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Robotics
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engineering
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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 turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Swing Turn
Malfunction
Automation
Closed-Loop System
2. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect
Manipulators
Experimentation
Bevel Gear
Robotics
3. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions
Power Supply
Chain
Experimentation
Debug
4. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
System
Experimentation
Work
Troubleshoot
5. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Oscillate
Simple gear train
Rack and Pinion
Troubleshoot
6. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Robotics
Linear motion
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Reprogram
7. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Work
Computer Program
Troubleshoot
Robot
8. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Comments
Closed-Loop System
Programmer
Electric
9. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Input
Troubleshoot
Software...
Swing Turn
10. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Gear Ratio
Force
Feedback
Bevel Gear
11. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Automation
Limitation
Inverse
End effector
12. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Hydraulic
Threshold
Automation
Maintenance
13. A back and forth movement
Chain
Reciprocating
Ethical
Worm and wheel
14. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program
Idler gear
Drive gear
Controller
Gear
15. Information fed into a system
Efficiency
Drive gear
Limit Switch
Input
16. A control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly
Innovation
Program
While Loop
Sensor
17. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
Threshold
Malfunction
Simple gear train
Worm and wheel
18. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Digital Signal
Gear Ratio
Swing Turn
Debug
19. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
Chain
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Drive gear
Power Supply
20. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Sprocket
Behavior
Potentiometer
Electric
21. A control system that has no means for comparing the output with input for control purposes. An open - loop system often requires human intervention
Troubleshoot
Ratio
Open -Loop System
Force
22. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Simple gear train
Troubleshoot
Manipulators
Inverse
23. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Simple gear train
Open -Loop System
Malfunction
Power Supply
24. Operated by the action of water or other fluids
Touch Sensor
Robot
Pseudocode
Hydraulic
25. A push or pull on an object
Mechanism
Digital Signal
Force
System
26. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Program
Limitation
Driven Gear
Society
27. The results of the operation of any system
Belt and Pulley
Output
Limit Switch
Input
28. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Economics
Potentiometer
Simple gear train
Maintenance
29. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Chain
Reprogram
Malfunction
Electric
30. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Innovation
Gear Ratio
Input
Idler gear
31. The ability to do work
Energy
Workforce
Oscillate
Feedback
32. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
End effector
Economics
Automation
Force
33. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Pitch
Efficiency
Hydraulic
Touch Sensor
34. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Experimentation
Oscillate
Flexible Manufacturing System
Computer Aided Manufacturing
35. Movement in a straight line
Inverse
Linear motion
Pitch
Experimentation
36. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other
Ratio
Pneumatic
Reciprocating
Work
37. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Pseudocode
Robotics
Robot
Computer Program
38. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Manipulators
While Loop
Pseudocode
Gear
39. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Sensor
Point Turn
Debug
Bevel Gear
40. Circular movement
Chain
Troubleshoot
Rotary Motion
Driven Gear
41. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others
Ethical
Software...
Oscillate
Mechanism
42. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Drive gear
Hydraulic
Workforce
Linear motion
43. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
System
Pitch
Point Turn
Automation
44. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Feedback
Ethical
Automation
Power Supply
45. The efficient production of small amounts of products
Automation
Flexible Manufacturing System
Innovation
System
46. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
End effector
Impact
Pitch
Reprogram
47. 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
Crank and Slider
Hydraulic
Robot
End effector
48. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Society
Idler gear
Digital Signal
Pneumatic
49. 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.
Chain
Output
Linear motion
Comments
50. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Output
Comments
Belt and Pulley
Worm and wheel