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1. What does "quantify" mean?

To compare or estimate the relative importance, worth, or size of

To state or express in definite terms

To determine the capacity, amount, or number of

Expressing situations as numbers, equations, and inequalities.

Answer

Correct Answer: Expressing situations as numbers, equations, and inequalities.

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2. What is the process of quality control?

The process of setting standards, measuring features, but not comparing them to the standards.

The process of setting standards, measuring features, comparing them to the standards, and making corrective actions.

The process of setting standards, measuring features, comparing them to the standards, but not making corrective actions.

The process of setting standards, but not measuring features.

Answer

Correct Answer: The process of setting standards, measuring features, comparing them to the standards, and making corrective actions.

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3. What is qualitative data?

Qualitative data is a type of data collection method that involves subjective data.

Qualitative data is a type of data collection method that involves only numbers.

Qualitative data is a type of data collection method that involves numbers and objective data.

Qualitative data is a type of data analysis that looks at non-numerical data.

Answer

Correct Answer: Qualitative data is a type of data collection method that involves numbers and objective data.

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4. What is qualitative data collection?

A method of data collection that involves numbers and objective data.

A method of data collection that is only concerned with numbers.

A method of data collection that is only concerned with subjective data.

A method of data collection that involves subjective data.

Answer

Correct Answer: A method of data collection that involves numbers and objective data.

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5. What is pasteurization?

A method of food processing

Preservation method that uses heat to kill harmful microorganisms.

A method of food preservation

A method of canning food

Answer

Correct Answer: Preservation method that uses heat to kill harmful microorganisms.

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6. What is passive voice?

A style of writing that uses short, simple sentences.

Writing style that focuses on the subject that experiences an action rather than the subject that performs the action.

A type of writing in which the author includes lots of detail.

A way of writing in which the author includes his or her opinion.

Answer

Correct Answer: Writing style that focuses on the subject that experiences an action rather than the subject that performs the action.

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7. What is the most important advantage of using solar energy?

Solar energy is inexhaustible.

Solar energy is free.

Solar energy is a renewable resource.

Solar energy is non-polluting.

Answer

Correct Answer: Solar energy is a renewable resource.

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8. What are passive collectors?

Solar collectors that do not directly collect, store, or distribute the heat they convert from solar energy.

Solar collectors that only collect solar energy.

Solar collectors that only store solar energy.

Solar collectors that directly collect, store, and distribute the heat they convert from solar energy.

Answer

Correct Answer: Solar collectors that directly collect, store, and distribute the heat they convert from solar energy.

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9. What is partnership?

A form of private ownership in which two or more people own and operate the company.

A form of private ownership in which the government owns and operates the company.

A form of public ownership in which two or more people own and operate the company.

A form of private ownership in which one person owns and operates the company.

Answer

Correct Answer: A form of private ownership in which two or more people own and operate the company.

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10. In a parallel circuit, _____.

The current is the same through each component

There is only one pathway for electrons to flow

Components are connected across common ends or nodes

The voltage is the same across each component

Answer

Correct Answer: Components are connected across common ends or nodes

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11. What is the definition of a parallel circuit?

A circuit in which an electric current passes through only one device

A circuit in which an electric current passes through two or more devices in succession

A circuit in which components are connected in series, providing only one pathway for electrons to flow.

A circuit in which components are connected across common ends or nodes, providing multiple pathways for electrons to flow.

Answer

Correct Answer: A circuit in which components are connected across common ends or nodes, providing multiple pathways for electrons to flow.

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12. What is packaging?

A group of marketing activities that are intended to stimulate interest in a product

The process of planning, pricing, and promoting the sale of products

The art and science of designing and producing products

Designing, producing, and filling containers that hold a company’s products.

Answer

Correct Answer: Designing, producing, and filling containers that hold a company’s products.

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13. What does an operating system do?

Stores data

Runs programs

Controls the computer

Manages the computer's processes, memory, and the operation of all other hardware and software

Answer

Correct Answer: Manages the computer's processes, memory, and the operation of all other hardware and software

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14. What is the primary focus of operating managers?

Develop long-term plans for the company

Marketing and sales

Research and development

Directly oversee specific operations in the company

Answer

Correct Answer: Directly oversee specific operations in the company

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15. What type of system is an open-loop control system?

A system that uses output information to adjust the process

A system that does not use output information to adjust the process

A system that uses input information to adjust the process

A system that does not use input information to adjust the process

Answer

Correct Answer: A system that does not use output information to adjust the process

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16. What does an open-loop control system use to adjust the process?

Control information

System information

Output information

Process information

Answer

Correct Answer: Output information

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17. What does Ohm's law define?

The relationship between temperature, pressure, and volume.

The relationship between speed, distance, and time.

The relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in an electrical circuit.

The relationship between force, mass, and acceleration.

Answer

Correct Answer: The relationship between voltage, current, and resistance in an electrical circuit.

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18. What is an oblique sketch?

A sketch that shows the bottom view of an object.

A sketch that shows the top view of an object.

A sketch that shows the side view of an object.

A sketch that shows the front view of an object as if a person is looking directly at it.

Answer

Correct Answer: A sketch that shows the front view of an object as if a person is looking directly at it.

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19. What are natural resources?

Materials that are man-made

Recycled materials

Processed materials

Materials that occur naturally on the earth.

Answer

Correct Answer: Materials that occur naturally on the earth.

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20. What is the definition of natural phenomena?

Any observable events that happen in nature and are not human made.

Any observable events that happen outside of nature.

Any observable events that happen in nature and are human made.

Any observable events that happen in nature and are not caused by humans.

Answer

Correct Answer: Any observable events that happen in nature and are not human made.

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21. What does "natural materials" mean?

Materials that can be refined and combined to make products.

Man-made materials

Materials that are used to make products

Materials that are found in nature and have not been processed

Answer

Correct Answer: Materials that can be refined and combined to make products.

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22. What is the main component of natural gas?

Methane

Light hydrocarbons

Carbon dioxide

Nitrogen

Answer

Correct Answer: Light hydrocarbons

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23. What is natural gas?

A resource that does not come from the Earth

A nonrenewable resource

A renewable resource

A fossil fuel resource that occurs in porous rock.

Answer

Correct Answer: A fossil fuel resource that occurs in porous rock.

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24. What is nanotechnology?

The study of particle physics

The manipulation of individual atoms and molecules of materials.

The study of quantum mechanics

The study of very small particles

Answer

Correct Answer: The manipulation of individual atoms and molecules of materials.

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25. What is management?

The act of working

The act of following

The act of planning, directing, and evaluating any activity.

The act of leading

Answer

Correct Answer: The act of planning, directing, and evaluating any activity.

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26. What are magnetic sensors used for?

To determine whether or not changes are occurring in the amount of current flowing in a circuit.

To determine whether or not changes are occurring in the amount of current flowing in an electric circuit.

To determine whether or not changes are occurring in the amount of current flowing in an magnets

To determine whether or not changes are occurring in the amount of current flowing in an electromagnet

Answer

Correct Answer: To determine whether or not changes are occurring in the amount of current flowing in a circuit.

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27. What type of sensors are magnetic sensors?

Mechanical

Electromagnetic

Optical

Piezoelectric

Answer

Correct Answer: Electromagnetic

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28. What is machining?

Separating process in which excess material is removed in small pieces.

Joining process that combines two workpieces

Creating process that forms a workpiece

Smoothing process that removes irregularities

Answer

Correct Answer: Separating process in which excess material is removed in small pieces.

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29. What is the definition of a machine?

A device consisting of one or more parts that uses energy to perform an intended action.

A device that processes data according to a set of instructions.

Tools that amplify the speed, amount, or direction of a force.

A vehicle, such as a car or truck, used for carrying goods or passengers.

Answer

Correct Answer: Tools that amplify the speed, amount, or direction of a force.

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30. What are machine tools used for?

Making other machines

Cooking food

Cleaning floors

Doing laundry

Answer

Correct Answer: Making other machines

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31. What is landscaping?

Adding hardscaping features to a site

The art of arranging or modifying the features of a natural site

A process of changing the physical features of a site

Trees, shrubs, and grass that are planted to help prevent erosion and improve the appearance of the site.

Answer

Correct Answer: Trees, shrubs, and grass that are planted to help prevent erosion and improve the appearance of the site.

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32. What is a land-transportation system?

A transportation system that moves people and goods through the air

A transportation system that moves people and goods under the water

A transportation system that moves people and goods on the surface of the earth from place to place.

A transportation system that moves people and goods on the surface of the moon.

Answer

Correct Answer: A transportation system that moves people and goods on the surface of the earth from place to place.

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33. What is laminar flow?

Fluid flow in which the fluid particles do not move in parallel paths

Even, straight flow of fluid in layers.

A type of fluid flow in which the fluid particles move in parallel paths

Fluid flow that is unstable and chaotic

Answer

Correct Answer: Even, straight flow of fluid in layers.

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34. What does "laminar flow" refer to?

Even, curved flow of fluid in layers

Even, straight flow of fluid in layers

Uneven, straight flow of fluid in layers

Uneven, curved flow of fluid in layers

Answer

Correct Answer: Even, straight flow of fluid in layers

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35. What are labor relations?

A company's programs that deal with the shareholders' labor unions

A company's programs that deal with the employees' labor unions

A company's programs that don't deal with the employees' labor unions

A company's programs that deal with the government's labor unions

Answer

Correct Answer: A company's programs that deal with the employees' labor unions

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36. What is a labor agreement?

A contract that establishes pay rates, hours, and working conditions for some employees covered by the contract.

A contract that establishes pay rates, hours, and working conditions for all employees covered by the contract.

A contract that establishes pay rates and hours for all employees covered by the contract.

A contract that establishes pay rates, hours, and working conditions for all employees not covered by the contract.

Answer

Correct Answer: A contract that establishes pay rates, hours, and working conditions for all employees covered by the contract.

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37. What does kinesiology study?

The study of bones

The study of cells

Human movement

The study of liquids

Answer

Correct Answer: Human movement

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38. What is the study of describing motion without the concern of the forces involved called?

Dynamics

Kinematics

Kinetics

Cinematics

Answer

Correct Answer: Kinematics

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39. What does kilowatt-hour measure?

The work that 100 watts complete in one hour.

The rate at which 1000 watts is used in one hour.

The work that 1000 watts complete in one hour.

The amount of power used by 1000 watts in one hour.

Answer

Correct Answer: The work that 1000 watts complete in one hour.

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40. What is the purpose of a keel?

Prevents the boat from being blown sideways

To right the boat if it tips over

To add speed

For decoration

Answer

Correct Answer: Prevents the boat from being blown sideways

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41. What is Kaizen?

A continuous improvement philosophy that promotes constant change in manufacturing operations based on employee input.

A manufacturing process that promotes employee input

A philosophy that promotes stagnation

A philosophy that promotes constant change but not based on employee input

Answer

Correct Answer: A continuous improvement philosophy that promotes constant change in manufacturing operations based on employee input.

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42. What does Kaizen promote?

Change in employee input

Employee input in manufacturing operations

Constant change in manufacturing operations

Constant change in manufacturing operations based on employee input.

Answer

Correct Answer: Constant change in manufacturing operations based on employee input.

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43. What is JIT manufacturing?

A production strategy in which companies make goods in advance and store them until they are needed.

A production strategy that reduces waste and improves efficiency by having workers do multiple tasks.

A production strategy in which companies mass produce goods and sell them when demand is high.

A production strategy in which companies purchase the parts for their goods only as they are needed.

Answer

Correct Answer: A production strategy in which companies purchase the parts for their goods only as they are needed.

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44. What is the production strategy in which companies purchase the parts for their goods only as they are needed?

Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing

Offshore outsourcing

Mass production

Assembly line production

Answer

Correct Answer: Just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing

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45. What is a data-comparing device that allows human opinions and values to enter into the control process?

Decision support system

Judgmental system

Information processing system

Knowledge management system

Answer

Correct Answer: Judgmental system

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46. What is the SI unit of a joule?

Second

Meter

Joule

Kilogram

Answer

Correct Answer: Joule

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47. What is a joule?

A unit of electric potential

A unit of measurement of length

A unit of measurement of energy

A measurement that is one newton per meter.

Answer

Correct Answer: A measurement that is one newton per meter.

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48. What is a jig?

A sharp tool

A type of fast dance

A unit of length

A device that guides the machines or tools performing manufacturing operations.

Answer

Correct Answer: A device that guides the machines or tools performing manufacturing operations.

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49. What is income?

The money a company earns as the end result of sales.

A person's wages

The price of goods and services

The tax imposed on individuals

Answer

Correct Answer: The money a company earns as the end result of sales.

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50. What is an inclined plane?

A machine that helps you see better

A machine that makes things out of wood

A machine that digs holes

A sloped surface used to make a job easier to do.

Answer

Correct Answer: A sloped surface used to make a job easier to do.

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51. What is the body exposed to in order to create immunity?

Large amounts of a bacterium, protein, or virus

Small amounts of a bacterium, protein, or virus

Only exposure to a virus

No exposure to a bacterium, protein, or virus

Answer

Correct Answer: Small amounts of a bacterium, protein, or virus

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52. What are immediate outputs?

Products or services designed for use now

Products or services that will never be used

Products or services that were used in the past

Products or services that will be used in the future

Answer

Correct Answer: Products or services designed for use now

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53. What is ideation?

A process in which designers create many possible answers by letting their minds create solutions.

A state of having ideas

The act of turning an idea into reality

The study of ideas

Answer

Correct Answer: A process in which designers create many possible answers by letting their minds create solutions.

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54. Which of the following is not a stage of ideation?

Brainstorming

Implementation

Prototyping

Empathizing

Answer

Correct Answer: Implementation

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55. What is hardwood lumber?

Lumber produced from deciduous (leaf-bearing) trees.

Lumber produced from evergreen trees.

Lumber that is only available in standard thicknesses.

Lumber that is only available in random widths and lengths.

Answer

Correct Answer: Lumber produced from deciduous (leaf-bearing) trees.

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56. What is hardware?

Output device

Software

Physical equipment that includes a computer and the devices attached to it.

Input device

Answer

Correct Answer: Physical equipment that includes a computer and the devices attached to it.

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57. What does hardware refer to?

The electronic components that make up a computer

The people who use a computer

The physical equipment that includes a computer and the devices attached to it.

The software that runs on a computer

Answer

Correct Answer: The physical equipment that includes a computer and the devices attached to it.

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58. What does hardness measure?

The ability of a material to absorb shock.

The flexibility of a material.

The resistance of a material to indentation, scratch, and rebound tests.

The amount of force required to break a material.

Answer

Correct Answer: The resistance of a material to indentation, scratch, and rebound tests.

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59. What is the definition of hand tools?

Artifacts that require human-muscle power, air, and electric power to make them work.

Simple, handheld artifacts requiring human-muscle power, air, or electric power to make them work.

Artifacts that do not require human-muscle power, air, or electric power to make them work.

Artifacts that require human-muscle power, air, or electric power to make them work, but not all three.

Answer

Correct Answer: Simple, handheld artifacts requiring human-muscle power, air, or electric power to make them work.

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60. What is the simplest type of hand tool?

A saw

A screwdriver

A hammer

A drill

Answer

Correct Answer: A hammer

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61. Halogens are what?

Chemical elements that have seven electrons in their valence orbital

Chemical elements that have eight electrons in their valence orbital

Metals

Chemical elements that have six electrons in their valence orbital

Answer

Correct Answer: Chemical elements that have seven electrons in their valence orbital

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62. What is the name given to chemical elements that have seven electrons in their valence orbital?

Metalloids

Halogens

Noble gases

Nonmetals

Answer

Correct Answer: Halogens

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63. What is general aviation?

Air travel on a commercial airliner

Travel for pleasure or business in an aircraft owned by an individual or business.

Travel on a private jet

Travel on a charter flight

Answer

Correct Answer: Travel for pleasure or business in an aircraft owned by an individual or business.

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64. What is gene splicing?

The process of constitutional amendment

A method used to determine paternity

The act of incorporating DNA from another organism

Process of producing an organism with a new set of traits.

Answer

Correct Answer: Process of producing an organism with a new set of traits.

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65. What is the purpose of gears?

To make a loud noise.

To create a rotating force.

To change the direction of a rotating force.

To make a machine run faster.

Answer

Correct Answer: To change the direction of a rotating force.

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66. What is the definition of gas?

A material that has no volume.

A material that easily disperses and expands to fill any space.

A material thatOccupies space but has no physical shape.

A material that is difficult to disperse and expand to fill any space.

Answer

Correct Answer: A material that easily disperses and expands to fill any space.

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67. What does a Gantt chart illustrate?

How much time is needed to complete each task

A project schedule using horizontal bars that represent each phase and activity that makes up the project.

A list of all the tasks to be completed in a project

The order in which tasks need to be completed

Answer

Correct Answer: A project schedule using horizontal bars that represent each phase and activity that makes up the project.

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68. What is fertilizer?

A device used to spread seeds

A tool used to dig holes for planting

A machine used for harvesting crops

A substance that contains important chemicals that encourage and support plant growth.

Answer

Correct Answer: A substance that contains important chemicals that encourage and support plant growth.

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69. Convertion of carbohydrates into acids or alcohol by yeast or bacteria is called?

Ripening

Fermentation

Putrefaction

Oxidation

Answer

Correct Answer: Fermentation

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70. Fermentation is the process of

Breaking down of complex food into simpler substances

Digestion of food in the stomach

Conversion of carbohydrates into alcohols or acids

Respiration

Answer

Correct Answer: Conversion of carbohydrates into alcohols or acids

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71. What does the term 'feed motion' mean in relation to cutting?

The action of the cutter moving forwards.

The action of stopping the cutter from moving.

The action of the cutter moving backwards.

The action bringing new material into the cutter, allowing the cutting action to be continuous.

Answer

Correct Answer: The action bringing new material into the cutter, allowing the cutting action to be continuous.

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72. What is fatigue failure?

The failure of an object after being hit with a great force.

The failure of an object after being subjected to repeated loading and unloading.

The failure of an object after being subjected to extreme heat.

The failure of an object after being subjected to extreme cold.

Answer

Correct Answer: The failure of an object after being subjected to repeated loading and unloading.

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73. What is a fascia board?

A board used to protect the eaves of the roof

A board used to support the roof

A board used to finish the ends of the rafters and the overhang.

A board used to finish the corners of the roof

Answer

Correct Answer: A board used to finish the ends of the rafters and the overhang.

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74. What does an electrical and electronic controller do?

It stores electrical and electronic signals.

It detects electrical and electronic signals.

It transmits electrical and electronic signals.

It adjusts machines or other devices.

Answer

Correct Answer: It adjusts machines or other devices.

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75. What types of devices does an electrical and electronic controller use?

Just electronic devices

Just electrical devices

Just switches

Switches, relays, motors, diodes, transistors, and ICs

Answer

Correct Answer: Switches, relays, motors, diodes, transistors, and ICs

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76. What is electric charge?

A measurable property of matter which can be positive or negative.

A type of energy

A unit of measurement

A force

Answer

Correct Answer: A measurable property of matter which can be positive or negative.

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77. What are elastomers?

Inelastic polymers that cannot stretch.

Elastic polymers that can stretch, but return to their original shape when released.

Polymers that can only stretch, but not return to their original shape.

Polymers that cannot return to their original shape when released.

Answer

Correct Answer: Elastic polymers that can stretch, but return to their original shape when released.

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78. What is the elastic range?

The range between rest (no force applied) and the breaking point of a material.

The range between rest (no force applied) and the deformation point of a material.

The range between rest (no force applied) and the yield point of a material.

The range between rest (no force applied) and the melting point of a material.

Answer

Correct Answer: The range between rest (no force applied) and the yield point of a material.

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79. What is the definition of edutainment?

A type of virus that only attacks computers

A genre of film characterized by violence and teenage angst

Educational content that is designed to have entertainment value

A style of dance originating in the Caribbean

Answer

Correct Answer: Educational content that is designed to have entertainment value

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80. What is Edutainment?

Educational content that is designed to have entertainment value.

A method of teaching that is both entertaining and educational.

A combination of education and entertainment.

A way of making learning more fun.

Answer

Correct Answer: Educational content that is designed to have entertainment value.

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81. What is the main purpose of economic enterprises?

Creating customer value

Being the first in the market

Striving for excellence

Making a profit

Answer

Correct Answer: Making a profit

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82. What are economic enterprises?

Nonprofit organizations.

Organizations not engaging in business efforts.

Organizations engaging in business efforts not directed toward making a profit.

Organizations engaging in business efforts directed toward making a profit.

Answer

Correct Answer: Organizations engaging in business efforts directed toward making a profit.

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83. What is earth-orbit travel?

A type of space travel used to launch passenger satellites

A type of space travel used to launch weather satellites

A type of space travel used to launch communication satellites

A type of space travel used to launch military satellites

Answer

Correct Answer: A type of space travel used to launch communication satellites

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84. What is debt financing?

A method for raising money through the sale of assets.

A method for raising funds through the sale of equity.

A method for raising money by borrowing it from financial institutions or private investors. The debt must be repaid.

A method for raising money by borrowing it from the government.

Answer

Correct Answer: A method for raising money by borrowing it from financial institutions or private investors. The debt must be repaid.

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85. What is the meaning of debt financing?

A method for raising money by borrowing it from financial institutions or private investors.

A method for lowering money by borrowing it from financial institutions or private investors.

A method for raising money by lending it to financial institutions or private investors.

A method for lowering money by lending it to financial institutions or private investors.

Answer

Correct Answer: A method for raising money by borrowing it from financial institutions or private investors.

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86. What is the dead load?

Any permanent component of a building such as the floors, walls, roof, or beams.

Any temporary component of a building

The load on the foundation

The weight of the building

Answer

Correct Answer: Any permanent component of a building such as the floors, walls, roof, or beams.

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87. What is a data-comparing device?

A device used to gather data.

A device used to compare the data gathered by monitoring devices against expectations.

A device used to monitor devices.

A device used to compare data.

Answer

Correct Answer: A device used to compare the data gathered by monitoring devices against expectations.

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88. What is data?

A software application

A programming language

Raw facts and figures people and machines collect

A database management system

Answer

Correct Answer: Raw facts and figures people and machines collect

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89. What is a cantilever bridge?

A type of bridge that uses a single support beam

A type of bridge that uses trusses extending out in both directions from the support beams.

A type of bridge that is built on top of another bridge

A type of bridge that has no supports and hangs from cables

Answer

Correct Answer: A type of bridge that uses trusses extending out in both directions from the support beams.

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90. What is a cantilever?

A long, non-projecting beam that is supported on only one end.

A long, projecting beam that is supported on only one end.

A long, projecting beam that is supported on two ends.

A short, projecting beam that is supported on only one end.

Answer

Correct Answer: A long, projecting beam that is supported on only one end.

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91. What is canning?

Cooking meat in a sauce

Preservation method in which food is sealed into glass jars or metal cans.

Sculpture technique that involves modeling clay

Method of creating a copy of a computer file

Answer

Correct Answer: Preservation method in which food is sealed into glass jars or metal cans.

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92. What does canning involve?

Sealing food into glass jars or metal cans

Drying food

Freezing food

Smoking food

Answer

Correct Answer: Sealing food into glass jars or metal cans

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93. What is the characteristic curvature along the upper and lower surface of an airfoil called?

Thickness

Camber

Leading edge

Trailing edge

Answer

Correct Answer: Camber

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94. What is camber?

The characteristic curvature along the upper and lower surface of an airfoil.

The degree to which a wheel tilts inward or outward.

A suspension system in a vehicle Stabilizes the car's body

A measure of how close a tire gets to its sidewall.

Answer

Correct Answer: The characteristic curvature along the upper and lower surface of an airfoil.

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95. What does a cam do?

Changes reciprocating motion into rotating motion

Changes reciprocating motion into linear motion

Creates rotating motion

Changes rotating motion into reciprocating motion

Answer

Correct Answer: Changes rotating motion into reciprocating motion

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96. What is barbed wire?

A type of fencing made of smooth wire with pointed spikes added along its length.

A type of fishing line that is used to catch barbed fish.

A device used to measure atmospheric pressure.

A unit of weight equal to 14 pounds.

Answer

Correct Answer: A type of fencing made of smooth wire with pointed spikes added along its length.

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97. What is barbed wire used for?

To make clothing

Fencing

To catch fish

To build houses

Answer

Correct Answer: Fencing

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98. What is the cutting action of a band saw?

Zigzag

Linear

Square

Oval

Answer

Correct Answer: Linear

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99. What does ballast refer to?

A place where a ship anchors

The heavy stones laid underneath railway tracks

AType of makeup

Extra weight added to a locomotive to give the locomotive better traction.

Answer

Correct Answer: Extra weight added to a locomotive to give the locomotive better traction.

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100. What is the purpose of adding ballast to a locomotive?

To make the locomotive go faster.

To give the locomotive better traction.

To make the locomotive more powerful.

To make the locomotive heavier.

Answer

Correct Answer: To give the locomotive better traction.

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101. What is a baler?

Agricultural process of cutting and drying grass

Farming machine used to gather, compact, and contain hay.

Device for measuring hay

Large animal often found on farms

Answer

Correct Answer: Farming machine used to gather, compact, and contain hay.

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102. What is the active voice?

Writing style that focuses on the subject that performs an action.

The voice used to give commands

A voice that is used when the subject is the recipient of the action.

A voice that is not easily heard.

Answer

Correct Answer: Writing style that focuses on the subject that performs an action.

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103. What is active voice in writing?

A writing style that focuses on the object that the subject performs an action on.

A writing style that focuses on the action being performed.

A writing style that focuses on the subject performing more than one action.

A writing style that focuses on the subject that performs an action.

Answer

Correct Answer: A writing style that focuses on the subject that performs an action.

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104. What does active collectors refer to?

The use of manual systems to circulate fluids through solar collectors.

The use of mechanical systems to circulate fluids through solar collectors.

The use of manual systems to circulate fluids through solar storage tanks.

The use of mechanical systems to circulate fluids through solar storage tanks.

Answer

Correct Answer: The use of mechanical systems to circulate fluids through solar collectors.

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105. What does the term "acoustical properties" refer to?

The study of sound

The study of waves

The study of light

How a material reacts to sound waves.

Answer

Correct Answer: How a material reacts to sound waves.

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106. What are the acoustical properties?

The optical properties of a material

The chemical properties of a material

The physical properties of a material

How a material reacts to sound waves

Answer

Correct Answer: How a material reacts to sound waves

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107. What is the area of a company that keeps records of financial transactions?

Human Resources

Marketing

Accounting

Banking

Answer

Correct Answer: Accounting

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108. What is accounting?

The study of financial statements.

The area of a company that keeps records of financial transactions.

The study of money.

The study of financial transactions.

Answer

Correct Answer: The area of a company that keeps records of financial transactions.

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109. What does an abutment do?

Supports the weight of an arch.

Holds the keystone in place in an arch.

Stops the arch from falling by tying the ends of the arch to the ground.

Stops the thrust of the arch by tying the ends of the arch to the ground.

Answer

Correct Answer: Stops the thrust of the arch by tying the ends of the arch to the ground.

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MCQ on Advanced Electrical/Mechanical Systems	MCQ on Applied Mechanics
MCQ on Basic Applied Engineering	MCQ on Circuits
MCQ on Design & Analysis of Control Systems	MCQ on Electrical Systems
MCQ on Engineering Computation	MCQ on Engineering Economic Analysis
MCQ on Engineering Materials and Processes	MCQ on Foundations of Engineering
MCQ on General Chemistry	MCQ on Hydraulics and Pneumatics
MCQ on Manufacturing Processes	MCQ on Mechanical Measurements & Instrumentation
MCQ on Mechanical Systems	MCQ on Motors & Controls
MCQ on Principles of Microeconomics	MCQ on Reliability and Failure Analysis
MCQ on Senior Design Project	MCQ on Signal Analysis and Communications
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