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Fundamentals of Engineering
Which of the following species of wood is classified as softwood?
Maple
Ash
Spruce
Poplar
Civil engineers __________.
design electrical power systems
develop mechanical hardware
design bridges, roadways and dams
design systems with pulleys, gears, and torque
The hardness of steel can be increased by all of these methods except __________.
sintering
stretching
Hammering
adding carbon
If you received three full time job offers, one for $12 per hour, one for $1,400 per month, and one for $26,500 per year, which job should you take if salary was your only consideration?
$1,400 per month
$12 per hour
$26,500 per year
$12 per hour and $1,400 per month are the same
Mike rode his bike 600 miles and he carried a spare tire on the trip. To provide equal wear on all 3 tires, he changed his tires while traveling. How many miles of wear did each tire accumulate?
300
1200
200
400
A temperature of 40 degrees C is equal to __________ degrees F.
98
126
104
158
What units are used to measure electrical current?
Amperes
Resistance
Watts
Volts
Robots that run by themselves without human control must utilize ________.
optical shaft encoders
a holonomic drive
transmitter and micro-switches
a microcontroller and autonomous programming
In which of the following settings would wearing safety eye wear NOT be necessary?
When using power tools
When on the manufacturing floor
When working the copy machine
When assembling a product
Safety ORANGE represents:
Safety guards and pinch points
Waste storage and cleanup areas
Walkways, railings, trip hazards and machine clearance areas
Danger/emergency and fire equipment
A robotic arm for an assembly line would be created by a(n) ____________.
Mechanical Engineer
Computer Engineer
Electrical Engineer
Team of engineers from several engineering disciplines working together
The following are 4 steps of the Engineering Design Cycle. If you place them in order, which of the following would be Step 2?
Identify the problem
Design
Brainstorm
Test
If the X position is 3.5, the Z position is -0.3 and the Y position is 2, the Cartesian coordinates should be written as:
(3.5, 2, -0.3)
(-0.3, 2, 3.5)
(3.5, -0.3, 2)
(2, 3.5, -0.3)
A 3 view or shop drawing is the same thing as __________ .
a pictorial
an axonometric projection
an isometric drawing
an orthographic projection
Aerospace Pre-Engineering
The aspect ratio of a wing is useful to engineers because it helps to calculate lift and drag. What is the aspect ratio of a rectangular wing if the wingspan is 20 meters and the width of the wing, known as the chord length, is 2 meters?
2
20
10
15
If an airplane is not accelerating and is climbing in altitude, which is true?
Thrust is greater than Drag and Lift is less than Weight
Drag is greater than Weight and Lift is greater than Thrust
Lift is equal to Drag and Weight is equal to Thrust
Lift is greater than Weight and Drag is equal to Thrust
Chemical Pre-Engineering
Use the Ideal Gas Law to determine the pressure in atmospheres of a gas, given a volume of 0.886 L, the number of molecules, n = 0.00801 mol, and temperature of 311 K. The gas constant, R, is 0.08206 L•atm/mol•K.
2.31 atm
23.1 atm
0.002 atm
0.231 atm
Determine the percent composition by mass of a 100-gram salt solution which contains 30 grams of salt.
1.5%
15%
0.30%
30%
Civil Pre-Engineering
Prestressed concrete is concrete that is
cured under high-heat atmospheric conditions
cured under high pressure atmospheric conditions
used in areas for heavy loads to allow bending and flexing
flexible and fluid
Trusses work because the individual members
are stronger than one large beam
link and reallocate the loads of tension and compression evenly in a structure
g. are in a particular pattern unique to trusses
can withstand compression
Electrical Pre-Engineering
A motor on a train converts 160,000 J of electrical energy into 80,000 J of kinetic energy. How efficient is the motor?
80%
75%
200%
50%
Which of the following is not measured by frequency?
Light
Heat
Line Current
Sound
Pre-Engineering Technology
Frequency is measured in
hertz
volts
amps
ohms
Which of the following is not an engineering drawing?
Isometric
Orthographic
Working Drawing
Artistic Rendering
Mechanical Pre-Engineering
The mechanical advantage of a machine is
the input force divided by the output force
the distance the input moves divided by the distance the output moves
always greater than or equal to 1
the distance the output moves divided by the distance the input moves
According to the second law of thermodynamics,
everything in the universe will eventually reach absolute zero
entropy is always decreasing
entropy will increase forever
everything in the universe will eventually be the same temperature
Manufacturing Technology Pre-Eng.
A tensile test consists of a material that is subject to
rotational forces until deformation
uniaxial tension until failure
uniaxial tension until deformation
rotational forces until failure
Pneumatics systems require
fluids such as oil or water to operate
carbon Dioxide
3' nitric Oxide
a compressor
CS Pre-Engineering
Which of these is not a common programming language?