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Engineering Units and Conversions

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is meant by the SI System?

a)

Systeme Internationale

b)

Metric System

c)

Yes in Spanish

d)

Special Instructions

2.

All of the following are simple units (not derived from other units) except

a)

Meters

b)

Newtons

c)

Seconds

d)

Liters

3.

What is the correct unit for Energy?

a)

Joule (J) (Kg m2/s2)

b)

Newton (N) (Kg m/s2)

c)

Watt (W) (Kg m2/s3)

d)

Horsepower (hp)

4.

What is the key to converting 235 cubic inches to cubic yards.

a)

Google

b)

using one conversion factor (1 yard = 36 inches) and using a power of three for the conversion

c)

using one conversion factor (12 inch = 1 foot) and using a power of three for the conversion

d)

using two conversion factors (1 ft = 12 inches) and (1 yard = 3 feet) and using a power of two in conversion.

5.

What is the first step in all unit coversions

a)

Find the conversion factor

b)

Write the known value as a fraction over 1

c)

show all of my work

d)

cancel units

6.

What is the correct unit for Power?

a)

Newton (N)

b)

Joule (J)

c)

Watt (W)

d)

Power (P)

7.

What is the correct unit for Energy?

a)

Watt (W)

b)

Joule (J)

c)

Newton (N)

d)

Heat (H)

8.

Which item is NOT a derived unit?

a)

Ampere (A) (also called an Amp)

b)

Newton (N)

c)

Watt (W)

d)

Joule (J)

9.

Which item below is the best definition of Precision?

a)

combination of accuracy and reliability

b)

reliablity

c)

accuracy

d)

nice tight "grouping"

10.

How many significant figures are in 12,000,000?

a)

Eight (8)

b)

Four (4)

c)

Two (2)

d)

None

11.

How many significant figures are in 0.00245

a)

Five (5)

b)

Six (6)

c)

Three (3)

d)

Two (2)

12.

How many significant figures are in 12,500.0

a)

Six (6)

b)

Three (3)

c)

Five (5)

d)

Two (2)

13.

Which of the following is a valid method of estimation?

a)

WAG

b)

Upper & Lower Bounds

c)

Guessing

d)

Fermi

14.

how accurate is an "Order of Magnitude" estimation

a)

25%

b)

100%

c)

a power of 10

d)

it is exact

15.

Should you consider how "reasonable" an estimation is?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

It does not matter

16.

Can something be repeatable but not accurate?

a)

Yes

b)

No

17.

Can something be accurate but not repeatable?

a)

Yes

b)

No

c)

Can

18.

Which one of the following is a Dimension?

a)

Meter

b)

Second

c)

Length

d)

Liter

19.

Which of the following is NOT a unit?

a)

seconds

b)

time

c)

meters

d)

Newtons

20.

What item below describes the United State's acceptance of the metric system?

a)

complete adoption

b)

none, as we are too stubborn to adopt any of it.

c)

partially adopted

d)

only adopted in a very few select industrial areas.