions
Brainstorming
Potential energy
Work
33. A machine in which a lever rotates around a fixed point
Specifications
Fulcrum
Wheel and axle
lever
34. Come in a variety of sizes with their teeth straight or curved and inclined at a variety of angles
Work
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
Gears
Invention
35. Changes and improvements made to products already invented are
Potential energy
Lever
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Innovations
36. More than one pulley working together
Block and tackle
Design loop
Effort
Innovation
37. The force applied to a lever
Design loop
Problems
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
Effort
38. Involves the effort you put in and the distance over which you maintain the effort
Screw
Work
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
Design brief
39. When designing a solution to a problem - a problem solver should always
Solutions
Prototypes
Problems
Generate many alternative solutions
40. A force that opposes motion
Second- class lever
Innovation
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
Friction
41. Work divided by time
Power
Potential energy
Appearance model
Block and tackle
42. If you generate alternative solutions and begin to build your best solution - but you have problems building your design - what should you do?
Functional models
Bevel gears
Effort
Modify your design ideas and choose another alternative
43. The generation of ideas for solutions by a group is known as
Decreases the effort needed to move a load - transfers speed or force - and changes the direction of the effort applied
The problem solving process
Resistance
Brainstorming
44. A shaft with a screw thread that meshes with a toothed wheel to alter the direction of motion - and change the speed and force
Third- class lever
lever
Worm gears
Technology
45. Energy of position
Generate many alternative solutions
The problem solving process
Chain hoist
Potential energy
46. Describes the limitations and requirements of the project's solution
Specifications
Brainstorming
First- class levers
Effort
47. 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?
Load
Bevel gears
Put your ideas - designs - and calculations on paper
Spur gears
48. Levers in which the fulcrum is always placed between the effort and the load are called
Technology
Design loop
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth
First- class levers
49. The English unit of measuring work
Design loop
Foot- pounds
Prototypes
Movable pulley
50. Models that function and look like the finished product but are usually hand- built
Appearance model
Prototypes
Energy
All gears are shaped like wheels with straight teeth that mesh with other wheels with straight teeth