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Principles Of Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A small circuit board that controls all the processing within a computer.
Design Modification
Microprocessor
Programmable Logic Controller
Biomass
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 -
Target Consumer
Design Statement
Receiver Tank
Electrolysis...
3. The volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure exerted on it.
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4. A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved - its criteria - and its constraints.
Direction
Design Brief
Manufacturing
Gear
5. A structure or body which is over- constrained such that there are more unknown supports than there are equations of static equilibrium.
Statically Indeterminate
Resilience
Sample Space
Deformation
6. A thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
Closed Loop System
Lubricator
Entropy
Brainstorming
7. The ratio of actual strength to required strength
Polarity
Compression
Factor of Safety
Energy Conservation
8. Frequency distribution graph
Frequency Polygons
Current
Problem Statement
Filter
9. Returning to an original condition. The extraction and recovery of valuable materials from scrap or other discarded materials
Heat
Deviation
Statistics
Recycling
10. A mathematical property of a cross section that is concerned with a surface area and how that area is distributed about a centroidal axis.
Pictorial Sketch
Resultant Force
Moment of Inertia
Inexhaustible Energy
11. The change of motion of the body is proportional to the net force imposed on the body and is in the direction of the net force.
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12. The tank that holds the fluid in a hydraulic system.
Solenoid
Energy
Free Body Diagram
Reservoir
13. An electromagnetically operated switching device.
Process Control
Reed Switch
Pulley
Receiver Tank
14. Frequency distibution graph
Direction
Histogram
Solenoid
Breaking Stress
15. A photo- sensitive resistor whose resistance decreases as the light striking the unit increases.
Photocell
Transistor
Physical Properties
Biomass
16. Anything for which a person is legally bound or responsible
Newton's Second Law
Mode
Liability
Concurrent Force Systems
17. Properties other than mechanical properties that pertain to the physics of a material and can usually be measured without the application of force
Pneumatics
Energy Conservation
Physical Properties
Convection
18. The amount or quantity of something
Digital to Analog
Volume
Wedge
Resistance Force
19. Pressure exerted by a confined fluid acts undiminished equally in all directions
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20. Information encoded in a digital form - which is usually stored in an assigned address of a data memory for later use by the processor.
Data
Shear Stress
Convection
Decision Matrix
21. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Microprocessor
Flowchart
Reliability
Work
22. 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
Variance
Lubricator
Resultant Force
Elongation
23. A substance that tapers to a thin edge and is used for splitting - raising heavy bodies - or for tightening by being driven into something.
Temperature
Wedge
Ampere
Additive Process
24. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Mechanical Properties
Design Brief
Product Life Cycle
Radiation
25. The direction of a vector is defined by the angle between a reference axis and the arrow's line of direction.
Analog to Digital
Moment of Inertia
Direction
Input
26. When a material is reduced in volume by the application of pressure; the reciprocal of the bulk modulus
Energy
Compression
Moment
Analog Signal
27. A continuous band of tough flexible material used to transmit motion and power within a pulley system.
Quality Assurance
Standard Deviation
Resistance Force
Belt
28. To monitor and control a process so that the quality of the output/product improves.
Normally Open
Filter
Belt
Process Control
29. The absolute value of a number
Belt
Destructive Testing
Magnitude
Subroutine
30. A machine for producing power in which a wheel or rotor is made to revolve by a fast- moving flow of water - steam - gas - or air
Quality Control
Data Variation
Turbine
Second Law of Thermodynamics
31. A subordinate routine; specifically - a sequence of computer instructions for performing a specified task that can be used repeatedly.
Generator
Synthetic
Line of Best Fit
Subroutine
32. The fixed point around which a lever rotates.
Displacement
Pump
Fulcrum
Outcome
33. A switching device that uses the magnetic field generated by an electrical current for actuation.
Solenoid
Hooke's Law
Factor of Safety
Line of Best Fit
34. A type of system that uses circulating pumps and fans to collect and distribute heat.
Receiver Tank
Composite
Active Solar Energy Collection
Histogram
35. A measure of how easily a material can be twisted
Shear Stress
Ohm's Law
Digital Signal
Axial Stress
36. The probability of satisfactory operation of the product in a given environment over a specified time interval.
Moment
Flow Velocity
Work
Reliability
37. Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.
Biomass
Sample Space
Electromagnetic Energy
Input
38. A device used to measure flow rate.
Flow Meter
Design Statement
Chain
Free Body Diagram
39. A body subjected to pull.
Nonrenewable Energy
Structure
Moment
Tension Force
40. A dynamo or similar machine for converting mechanical energy into electricity
Generator
Static Equilibrium
Resilience
Ohm
41. Mechanical property of a material that indicates the ability of the material to handle overloading before it fractures
Toughness
Process Control
Roller Support
Reed Switch
42. The use of quality control techniques associated with a process.
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Quality Assurance
Gear
Static Equilibrium
43. A system that links electricity produced in power stations to deliver it to where it is needed
Bar Chart
Power Grid
Gay-Lussac's Law
U-Value
44. The ratio of the magnitude of the resistance and effort forces applied a system.
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Power Converter
Mode
Convection
45. A valve that allows flow in one direction but prevents flow in the opposite direction.
Outcome
Check Valve
Scalar
Free Body Diagram
46. A resource that can be replaced when needed
Renewable Energy
Static Equilibrium
Flow Velocity
Destructive Testing
47. Energy which a body possesses by virtue of being in motion
Kelvin
Kinetic Energy
Vector Quanitity
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
48. A set of all possible outcomes or events in an experiment that cannot be further broken down.
Resistance
Manufacturing
Flow-Control Valve
Sample Space
49. The connection points of members of a truss
Static Equilibrium
Median
Joint
Pictorial Sketch
50. Arithmetic average
Closed Loop System
Accuracy
Method of Joints
Mean