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Engineering Design Midterm

True/False
Indicate whether the statement is true or false.
 

 1. 

Always wear eye protection when using any tool?
 

 2. 

Remove all rings, watches or other items around your wrists?
 

 3. 

Wear shoes that have a covered toe and heel?
 

 4. 

Carry tools in your pocket?
 

 5. 

Treat all tools with respect?
 

 6. 

Hold material in your hand while cutting, drilling or shaping?
 

 7. 

It is ok to cut or drill in the table top?
 

 8. 

When finished with a tool place the tool on the table with the cutting edge toward the center of the table?
 

 9. 

After using a tool carefully return it to the tool cabinet?
 

 10. 

Be cautious around other people using tools and machines?
 

 11. 

Report any accident immedittally to the teacher?
 

 12. 

The screw can be used to change rotary motion into linear motion.
 

 13. 

The pitch of a screw is equal to the number of threads per inch.
 

 14. 

The effort on a wedge is parallel to the slope.
 

 15. 

Wedges can either be single or double.
 

Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
 

 16. 

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What type of line convention is described above?
a.
Hidden Line
c.
Visible Line
b.
Construction Line
d.
Center Line
 

 17. 

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What line type is described above?
a.
Hidden Line
c.
Visible Line
b.
Construction Line
d.
Center Line
 

 18. 

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What line type is described above?
a.
Hidden Line
c.
Visible Line
b.
Construction Line
d.
Center Line
 

 19. 

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The arrow indicates what type of line?
a.
Hidden Line
c.
Visible Line
b.
Construction Line
d.
Center Line
 

 20. 

Isometric Sketches are drawn at what angle?
a.
15
c.
45
b.
30
d.
60
 

 21. 

The simplest way to begin drawing an isometric sketch is what method?
a.
The Square Method
c.
The Box Method
b.
The 30 degree Method
d.
The Circle Method
 

 22. 

Isometric sketches show what dimensions?
a.
Width
c.
Width, Height, & Length
b.
Width & Height
d.
Width, Height, & Depth
 

 23. 

When using Tonal Shading, what direction does the light source come from?
a.
Top
c.
Right Side
b.
Bottom
d.
Left Side
 

 24. 

When using Tonal Shading, what view is the lightest hue?
a.
Top
c.
Right Side
b.
Front
d.
Left Side
 

 25. 

When using Tonal Shading, what view is the medium hue?
a.
Top
c.
Right Side
b.
Front
d.
Left Side
 

 26. 

When using Tonal Shading, what view is the dark hue?
a.
Top
c.
Right Side
b.
Front
d.
Left Side
 

 27. 

Oblique sketches are drawn at what angle?
a.
15
c.
45
b.
30
d.
60
 

 28. 

An oblique cavalier sketch represents what percentage of the actual depth?
a.
25%
c.
75%
b.
50%
d.
100%
 

 29. 

An oblique cabinet sketch represents what percentage of the actual depth?
a.
25%
c.
75%
b.
50%
d.
100%
 

 30. 

A one point perspective has how many vanishing points?
a.
1
c.
3
b.
2
d.
4
 

 31. 

A two point perspective has how many vanishing points?
a.
1
c.
3
b.
2
d.
4
 

 32. 

A three point perspective has how many vanishing points?
a.
1
c.
3
b.
2
d.
4
 

 33. 

The horizontal lines that stretch across the top of a one, two, and three point perspective is called?
a.
Horizon Line
c.
Reference Line
b.
Vanishing Point Line
d.
Horizontal Line
 

 34. 

When creating a one point perspective, which lines are true shape?
a.
Horizontal and Depth
c.
Horizontal and Vertical
b.
Vertical and Depth
d.
Depth, Horizontal, and Vertical
 

 35. 

Traditionally multiview sketches consist of what three views?
a.
Top, Front, Left Side
c.
Bottom, Right Side, Top
b.
Top, Front, Bottom
d.
Top, Front, Right Side
 

 36. 

Multiview sketches show drawings using a series of drawings, that are drawn in what dimension?
a.
1D
c.
3D
b.
2D
d.
4D
 

 37. 

What three dimensional drawing is generally included in a multiview sketch?
a.
Oblique
c.
Cabinet Oblique
b.
Perspective
d.
Isometric
 

 38. 

When given a problem dealing a lever, what does the E in the equation stands for?
a.
Load
c.
Load Distance
b.
Effort
d.
Effort Distance
 

 39. 

When given a problem dealing with a lever, what does the R in the equation stand for?
a.
Load
c.
Load Distance
b.
Effort
d.
Effort Distance
 

 40. 

When given a problem dealing with a lever, what does the LR in the equation stand for
a.
Load
c.
Load Distance
b.
Effort
d.
Effort Distance
 

 41. 

When given a problem dealing with a lever, what does the LE in the equation stand for
a.
Load
c.
Load Distance
b.
Effort
d.
Effort Distance
 

 42. 

An example of a first class lever would include which of the following?
a.
Wheel Barrow
c.
Toll Gate
b.
See Saw
d.
A board
 

 43. 

An example of a second class lever would include which of the following?
a.
Wheel Barrow
c.
Toll Gate
b.
See Saw
d.
A board
 

 44. 

An example of a third class lever would include which of the following?
a.
Wheel Barrow
c.
Toll Gate
b.
See Saw
d.
A board
 

 45. 

If a first class lever has an effort of 10 lbs, the effort is placed 15 feet from the fulcrum and the load is placed 5 feet from the fulcrum, calculate the mechanical advantage.
a.
1
c.
3
b.
2
d.
4
 

 46. 

If a first class lever has an effort of 10 lbs, the effort is placed 15 feet from the fulcrum and the load is placed 5 feet from the fulcrum, calculate the load.
a.
25 lbs
c.
35 lbs
b.
30 lbs
d.
40 lbs
 

 47. 

Calculate the effort if the mechanical advantage of a first class lever is 4.5 and the load being moved is 100lbs.
a.
11.111
c.
22.222
b.
20.212
d.
23.453
 

 48. 

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Calculate the mechanical advantage.
a.
1.560
c.
1.679
b.
1.666
d.
1.869
 

 49. 

Calculate the effort needed to move a 150 lb object up an incline plane that has a height of 4.5’ and a length of 12’.
a.
55.678 ft-lbs
c.
56.264 ft-lbs
b.
56.186 ft-lbs
d.
57.697 ft-lbs
 

 50. 

If a pulley has 5 strands supporting the load, what is the mechanical advantage.
a.
3
c.
5
b.
4
d.
6
 

 51. 

A fixed pulley has how many strands supporting the load?
a.
1
c.
3
b.
2
d.
4 or more
 

 52. 

If a screw has 25 threads per inch, calculate the pitch.
a.
25
c.
0.05
b.
1
d.
0.04
 

 53. 

Calculate torque if a wheel has a force of 5.6 lbs and a radius of 4.5”.
a.
25.2 in-lbs
c.
26.5 in-lbs
b.
25.5 in-lbs
d.
26.7 in-lbs
 

 54. 

Calculate torque if a wheel has a force of 190 lbs and a diamter of 5.89”.
a.
555.90 in-lbs
c.
559.55 in-lbs
b.
557.42 in-lbs
d.
560.53 in-lbs
 

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 55. 

A __________ is a push or pull exerted by one object on another.
 

 

 56. 

A __________ expands or lengthens the object it is acting on.
 

 

 57. 

A _________________ compresses or shortens the object it is acting on.
 

 

 58. 

_________ are the only shapes that cannot be deformed without changing the length of one of its sides
 

 

 59. 

_______ are strong because the force resulting from a heavy load placed at the top spreads down the sides to the foundation.
 

 

 60. 

A group of arches placed around a central point creates a _______, which distributes loads down through curving sides to the foundation.
 

 

 61. 

_______ is the study of the natural world through observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanations.
 

 

 62. 

______________ is the science of patterns and order and the study of measurement, properties, and the relationships of quantities; using numbers and symbols.
 

 

 63. 

__________ is human innovation in action that involves the generation of knowledge and processes to develop systems that solve problems and extend human capabilities.
 

 

Matching
 
 
a.
What dimensions do 3D sketches illustate?
c.
Height
b.
Width
d.
Depth
 

 64. 

Associated with the side to side dimension
 

 65. 

Associated with the front to back dimension
 

 66. 

Associated with the top to bottom dimension
 

 67. 

Height, Width, Depth
 
 
Match the ages to the descriptions given:
a.
Palaeolithic Age
f.
Mesolithic Age
b.
Iron Age
g.
Renaissance Age
c.
Neolithic Age
h.
Information Age
d.
Middle Age
i.
Industrial Age
e.
Bronze Age
 

 68. 

10,000-4000 BC: leatherwork, basketry, fishing tackle, farming and domestication of animals
 

 69. 

2300-700 BC: bronze jewelry, tools and weapons, earliest civilization, development of metallurgy
 

 70. 

4000-2300 BC: pottery, spinning and weaving tools, stone plow, year round agriculture, division of labor
 

 71. 

700-450 AD: iron tools and weapons, military dominance, iron bladed plow
 

 72. 

500,000-10,000 BC: used stone tools and bone needles, improved health
 

 73. 

1400-1750 AD: telescope, thermometer, barometer, scientific observation or natural phenomena
 

 74. 

1950- Present: transistor, integrated circuit, nuclear power, information becoming widely available
 

 75. 

450-1400AD: rise and decline of serfdom and feudalism, rise of money and capitalism, ocean going ships, compass, mechanical clock
 

 76. 

1750-1950 AD: steam engine, factories, automobile, industrial revolution, population expansion
 
 
Match the different types of beam bridges.
a.
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b.
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c.
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d.
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 77. 

Deck Truss Bridge
 

 78. 

Warren Truss Bridge
 

 79. 

Howe Kingpost Truss Bridge
 

 80. 

Pratt or Through Truss Bridge
 
 
Identify the different types of bridges
a.
Arch Bridge
c.
Beam Bridge
b.
Suspension Bridge
d.
Cable-Stayed Bridge
 

 81. 

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 82. 

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 83. 

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 84. 

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 85. 

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 86. 

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 87. 

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 88. 

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