Unit 3 How much do you know about robots? Work in pairs. Choose the correct answer.

1. Where was the word robot first used?

   1. Chech’s playwright Karel Capek’s play R.U.R.

   2. Isaac Asimov’s I, Robot

   3. L. Frank Baum’s Wizard of Oz

2. Who wrote the three Laws of Robotics?

   1. Jimmy Carter

   2. Isaac Asimov

   3. Albert Einstein

3. Which of the following was NOT one of the Laws of Robotics?

   1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm

   2. A robot must obey orders given to it by human beings, except where such orders would conflict with the First Law

   3. A robot must work for the betterment of the human condition

4. The “wakamaru” is a real robot that was developed by Mitsubishi in Japan primarily for:

   1. Teaching language

   2. Love affairs

   3. Household companionship

5. The first company to produce a patented robot in the USA was Unimation. These robots were used:

   1. To transfer objects from one location to another

   2. To navigate naval vessels

   3. To lift heavy objects in factories

6. The first “robot homicide” occurred in 1981, when:

   1. A robot arm crushed a Japanese worker at a Kawasaki plant

   2. A guard robot at a bank mistook an armed policeman for a predator

   3. A robotic (driverless) car ran over one of the engineers who had designed it

7. The US military robots TALON “serving” in Iraq are used to:

   1. Detect roadside bombs

   2. Relay messages

   3. Translate from Arabic into English

8. In the fifth century BC Archtyas of Tarentum built what some consider to be the world’s first recorded robot. It was:

   1. A clock that ran on potato acid

   2. A mechanical bird that ran on compressed air

   3. None of the above

9. An android is a bionic (a human with mechanical parts), and a cyborg is a robot that looks like a human.

   1. True

   2. False

10. A relatively new system for performing surgeries using robotic arms that are wired to a surgeon, who manipulates them by wearing robotic gloves in another part of the room, was named after…

    1. Alex Gray

    2. Leonardo da Vinci

    3. Ralph Steadman

Unit 4 smart materials quiz

1. A "smart material" is

1. a material that looks neat

2. a material that changes when its environment changes

3. a clever material

2. What is the proper name for smart material that changes color?

1. Thermochromic film

2. Thermographic sheet

3. Thermopigment dye

3. Which one of these is not a smart material?

1. Polymorph

2. Pewter

3. Lenticular sheet

4. What do these materials have in common? Brass, Nition, Solder, Bronze and Pewter.

1. They are all smart materials

2. They are all pure metals

3. They are all alloys

5. The letters "SMA" stand for ...

1. Smart Material Alloy

2. Smart Metal Activator

3. Shape Memory Alloy

6. Which part of a smart controller contains the smart material?

1. The integrated circuit

2. the batteries

3. The circuit board

7. Which one of these smart materials is spelt correctly?

1. Lenticolor sheet

2. Shape Memory Aloy

3. Thurmochromic film

4. Polymorph

8. Shape memory alloy will go back to its original shape when it is warmed to which temperature?

1. 100° C

2. Freezing point

3. 70° C

4. 50° C

5. Red hot

6. 30° C

9. The word "thermoplastic" means:

1. a plastic which never goes soft

2. a plastic which goes soft when heated

3. a plastic which hardens when heated

10. The letters "QTC" stand for ...

1. Quantum Tuning Composite

2. Quantum Tunneling Compound

3. Quality Tunneling Compound

11. When the QTC material is used as a switch in an electrical circuit and is subjected to pressure, it becomes:

1. a great conductor

2. a great insulator

3. soft

12. Which of these smart materials would you find in the switch of a kettle?

1. Lenticular film

2. Thermochromic film

3. Polymorph

4. Shape memory alloy