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Robotics
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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
Computer Program
Force
System
Robot
2. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Troubleshoot
Closed-Loop System
Workforce
Factory
3. Movement in a straight line
Linear motion
Economics
Energy
Automation
4. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material
Input
Troubleshoot
Efficiency
Torque
5. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect
Troubleshoot
Computer Program
Bevel Gear
Ethical
6. Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product
Innovation
Ratio
System
Computer Aided Manufacturing
7. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Output
Pitch
Robotics
Torque
8. The results of the operation of any system
Comments
Idler gear
Output
Society
9. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment
Bevel Gear
Output
Troubleshoot
Idler gear
10. A rotating gear that meshes wit ha bar that has a gear tooth along its length. Changes rotating motion in a linear motion.
Pitch
Rack and Pinion
Idler gear
Threshold
11. 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
System
Troubleshoot
Limit Switch
Robot
12. The effect or influence of one thing on another. Some impacts are anticipated - and others are unanticipated.
Impact
Analog Signal
Drive gear
Driven Gear
13. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Input
Manipulators
Malfunction
Algorithm
14. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Idler gear
Energy
Sensor
Manipulators
15. 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
Drive gear
Input
Programmer
16. The information produced by a computer
Driven Gear
While Loop
Experimentation
Output
17. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Pitch
Digital Signal
Algorithm
Gear
18. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
Belt and Pulley
Linear motion
Analog Signal
Electric
19. Operated by the action of water or other fluids
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Hydraulic
Limitation
Trade- off
20. A person who writes and tests computer programs
Trade- off
Digital Signal
Programmer
Malfunction
21. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Behavior
Simple gear train
Output
Energy
22. A robot is a machine that performs complicated tasks and is guided by automatic controls
Work
Robot
Pneumatic
Work envelope
23. A control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly
Robotics
Experimentation
While Loop
Invention
24. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Algorithm
Input
Chain
While Loop
25. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Power Supply
Work envelope
Worm and wheel
Pneumatic
26. A back and forth movement
Debug
Economics
Output
Reciprocating
27. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Force
Computer Program
Output
Potentiometer
28. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Software...
Drive gear
Rack and Pinion
Chain
29. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other
Trade- off
Ratio
Touch Sensor
Pseudocode
30. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Digital Signal
Factory
Innovation
Robotics
31. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Driven Gear
Invention
Programmer
Workforce
32. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Output
Force
Innovation
Open -Loop System
33. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Algorithm
Program
Automation
Analog Signal
34. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Experimentation
Hydraulic
System
Pitch
35. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect
Threshold
Software...
Work
Belt and Pulley
36. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Chain
Crank and Slider
Limitation
Flexible Manufacturing System
37. Shorthand notation for programming which uses a combination of informal programming structures and verbal descriptions of a code.
Crank and Slider
Pseudocode
Point Turn
Efficiency
38. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Robot
Work envelope
Drive gear
Oscillate
39. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Efficiency
Software...
Power Supply
Pseudocode
40. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Electric
End effector
Manipulators
Software...
41. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Robotics
Innovation
Work
Linear motion
42. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Chain
Ethical
Hydraulic
Work
43. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Trade- off
Inverse
Rotary Motion
Comments
44. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Trade- off
Sensor
Pitch
Automation
45. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Pneumatic
Work
Maintenance
Robotics
46. Information fed into a system
Input
Pseudocode
Bevel Gear
Analog Signal
47. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Limitation
Robotics
Programmer
Rotary Motion
48. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
Worm and wheel
Linear motion
Comments
Programmer
49. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Gear
Linear motion
Pneumatic
Inverse
50. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation
Rack and Pinion
Invention
Program
Oscillate