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Fundamentals of Engineering

  1. Which of the following species of wood is classified as softwood?
    1. Maple
    2. Ash
    3. Spruce
    4. Poplar
  2. Civil engineers __________.
    1. design electrical power systems
    2. develop mechanical hardware
    3. design bridges, roadways and dams
    4. design systems with pulleys, gears, and torque
  3. The hardness of steel can be increased by all of these methods except __________.
    1. sintering
    2. stretching
    3. Hammering
    4. adding carbon
  4. 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. $1,400 per month
    2. $12 per hour
    3. $26,500 per year
    4. $12 per hour and $1,400 per month are the same
  5. 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?
    1. 300
    2. 1200
    3. 200
    4. 400
  6. A temperature of 40 degrees C is equal to __________ degrees F.
    1. 98
    2. 126
    3. 104
    4. 158
  7. What units are used to measure electrical current?
    1. Amperes
    2. Resistance
    3. Watts
    4. Volts
  8. Robots that run by themselves without human control must utilize ________.
    1. optical shaft encoders
    2. a holonomic drive
    3. transmitter and micro-switches
    4. a microcontroller and autonomous programming
  9. In which of the following settings would wearing safety eye wear NOT be necessary?
    1. When using power tools
    2. When on the manufacturing floor
    3. When working the copy machine
    4. When assembling a product
  10. Safety ORANGE represents:
    1. Safety guards and pinch points
    2. Waste storage and cleanup areas
    3. Walkways, railings, trip hazards and machine clearance areas
    4. Danger/emergency and fire equipment
  11. A robotic arm for an assembly line would be created by a(n) ____________.
    1. Mechanical Engineer
    2. Computer Engineer
    3. Electrical Engineer
    4. Team of engineers from several engineering disciplines working together
  12. The following are 4 steps of the Engineering Design Cycle. If you place them in order, which of the following would be Step 2?
    1. Identify the problem
    2. Design
    3. Brainstorm
    4. Test
  13. 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:
    1. (3.5, 2, -0.3)
    2. (-0.3, 2, 3.5)
    3. (3.5, -0.3, 2)
    4. (2, 3.5, -0.3)
  14. A 3 view or shop drawing is the same thing as __________ .
    1. a pictorial
    2. an axonometric projection
    3. an isometric drawing
    4. an orthographic projection

Aerospace Pre-Engineering

  1. 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?
    1. 2
    2. 20
    3. 10
    4. 15
  2. If an airplane is not accelerating and is climbing in altitude, which is true?
    1. Thrust is greater than Drag and Lift is less than Weight
    2. Drag is greater than Weight and Lift is greater than Thrust
    3. Lift is equal to Drag and Weight is equal to Thrust
    4. Lift is greater than Weight and Drag is equal to Thrust

Chemical Pre-Engineering

  1. 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.
    1. 2.31 atm
    2. 23.1 atm
    3. 0.002 atm
    4. 0.231 atm
  2. Determine the percent composition by mass of a 100-gram salt solution which contains 30 grams of salt.
    1. 1.5%
    2. 15%
    3. 0.30%
    4. 30%

Civil Pre-Engineering

  1. Prestressed concrete is concrete that is
    1. cured under high-heat atmospheric conditions
    2. cured under high pressure atmospheric conditions
    3. used in areas for heavy loads to allow bending and flexing
    4. flexible and fluid
  2. Trusses work because the individual members
    1. are stronger than one large beam
    2. link and reallocate the loads of tension and compression evenly in a structure
    3. g. are in a particular pattern unique to trusses
    4. can withstand compression

Electrical Pre-Engineering

  1. A motor on a train converts 160,000 J of electrical energy into 80,000 J of kinetic energy. How efficient is the motor?
    1. 80%
    2. 75%
    3. 200%
    4. 50%
  2. Which of the following is not measured by frequency?
    1. Light
    2. Heat
    3. Line Current
    4. Sound

Pre-Engineering Technology

  1. Frequency is measured in
    1. hertz
    2. volts
    3. amps
    4. ohms
  2. Which of the following is not an engineering drawing?
    1. Isometric
    2. Orthographic
    3. Working Drawing
    4. Artistic Rendering

Mechanical Pre-Engineering

  1. The mechanical advantage of a machine is
    1. the input force divided by the output force
    2. the distance the input moves divided by the distance the output moves
    3. always greater than or equal to 1
    4. the distance the output moves divided by the distance the input moves
  2. According to the second law of thermodynamics,
    1. everything in the universe will eventually reach absolute zero
    2. entropy is always decreasing
    3. entropy will increase forever
    4. everything in the universe will eventually be the same temperature

Manufacturing Technology Pre-Eng.

  1. A tensile test consists of a material that is subject to
    1. rotational forces until deformation
    2. uniaxial tension until failure
    3. uniaxial tension until deformation
    4. rotational forces until failure
  2. Pneumatics systems require
    1. fluids such as oil or water to operate
    2. carbon Dioxide
    3. 3' nitric Oxide
    4. a compressor

CS Pre-Engineering

  1. Which of these is not a common programming language?
    1. Python
    2. Java
    3. SQL
    4. C++
  2. Which is the binary representation of 11?
    1. 00011010
    2. 00101111
    3. 00001011
    4. 00110000

Answer Key

Fundamentals of Engineering

  1. C
  2. C
  3. B
  4. C
  5. D
  6. C
  7. A
  8. D
  9. C
  10. A
  11. D
  12. C
  13. A
  14. D

Aerospace Pre-Engineering

  1. C
  2. D

Mechanical Pre-Engineering

  1. B
  2. C

Chemical Pre-Engineering

  1. D
  2. D

Manufacturing Technology Pre-Eng

  1. B
  2. D

Civil Pre-Engineering

  1. C
  2. B

CS Pre-Engineering

  1. C
  2. C

Electrical Pre-Engineering

  1. D
  2. B

Engineering Technology

  1. B
  2. D