SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Robotics
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
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. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Gear Ratio
Drive gear
Automation
Troubleshoot
2. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Limitation
Ethical
Energy
Worm and wheel
3. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity
Efficiency
System
Electric
Malfunction
4. A rotating gear that meshes wit ha bar that has a gear tooth along its length. Changes rotating motion in a linear motion.
Rack and Pinion
Swing Turn
Linear motion
Workforce
5. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Efficiency
Drive gear
Swing Turn
Power Supply
6. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Workforce
Closed-Loop System
Efficiency
Threshold
7. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Experimentation
Gear Ratio
Controller
Innovation
8. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Simple gear train
Pneumatic
Algorithm
Efficiency
9. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Pseudocode
Gear Ratio
Robot
Work
10. Operated by the action of water or other fluids
Closed-Loop System
Hydraulic
Oscillate
Crank and Slider
11. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
Robot
Analog Signal
Point Turn
Gear
12. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect
Open -Loop System
End effector
Bevel Gear
Controller
13. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Programmer
Driven Gear
Threshold
Automation
14. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Invention
Linear motion
Debug
Inverse
15. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Crank and Slider
Factory
Work envelope
Work
16. The efficient production of small amounts of products
Experimentation
Flexible Manufacturing System
Input
Sprocket
17. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Energy
Limitation
Ratio
Robot
18. A back and forth movement
Robot
Reciprocating
Experimentation
Flexible Manufacturing System
19. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Program
Automation
Troubleshoot
Torque
20. Circular movement
Sensor
Swing Turn
Rotary Motion
Mechanism
21. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Gear Ratio
While Loop
Efficiency
Sprocket
22. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Troubleshoot
Invention
System
Driven Gear
23. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Swing Turn
Workforce
Debug
Society
24. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Driven Gear
Power Supply
Trade- off
Rotary Motion
25. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Oscillate
Simple gear train
Manipulators
Chain
26. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Crank and Slider
Linear motion
Worm and wheel
Limitation
27. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Computer Program
Power Supply
Work
Input
28. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Program
Robot
Society
Simple gear train
29. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Controller
Feedback
Inverse
Computer Program
30. The ability to do work
Oscillate
Society
Energy
Feedback
31. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Maintenance
Manipulators
Idler gear
Workforce
32. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Automation
Algorithm
Open -Loop System
Input
33. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Digital Signal
Pneumatic
Torque
Hydraulic
34. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Belt and Pulley
Open -Loop System
Linear motion
Society
35. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions
Robotics
Debug
Analog Signal
Software...
36. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Debug
Automation
Controller
Drive gear
37. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Reprogram
Maintenance
End effector
Robot
38. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Belt and Pulley
Manipulators
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Touch Sensor
39. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Behavior
Drive gear
Automation
Pitch
40. Movement in a straight line
Point Turn
Society
Linear motion
Bevel Gear
41. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Reprogram
Input
Limitation
Experimentation
42. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Chain
Factory
Manipulators
Algorithm
43. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Gear
Ethical
Sensor
Maintenance
44. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Drive gear
Experimentation
Point Turn
Energy
45. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Input
Work envelope
Rotary Motion
Robotics
46. The component of a robot that comes into contact with the work piece and does the actual work on it. Also known as the hand
While Loop
Bevel Gear
Feedback
End effector
47. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Rack and Pinion
Simple gear train
Bevel Gear
Potentiometer
48. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Programmer
Work
Impact
Reprogram
49. A twisting force
While Loop
Chain
Controller
Torque
50. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Touch Sensor
Automation
Idler gear
Sensor