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Principles Of Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles - for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa.
Inexhaustible Energy
Compressor
Crank
Ultimate Stress
2. A vector quantity giving the straight- line distance and direction from an initial position to a final position.
Design Statement
Statistical Process Control
Displacement
Career
3. A body subjected to pull.
Pressure Regulator
Acceleration
Tension Force
Quality Control
4. A part of a design brief that challenges the designer - describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem -
Energy Conservation
Design Statement
Sample Space
Electromagnetic Energy
5. A strong rope - usually made of metal - designed to have great tensile strength and to be used in structures.
Turbine
Hooke's Law
Statistics
Cable
6. The magnitude of the total distance traveled divided by the time elapsed.
Current
Event
Member
Speed
7. 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.
Designer
Consensus
Chain
Proportional Limit
8. Something made up of interdependent parts in a definite pattern of organization - such as trusses - frames - or machines.
Structure
Sample Space
Raw Material
NTC Resistor
9. Returning to an original condition. The extraction and recovery of valuable materials from scrap or other discarded materials
Recycling
Reliability
Output
Simple Machine
10. A device used to spray an oil mist into the stream of a pneumatic system.
Lubricator
Median
Statistics
Flange
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. Anything for which a person is legally bound or responsible
Variance
Flowchart
Finishing
Liability
13. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.
Ampere
Radiation
U-Value
Frequency Polygons
14. A structure or body which is over- constrained such that there are more unknown supports than there are equations of static equilibrium.
Statically Indeterminate
Sensor
Ohm
Opeen Loop System
15. Any of various elementary mechanisms including the lever - the wheel and axle - the pulley - the inclined plane - the wedge - and the screw.
Simple Machine
Codes
Photocell
Forming
16. Categorical data graph
Rotor
Modulus of Elasticity
Bar Chart
Data
17. Point at which the deformation is no longer directly proportional to the applied force. Hooke's Law no longer applies
Kinetic Energy
Variance
ABET
Proportional Limit
18. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Kelvin
Sketch
Radiation
Resistance
19. A straight line that comes closest to the points on a scatter plot
Valve
Displacement
Component
Line of Best Fit
20. 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.
Static Equilibrium
Cable
Viscosity
Alternative Energy
21. Not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad
Compression Force
Design Brief
Double-Acting Cylinder
Open - ended
22. The direction of a vector is defined by the angle between a reference axis and the arrow's line of direction.
Recycling
Electromagnet
Direction
Nondestructive Testing
23. Individual fuel cells that are combined in series.
Mechanical Properties
Normally Open
Fuel Cell Stack
Problem Solving
24. Systems that do not make use of any externally powered - moving parts - such as circulation pumps - to move heated water or air.
Current
Design Statement
Boyle's Law
Passive Solar Energy Collection
25. The collection - evaluation - and interpretation of data
Statistics
Designer
Roller Support
Digital to Analog
26. The condition of a string - wire - or rod that is stretched between two points
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Power Converter
Digital to Analog
Tension
27. Energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment
Absolute Pressure
Flow Meter
Alternative Energy
Variance
28. Energy caused by the movement of electrons.
Simple Truss
Electrolysis...
Electrical Energy
Purpose
29. Properties other than mechanical properties that pertain to the physics of a material and can usually be measured without the application of force
Solenoid
Energy Conservation
Physical Properties
Joint
30. Any of various opaque - fusible - ductile - and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat
Histogram
Sensor
Factor of Safety
Metal
31. 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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32. The law that if two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with a third body then the first two bodies are in thermal equilibrium with each other
Constraint
Work
Flow-Control Valve
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
33. The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current
Resistance
Fatigue
R- value
Chain
34. Used to start and stop flow in a circuit
Inclined Plane
Product Development Lifecycle
Flow-Control Valve
Sketch
35. Frequency distibution graph
Histogram
ABET
Deviation
Potential Energy
36. The use of gas flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another.
Volt
Input
Rotor
Pneumatics
37. The calculated likelihood that a given event will occur
Sprocket
Data
Probability
Event
38. The geometric center of an area.
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Nonrenewable Energy
Qualitative Data
Centroid
39. A form of energy that travels through space as waves.
Electromagnetic Energy
Microprocessor
Belt
Fatigue
40. 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
Axial Stress
Inclined Plane
Variance
Cylinder
41. A valve that allows flow in one direction but prevents flow in the opposite direction.
Environmental Protection Agency
Check Valve
Bayes' Therom
Statistics
42. A series of usually metal links or rings connected to or fitted into one another and used to transmit motion and power within a sprocket system.
Constraint
Chain
Flow Velocity
Design Process
43. Values that possess names or labels
Biomass
Induction
Energy Conservation
Qualitative Data
44. Those properties of a material that reveal the elastic and inelastic reaction when force is applied - or that involve the relationship between stress and strain; for example - the modulus of elasticity - tensile strength - and fatigue limit
Quantitative Data
Thermodynamic System
Resisitance
Mechanical Properties
45. Amount of difference between a value and the mean.
Mean Deviation
Nonrenewable Energy
Deviation
Gear
46. The transfer of heat by the movement of a mass or substance; it can take place only in fluids
Viscosity
Velocity
Kinetic Energy
Convection
47. The measure of resistance to heat flow
Kinetic Energy
Temperature
Centroid
Effort Force
48. The contact of a relay that is open when the coil is de- energized
Normally Open
Charles' Law
Decision Matrix
Idler Gear
49. Creating - designing - and transmitting technical information so that people can understand it easily and use it safely - effectively - and efficiently.
Technical Communication
Design Statement
Stress -Strain Curve
Quality Assurance
50. The tank that holds the fluid in a hydraulic system.
Resistance
Reservoir
Bayes' Therom
Electrical Energy