PalaSSCPan Flashcards - Engineering (1)
The first document needed before installing a software.
Hardware Compatibility List
Elisha Graves Otis was the inventor of a safety device for this.
Elevator
The software that must first be installed to a new computer from a manufacturer.
Operating System
The reciprocal of the bulk modulus.
Compressibility
The inventor of Batteries.
Alessandro Volta
The electrolyte used in Lead Acid Batteries.
Diluted Sulphuric Acid
The rate of change of momentum is directly proportional to the impressed force, and takes place in the same direction in which the force acts.
Newton’s Second law of motion
A quantity with both magnitude and direction.
Vector quantity
The point through which the whole weight of the body acts, irrespective of its position.
Center of gravity
The stage of the Design Thinking process crucial to capture the ideal problem statement, emphasizing a human-centered perspective over business goals.
Define
What does FAME stand for?
Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid &) Electric Vehicles.
The principle on which the thermoelectric generator works.
Seebeck effect
The person who developed the first fuel cell using a platinum electrode and H2O2 as reactants in 1839.
Sir William Robert Grove
The most basic passive components in electrical or electronic circuits.
Resistor
A laboratory instrument commonly used to display and analyze the waveform of electronic signals.
Oscilloscope
The stage in the Design Thinking process that involves the creation of scaled-down versions of potential solutions to the identified problem.
Prototype
Prototypes created using computer-based or digital tools that represent a more refined and detailed version, closely simulating the final product.
High-fidelity prototypes
Prototypes that are often paper-based and encompass sketches or hand-drawn concepts, visualizing various design solutions.
Low-fidelity prototypes
The process of converting raw materials into finished products.
Manufacturing
An approach in the design process focusing on the continuous development and evaluation of learning experiences throughout the project’s lifecycle.
Rapid Prototyping
The stage of the Design Thinking process that involves brainstorming and generating a multitude of ideas to address unmet needs.
Ideate
A systematic process employed to examine and evaluate a project, identifying methods, techniques, environmental considerations, and potential challenges.
Feasibility Studies
The state in which the PN-junction operates without any bias, meaning that there is no forward or reverse voltage applied.
Zero bias
The concept in purchasing and project management of ensuring the timely delivery and quality of goods and components.
Expediting
The base unit of energy.
Joule
The process of using a diode to convert alternating current (AC) to direct current (DC).
Rectification
Electrical degrees in a 3Ø circuit
120
the electrical property of conductors that allows them to oppose the free fow of current traveling over them is measured in
Volts
Ammeter for AC and DC
Multimeter.
The output of a 3-phase transformer is measured in which of the following units:
Amperes
Counterintuitive phenomenon of hot water freezing faster than cold water
Mpemba effect.
American inventor with 1,093 patents
Thomas Edison.
Cells aiding in tissue repair and regeneration
Stem Cells.
UN Sustainable Development Goal for clean water and sanitation
SDG 6: Clean Water and Sanitation.
Principle stating it’s impossible to know the position and momentum of subatomic particles
Heisenberg Uncertainty Principle.
Korean conglomerate that built Burj Khalifa
Samsung.
Field studying subsurface formations for carbon dioxide storage
Geologic Carbon Sequestration.
states that the number of transistors on a microchip doubles approximately every two years
Moore’s Law.
Elementary particle, known as ‘God Particle’, theorized to impart mass to other particles
Higgs boson particle.
Fluid dynamics principle describing the phenomenon where the pressure of a fluid decreases as its velocity increases
Bernoulli’s Principle.
Principle involving resistance of a ship’s hull in water
Hydrodynamics or Principle of Hydrodynamics.
World’s most powerful supercomputer as of June 2022
Frontier
A fundamental principle in quantum mechanics stating that no two electrons in an atom can have the same set of quantum numbers.
Pauli’s Exclusion Principle
The inventor credited with the invention of the windshield wiper, patented in 1903.
Mary Anderson
A safety object invented by Volvo engineer Nils Bohlin in 1959, known for its V-type three-point design.
Seatbelt
The condition in semiconductor physics where a voltage is applied across a diode to increase the width of the depletion region, preventing current flow.
Reverse bias
The application of psychological and physiological principles to the engineering and construction of products to reduce human error and enhance safety and comfort.
Ergonomics
A privately-developed, partially reusable rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX, known for its impressive capabilities.
Falcon 9
A mathematical sequence starting with 0 and 1, where each subsequent number is the sum of the two preceding ones.
Fibonacci Sequence
The SI derived unit of electrical conductance, the reciprocal of resistance.
Siemens
A Sustainable Development Goal aimed at promoting sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth and decent work for all.
SDG 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
A groundbreaking engineering project completed in 1869 that connected the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
The Panama Canal
A polymer discovered by Wallace Carothers that revolutionized the synthetic materials industry.
Nylon
A concept in fluid dynamics stating that the pressure of a fluid decreases as its velocity increases.
Bernoulli’s Principle
The total distance a vehicle travels from the moment the driver applies the brakes until it comes to a complete stop.
Stopping distance
A principle in mechanics stating that the external effects on a body remain unchanged when shifted along their line of action.
Principle of Transmissibility
A fundamental principle that establishes thermal equilibrium.
Zeroth Law of Thermodynamics
Specific standard conditions used for scientific measurements.
Standard Temperature and Pressure
Approximate value of Golden Ratio
1.618
A freestanding bell tower known for its 3.97 degree tilt.
Leaning Tower of Pisa
The scientific study of sound, also describes a non-electric guitar.
Acoustics
A cybersecurity threat where actors trick others into revealing sensitive information.
Social Engineering
The popular phrase in English to describe the Japanese train known as the Shikansen.
Bullet train
The largest power station in the U.S. built in the 1930s for hydroelectric power.
Grand Coulee Dam
What does ‘A’ stand for in STEAM?
Arts
A California structure designed in 1917 with an official color of ‘international orange.’
The Golden Gate Bridge
A meeting company founded by Eric Yuan in 2011, known for its video conferencing software.
Zoom
The university where Yun Hao Feng obtained her Ph.D. in engineering.
Ohio State University
Describing how an object changes in size when the temperature changes, the abbreviation CTE stands for “coefficient of thermal” WHAT?
Expansion
A triangle-shaped tool that is a portable inclined plane, also a type of golf club.
Wedge
An ancient engineering device that uses stored potential energy to fling projectiles.
Catapult
Larry Ellison co-founded a company in 1977 with the rather boring name of Software Development Laboratories (SDL). In 1983, the company introduced what word into its official name?
Oracle
A massively popular cell phone operating system co-founded by Andy Rubin.
Android
A cantilevered observation wheel in London, also known as the Millennium Wheel.
London Eye
Building material used to buffer a structure against unwanted temperature, acoustics, fire, or impact.
Insulation
A 2011 novel by Andy Weir about an environmental engineer stranded on Mars.
The Martian
The canal that connects the Red Sea with the Mediterranean Sea.
Suez Canal
The $600 million Zoji La tunnels project will connect the rest of India to its very militarized Himalayan border with what other superpower?
China
Structures designed to prevent the overflow of water from rivers or other bodies.
Levees
The president of China since 2013, known for his background in chemical engineering.
Xi Jinping
A field of engineering that involves working with materials like glass, ceramics, metals, and polymers.
Materials Engineering
What does ‘R’ stand for in STELaRLab?
Research
The chemical that makes up the majority of petroleum by weight.
Carbon
A type of cybersecurity breach where a user is manipulated into disclosing confidential information.
Social Engineering
A tunneling firm founded by Elon Musk that raised $118 million in venture capital funding in April 2018.
The Boring Company
The company where the first electronic camera was created in 1975.
Kodak
A surface can be valued in terms of its ______ resistance, its ability to withstand damage due to repeated wearing, rubbing, or scraping
Abrasion
An American hypercar maker known for modifications like Venom and Exorcist.
Hennessey
Described by Muammar Gaddafi as “the Eighth Wonder of the World,” the Great Man-Made River delivers 6.5 million cubic metres of water daily to Tripoli, Benghazi, and other cities in what northern African country?
Libya
At the center of Mecca’s Masjid al-Haram mosque sits the big black Kaaba, a structure whose Arabic name translates to what Platonic solid it’s shaped like?
Cube
The process of using electricity to remove human hair from the body.
Electrolysis
A simple machine that is a beam or rigid rod with a fixed hinge, also known as a fulcrum.
Lever
The nationality of Rudolf Christian Karl Diesel, inventor of the diesel engine.
German
A data engineering team member known for practicing tai chi.
Ali
A data engineering team member with over a dozen stuffed animals, including a 5 ft tall teddy bear.
Gui (Guilherme)
A 17th century English inventor who designed the first commercially used steam powered device.
Thomas Savery
A watercourse engineered to carry water from a source to a distribution point, famously used in Ancient Rome.
Aqueduct
A Hawaiian sugar company that built a ditch for irrigation in 1907.
Kekaha
A design philosophy advocating for simplicity and fewer components to enhance reliability and reduce costs.
KISS Principle
The engineer known as ‘the wizard of Sony’ for his contributions to electronics.
Nobutoshi Kihara
The name of the file hosting service founded by MIT students Houston and Arash Ferdowsi in 2007.
Dropbox Drew
The type of transport invented by marine engineer Robert Fulton in 1803.
Steamboat
