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Robotics
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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. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
System
Work
Robot
Software...
2. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Ethical
Sensor
Comments
Input
3. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Oscillate
Trade- off
Flexible Manufacturing System
Economics
4. A twisting force
Factory
Gear
Torque
Manipulators
5. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Behavior
Crank and Slider
Workforce
Comments
6. 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
Robotics
Automation
Belt and Pulley
7. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Worm and wheel
Manipulators
Society
Limitation
8. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Experimentation
Energy
Point Turn
Society
9. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Robot
Closed-Loop System
Automation
Electric
10. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Digital Signal
Driven Gear
Bevel Gear
Workforce
11. A control system that has no means for comparing the output with input for control purposes. An open - loop system often requires human intervention
Maintenance
Manipulators
Open -Loop System
Ethical
12. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Maintenance
Automation
Pneumatic
Controller
13. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Pseudocode
Ethical
Workforce
Robotics
14. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
End effector
Impact
Robotics
Power Supply
15. A back and forth movement
Bevel Gear
Reciprocating
Debug
Automation
16. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Rack and Pinion
Troubleshoot
Pseudocode
17. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Oscillate
Innovation
Algorithm
Input
18. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Efficiency
Closed-Loop System
Digital Signal
Innovation
19. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Idler gear
Belt and Pulley
Closed-Loop System
Torque
20. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Factory
Controller
Threshold
Inverse
21. Operated by the action of water or other fluids
Manipulators
Hydraulic
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Factory
22. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Maintenance
Driven Gear
Drive gear
Rack and Pinion
23. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Pitch
Reprogram
Experimentation
Flexible Manufacturing System
24. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Gear Ratio
Simple gear train
Driven Gear
Pneumatic
25. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Oscillate
Crank and Slider
Factory
Robot
26. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Automation
Linear motion
Maintenance
Gear
27. 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
End effector
Open -Loop System
Limit Switch
Computer Program
28. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Ethical
Impact
Maintenance
Simple gear train
29. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Limitation
Troubleshoot
Economics
Power Supply
30. Movement in a straight line
Linear motion
Rotary Motion
Invention
Computer Program
31. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Chain
Crank and Slider
Software...
Simple gear train
32. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Innovation
Debug
Power Supply
Swing Turn
33. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Work
Energy
Impact
Force
34. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
Idler gear
Analog Signal
Limitation
Innovation
35. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Potentiometer
Society
Electric
Worm and wheel
36. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain
Sprocket
Flexible Manufacturing System
Manipulators
Computer Aided Manufacturing
37. The information produced by a computer
Touch Sensor
Rack and Pinion
Output
Linear motion
38. To function imperfectly or badly
Malfunction
Ethical
Behavior
Threshold
39. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Torque
Ethical
Rotary Motion
Crank and Slider
40. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Behavior
Chain
Gear Ratio
Manipulators
41. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Force
Troubleshoot
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Economics
42. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Belt and Pulley
Manipulators
Reciprocating
Automation
43. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Algorithm
Invention
Flexible Manufacturing System
Computer Program
44. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Hydraulic
Sprocket
Factory
Behavior
45. Information fed into a system
Swing Turn
Pseudocode
Hydraulic
Input
46. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Closed-Loop System
Threshold
Work envelope
Troubleshoot
47. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Manipulators
Impact
Experimentation
Workforce
48. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Efficiency
Automation
Sensor
Comments
49. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Pitch
Programmer
Reprogram
Driven Gear
50. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions
Debug
Gear
Digital Signal
Linear motion