Engineering Vocabulary
A journal, either physical or virtual, where an Engineer keeps their notes and designs for a particular project.
What is an Engineering Notebook?
The formula V = I x R is also known as ________.
What is Ohm's Law?
A civil engineer is best suited to ____________.
What is investigating the mechanics of roads and bridges?
What does OSHA stand for?
What is Occupational Safety and Health Administration?
What is the final step in the engineering design process?
What is test/ iterate?
Software tools used in engineering to create, modify, analyze, and improve designs. That allows engineers to develop 2D or 3D models that help visualize and simulate how a design will perform in various scenarios.
What is CAD or Computer-Aided Design?
A legal agreement made between an employer and employee prohibiting the employee from sharing materials, knowledge, or information owned by the company with anyone outside of an approved few.
What is an NDA or Non-Disclosure Agreement?
In the engineering design process, stating the problem is the
What is first step/ step 1?
The Williams – Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act was signed into law in the year
What is 1970?
A factor that will limit those criteria that are initially stated in an engineering goal
What is constraint?
How easily a material is deformed under tensile (stretched, hammered) stress. This applies only to solid materials
What is Ductility?
Breaking down the latest and greatest technology into its most basic principles shows us the thought processes that went into it. Sometimes this process may be used illegally to copy the invention from another company.
What is reverse engineering?
The core concepts of technology are:
What are Skillful research, ethical behavior, and critical thinking?
In the general industry regulations, some form of fall protection must be provided in most working environments when employees might pass between two work areas where there is a difference in elevation of
What is 4 feet or more?
A procedure where the costs of a project are compared with its benefits over time to tell how well a product or solution will work
What is cost benefit analysis?
A versatile electrical tool used to measure key properties of electricity, such as voltage, current, and resistance.
What is a multimeter?
The branch of engineering that combines physical science, life science, mathematics, and economics to processes that convert raw materials into more valuable forms is called __________________ engineering.
What is chemical engineering?
Using Ohm's law, how much current is going through the following circuit? 15.5 volts & 5 Ohms
What is 3.1 amps?
The OSHA requirement that all employers furnish to each of their employees “employment and a place of employment which are free from recognized hazards are causing or likely to cause death or serious physical harm to the employees” is generally referred to as:
What is the general duty clause?
persons interested in getting problems solved or needs and goals met or the ones who present these problems, needs, and goals to engineers
What are stakeholders?
The mechanical study of the motion of objects that analyzes stress and strain on a material, measures fluid flow, and follows heat transfer throughout materials.
What is finite element analysis?
When the magnetic movements within the atoms align to a total sum of magnetism, the material can be a permanent magnet and is called _______.
What is ferromagnetic?
Which of the following is the earliest example of engineering? Gutenberg press, moving assembly line, Archimedes screw, or cloth weaving loom?
What is Archimedes screw?
Which one of the following is the highest inspection priority for OSHA?
What is imminent danger?
When the original manufacturer tries to retrieve a defective or potentially unsafe product from the consumer and either fixes the product and returns it or compensates the consumer and discards or recycles the defective product this is called______.
What is a product recall?