Exam 5: History of the Heat Engine

What did James Watt achieve when he manufactured his 1765 steam engine?

Who entered the first diesel powered automobile in the Indy 500?

Who invented the inlet metering, rotary distributor pump?

Who invented the worldwide web (www)?

Who invented the aeolipile or reaction turbine?

Technician A says that computers and the Internet are key factors in the daily operation of a typical truckshop. Technician B says that the digital computer has changed the world more rapidly than any other invention in the history of technology. Who is correct?

What is considered to be the first heat engine?

Who was responsible for building the first steam engine capable of performing any real work?

What is an ENIAC (electronic numeric integrator and calculator) better known as today?

Who performed the key research on the engine cycle and heat, that made the work of Otto and Diesel possible?

Who invented the concept of latent heat that was critical to the development of the steam engine?

Who identified the principles of electromagnetic induction?

Who invented the terms anode and cathode?

What was the world's first automobile powered by?

Who invented the first multiphase AC induction motor?

Who drove a diesel powered truck loaded with 3 1/2 tons from coast to coast in the 1930s using $11.38 of fuel?

What was Henry Ford's first job?

Who is known as the father of the truck diesel engine?

What thermal efficiency was James Watt's 1765 steam engine able to achieve?

Technician A says that the high pressure diesel fuel oil pump was introduced in 1927. Technician B says that Robert Bosch invented the high pressure diesel fuel oil pump. Who is right?