MESL IH 101-150 (39 cards)

Any line segment joining a vertex of a triangle to a point on the opposite side is called as:

Cevian

How do you call the amount needed at the beginning of operations and permits the enterprise to begin functioning before it receives any income from the sales of its product or service?

Initial working capital

Which of the following is not a theorem on limits?

The limit of the difference of several functions is equal to the difference of their limits.

Which of the following Commonwealth Acts is known as the oldest Mechanical Engineering Law?

Commonwealth Act 294

How do you call a sequence of numbers where the succeeding term is greater than the preceding term?

Divergent series

This is a series of sequential method for carrying out a desired procedure to solve problems.

Algorithm

This is used for expressing wavelengths of light or ultraviolet radiation with a unit of length equal to 10⁻¹⁰ metre.

Angstrom

It is a collection of numbers or letters used to represent a number arranged in rows and columns.

Array

It is a high-level programming language for the computer used to express mathematical and scientific problems in a manner that resembles English rather than computer notations.

Algol

In complex algebra, we use a diagram to represent a complex plane commonly called as:

Argand diagram

The area bounded by two concentric circles is called as:

Annulus

The ratio of annual sales to the average of assets used in producing these sales.

Asset turnover

10 to the negative power of 18 is the value of prefix:

Atto

"Whenever a net force acts on a body, it produces acceleration in the direction of the resultant force, an acceleration which is directly proportional to the resultant force and inversely proportional to the mass of the body." How do you call this theory?

Newton's Second Law of Motion

It is defined that the momentum of a moving object is the product of its mass and velocity. In Newton's law of motion, what is the rate of change of momentum with respect to time?

Force

The loss of weight of a body submerged in a fluid is:

Equal to the weight of the fluid displaced

The amount of company's profit that the board of directors of the corporation decides to distribute to ordinary shareholders.

Dividend

To be a member of the Board of Mechanical Engineering, he/she must be at least how many years old?

35 years

When a homogeneous, flexible cord is held at the two ends and allowed to sag freely on its own weight, it will produce a curve very similar to a parabola opening upwards. How do you call this curve?

Catenary

How do you call the line passing through the focus and perpendicular to the directrix of a parabola?

Axis of parabola

What is the ratio of the distance between the foci to the distance between the vertices in either hyperbola or ellipse?

Eccentricity

It is a statement that one mathematical expression is greater than or less than another. How do you call this?

Inequality

What is the artificial expense that spreads the purchase price of an asset or another property over a number of years?

Depreciation

How do you classify this interest rate, which specifies the actual rate of interest on the principal for one year?

Effective rate

What type of curve is generated by a point which moves in uniform circular motion about an axis while travelling with a constant speed parallel to the axis?

A helix

What do you call the possible outcome of an experiment?

An event

A branch of mathematics which uses the properties of numbers by using symbols or letters to represent numbers in arithmetic operations involving variables and unknown quantities.

Algebra

It refers to a straight line which a curve approaches closely, but never meets or touches the curve.

Asymptote

The whole is greater than any one of its parts. This statement is known as:

Axiom

A perpendicular segment from a vertex of the triangle to the line containing the opposite side is known as:

Altitude

An SI unit of area equal to 100 square meters.

Are

The angle that the line of sight to the object makes with the horizontal, which is above the eye of the observer, is called as:

Angle of elevation

A series of numbers in which each number or term is derived from the preceding number by adding a constant value to it is known as:

Arithmetic sequence

A series of equal payments occurring at equal periods of time.

Annuity

Quick ratio is defined as the ratio of quick assets to the current liabilities. Sometimes this is called:

Acid test ratio

Form of business/company ownership:

All of the above

It is defined to be any method of repaying a debt, the principal and interest included, usually by a series of equal payments at periodic intervals of time.

Amortization

What is a borrower of a particular loan almost always required to do during repayment?

Repay the loan over an agreed-upon amount of time.