ME or MEng Master of Engineering Cheat Sheet 2026

The 30 highest-yield ME or MEng Master of Engineering facts, distilled from real exam questions. Print it, save it as a PDF, or study it here — free, no sign-up.

1. The Moody diagram relates friction factor to Reynolds number and: → Relative roughness (ε/D)
2. This classical philosophy seeks to improve efficiency and ease labor by setting standards and doing scientific research on work processes. → Scientific Management
3. In the Rankine cycle used in steam power plants, which component increases the pressure of the working fluid? → Pump
4. In environmental impact assessment, a 'negative feedback loop' in a system: → Counteracts disturbances and stabilizes the system
5. In engineering risk analysis, risk is typically defined as: → The product of probability of occurrence and consequence severity
6. Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in water quality refers to: → Inorganic salts, minerals, and organic matter dissolved in water
7. The Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem requires the sampling frequency fs for a signal with highest frequency fmax to satisfy: → fs ≥ 2fmax
8. Systems thinking in engineering design emphasizes: → Understanding interactions and emergent behavior of components within the whole system
9. The classification of locating devices is → graphic device
10. The name of the program that handles data entry, design, analysis, drafting, and manufacturing tasks is → application software
11. Gain margin is best defined as the additional open-loop gain that can be applied before the system becomes: → Marginally stable or unstable
12. Which of the following is more effective for creating complex shapes? → Powder metallurgy
13. Define the Agile Scrum technique. → project management that emphasizes incremental progress
14. In a heat exchanger, the LMTD method stands for: → Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference
15. Which of the following components only experiences the bending moment when transferring torque? → Axle
16. In beam theory, the neutral axis is the location where: → Bending stress is zero
17. A 100 Hz AC signal will complete how many cycles in two seconds? → 200
18. Stokes' Law for drag on a small sphere at very low Reynolds number gives drag force as: → F_D = 3πμVD
19. The total resistance in a ________ circuit is higher than the highest resistance present. → Series
20. This strategy placed a strong emphasis on identifying the "one best way" to do the most work. → Classical Approach
21. This explains the hierarchy of authority and power within a company, from top management all the way down to every employee at every level. → Chain of command
22. In the s-domain, what is the transfer function of an ideal differentiator? → s
23. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in environmental engineering evaluates: → Environmental impacts from raw material extraction through end-of-life disposal
24. A PID controller combines which three control actions? → Proportional, Integral, and Derivative
25. Which type of stress causes shear failure along a 45° plane in a uniaxially loaded ductile member? → Maximum shear stress
26. The von Mises yield criterion predicts yielding when: → The effective (von Mises) stress equals the uniaxial yield stress
27. Transformation temperature A3 in the iron-carbon phase diagram represents: → The upper boundary of the two-phase (austenite + ferrite) region for hypoeutectoid steels
28. Poisson's ratio for a material is defined as: → Negative ratio of lateral strain to axial strain
29. The force between two conductors that are infinitely parallel is inversely proportional to . → The distance between the two conductors
30. ISO 14001 is an international standard for: → Environmental management systems