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Robotics
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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.
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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 company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
Torque
Society
Automation
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
2. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Touch Sensor
Impact
Linear motion
Power Supply
3. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Electric
Force
Limitation
Work
4. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Worm and wheel
Force
Work envelope
Chain
5. The efficient production of small amounts of products
Flexible Manufacturing System
Reprogram
Society
Torque
6. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Potentiometer
Workforce
Mechanism
Driven Gear
7. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Pneumatic
Output
Swing Turn
Flexible Manufacturing System
8. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Program
Drive gear
Worm and wheel
Simple gear train
9. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
While Loop
Work envelope
Point Turn
Gear
10. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Analog Signal
Ratio
Automation
Robot
11. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
Reprogram
System
Hydraulic
Work
12. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Malfunction
End effector
Sprocket
13. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Automation
Pneumatic
Feedback
Worm and wheel
14. The results of the operation of any system
Point Turn
Feedback
Rotary Motion
Output
15. The ability to do work
Inverse
Energy
Limit Switch
Belt and Pulley
16. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
Simple gear train
Worm and wheel
Efficiency
Programmer
17. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Chain
Input
Robotics
Experimentation
18. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Programmer
Closed-Loop System
Chain
Experimentation
19. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Force
Factory
Workforce
Troubleshoot
20. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Open -Loop System
Point Turn
Rack and Pinion
Reciprocating
21. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Open -Loop System
Manipulators
Factory
Ethical
22. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Reprogram
Input
Pitch
Troubleshoot
23. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Work envelope
Pitch
Reciprocating
Gear
24. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Experimentation
Touch Sensor
Trade- off
Chain
25. A back and forth movement
Analog Signal
Ethical
Reciprocating
Robot
26. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Robotics
Threshold
Economics
27. Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product
Controller
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Sprocket
28. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Energy
Sensor
Economics
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
29. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Controller
Oscillate
Factory
Economics
30. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Malfunction
Linear motion
Inverse
Gear Ratio
31. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment
Troubleshoot
Output
Closed-Loop System
Energy
32. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Troubleshoot
Force
While Loop
Work envelope
33. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Rotary Motion
Input
Belt and Pulley
Economics
34. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation
While Loop
Invention
Input
Controller
35. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Behavior
Pneumatic
While Loop
Sprocket
36. Information fed into a system
Mechanism
Gear
Input
Output
37. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Workforce
Troubleshoot
Debug
Maintenance
38. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Idler gear
Comments
Ethical
39. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Program
Electric
Crank and Slider
Input
40. The information produced by a computer
Output
Troubleshoot
While Loop
Simple gear train
41. Using descriptive text to explain portions of code. Comments do not change the way a robot behaves - but are important for the programmer to remember what the code does.
Comments
Digital Signal
Troubleshoot
Force
42. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Output
Efficiency
Workforce
Impact
43. A control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly
While Loop
Society
Limitation
Idler gear
44. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Innovation
Computer Program
Controller
Chain
45. A push or pull on an object
Bevel Gear
Feedback
Touch Sensor
Force
46. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Software...
Computer Program
Worm and wheel
Swing Turn
47. A touch sensor used to limit the motion of a moving device. Limit switches may be used to provide a precise beginning and end point to mechanical motion
Manipulators
Limit Switch
Work
Potentiometer
48. Movement in a straight line
Linear motion
Pitch
Debug
Rack and Pinion
49. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity
Electric
Simple gear train
Point Turn
Robotics
50. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Feedback
Pneumatic
Limitation
While Loop