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Principles Of Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. The flow of electrical power or charge.
Electricity
Bar Chart
Recycling
Decision Matrix
2. The ratio of the useful energy delivered by a dynamic system to the energy supplied to it
Pneumatics
Parallel Circuit
Resilience
Efficiency
3. Distance between adjacent threads in a screw.
Pitch
Series Circuit
Nonrenewable Energy
Shear Stress
4. Used to start and stop flow in a circuit
Pie Chart
Solenoid
Flow-Control Valve
Moment
5. The result of an experiment
Variance
Compression
Bar Chart
Outcome
6. A diagram used to isolate a body from its environment - showing all external forces acting upon it.
Moment
Free Body Diagram
Joint
Probability
7. The contact of a relay that is open when the coil is de- energized
Torque
Output
Technical Communication
Normally Open
8. Any alteration of shape or dimensions of a body caused by stresses - thermal expansion or contraction - chemical or metallurgical transformations - or shrinkage and expansions due to moisture change
Technical Communication
Deformation
Elastic Limit
Fixed Support
9. To monitor and control a process so that the quality of the output/product improves.
Quality Assurance
Static Equilibrium
Process Control
Transmission Lines
10. 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.
Bayes' Therom
Wheel and Axle
Pulley
Reliability
11. A device used to remove contamination from a fluid
Reed Switch
ABET
Filter
Frequency Polygons
12. Absolute temperature scale
Thermodynamic System
Kelvin
Single-Acting Cylinder
Pressure
13. A plate or bracket for strengthening an angle in framework.
Electricity
Power Grid
Fatigue
Gusset
14. The elements - constituents - or substances of which something is composed or can be made; matter that has qualities which give it individuality and by which it may be categorized
Hooke's Law
Material
Variance
Speed
15. The process of creating an object by adding small pieces or layers together to make a final product
Outcome
Compressor
Additive Process
Inexhaustible Energy
16. 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
Planar Truss
ABET
Reliability
Solenoid
17. A part of the physical world as described by its thermodynamic properties such as temperature - volume - pressure - concentration - surface tension - and viscosity.
Elongation
Thermodynamic System
Biomass
Statistics
18. An electromagnetically operated switching device.
Static Equilibrium
Reed Switch
Frequency Polygons
Breaking Stress
19. The law stating that the stress of a solid is directly proportional to the strain applied to it
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20. A body subjected to a push.
Product Development Lifecycle
Resisitance
Compression Force
Chain
21. 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.
Ultimate Stress
Digital Signal
Designer
Sensor
22. A part of an axle or shaft bent out at right angles - for converting reciprocal to circular motion and vice versa.
Free Fall
Metal
Crank
Data
23. 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
Composite
Rupture Strength
Data Variation
24. The probability of an event occurring based upon other event probabilities
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25. A continuous band of tough flexible material used to transmit motion and power within a pulley system.
Power Grid
Variance
Belt
Statically Indeterminate
26. A toothed wheel whose teeth engage the links of a chain.
Moment
Transmission Lines
Current
Sprocket
27. A part or element of a larger whole
Bar Chart
Component
Reliability
Histogram
28. The ratio of actual strength to required strength
Joint
Absolute Pressure
Simple Machine
Factor of Safety
29. Changes one form of power to another
Power Converter
Inexhaustible Energy
Quality Control
Destructive Testing
30. A law that states all natural processes proceed in a preferred direction
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Actual Mechanical Advantage
Second Law of Thermodynamics
Gear
31. Numbers or information describing some characteristic.
Ohm
Receiver Tank
Product Life Cycle
Data
32. A support that prevents translation and rotation in a beam.
Reed Switch
Fixed Support
Sensor
Pie Chart
33. The stress required to fracture a material whether by compression - tension - or shear
Pump
Flowchart
Geothermal Energy
Breaking Stress
34. Condition caused by collapse - break - or bending - so that a structure or structural element can no longer fulfill its purpose
Pressure
Failure Point
Consensus
Axial Stress
35. 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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36. A resource that can be replaced when needed
Pulley
Normal Distribution
Mean
Renewable Energy
37. Changing one form of energy to another
Screw
Pressure Releif Valve
Constraint
Energy Conservation
38. SPC is a method of monitoring - controlling - and ideally improving a process through statistical analysis. Its four basic steps include measuring the process - eliminating variances in the process to make it consistent - monitoring the process - and
Digital Signal
Problem Solving
Statistical Process Control
Failure Point
39. Used to transport fluid in a circuit
Idler Gear
Transmission Lines
Power
Inclined Plane
40. The unit of potential difference symbolized as V
Entropy
Potentiometer
Volt
Decision Making
41. Impeding effect exerted by one material object on another.
Compression Force
Displacement
Resistance Force
Nondestructive Testing
42. A surface or shape exposed by making a straight cut through something at right angles to the axis.
Frequency Polygons
Check Valve
Cross -Sectional Area
Lever
43. A rough drawing representing the main features of an object or scene and often made as a preliminary study.
Check Valve
Sketch
ABET
Moment of Inertia
44. Amount of difference between a value and the mean.
Volt
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Deviation
Idler Gear
45. 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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46. The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
Accuracy
Friction
Purpose
Energy
47. A photo- sensitive resistor whose resistance decreases as the light striking the unit increases.
Qualitative Data
Photocell
Synthetic
Closed Loop System
48. A subordinate routine; specifically - a sequence of computer instructions for performing a specified task that can be used repeatedly.
Ultimate Stress
Subroutine
NTC Resistor
Deformation
49. Creating - designing - and transmitting technical information so that people can understand it easily and use it safely - effectively - and efficiently.
Toughness
Technical Communication
Planar Truss
Solenoid
50. The opposition that a device or material offers to the flow of direct current
Composite
Resistance
Vector Quanitity
Deviation