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Subject : engineering
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  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material






2. The space within which a robotic arm can move






3. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests






4. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services






5. A person who writes and tests computer programs






6. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center






7. Set of instructions that control the operation of a computer






8. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.






9. Operated by the action of water or other fluids






10. Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product






11. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.






12. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear






13. In robotics - a tiny computer that acts as the robot's brain and contains the computer program






14. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power






15. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment






16. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity






17. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow






18. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads






19. Programs and other operating information used by a computer






20. A twisting force






21. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.






22. A rotating gear that meshes wit ha bar that has a gear tooth along its length. Changes rotating motion in a linear motion.






23. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment






24. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread






25. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others






26. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0






27. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something






28. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry






29. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation






30. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.






31. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts






32. The efficient production of small amounts of products






33. Circular movement






34. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program






35. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance






36. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation






37. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide






38. The information produced by a computer






39. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect






40. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place






41. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls






42. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another






43. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input






44. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other






45. Information fed into a system






46. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal






47. A swing back and forth at a regular rate






48. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts






49. The process of detecting and eliminating a device's malfunctions






50. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw