Test 2, part 2 | ENGE 1024 - Engineering Exploration, Quizzes of Engineering

Class: ENGE 1024 - Engineering Exploration; Subject: Engineering Education; University: Virginia Polytechnic Institute And State University; Term: Fall 2010;

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Pre 2010

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TERM 1
Gross Error
DEFINITION 1
errors that invalidate the measurment
TERM 2
Systematic Error
DEFINITION 2
errors that exhibit regular behavior
TERM 3
parallax
DEFINITION 3
error when reading a dial gauge
TERM 4
hysterisis
DEFINITION 4
error caused by an insturment
TERM 5
random error
DEFINITION 5
errors caused by chance related phenomena
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Gross Error

errors that invalidate the measurment

TERM 2

Systematic Error

DEFINITION 2

errors that exhibit regular behavior

TERM 3

parallax

DEFINITION 3

error when reading a dial gauge

TERM 4

hysterisis

DEFINITION 4

error caused by an insturment

TERM 5

random error

DEFINITION 5

errors caused by chance related phenomena

scatter graph

consists of data points only

TERM 7

line graph

DEFINITION 7

consists of one or more lines without data points

TERM 8

bar graph

DEFINITION 8

shows distributions of quantities

TERM 9

pie graph

DEFINITION 9

used to show percentages or fractions of wholes

TERM 10

polar graph

DEFINITION 10

shows how quantities change with angle

extrapolation

process used to find data points beyond known data points

TERM 17

Intel Pentium Chip

DEFINITION 17

malfunctioning chip in computers

TERM 18

Runway Concrete at Denver International

Airport

DEFINITION 18

diluted concrete used

TERM 19

Paradyne Computer Case

DEFINITION 19

example of the effects of competitive bidding

TERM 20

IEEE

DEFINITION 20

code that is short and deals with generalities

NSPE

code that is long and detailed

TERM 22

Bay Area Rapid Transit

DEFINITION 22

engineers were fired from this organization when they

pointed out deficiencies in the control system

TERM 23

Utilitarianism

DEFINITION 23

seeks to produce the most utility, taking into account the

consequences for everyone affected

TERM 24

Duty Ethics

DEFINITION 24

states that there are duties to be performed regardless of

whether these acts lead to the most good.

TERM 25

Rights Ethics

DEFINITION 25

states that you should follow your moral rights

Boolean functions

take boolean functions (true/false) as inputs and returns

boolean values

TERM 32

Comparison functions

DEFINITION 32

takes numeric values as inputs and returns boolean outputs

TERM 33

Case structures

DEFINITION 33

allows certain programming actions to take place depending

on a variables value

TERM 34

Property node

DEFINITION 34

a node that can be used to determine or set an objects

property value

TERM 35

sensor

DEFINITION 35

a devise that responds to physical change and outputs an

electrical signal

transducer

device that converts energy form one form to another

TERM 37

analog signal

DEFINITION 37

signal level can vary continuously

TERM 38

digital signal

DEFINITION 38

can take only finite values

TERM 39

sensor measurement =

Temp.

DEFINITION 39

thermocouple, RTD

TERM 40

sensor measurement = force or pressure

DEFINITION 40

strain gauge, load cell