What is the elongation of a 2 meter aluminum bar when it has been stressed to 512 MPa? (E = 69 GPa)?
(A) 1.5 cm
(B) 2.0 cm
(C) 1.0 cm
(D) 1.7 cm
How much heat is dissipated when a current of 15 amps passes through a 4 ohm resistor?
(A)3,075 btuh (B) 900 btuh (C) 2,700 btuh (D) 9,300 btuh
Correct Answer: A
A piston inside a cylinder undergoes an isentropic compression with the following values.
$latex p_1= 4.57 \frac{N}{cm^2}$
$latex p_2= 34.07 \frac{N}{cm^2}$
$latex V_1 = 257 cm^3$
If the specific heat ratio (k) is 1.4, What is the compressed volume?
(A) 61.2cm3 (B) 30.5cm3 (C) 90.4cm3 (D) 257cm3
Correct Answer: B
What is the standard equation for calculating the future worth (F) when
given the annual rate of return (I) and the present rate (P)?
(A) $latex F=P(1+i)^{n-1}$
(B) $latex F=P(1+i)^n$
(C) $latex F=P(1-i)^n$
(D) $latex F=P(1+n)^I$
Correct Answer: B
More PE Exam Questions
- 1Using the Gibbs Phase Rule, how many intensive properties are required to fix a mixture of water and ammonia that is in a liquid state?
- 2An iron sphere with a mass of 1.5 kg hangs from a 15 cm long spring. If the spring constant is 0.75 N/m what is the period of oscillation when the sphere is pulled down and released?
- 3Which of the following is FALSE with regards to creep I. May involve the sliding of whole grains II At high stresses creep is controlled by the movement of vacancies. III Also known as hot flow IV Creep is a time dependent deformation
- 4
The magnitude(N) of the resultant of the three coplanar forces, A, B, and C, is most nearly:
- 5What is the thermal efficiency for a Carnot engine that operates between 100F and 400K?