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Principles Of Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A result of a force moving an object a certain distance
Destructive Testing
Opeen Loop System
Pressure
Work
2. The state when objects are not yet in motion
Gravitational Energy
Pulley
Radiation
Data
3. Listing of a data values along with their corresoponding frequencies.
Frequency Distribution
Mean
Output
Rupture Strength
4. Test methods used to examine an object - material - or system without impairing its future usefulness
Nondestructive Testing
Roller Support
Statistics
Axial Stress
5. The unit of potential difference symbolized as V
Volt
Reed Switch
Problem Statement
Frequency Distribution
6. A device used to create flow in a hydraulic system.
Rotor
Pump
Resilience
Ceramic
7. The rotating member of an electrical machine
Rotor
Kelvin
Receiver Tank
Magnitude
8. The ratio of useful energy output to the total energy input - or the percentage of the work input that is converted to work output.
Fatigue
Efficiency
Active Solar Energy Collection
Electromagnet
9. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Mechanical Properties
Temperature
Single-Acting Cylinder
Simple Truss
10. Energy in transit due to a temperature difference between the source from which the energy is coming and a sink toward which the energy is going
Brainstorming
Induction
Heat
Work
11. Nominal stress developed in a material at rupture. Not necessarily equal to ultimate strength. Since necking is not taken into account in determining rupture strength - seldom indicates true stress at rupture
Breaking Stress
Pictorial Sketch
Deviation
Rupture Strength
12. The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current
Resistance
Recycling
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Simple Machine
13. The difference between the maximum and minimum dimensions allowed within the design of a product.
Gravitational Energy
Tolerance
Subroutine
Acceleration
14. The use of quality control techniques associated with a process.
Quality Assurance
Gay-Lussac's Law
Interface
Output
15. The contact of a relay that is closed when the coil is de- energized.
Standar Deviation
Pressure Regulator
Normally Closed
Resisitance
16. The ratio of the increment of some specified form of stress to the increment of some specified form of strain - such as Young's modulus - the bulk modulus - or the shear modulus. Also known as coefficient of elasticity - elasticity modulus - elastic
Modulus of Elasticity
Valve
Line of Best Fit
Constraint
17. A type of system that uses circulating pumps and fans to collect and distribute heat.
Active Solar Energy Collection
Normally Closed
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Analog Signal
18. A subset of a sample space
Liability
Event
Moment
Lever
19. The magnitude of the total distance traveled divided by the time elapsed.
Cross -Sectional Area
Renewable Energy
Speed
Photocell
20. Information encoded in a digital form - which is usually stored in an assigned address of a data memory for later use by the processor.
Statistics
Crank
Data
Interface
21. A resource that can be replaced when needed
Forming
Renewable Energy
Roller Support
Single-Acting Cylinder
22. A force system where all of the forces are applied at a common point on the body or having their lines of action with a common intersection point.
Current
Statistical Process Control
Solenoid
Concurrent Force Systems
23. Conversion of an analog signal to a digital quantity such as binary.
Concurrent Force Systems
Roller Support
Input
Analog to Digital
24. An energy source that will never run out
Flange
Inexhaustible Energy
Pulley
Centroid
25. The law stating that the stress of a solid is directly proportional to the strain applied to it
26. States that the direct current flowing in an electric circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied to the circuit
27. The direction of a vector is defined by the angle between a reference axis and the arrow's line of direction.
Interface
Direction
Ceramic
Electromagnetic Induction
28. The condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field.
Design Process
Free Fall
Electromagnet
Elastic Limit
29. A specialized heavy- duty computer system used for process control in factories - chemical plants - and warehouses
Programmable Logic Controller
Normally Open
Recycling
Resultant Force
30. A closed electrical circuit in which the current is divided into two or more paths and then returns via a common path to complete the circuit
Atmospheric Pressure
Inexhaustible Energy
Problem Statement
Parallel Circuit
31. A method of analysis of trusses which constructs free body diagrams of each joint and determines the forces acting in that joint by considering equilibrium of the joint pin.
Method of Joints
Sense
Scalar
Simple Truss
32. The collection and analysis of numerical data in large quantities
Potentiometer
Analog to Digital
Variance
Statistics
33. The use of gas flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another.
Problem Solving
Physical Properties
Pneumatics
Design Modification
34. Slender straight pieces of a truss connected by joints.
Member
Electromagnetic Energy
Mode
Electromagnetic Induction
35. Produced by the combining of parts or elements to form a whole - rather than of natural origin; not real - artificial
Parallel Circuit
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Axial Stress
36. The loss of the load- bearing ability of a material under repeated load application - as opposed to a single load
Newton's Second Law
Effort Force
Problem Statement
Fatigue
37. Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place.
Failure Point
Roller Support
Product Development Lifecycle
Directional-Control Valve
38. The contact of a relay that is open when the coil is de- energized
Normally Open
Proportional Limit
Member
Heat
39. Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion
Experiment
Output
Shear Stress
Kinetic Energy
40. Pressure exerted by a confined fluid acts undiminished equally in all directions
41. A measure of a fluid's thickness or resistance to flow.
Outcome
Viscosity
Resistance Force
Closed Loop System
42. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Flowchart
Roller Support
Fixed Support
Forming
43. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.
Sensor
Material
Manufacturing
U-Value
44. A part of a design brief that challenges the designer - describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem -
Normally Closed
Design Statement
Check Valve
Opeen Loop System
45. The amount or quantity of something
Pie Chart
Output
Volume
Fluid Power
46. Categorical data graph
Physical Properties
Single-Acting Cylinder
Component
Bar Chart
47. The type of charge an atomic particle has
Pie Chart
Simple Truss
Polarity
Conduction
48. Condition caused by collapse - break - or bending - so that a structure or structural element can no longer fulfill its purpose
Failure Point
Electricity
Component
Technical Communication
49. A measure of how easily a material can be twisted
Shear Stress
Polarity
Histogram
Career
50. Any device that controls - either automatically or manually - the flow of a fluid.
Strain
Valve
Heat
Photocell