Mechanical Engineering Crash Course quiz

The design, construction, and operation of machines

• automation

• mechanical engineering

• potential energy

• mechanical energy

What type of engineer works on robotic arms and exoskeletons?

• skeletal engineer

• robotics engineer

• biomechanical engineer

• electrical engineer

What did Orville and Wilbur Wright develop?

• first wheel

• first train

• first industrial robot

• first airplane

In what year did the first public passenger train become operational?

• 1750

• 1825

• 1850

• 1903

A machine capable of carrying out a complex series of actions automatically

• pully

• axle

• gear

• robot

the use of technology to perform tasks without human intervention

• automation

• sensor

• exoskeleton

• potential energy

an early model or sample of a product to be tested

• model magic

• brainstorm

• prototype

• CAD

software used to create precision drawings or technical illustrations

• minecraft

• CAD

• COG

• CAP

a rotating machine part having cut teeth, or cogs, which mesh with another toothed part in order to transmit torque

• wheel

• gear

• fulcrum

• axle

The invention of this enabled mechanized production and sparked the Industrial Revolution.

• exoskeleton

• robots

• airplane

• steam engine