EIT Cheat Sheet 2026

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110 questions
345 min time limit
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  1. Among bisection, false position, secant, and Newton-Raphson methods, which converges fastest near a simple root? โ†’ Newton-Raphson method
  2. What is Avogadro's number? โ†’ 6.022 ร— 10ยฒยณ
  3. A motor produces 1500 W at 200 rpm. What torque does it deliver? โ†’ 71.6 Nยทm
  4. An investment of $10,000 grows to $14,802 in 5 years with continuous compounding. What is the nominal annual interest rate? โ†’ 7.0%
  5. A reaction is spontaneous under constant temperature and pressure when: โ†’ ฮ”G < 0
  6. A PE stamps drawings prepared by an unlicensed engineer she has never supervised. This practice is known as: โ†’ Plan stamping or rubber stamping
  7. Plane stress condition assumes which stress components are zero? โ†’ ฯƒ_z, ฯ„_xz, and ฯ„_yz
  8. Two events A and B are independent. If P(A) = 0.4 and P(B) = 0.5, what is P(A โˆฉ B)? โ†’ 0.20
  9. A 2 kg ball moving at 6 m/s undergoes a perfectly inelastic collision with a stationary 4 kg ball. What is the post-collision velocity? โ†’ 2 m/s
  10. The dot product of vectors A = (3, 4) and B = (1, -2) is: โ†’ -5
  11. What does stress represent in mechanics of materials? โ†’ Stress is the force per unit area within materials
  12. A firm's after-tax MARR is 12%. Its effective tax rate is 35%. What is the before-tax MARR? โ†’ 18.5%
  13. An isolated system undergoes an irreversible process. What can be said about its entropy? โ†’ Entropy increases
  14. The section modulus S of a cross-section is defined as: โ†’ S = I / c
  15. What is the general solution to the first-order linear differential equation dy/dx + 2y = 6? โ†’ y = 3 + Ce^(-2x)
  16. For a pump operating in a piping system, the operating point is determined by: โ†’ The intersection of the pump curve and the system curve
  17. Which of the following is the correct formula for integration by parts? โ†’ โˆซ u dv = uv - โˆซ v du
  18. The Newton-Raphson method is primarily used for: โ†’ Finding roots of nonlinear equations
  19. What type of fluid flow has layers sliding past each other smoothly? โ†’ Laminar flow
  20. During a constant-volume (isochoric) heating process of an ideal gas, which of the following is true? โ†’ All heat added goes to increasing internal energy
  21. An engineer who holds a PE license is offered a position managing a non-engineering department (e.g., marketing). Which statement is most accurate? โ†’ The PE license requires annual renewal regardless of professional role
  22. The curl of a conservative vector field F is: โ†’ Zero everywhere
  23. The Gibbs phase rule for a non-reacting system is F = C - P + 2. For a pure substance (C=1) in a two-phase region (P=2), how many degrees of freedom exist? โ†’ 1
  24. What is the value of the derivative of x^2 at x = 3? โ†’ 6
  25. The Laplace transform of f(t) = tยทe^(2t) is: โ†’ 1/(s-2)ยฒ
  26. The economic service life of an asset is the age at which the: โ†’ Annual worth of costs is minimized
  27. A 5 kg object is lifted 10 m vertically. How much work is done against gravity? (g = 9.81 m/sยฒ) โ†’ 490.5 J
  28. A 10 kg block slides down a frictionless incline of 30ยฐ. What is its acceleration along the incline? (g = 9.81 m/sยฒ) โ†’ 4.91 m/sยฒ
  29. A force couple consists of two 50 N forces separated by a perpendicular distance of 0.8 m. What is the moment of the couple? โ†’ 40 Nยทm
  30. Which of the following describes the process occurring in the turbine of an ideal Rankine cycle? โ†’ Isentropic expansion
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