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Subject : 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. 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.






2. The ability to bring a desired result with the least waste of time - energy - or material






3. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas






4. A control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly






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






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






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






8. 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






9. The information produced by a computer






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






11. The efficient production of small amounts of products






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






13. Programs and other operating information used by a computer






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






15. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect






16. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result






17. Movement in a straight line






18. A technique that is used to make a process automatic






19. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not






20. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction






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






22. A device that detects some important physical quality or quantity about the surrounding environment - and conveys the information to the robot in electronic form






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






24. 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






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






26. Toothlike projections arranged on a wheel rim to engage the links of a chain






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






28. Locating and finding the cause of problems related to technological products or systems






29. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer






30. The ability to do work






31. Circular movement






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






33. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments






34. Operated by the action of water or other fluids






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






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






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






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






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






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






41. The results of the operation of any system






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






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






44. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation






45. A level or point at which something would start or cease to happen or come into effect






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






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






48. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods






49. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity






50. A push or pull on an object