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Mechanical Engineer Practice Test

Check what you know about the mechanical engineer job with 15 free questions and instant explanations.

Updated By the Career Education Institute Curriculum Team
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15 multiple-choice questions on mechanical engineer knowledge, safety and vocabulary. Submit to see your score and explanations, or open any question’s answer as you go. Nothing is saved or shared.

Question 1 of 15FEA predicts:
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Answer: How parts behave under load. Stress analysis.

Question 2 of 15Fatigue is:
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Answer: Failure from repeated loading. Cyclic failure.

Question 3 of 15DFM means:
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Answer: Design for manufacturing. Easy to build.

Question 4 of 15Check FEA with:
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Answer: Hand calculations. Sanity checks.

Question 5 of 15Tight tolerances:
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Answer: Cost money. Use sparingly.

Question 6 of 15Which term matches this definition: “Force per area.”
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Answer: Stress. Stress: Force per area.

Question 7 of 15What does “Design review” mean?
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Answer: A team evaluation of designs.. Design review: A team evaluation of designs.

Question 8 of 15Which term matches this definition: “Engineering change order.”
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Answer: ECO. ECO: Engineering change order.

Question 9 of 15What does “Tolerance” mean?
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Answer: Allowed variation.. Tolerance: Allowed variation.

Question 10 of 15Which term matches this definition: “Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.”
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Answer: GD&T. GD&T: Geometric dimensioning and tolerancing.

Question 11 of 15What does “Heat transfer” mean?
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Answer: Movement of heat.. Heat transfer: Movement of heat.

Question 12 of 15Which term matches this definition: “Early model.”
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Answer: Prototype. Prototype: Early model.

Question 13 of 15What does “Fatigue” mean?
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Answer: Failure from repeated loading.. Fatigue: Failure from repeated loading.

Question 14 of 15Which term matches this definition: “Deformation.”
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Answer: Strain. Strain: Deformation.

Question 15 of 15What does “DFM” mean?
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Answer: Design for manufacturing.. DFM: Design for manufacturing.

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