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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. The quantitative relation between two amounts showing the number of times one value contains or is contained within the other
Feedback
Electric
Ratio
Work
2. The transmission of power between shafts by means of a belt connecting pulleys on the shafts
Chain
Open -Loop System
System
Belt and Pulley
3. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect
Work envelope
Gear Ratio
Reciprocating
Bevel Gear
4. A sensor used to measure the angular position of the axle or shaft passing through its center
Open -Loop System
Pitch
Potentiometer
System
5. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Manipulators
Touch Sensor
Work envelope
Belt and Pulley
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.
Debug
Comments
Drive gear
Output
7. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Factory
Society
Electric
Malfunction
8. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Analog Signal
Robot
Innovation
Economics
9. The ability to do work
Malfunction
Debug
Energy
System
10. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Reciprocating
Input
Workforce
Computer Program
11. A push or pull on an object
Flexible Manufacturing System
Touch Sensor
Force
Automation
12. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation
Feedback
Invention
Computer Program
Troubleshoot
13. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Bevel Gear
Chain
While Loop
Sprocket
14. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Trade- off
Controller
Malfunction
Experimentation
15. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Experimentation
Feedback
Limit Switch
Flexible Manufacturing System
16. A rotating gear that meshes wit ha bar that has a gear tooth along its length. Changes rotating motion in a linear motion.
Work
End effector
Rack and Pinion
Innovation
17. The use of technology to ease human labor or to extend the mental or physical capabilities of humans
Limitation
Automation
Ethical
Crank and Slider
18. Some factor that restricts the scope of activity or accomplishment
Output
Impact
Limitation
Input
19. Try our a new procedure - idea - or activity
Hydraulic
Algorithm
Experimentation
Pseudocode
20. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Malfunction
Ratio
Point Turn
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
Experimentation
Rotary Motion
Work
Open -Loop System
22. The upkeep of industrial facilities and equipment and/or software
Simple gear train
Potentiometer
Hydraulic
Maintenance
23. The efficient production of small amounts of products
Flexible Manufacturing System
Ethical
Gear
Reprogram
24. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Energy
Ratio
Algorithm
Ethical
25. To function imperfectly or badly
Idler gear
Invention
Malfunction
Driven Gear
26. Operated by the action of water or other fluids
Drive gear
Input
Hydraulic
Torque
27. Circular movement
Sensor
Troubleshoot
Rotary Motion
While Loop
28. The distance between adjacent threads in a screw
Drive gear
Feedback
Inverse
Pitch
29. Information fed into a system
Threshold
Work envelope
Economics
Input
30. Using computers to operate and control machines and processes to manufacture a product
Sensor
Computer Aided Manufacturing
End effector
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
31. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Gear
Program
Linear motion
Algorithm
32. The ratio of the speed of the driving member of a gear train to that of the driven member
Gear
Rotary Motion
Gear Ratio
Chain
33. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Troubleshoot
Factory
Behavior
Mechanism
34. The application of force that moves an object a certain distance
Rotary Motion
Debug
Work
Work envelope
35. A company- wide management philosophy for planning - integration - and implementation of automation
Robot
Behavior
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Pseudocode
36. The information produced by a computer
Energy
Touch Sensor
Rotary Motion
Output
37. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Output
Driven Gear
Drive gear
Bevel Gear
38. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Society
Robotics
Robot
Factory
39. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Ethical
Touch Sensor
Pseudocode
Comments
40. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Algorithm
Experimentation
Input
Threshold
41. The member of a pair of gears to which motion and power are transmitted by the other. The output gear
Output
Swing Turn
Driven Gear
Gear
42. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form
Force
Programmer
Sensor
Trade- off
43. A combination of two or more gears used to transmit motion between two rotating shafts or between a shaft and a slide
Force
Swing Turn
Programmer
Simple gear train
44. The process of locating trouble and making repairs in machinery and technical equipment
Troubleshoot
Impact
Pitch
Robotics
45. In robotics - provides power to the robot; may supply electricity - hydraulic - power - or pneumatic power
Mechanism
Reciprocating
Power Supply
Manipulators
46. A pivot pin near the outside edge of a wheel or disk that changes rotary motion into reciprocating motion.
Crank and Slider
Reciprocating
Gear
Trade- off
47. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others
Energy
Input
Mechanism
Gear
48. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity
Threshold
Power Supply
Electric
Factory
49. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Inverse
Input
Comments
Limitation
50. 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
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
End effector
Mechanism
Sprocket