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Principles Of Engineering

Subject : engineering
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Anything for which a person is legally bound or responsible






2. A cylinder that can act under pressure in both directions (extend and retract) to move a load.






3. Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place.






4. Frequency distribution graph






5. 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.






6. A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria.






7. The absolute pressure of a confined gas is proportional to its temperature - provided its volume stays constant

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8. The rate at which work is performed or energy is expended






9. A device that holds the compressed air in a pneumatic system.






10. Changes one form of power to another






11. A part or element of a larger whole






12. The volume of fluid that moves through a system in a given period of time.






13. An organization that works to develop and enforce regulations that implement environmental laws enacted by Congress






14. The condition of a string - wire - or rod that is stretched between two points






15. The tank that holds the fluid in a hydraulic system.






16. The stress required to fracture a material whether by compression - tension - or shear






17. A part of a design brief that clearly and concisely identifies a client's or target consumer's problem - need - or want.






18. A body subjected to a push.






19. The use of a liquid flowing under pressure to transmit power from one location to another






20. Values that possess names or labels






21. Individual fuel cells that are combined in series.






22. 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






23. Pressure exerted by a confined fluid acts undiminished equally in all directions

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24. The ability to get answers to questions through a conscious - organized process. The answers are usually - but not necessarily - quantitative






25. The measure of resistance to heat flow






26. A support that prevents translation in any direction






27. A systemized body of laws; a set of principles - as of ethics






28. 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






29. A truss composed of triangles - which will retain its shape even when removed from supports.






30. Used to start and stop flow in a circuit






31. Arithmetic average






32. A profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling.






33. Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the marketplace






34. Used to transport fluid in a circuit






35. A conductor wrapped around an iron core. The two ends of the conductor are attached to a power source. When current passes through the conductor - the iron core becomes magnetized.






36. The fixed point around which a lever rotates.






37. A person or group for which product or service design efforts are intended.






38. Condition caused by collapse - break - or bending - so that a structure or structural element can no longer fulfill its purpose






39. Processes that remove material to change the size - shape - or surface of a part. There are two groups of separating processes: machining and shearing






40. Point at which the deformation is no longer directly proportional to the applied force. Hooke's Law no longer applies






41. A cylinder that acts under pressure in one direction only and returns automatically when the pressure is released.






42. A process that changes the size and shape of a material by a combination of force and a shaped form






43. Creating - designing - and transmitting technical information so that people can understand it easily and use it safely - effectively - and efficiently.






44. A valve that allows flow in one direction but prevents flow in the opposite direction.






45. The use of heat from within the Earth or from the atmosphere near oceans






46. A control system that considers the output of a system and makes adjustments based on that output.






47. The state when objects are not yet in motion






48. The ratio of actual strength to required strength






49. A device used to measure flow rate.






50. A type of pneumatic pressure control valve that controls the maximum pressure in a branch of a circuit.