Partial preview of the text
Download Test 2, part 2 | ENGE 1024 - Engineering Exploration and more Quizzes Engineering in PDF only on Docsity!
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
contour graph
shows how a quantity varies on 2D surface
TERM 12
3D surface graph
DEFINITION 12
shows how a quantity varies in a 3D space
TERM 13
graduations
DEFINITION 13
a series of tick marks on the axis that define the type of scale
used
TERM 14
calibrations
DEFINITION 14
the numerical values assigned to the graduations
TERM 15
interpolation
DEFINITION 15
process used to find data points between known data points
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
Virtue
Rights
regards actions as right that manifest good character traits
TERM 27
Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
DEFINITION 27
example of utilitarianism. respository for waste.
TERM 28
John Stuart Mill
DEFINITION 28
A leading philosopher of Utilitarianism
TERM 29
Immanuel Kant
DEFINITION 29
major proponent of moral ethics
TERM 30
John Locke
DEFINITION 30
largely formulated rights ethics
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
sensor measurement = position
potentiometer
TERM 42
sensor measurement =
light
DEFINITION 42
photo-transistor
TERM 43
sensor measurement = sound
DEFINITION 43
microphone
