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Principles Of Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The information produced by a computer
Potentiometer
Screw
Flow Meter
Output
2. The resultant of a system of force is the vector sum of all forces.
Idler Gear
Pressure Regulator
Generator
Resultant Force
3. An energy source that will never run out
Member
NTC Resistor
Wedge
Inexhaustible Energy
4. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Breaking Stress
Absolute Pressure
Fatigue
Feedback
5. The connection points of members of a truss
Joint
Cylinder
Torque
Ultimate Stress
6. Changes one form of power to another
Material
Chain
Normal Distribution
Power Converter
7. 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
Mechanical Properties
Resistance
Rupture Strength
Turbine
8. Pressure exerted by a confined fluid acts undiminished equally in all directions
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9. 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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10. A mechanical property of a material that shows how effective the material is absorbing mechanical energy without sustaining any permanent damage
Idler Gear
Resilience
Pictorial Sketch
Screw
11. The use of quality control techniques associated with a process.
Reservoir
Programmable Logic Controller
Algorithm
Quality Assurance
12. A support that only prevents a beam from translating in one direction.
Decision Matrix
Roller Support
Power Grid
Forming
13. A set of all possible outcomes or events in an experiment that cannot be further broken down.
Electrical Energy
Flange
Mean Deviation
Sample Space
14. 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.
Tolerance
Potential Energy
Efficiency
Designer
15. A group of machined or handmade parts that fit together to form a self- contained unit.
Mean
Assembly
Biomass
Heat
16. 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.
Histogram
Potentiometer
Additive Process
Pulley
17. The amount or quantity of something
Solid Modeling
Volume
Flow Rate
Boyle's Law
18. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.
Reed Switch
Metal
Thermodynamic System
Transmission Lines
19. The loss of the load- bearing ability of a material under repeated load application - as opposed to a single load
Fatigue
Polarity
Resilience
Gravitational Energy
20. Individual fuel cells that are combined in series.
Breaking Stress
Mechanism
Fuel Cell Stack
Solenoid
21. A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria.
Hydraulics
Rotor
Pitch
Decision Matrix
22. Any of various opaque - fusible - ductile - and typically lustrous substances that are good conductors of electricity and heat
Directional-Control Valve
Ultimate Stress
Design Modification
Metal
23. Distance between adjacent threads in a screw.
Quality Assurance
Pitch
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Renewable Energy
24. A force system where all of the forces are applied at a common point on the body or having their lines of action with a common intersection point.
Work
Concurrent Force Systems
Roller Support
Power Grid
25. An air pump that compresses air into a receiver tank.
Mode
Fixed Support
Reliability
Compressor
26. Impeding effect exerted by one material object on another.
Atmospheric Pressure
Current
Resistance Force
Technical Communication
27. The ratio of actual strength to required strength
Centroid
Factor of Safety
Velocity
Wedge
28. A part of a design brief that clearly and concisely identifies a client's or target consumer's problem - need - or want.
Electromagnetic Energy
Entropy
Problem Statement
Environmental Protection Agency
29. A resource that can be replaced when needed
Renewable Energy
Failure Point
Qualitative Data
Cylinder
30. 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
Potentiometer
Statistical Process Control
Reliability
Stress -Strain Curve
31. A collection of individuals - each with his or her own expertise - brought together to benefit a common goal.
Volume
Raw Material
Team
Pictorial Sketch
32. A part of a design brief that challenges the designer - describes what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem -
Transistor
Design Statement
Pressure Regulator
Elastic Limit
33. A valve that allows flow in one direction but prevents flow in the opposite direction.
Pitch
Efficiency
Check Valve
Codes
34. 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.
Inclined Plane
Reliability
Volt
Design Statement
35. Solid material which is composed of two or more substances having different physical characteristics and in which each substance retains its identity while contributing desirable properties to the whole; especially - a structural material made of pla
Scalar
Pulley
Electricity
Composite
36. Categorical data graph percentage
Gear
Pie Chart
Resilience
Subtractive
37. The unit of potential difference symbolized as V
Transmission Lines
Volt
Interface
Resultant Force
38. A part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles - for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa.
Fulcrum
Crank
Rotor
Double-Acting Cylinder
39. If one object exerts a force on another object - then the second object exerts a force of equal streangth in the opposite direction on the first object.
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40. A control system that considers the output of a system and makes adjustments based on that output.
Closed Loop System
Problem Statement
Member
Forming
41. A measure of how easily a material can be twisted
Variance
R- value
Switch
Shear Stress
42. A statsitical measurement of variability
Renewable Energy
Quantitative Data
Hydraulics
Standar Deviation
43. A resource that cannot be replaced once used
Simple Machine
Fatigue
Electromagnet
Nonrenewable Energy
44. The contact of a relay that is closed when the coil is de- energized.
Normally Closed
Voltage
Fatigue
Gusset
45. States that the volume of a confined gas is proportional to its temperature - provided its pressure remains constant
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46. The recognized accreditor for college and university programs in applied science - computing - engineering - and technology.
ABET
Elastic Limit
Centroid
Concurrent Force Systems
47. 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
Member
Polymers
Fossil Fuel
Power Grid
48. A device that holds the compressed air in a pneumatic system.
Receiver Tank
Energy
Displacement
Volume
49. Operational techniques necessary to satisfy all quality requirements; includes process monitoring and the elimination of root causes of unsatisfactory product or service quality performance
Resultant Force
Hydraulics
Algorithm
Quality Control
50. Frequency distibution graph
Simple Truss
Histogram
Outcome
Electromagnetic Induction