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Principles Of Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The use of a fluid (liquid or gas) to transmit power from one location to another.
Efficiency
Tension Force
Mechanical Properties
Fluid Power
2. A law that states that the internal energy in a system remains constant and the change in thermal energy of a system is equal to the work done on the system.
Elastic Limit
Boyle's Law
Problem Statement
First Law of Thermodynamics
3. Conversion of a digital signal to its analog equivalent - such as a voltage.
Experiment
Digital to Analog
Gay-Lussac's Law
Programmable Logic Controller
4. Test methods used to examine an object - material - or system causing permanent damage to its usefulness
Potential Energy
Programmable Logic Controller
Destructive Testing
Radiation
5. To monitor and control a process so that the quality of the output/product improves.
Process Control
Accuracy
Variance
Screw
6. Pressure exerted by a confined fluid acts undiminished equally in all directions
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7. The difference between samples
Metal
Variance
Physical Properties
Sketch
8. A vector quantity that includes the speed and direction of an object.
Algorithm
Statically Indeterminate
Velocity
Lubricator
9. The measurement of how difficult it is for charges to flow through a material
Design Modification
Resisitance
Renewable Energy
Technical Communication
10. The basic unit of electric current adopted under the Systeme International d'Unites
Additive Process
Directional-Control Valve
Ampere
Flange
11. The condition of a string - wire - or rod that is stretched between two points
Ampere
Tension
Cable
Concurrent Force Systems
12. The absolute value of a number
Pulley
Pascal's Law
Magnitude
Deviation
13. A collection of individuals - each with his or her own expertise - brought together to benefit a common goal.
Power Grid
Resistance
Renewable Energy
Team
14. A body subjected to pull.
Tension Force
Sprocket
Resisitance
Resistance
15. Middle value of a set of values arranged in order of magnitude.
Hydraulics
Median
Radiation
Entropy
16. The collection - evaluation - and interpretation of data
Destructive Testing
Lubricator
Planar Truss
Statistics
17. A profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling.
Career
Median
Flange
Work
18. Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion
Kinetic Energy
Subtractive
Simple Truss
Shear Stress
19. Ratio of distance traveled by the applied effort and resistance force within a system.
Closed Loop System
Flow Meter
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Mode
20. A device used to spray an oil mist into the stream of a pneumatic system.
Scalar
Raw Material
Series Circuit
Lubricator
21. A rough drawing representing the main features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study.
Sketch
Resilience
Vector Quanitity
Input
22. A measure of how easily a material can be twisted
Raw Material
Analog to Digital
Shear Stress
ABET
23. A control system that considers the output of a system and makes adjustments based on that output.
Wedge
Closed Loop System
Pneumatics
Pinned Support
24. 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
Problem Solving
Parallel Circuit
Charles' Law
Deformation
25. Maximum stress that a material will withstand without permanent deformation
Entropy
Elastic Limit
Mechanism
Elongation
26. If one object exerts a force on another object - then the second object exerts a force of equal streangth in the opposite direction on the first object.
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27. The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current
Absolute Pressure
Additive Process
Resistance
Inclined Plane
28. A device for making - breaking - or changing the connections in an electrical circuit.
Member
Switch
Newton's First Law
Event
29. The ratio of the magnitude of the resistance and effort forces applied a system.
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Electrolysis...
Problem Statement
Deviation
30. The contact of a relay that is open when the coil is de- energized
Cable
Normally Open
Power Converter
Digital Signal
31. A type of system that uses circulating pumps and fans to collect and distribute heat.
Active Solar Energy Collection
Problem Statement
Material
Solenoid
32. 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
Resultant Force
Transmission Lines
Modulus of Elasticity
Pinned Support
33. The use of a liquid flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another
Velocity
Destructive Testing
Joint
Hydraulics
34. 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
Outcome
Polymers
Cylinder
Material
35. A quantity that has both a magnitude and direction.
Mean Deviation
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Vector Quanitity
Deformation
36. A resource that cannot be replaced once used
Screw
Feedback
Nonrenewable Energy
Volume
37. States that the volume of a confined gas is proportional to its temperature - provided its pressure remains constant
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38. A plate or bracket for strengthening an angle in framework.
Pressure Regulator
Gusset
Temperature
Resistance Force
39. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing some end - especially by a computer.
Kinetic Energy
Sensor
Vector Quanitity
Algorithm
40. An inclined plane wrapped around a cylinder - forming the path and pitch.
Voltage
Energy
Screw
Frequency Distribution
41. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Moment of Inertia
R- value
Normally Open
Median
42. An electromagnetically operated switching device.
Efficiency
Liability
Pulley
Reed Switch
43. Creating - designing - and transmitting technical information so that people can understand it easily and use it safely - effectively - and efficiently.
Gravitational Energy
Career
Technical Communication
Decision Matrix
44. Test methods used to examine an object - material - or system without impairing its future usefulness
Reliability
Nondestructive Testing
Decision Making
Gear
45. A broad ridge or pair of ridges projecting at a right angle from the edge of a structural shape in order to strengthen or stiffen it.
Flow Rate
Charles' Law
Input
Flange
46. Sometimes referred to as tensile strength; determined by measuring the maximum load a material specimen can carry when in the shape of a rectangular bar or cylindrical can
Free Fall
Strain
First Law of Thermodynamics
Variance
47. An external force applied to an object.
Shear Stress
Power Grid
Reservoir
Effort Force
48. Energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment
Energy Conservation
Alternative Energy
Data
Idler Gear
49. Absolute temperature scale
Torque
Digital Signal
Elongation
Kelvin
50. Information fed into a data processing system or computer.
Pascal's Law
Input
Designer
Quality Control