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Principles Of Engineering
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Ratio of distance traveled by the applied effort and resistance force within a system.
Screw
R- value
Composite
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
2. The sense of a vector is the direction of the vector relative to its path and indicated by the location of the arrow.
Input
Method of Joints
Standard Deviation
Sense
3. A valve that allows flow in one direction but prevents flow in the opposite direction.
Check Valve
Codes
Resistance
Generator
4. Measure of variation equal to the sum of the deviations of each value from the mean.
Failure Point
Cylinder
Mean Deviation
Conduction
5. The return to the input of a part of the output of a machine - system - or process
Variance
Energy Conservation
Feedback
Recycling
6. A cylinder that acts under pressure in one direction only and returns automatically when the pressure is released.
First Law of Thermodynamics
Single-Acting Cylinder
Thermodynamic System
Series Circuit
7. A photo- sensitive resistor whose resistance decreases as the light striking the unit increases.
Inclined Plane
Design Brief
Photocell
Probability
8. A body subjected to pull.
Tension Force
Potentiometer
Structure
Design Process
9. States that the volume of a confined gas is proportional to its temperature - provided its pressure remains constant
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10. A circular toothed object used to transfer rotary motion and torque through interlocking teeth
Series Circuit
Gear
Designer
Idler Gear
11. The transfer of energy by electromagnetic waves
Radiation
Median
Receiver Tank
Belt
12. The connection points of members of a truss
Joint
Statically Indeterminate
Charles' Law
Mechanism
13. A small circuit board that controls all the processing within a computer.
Lubricator
Ohm
Microprocessor
Assembly
14. A group of machined or handmade parts that fit together to form a self- contained unit.
Electricity
Assembly
Ultimate Stress
Newton's First Law
15. Arithmetic average
Mean
Fluid Power
Distance
Voltage
16. A structure or body which is over- constrained such that there are more unknown supports than there are equations of static equilibrium.
Recycling
Mean Deviation
Flowchart
Statically Indeterminate
17. To make into a product suitable for use; to make from raw materials by hand or by machinery; to produce according to an organized plan and with division of labor
Bar Chart
Crank
Manufacturing
Temperature
18. Any device that controls - either automatically or manually - the flow of a fluid.
Valve
Opeen Loop System
Problem Solving
Double-Acting Cylinder
19. The loss of the load- bearing ability of a material under repeated load application - as opposed to a single load
Fatigue
Qualitative Data
Potential Energy
Design Process
20. The flow of electrical power or charge.
Factor of Safety
Electricity
Cable
Turbine
21. Maximum stress that a material will withstand without permanent deformation
ABET
Radiation
Elastic Limit
Absolute Pressure
22. Values that represent a measurable quantity
Pump
Quantitative Data
Renewable Energy
Axial Stress
23. The volume of a gas at constant temperature varies inversely with the pressure exerted on it.
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24. A surface or shape exposed by making a straight cut through something at right angles to the axis.
Subroutine
Axial Stress
Reservoir
Cross -Sectional Area
25. The fixed point around which a lever rotates.
Fulcrum
Effort Force
Output
Fuel Cell Stack
26. A device used to measure flow rate.
Vector Quanitity
Design Process
Flow Meter
Efficiency
27. Not having fixed limits; unrestricted; broad
Resultant Force
Open - ended
Nonrenewable Energy
Radiation
28. A type of system that uses circulating pumps and fans to collect and distribute heat.
Passive Solar Energy Collection
Distance
Quality Assurance
Active Solar Energy Collection
29. Crude or processed material that can be converted by manufacture - processing - or combination into a new and useful product; something with a potential for improvement - development - or elaboration
Fixed Support
Problem Statement
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
Raw Material
30. Individual fuel cells that are combined in series.
Radiation
Convection
Ceramic
Fuel Cell Stack
31. The distance the fluid travels through a system in a given period of time.
First Law of Thermodynamics
Experiment
NTC Resistor
Flow Velocity
32. States that the direct current flowing in an electric circuit is directly proportional to the voltage applied to the circuit
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33. The pressure exerted by the weight of the atmosphere above the point of measurement.
Mechanical Properties
Flow-Control Valve
Voltage
Atmospheric Pressure
34. The magnitude of the total distance traveled divided by the time elapsed.
Mean Deviation
Induction
Speed
Normally Open
35. Stages a product goes through from concept and use to eventual withdrawal from the market place.
Boyle's Law
Inclined Plane
Mean Deviation
Product Development Lifecycle
36. The unit of electric resistance in the meter- kilogram- second system of units. Symbolized as O
Charles' Law
Designer
Product Life Cycle
Ohm
37. The place at which independent and often unrelated systems meet and act on or communicate with each other.
Displacement
Finishing
Polymers
Interface
38. A support that only prevents a beam from translating in one direction.
Photocell
Check Valve
Roller Support
Ideal Mechanical Advantage
39. The resistance that one surface or object encounters when moving over another.
Voltage
Friction
Quality Control
Open - ended
40. 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
Axial Stress
Torque
Analog Signal
Turbine
41. A fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work
Frequency Polygons
Designer
Rupture Strength
Energy
42. A group technique for solving problems - generating ideas - stimulating creative thinking - etc. - by unrestrained spontaneous participation in discussion
Brainstorming
Fatigue
Gusset
Statistics
43. The probability of satisfactory operation of the product in a given environment over a specified time interval.
Nonrenewable Energy
Ampere
Environmental Protection Agency
Reliability
44. A thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work
Electrical Energy
Turbine
Entropy
Pump
45. 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
Mechanical Properties
Velocity
Qualitative Data
Electromagnetic Induction
46. The stress required to fracture a material whether by compression - tension - or shear
Breaking Stress
Open - ended
Pressure
Inclined Plane
47. Measure of data scatter
Moment of Inertia
Efficiency
Data Variation
Direction
48. The direction of a vector is defined by the angle between a reference axis and the arrow's line of direction.
Distance
Inclined Plane
Direction
Joint
49. A tool for systematically ranking alternatives according to a set of criteria
Decision Making
Opeen Loop System
Technical Communication
Rupture Strength
50. A device used to convert fluid power into mechanical power in the form of linear motion.
Bar Chart
Cylinder
Valve
Solenoid