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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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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. 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
Resistance Force
Sensor
Metal
2. Test methods used to examine an object - material - or system causing permanent damage to its usefulness
Pie Chart
Charles' Law
Destructive Testing
Heat
3. Listing of a data values along with their corresoponding frequencies.
Hydraulics
Purpose
Bar Chart
Frequency Distribution
4. The unit of potential difference symbolized as V
Interface
Reliability
Volt
Receiver Tank
5. A type of 3D CAD modeling that represents the volume of an object - not just its lines and surfaces
Line of Best Fit
Sensor
Toughness
Solid Modeling
6. An energy source that will never run out
Vector Quanitity
Tolerance
Inexhaustible Energy
Sprocket
7. Changing one form of energy to another
Tension Force
Compression Force
Resilience
Energy Conservation
8. Middle value of a set of values arranged in order of magnitude.
Chain
Brainstorming
Median
Problem Statement
9. 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.
Electromagnetic Induction
Composite
Static Equilibrium
Work
10. A valve that allows flow in one direction but prevents flow in the opposite direction.
Check Valve
Ultimate Stress
Moment
Magnitude
11. A group of machined or handmade parts that fit together to form a self- contained unit.
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Material
Technical Communication
Assembly
12. The ratio of actual strength to required strength
Factor of Safety
Problem Statement
Concurrent Force Systems
Speed
13. A person who designs any of a variety of things. This usually implies the task of creating drawings or in some way using visual cues to organize work.
Statistics
Feedback
Inexhaustible Energy
Designer
14. A type of pneumatic pressure control valve that controls the maximum pressure in a branch of a circuit.
Tolerance
Pressure Regulator
Outcome
Failure Point
15. The probability of satisfactory operation of the product in a given environment over a specified time interval.
Electrolysis...
Check Valve
Interface
Reliability
16. Any of various opaque - fusible - ductile - and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat
Solid Modeling
Outcome
Pulley
Metal
17. A system of discrete states: high or low - on or off - 1 or 0.
Digital Signal
Standard Deviation
Boyle's Law
Histogram
18. 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
Absolute Pressure
Heat
Codes
Free Body Diagram
19. Any device that controls - either automatically or manually - the flow of a fluid.
Thermodynamic System
Bayes' Therom
Valve
Histogram
20. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.
Cable
Thermodynamic System
Additive Process
Speed
21. A solid- state switching device.
Transistor
Opeen Loop System
Polarity
Quantitative Data
22. 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
Ceramic
Reliability
Generator
Roller Support
23. The connection points of members of a truss
Additive Process
Joint
Recycling
Toughness
24. The sense of a vector is the direction of the vector relative to its path and indicated by the location of the arrow.
Variance
Sense
Friction
Event
25. A person or group for which product or service design efforts are intended.
Target Consumer
Static Equilibrium
Electrolysis...
Line of Best Fit
26. A circular toothed object used to transfer rotary motion and torque through interlocking teeth
Mean
Gear
Programmable Logic Controller
Ampere
27. The rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
Cable
Roller Support
Acceleration
Synthetic
28. The rate at which work is performed or energy is expended
Filter
Technical Communication
Velocity
Power
29. Arithmetic average
Static Equilibrium
Career
Fatigue
Mean
30. The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
Heat
Design Brief
Decision Making
Friction
31. 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
Moment
Histogram
Subtractive
32. A device used to remove contamination from a fluid
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Alternative Energy
Nondestructive Testing
Filter
33. A part of a design brief that challenges the designer - describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem -
U-Value
Design Statement
Fatigue
Standar Deviation
34. The difference between the maximum and minimum dimensions allowed within the design of a product.
Resultant Force
Tolerance
Material
Efficiency
35. The flow of electrical power or charge.
Electricity
Photocell
Nondestructive Testing
Power Converter
36. 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
Structure
Voltage
Additive Process
Polymers
37. The condition of unrestrained motion in a gravitational field.
Switch
NTC Resistor
Free Fall
Cable
38. Processes that remove material to change the size - shape - or surface of a part. There are two groups of separating processes: machining and shearing
Efficiency
Subtractive
Analog Signal
Sensor
39. 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
Quantitative Data
Subroutine
Crank
Reliability
40. The direction of a vector is defined by the angle between a reference axis and the arrow's line of direction.
Input
Sensor
Data
Direction
41. A part of a design brief that clearly and concisely identifies a client's or target consumer's problem - need - or want.
Friction
Problem Statement
Output
Newton's First Law
42. A dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity
Wheel and Axle
Single-Acting Cylinder
Generator
Cable
43. 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
Planar Truss
Cable
Biomass
44. 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
Quantitative Data
Rupture Strength
Conduction
Photocell
45. The probability of an event occurring based upon other event probabilities
46. States that the direct current flowing in an electric circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied to the circuit
47. Point at which the deformation is no longer directly proportional to the applied force. Hooke's Law no longer applies
Component
Feedback
Proportional Limit
Current
48. Categorical data graph
Digital Signal
Nondestructive Testing
Pulley
Bar Chart
49. A straight line that comes closest to the points on a scatter plot
Process Control
Line of Best Fit
Histogram
Tension
50. Categorical data graph percentage
Pie Chart
Thermodynamic System
Centroid
Statistics