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Principles Of Engineering
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1. The measurement of how difficult it is for charges to flow through a material
Quality Assurance
Potentiometer
Resisitance
Experiment
2. The absolute value of a number
Simple Truss
Magnitude
Nonrenewable Energy
Heat
3. Conversion of an analog signal to a digital quantity such as binary.
Series Circuit
Pulley
Fossil Fuel
Analog to Digital
4. Values that represent a measurable quantity
Scalar
Rotor
Quantitative Data
Forming
5. A signal having the characteristic of being continuous and changing smoothly over a given range - rather than switching suddenly between certain levels
Quantitative Data
Axial Stress
Statistics
Analog Signal
6. A type of lever that is a wheel with a groove in its rim - which is used to change the direction or multiply a force exerted by a rope or cable.
Pump
Constraint
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Pulley
7. Of or relating to the manufacture of any product (as earthenware - porcelain - or brick) made essentially from a nonmetallic mineral (as clay) by firing at a high temperature
Generator
Ceramic
Microprocessor
R- value
8. A rough drawing representing the main features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study.
Efficiency
Sketch
Roller Support
Resistance Force
9. A profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling.
First Law of Thermodynamics
Static Equilibrium
Career
Switch
10. Categorical data graph percentage
Pie Chart
Team
Parallel Circuit
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
11. A step- by- step procedure for solving a problem or accomplishing some end - especially by a computer.
Speed
Algorithm
Entropy
NTC Resistor
12. A resource that can be replaced when needed
Screw
Centroid
Technical Communication
Renewable Energy
13. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Single-Acting Cylinder
Probability
Opeen Loop System
Temperature
14. The transfer of heat by the movement of a mass or substance; it can take place only in fluids
Rupture Strength
Modulus of Elasticity
Convection
Compression
15. The use of heat from within the Earth or from the atmosphere near oceans
Pressure Regulator
Tension Force
Geothermal Energy
Factor of Safety
16. A switch that can provide variable motion control
Potentiometer
Flange
Strain
Generator
17. The collection - evaluation - and interpretation of data
Product Development Lifecycle
Pressure Regulator
Statistics
Flowchart
18. A truss that lies in a single plane often used to support roofs and bridges
Planar Truss
Tension Force
Fluid Power
Reliability
19. A control circuit in which the system output has no effect on the control
Power Grid
Pressure Releif Valve
Pie Chart
Opeen Loop System
20. The use of a liquid flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another
Single-Acting Cylinder
Modulus of Elasticity
Hydraulics
Recycling
21. The volume of fluid that moves through a system in a given period of time.
Power Converter
Flow Rate
Accuracy
Second Law of Thermodynamics
22. States that the direct current flowing in an electric circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied to the circuit
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23. Used to start and stop flow in a circuit
Flow-Control Valve
Work
Cross -Sectional Area
Potential Energy
24. A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria.
Design Modification
Decision Matrix
Lever
Assembly
25. A structure or body which is over- constrained such that there are more unknown supports than there are equations of static equilibrium.
Radiation
Statically Indeterminate
Single-Acting Cylinder
Resilience
26. Distance between adjacent threads in a screw.
Pitch
Cross -Sectional Area
Ohm's Law
Power Converter
27. An electromagnetically operated switching device.
Ohm's Law
Consensus
Target Consumer
Reed Switch
28. An activity with observable results
Finishing
Newton's Second Law
Experiment
Digital to Analog
29. The direction of a vector is defined by the angle between a reference axis and the arrow's line of direction.
Direction
Pitch
Planar Truss
Moment
30. The probability that a component part - equipment - or system will satisfactorily perform its intended function under given circumstances - such as environmental conditions - limitations as to operating time - and frequency and thoroughness of mainte
Flowchart
Line of Best Fit
Reliability
Centroid
31. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Feedback
Planar Truss
Tension Force
Pressure Regulator
32. A straight line that comes closest to the points on a scatter plot
Centroid
Line of Best Fit
Sample Space
Reed Switch
33. 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.
Transistor
Pump
Static Equilibrium
Statically Indeterminate
34. Information fed into a data processing system or computer.
Pitch
Fuel Cell Stack
Input
Sensor
35. A substance that tapers to a thin edge and is used for splitting - raising heavy bodies - or for tightening by being driven into something.
Statically Indeterminate
Wedge
Newton's Third Law
Distance
36. Frequency distribution graph
Centroid
Frequency Polygons
Manufacturing
Open - ended
37. SPC is a method of monitoring - controlling - and ideally improving a process through statistical analysis. Its four basic steps include measuring the process - eliminating variances in the process to make it consistent - monitoring the process - and
Electromagnetic Energy
Elongation
Statistical Process Control
Static Equilibrium
38. A result of a force moving an object a certain distance
Analog Signal
Roller Support
Work
Mode
39. An air pump that compresses air into a receiver tank.
Electrolysis...
Sketch
Compressor
Assembly
40. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Radiation
Fixed Support
Electricity
Volume
41. Not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad
Convection
Hooke's Law
Open - ended
Gusset
42. 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
Alternative Energy
Gravitational Energy
Flow Rate
43. A device for making - breaking - or changing the connections in an electrical circuit.
Switch
Cross -Sectional Area
Event
Statistics
44. The place at which independent and often unrelated systems meet and act on or communicate with each other.
Cable
Synthetic
Interface
Potentiometer
45. A device used to measure flow rate.
Gusset
Metal
Histogram
Flow Meter
46. The difference between samples
Variance
Inexhaustible Energy
Event
Team
47. Any of various elementary mechanisms including the lever - the wheel and axle - the pulley - the inclined plane - the wedge - and the screw.
Reservoir
Quality Assurance
Simple Machine
Biomass
48. Energy caused by the movement of electrons.
Design Brief
Pressure Regulator
Kelvin
Electrical Energy
49. Slender straight pieces of a truss connected by joints.
Mean Deviation
Member
Roller Support
Line of Best Fit
50. A vector quantity giving the straight- line distance and direction from an initial position to a final position.
Displacement
Ohm's Law
Thermodynamic System
Valve