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Principles Of Engineering
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engineering
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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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. An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder - forming the path and pitch.
Target Consumer
Screw
Alternative Energy
Resistance Force
2. A strong rope - usually made of metal - designed to have great tensile strength and to be used in structures.
Resisitance
Cable
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Breaking Stress
3. To monitor and control a process so that the quality of the output/product improves.
Absolute Pressure
Process Control
Polymers
Newton's Second Law
4. The use of quality control techniques associated with a process.
Statistics
Modulus of Elasticity
Experiment
Quality Assurance
5. The production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body
Induction
Reliability
Toughness
Raw Material
6. Test methods used to examine an object - material - or system without impairing its future usefulness
Pressure
Biomass
Nondestructive Testing
Resultant Force
7. Frequency distibution graph
Compression
ABET
Input
Histogram
8. A quantity that has both a magnitude and direction.
Voltage
Vector Quanitity
Roller Support
Filter
9. The loss of the load- bearing ability of a material under repeated load application - as opposed to a single load
Kinetic Energy
Fatigue
Structure
Crank
10. Categorical data graph percentage
Lubricator
Pie Chart
Belt
Quantitative Data
11. A switch that can provide variable motion control
Potentiometer
Active Solar Energy Collection
Bayes' Therom
Input
12. A control circuit in which the system output has no effect on the control
Flowchart
Design Brief
Opeen Loop System
Mechanical Properties
13. A result of a force moving an object a certain distance
Composite
Work
Data Variation
Boyle's Law
14. A control system that considers the output of a system and makes adjustments based on that output.
Free Fall
Design Modification
Failure Point
Closed Loop System
15. A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria.
Mean
Subtractive
Decision Matrix
ABET
16. Anything for which a person is legally bound or responsible
Liability
Analog to Digital
Ceramic
Concurrent Force Systems
17. A small circuit board that controls all the processing within a computer.
Efficiency
Stress -Strain Curve
Elastic Limit
Microprocessor
18. A device used to remove contamination from a fluid
Filter
Resilience
Roller Support
Transmission Lines
19. A subordinate routine; specifically - a sequence of computer instructions for performing a specified task that can be used repeatedly.
Factor of Safety
Shear Stress
Subroutine
Algorithm
20. A dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity
Generator
Efficiency
First Law of Thermodynamics
Filter
21. The rotating member of an electrical machine
Rotor
Strain
Breaking Stress
Sample Space
22. Any of numerous natural and synthetic compounds of usually high molecular weight consisting of up to millions of repeated linked units - each a relatively light and simple molecule
Purpose
Tension Force
Polymers
Pie Chart
23. A condition where there are no net external forces acting upon a particle or rigid body and the body remains at rest or continues at a constant velocity.
Constraint
Wheel and Axle
Static Equilibrium
Power Converter
24. A gear positioned between the driver and the driven gear used to change rotational direction.
Geothermal Energy
Idler Gear
Electrical Energy
Compressor
25. The information produced by a computer
Quantitative Data
Output
Input
Polymers
26. A support that only prevents a beam from translating in one direction.
Kelvin
Roller Support
Power Converter
Target Consumer
27. Two different sized circular objects that are attached together and turn as one.
Wheel and Axle
Fluid Power
Proportional Limit
Synthetic
28. A part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles - for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa.
Crank
Consensus
Mode
Convection
29. A rigid bar used to exert a pressure or sustain a weight at one point of its length by the application of a force at a second and turning at a third on a fulcrum.
Compression Force
Free Body Diagram
Lever
Second Law of Thermodynamics
30. A device that responds to a physical stimulus
Sensor
Belt
Photocell
Consensus
31. The ratio of the magnitude of the resistance and effort forces applied a system.
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Algorithm
Effort Force
Reed Switch
32. A collection of individuals - each with his or her own expertise - brought together to benefit a common goal.
Velocity
Fossil Fuel
Flange
Team
33. The stress required to fracture a material whether by compression - tension - or shear
Mean
Breaking Stress
Static Equilibrium
Newton's Third Law
34. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Roller Support
Quality Control
Ampere
R- value
35. Machining a surface to size with a fine feed produced in a lathe - milling machine - or grinder
Finishing
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Analog to Digital
Statistical Process Control
36. A diagram used to isolate a body from its environment - showing all external forces acting upon it.
Free Body Diagram
Digital Signal
Mode
Quantitative Data
37. A cylinder that can act under pressure in both directions (extend and retract) to move a load.
Switch
Double-Acting Cylinder
Variance
Potential Energy
38. The rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
Direction
Deformation
Acceleration
Single-Acting Cylinder
39. A body subjected to a push.
Elongation
Compression Force
Structure
Actual Mechanical Advantage
40. The flow of electrical power or charge.
Closed Loop System
Compression
Electricity
Histogram
41. Properties other than mechanical properties that pertain to the physics of a material and can usually be measured without the application of force
Synthetic
Single-Acting Cylinder
Atmospheric Pressure
Physical Properties
42. A physical quantity that has magnitude only.
Problem Statement
Efficiency
Fulcrum
Scalar
43. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.
Thermodynamic System
Outcome
Joint
Flow Velocity
44. A set of all possible outcomes or events in an experiment that cannot be further broken down.
Electromagnet
Process Control
Data Variation
Sample Space
45. A continuous band of tough flexible material used to transmit motion and power within a pulley system.
Belt
Wedge
Assembly
Raw Material
46. The turning effect of a force about a point equal to the magnitude of the force times the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action from the force.
Moment
Reliability
Pinned Support
NTC Resistor
47. The net transfer of electric charge (electron movement along a path) per unit of time.
Stress -Strain Curve
Check Valve
Pressure Regulator
Current
48. An electromagnetically operated switching device.
Static Equilibrium
Reed Switch
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Axial Stress
49. A support that prevents translation in any direction
Mean Deviation
Boyle's Law
Elastic Limit
Pinned Support
50. The turning effect of a force about a point equal to the magnitude of the force times the perpendicular distance from the point to the line of action from the force.
Mode
Moment
Potentiometer
Lubricator