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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 group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
System
Flexible Manufacturing System
Power Supply
Program
2. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Maintenance
Pitch
Gear
Workforce
3. To function imperfectly or badly
Crank and Slider
Feedback
Idler gear
Malfunction
4. A push or pull on an object
While Loop
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Force
Work
5. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Reprogram
Input
Drive gear
Electric
6. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Bevel Gear
Sensor
Debug
Idler gear
7. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Innovation
Closed-Loop System
Force
Trade- off
8. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Limitation
Software...
Economics
Closed-Loop System
9. A twisting force
Crank and Slider
Energy
Electric
Torque
10. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Bevel Gear
Mechanism
Potentiometer
11. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Chain
Analog Signal
Limit Switch
Troubleshoot
12. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity
Point Turn
Electric
Linear motion
Rotary Motion
13. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Factory
Pseudocode
Efficiency
Oscillate
14. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Gear Ratio
Limit Switch
Behavior
Troubleshoot
15. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Swing Turn
Linear motion
Pitch
Threshold
16. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment
Comments
Factory
Driven Gear
Troubleshoot
17. 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
Sensor
Sprocket
Limit Switch
Worm and wheel
18. 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
Software...
Simple gear train
Invention
19. The information produced by a computer
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Output
While Loop
Point Turn
20. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Inverse
Pseudocode
Impact
Work envelope
21. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Automation
Threshold
Malfunction
Economics
22. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Potentiometer
Debug
Mechanism
Robot
23. Set of instructions that control the operation of a computer
Program
Closed-Loop System
Workforce
Work envelope
24. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Force
Feedback
Programmer
Input
25. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Troubleshoot
Gear
Sprocket
Power Supply
26. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Chain
Pneumatic
Algorithm
Computer Program
27. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Reciprocating
Algorithm
Workforce
Sensor
28. Circular movement
Hydraulic
Gear Ratio
Rotary Motion
Experimentation
29. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Work envelope
Touch Sensor
Behavior
Potentiometer
30. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Crank and Slider
Flexible Manufacturing System
Debug
Mechanism
31. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
Analog Signal
Inverse
Malfunction
Closed-Loop System
32. 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
Torque
Algorithm
Behavior
33. The ability to do work
Energy
Factory
Impact
Automation
34. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Robotics
Society
Oscillate
Chain
35. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Input
Malfunction
Closed-Loop System
Hydraulic
36. A back and forth movement
Reciprocating
Pneumatic
Linear motion
Debug
37. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Sprocket
Oscillate
Bevel Gear
Comments
38. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation
Automation
Sensor
Invention
Touch Sensor
39. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Invention
Experimentation
Idler gear
End effector
40. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Robotics
Factory
Work
Swing Turn
41. A control system that has no means for comparing the output with input for control purposes. An open - loop system often requires human intervention
Gear
Open -Loop System
Computer Program
Maintenance
42. Movement in a straight line
Linear motion
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Gear Ratio
Controller
43. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Impact
Comments
Flexible Manufacturing System
Inverse
44. 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.
Input
Output
Comments
Efficiency
45. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Ratio
Invention
Driven Gear
Sensor
46. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Pneumatic
Energy
Force
Pseudocode
47. Information fed into a system
Robotics
Analog Signal
Input
Driven Gear
48. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Belt and Pulley
End effector
Oscillate
Linear motion
49. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems
Robot
Troubleshoot
Program
Pseudocode
50. A control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly
While Loop
Oscillate
Factory
System