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Principles Of Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. A continuous band of tough flexible material used to transmit motion and power within a pulley system.
Belt
Gusset
Absolute Pressure
Renewable Energy
2. The rate at which work is performed or energy is expended
Directional-Control Valve
Reliability
Power
Fatigue
3. A group technique for solving problems - generating ideas - stimulating creative thinking - etc. - by unrestrained spontaneous participation in discussion
Energy Conservation
Brainstorming
Standar Deviation
Crank
4. Systems that do not make use of any externally powered - moving parts - such as circulation pumps - to move heated water or air.
Elongation
Magnitude
Cross -Sectional Area
Passive Solar Energy Collection
5. The volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure exerted on it.
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6. A part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles - for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa.
Statistics
Crank
Liability
Solid Modeling
7. The tank that holds the fluid in a hydraulic system.
Environmental Protection Agency
Proportional Limit
Reservoir
Potential Energy
8. 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.
Mechanism
Moment
Flange
Series Circuit
9. The contact of a relay that is open when the coil is de- energized
Normally Open
Pascal's Law
Cylinder
Pressure Regulator
10. A mechanical property of a material that shows how effective the material is absorbing mechanical energy without sustaining any permanent damage
Temperature
Simple Truss
Resilience
Qualitative Data
11. Numbers or information describing some characteristic.
Sample Space
Double-Acting Cylinder
Data
Cross -Sectional Area
12. Machining a surface to size with a fine feed produced in a lathe - milling machine - or grinder
Hooke's Law
Finishing
Consensus
Standar Deviation
13. The transfer of heat through matter by molecular activity; Energy is transferred through collisions from one molecule to another
Frequency Polygons
Constraint
Conduction
Microprocessor
14. Test methods used to examine an object - material - or system without impairing its future usefulness
Nondestructive Testing
Fixed Support
Reservoir
Lubricator
15. A device that holds the compressed air in a pneumatic system.
Absolute Pressure
Ampere
Receiver Tank
Normal Distribution
16. A support that only prevents a beam from translating in one direction.
Wedge
Valve
Roller Support
Elongation
17. The probability of an event occurring based upon other event probabilities
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18. 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
Power Converter
Reed Switch
Pressure Releif Valve
19. Point at which the deformation is no longer directly proportional to the applied force. Hooke's Law no longer applies
Process Control
Proportional Limit
Gay-Lussac's Law
Work
20. Something made up of interdependent parts in a definite pattern of organization - such as trusses - frames - or machines.
Histogram
Analog to Digital
Mode
Structure
21. The process of creating an object by adding small pieces or layers together to make a final product
Efficiency
Additive Process
Compression Force
Roller Support
22. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.
U-Value
Microprocessor
Pinned Support
Accuracy
23. Any of various opaque - fusible - ductile - and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat
Data
Polarity
Metal
Receiver Tank
24. The distance the fluid travels through a system in a given period of time.
Standar Deviation
Flow Velocity
Electromagnetic Energy
Compressor
25. 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.
Electricity
Tension Force
Pulley
Conduction
26. 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
Voltage
Energy
Polymers
Wheel and Axle
27. Measure of data scatter
Data Variation
Stress -Strain Curve
Vector Quanitity
Acceleration
28. Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place.
Product Development Lifecycle
Experiment
Static Equilibrium
Breaking Stress
29. Graphical representation of a material's mechanical properties
Stress -Strain Curve
Qualitative Data
Electromagnet
Kinetic Energy
30. Information fed into a data processing system or computer.
Input
Material
Kinetic Energy
Solid Modeling
31. A valve that allows flow in one direction but prevents flow in the opposite direction.
Lever
Check Valve
Renewable Energy
Volume
32. A device used to create flow in a hydraulic system.
Flange
Gear
Pump
Product Life Cycle
33. A vector quantity giving the straight- line distance and direction from an initial position to a final position.
Bar Chart
Displacement
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Normal Distribution
34. Used to start and stop flow in a circuit
Alternative Energy
Frequency Distribution
Flow-Control Valve
Inexhaustible Energy
35. The measurement of how difficult it is for charges to flow through a material
Resisitance
Friction
Conduction
Mechanism
36. The volume of fluid that moves through a system in a given period of time.
Fossil Fuel
Data Variation
Designer
Flow Rate
37. 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
Forming
Reliability
Double-Acting Cylinder
Series Circuit
38. Values that represent a measurable quantity
Roller Support
Valve
Quantitative Data
Entropy
39. Plant materials and animal waste used especially as a source of fuel.
Experiment
Electromagnet
Power Grid
Biomass
40. A type of 3D CAD modeling that represents the volume of an object - not just its lines and surfaces
Data
Solid Modeling
Target Consumer
Strain
41. The collection and analysis of numerical data in large quantities
Resultant Force
Statistics
Planar Truss
Gay-Lussac's Law
42. A control system that considers the output of a system and makes adjustments based on that output.
Closed Loop System
Digital to Analog
Roller Support
Newton's Second Law
43. A flat surface set at an angle or an incline with no moving parts that is able to lift objects by pushing or pulling the load.
Career
Inclined Plane
Programmable Logic Controller
Compression Force
44. A part or element of a larger whole
Statistics
Component
Power
Receiver Tank
45. The energy that a piece of matter has because of its position or nature or because of the arrangement of parts
Data
Charles' Law
Potential Energy
Electromagnet
46. 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
Scalar
Modulus of Elasticity
Mechanism
Potentiometer
47. The fractional increase in a material's length due to stress in tension or thermal expansion
Bar Chart
Inclined Plane
U-Value
Elongation
48. Impeding effect exerted by one material object on another.
Resistance Force
Renewable Energy
Transistor
Moment of Inertia
49. The difference between samples
Newton's Third Law
Gusset
Variance
Velocity
50. 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
Method of Joints
Failure Point
Turbine
Chain