SUBJECTS
|
BROWSE
|
CAREER CENTER
|
POPULAR
|
JOIN
|
LOGIN
Business Skills
|
Soft Skills
|
Basic Literacy
|
Certifications
About
|
Help
|
Privacy
|
Terms
|
Email
Search
Test your basic knowledge |
Robotics
Start Test
Study First
Subject
:
engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
If you are not ready to take this test, you can
study here
.
Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
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. Circular movement
Driven Gear
Force
Rotary Motion
Electric
2. Conforming to a established set principles or accepted professional standards or conduct
Ethical
Troubleshoot
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Invention
3. A control flow statement that allows code to be executed repeatedly
Programmer
While Loop
Experimentation
Ratio
4. An improvement of an existing technological product - system - or method of doing something
Rotary Motion
Ratio
Economics
Innovation
5. A back and forth movement
Reciprocating
Electric
Manipulators
Malfunction
6. A person who writes and tests computer programs
Programmer
Manipulators
Linear motion
System
7. A sensor that detects physical contact and reports back to the controller whether its contact area is being pushed in or not
Input
Potentiometer
Gear Ratio
Touch Sensor
8. A swing back and forth at a regular rate
Output
Potentiometer
Behavior
Oscillate
9. Anything your robot does; turning no a motor is a behavior - following a line is a behavior - navigating a maze is a behavior
Behavior
Debug
Electric
Troubleshoot
10. Something put into a system - such as resources - in order to achieve a result
Input
Oscillate
Sprocket
Mechanism
11. The part of a machine which contains two or more pieces arranged so that the motion of one compels the motion of the others
Swing Turn
Driven Gear
Threshold
Mechanism
12. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0
Digital Signal
Feedback
End effector
Programmer
13. Technology dealing with the design - construction - and operation of robots and automation
Controller
Output
Robotics
Limit Switch
14. A gear between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction
Invention
Idler gear
Inverse
Automation
15. A community - nation - or broad grouping of people having common traditions - institutions - and collective activities and interests
Software...
Pneumatic
Limitation
Society
16. Opposite in position - direction - order - or effect
Efficiency
Linear motion
Inverse
Rotary Motion
17. Operated by the action of water or other fluids
Hydraulic
Innovation
Belt and Pulley
Output
18. 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
Potentiometer
Manipulators
Limit Switch
Sensor
19. One of a pair of gears used to connect two shafts whose axes intersect
Computer Aided Manufacturing
Robot
Bevel Gear
Workforce
20. 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
End effector
Work envelope
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
Pseudocode
21. A social science that deals with production - distribution - and consumption of goods and services
Flexible Manufacturing System
Belt and Pulley
Economics
Computer-Integrated Manufacturing
22. A turn where one wheel rotates forward and the other rotates backward - causing the robot to sit and spin in place
System
Sensor
Point Turn
Closed-Loop System
23. A turn where one wheel rotates and the other stays in place - causing the robot's body to 'swing around the stationary wheel
Society
Swing Turn
Manipulators
Driven Gear
24. The results of the operation of any system
Factory
Society
Force
Output
25. A group of interacting - interrelated - or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a common goal
System
Troubleshoot
Hydraulic
Gear
26. In robotics - a series of coded instructions the robot must follow
Innovation
Computer Program
Flexible Manufacturing System
Power Supply
27. The gear which transmits power and motion to the rest of the system. The input gear
Drive gear
Simple gear train
Input
Automation
28. The people available for work in a particular area - firm - or industry
Output
Workforce
Efficiency
Ethical
29. The space within which a robotic arm can move
Rotary Motion
Rack and Pinion
Work envelope
Gear Ratio
30. A connected flexible series of links used for fastening or securing objects and pulling or supporting loads
Manipulators
Chain
Flexible Manufacturing System
Idler gear
31. A technique that is used to make a process automatic
Efficiency
Drive gear
Automation
Simple gear train
32. A control system that has no means for comparing the output with input for control purposes. An open - loop system often requires human intervention
Mechanism
Point Turn
Open -Loop System
Rotary Motion
33. Programs and other operating information used by a computer
Algorithm
Digital Signal
Software...
Driven Gear
34. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem - especially by a computer
Limit Switch
Sensor
Algorithm
Point Turn
35. A system that uses feedback from the output to control the input
Inverse
Computer Program
Threshold
Closed-Loop System
36. A mechanical arrangement consisting of a toothed wheel driven by a short revolving cylinder bearing a screw thread
End effector
Pneumatic
Hydraulic
Worm and wheel
37. Pertaining to or operated by air or other gas
Linear motion
Automation
Gear Ratio
Pneumatic
38. Containing - producing - arising from - or actuated by electricity
Electric
Work envelope
Flexible Manufacturing System
Workforce
39. To function imperfectly or badly
Rack and Pinion
Malfunction
Economics
Programmer
40. The information produced by a computer
Output
Gear
Trade- off
Malfunction
41. The rewriting or revising of a sequence of instructions - especially a computer program
Chain
Linear motion
Reprogram
Programmer
42. A building or set of buildings with facilities for manufacturing or producing goods
Driven Gear
Factory
Controller
Troubleshoot
43. A balancing of factors - all of which are not attainable at the same time; giving up one thing in return for another
Simple gear train
Innovation
Touch Sensor
Trade- off
44. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels.
Computer Program
Analog Signal
Efficiency
Automation
45. A toothed wheel that works with others to alter the relation between the speed of an engine and the speed of the driven parts
Bevel Gear
Gear
Pitch
Chain
46. An arm- like mechanism on a robotic system which grabs and moves objects with a number of degrees of freedom under automatic control.
Factory
Manipulators
Limitation
Workforce
47. Information about the output of a system that can be used to make adjustments
Workforce
Feedback
Gear Ratio
Sensor
48. Movement in a straight line
Linear motion
Input
Threshold
Behavior
49. Information fed into a system
Controller
Input
Crank and Slider
System
50. A new product - system - or process that has never existed before - created by study and experimentation
Controller
Drive gear
Invention
Input