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Principles Of Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. A mechanical property of a material that shows how effective the material is absorbing mechanical energy without sustaining any permanent damage
Bayes' Therom
Gay-Lussac's Law
Feedback
Resilience
2. A part of a design brief that challenges the designer - describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem -
Vector Quanitity
Gay-Lussac's Law
Polarity
Design Statement
3. The total pressure exerted on a system - including atmospheric pressure.
Statistics
Tolerance
Inexhaustible Energy
Absolute Pressure
4. A body subjected to a push.
Moment
Compression Force
Hooke's Law
Torque
5. Machining a surface to size with a fine feed produced in a lathe - milling machine - or grinder
Mode
Bar Chart
Finishing
Assembly
6. The use of a fluid (liquid or gas) to transmit power from one location to another.
Gear
Fluid Power
Atmospheric Pressure
Assembly
7. The result of an experiment
Viscosity
Receiver Tank
Outcome
Ultimate Stress
8. The rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
Normally Closed
Acceleration
Factor of Safety
Thermodynamic System
9. A part of a design brief that clearly and concisely identifies a client's or target consumer's problem - need - or want.
Pump
Stress -Strain Curve
Problem Statement
Line of Best Fit
10. The reason for which something is done or for which something exists.
Purpose
Flange
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Reliability
11. A sketch that shows an object's height - width - and depth in a single view.
Pictorial Sketch
Accuracy
Fatigue
Component
12. The direction of a vector is defined by the angle between a reference axis and the arrow's line of direction.
Metal
Sample Space
Torque
Direction
13. The flow of electrical power or charge.
Valve
Quality Assurance
Normally Open
Electricity
14. A result of a force moving an object a certain distance
Work
Microprocessor
Rotor
Problem Statement
15. The unit of potential difference symbolized as V
Volt
Mechanical Properties
Electromagnetic Induction
Friction
16. A truss that lies in a single plane often used to support roofs and bridges
Material
Double-Acting Cylinder
Planar Truss
Reed Switch
17. 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.
Convection
Method of Joints
Power Converter
Efficiency
18. A circuit in which all parts are connected end to end to provide a single path of current
Roller Support
Decision Making
Failure Point
Series Circuit
19. Frequency distribution graph
Algorithm
Frequency Polygons
Inexhaustible Energy
Tension
20. The potential difference measured in volts. The amount of work to be done to move a charge from one point to another along an electric circuit
Design Modification
Quality Assurance
Frequency Distribution
Voltage
21. The ratio of useful energy output to the total energy input - or the percentage of the work input that is converted to work output.
Volt
Efficiency
Voltage
Analog to Digital
22. The production of an electric or magnetic state by the proximity (without contact) of an electrified or magnetized body
Crank
NTC Resistor
Composite
Induction
23. The geometric center of an area.
Centroid
Statically Indeterminate
Renewable Energy
Problem Statement
24. A rough drawing representing the main features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study.
Statistical Process Control
Efficiency
Sketch
Torque
25. A switch that can provide variable motion control
Switch
Thermodynamic System
Potentiometer
Inclined Plane
26. 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.
Analog to Digital
Flow Velocity
Moment
Filter
27. A person or group for which product or service design efforts are intended.
Compression Force
Resistance Force
Target Consumer
Pressure Releif Valve
28. Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion
Flowchart
Kinetic Energy
Member
Normally Closed
29. The information produced by a computer
Output
Gravitational Energy
Method of Joints
Deviation
30. A body subjected to pull.
Flow Rate
Tension Force
Process Control
Cross -Sectional Area
31. The measurement of how difficult it is for charges to flow through a material
Charles' Law
Resisitance
Parallel Circuit
Volume
32. A resource that can be replaced when needed
Inexhaustible Energy
Normally Open
Renewable Energy
Data Variation
33. 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.
First Law of Thermodynamics
Mode
Switch
Process Control
34. Every body or particle continues at a state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line - unless it is compelled to change that state by forces acting upon it.
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35. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Purpose
Sensor
Gay-Lussac's Law
Radiation
36. A subset of a sample space
Effort Force
Event
Codes
Photocell
37. A measure of a fluid's thickness or resistance to flow.
Viscosity
Electrical Energy
Accuracy
Tension Force
38. The process of creating an object by adding small pieces or layers together to make a final product
Centroid
Additive Process
Ceramic
Convection
39. Mechanical property of a material that indicates the ability of the material to handle overloading before it fractures
Toughness
Chain
Volt
Moment
40. The volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure exerted on it.
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41. A group of machined or handmade parts that fit together to form a self- contained unit.
Flow-Control Valve
Deviation
Assembly
Charles' Law
42. The calculated likelihood that a given event will occur
Probability
Axial Stress
Passive Solar Energy Collection
ABET
43. An air pump that compresses air into a receiver tank.
Current
Power Grid
Reliability
Compressor
44. When a material is reduced in volume by the application of pressure; the reciprocal of the bulk modulus
Digital to Analog
Reed Switch
Statistics
Compression
45. The state when objects are not yet in motion
Gravitational Energy
Pump
Moment of Inertia
Actual Mechanical Advantage
46. A support that prevents translation and rotation in a beam.
Fixed Support
Event
Efficiency
Cable
47. The process in which an electric current is used to produce a chemical reaction - such as the decomposition of water
Problem Statement
Joint
Electrolysis...
Ohm
48. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Magnitude
Frequency Polygons
Pitch
R- value
49. Used to transport fluid in a circuit
Transmission Lines
Experiment
Newton's Third Law
Electricity
50. Used to control which path fluid takes in a circuit.
Codes
Career
Radiation
Directional-Control Valve