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MECH1310ReadingHomeworkChapter1

Completion
Complete each statement.
 

 1. 

In the electrical and electronics fields, you will encounter both very small and very large ____________.
 

 

 2. 

Scientific notation provides a convenient method for expressing large and small _______ and for performing calculations involving such numbers.
 

 

 3. 

An ________ is a number to which a base number is raised.
 

 

 4. 

The negative exponent does ____ indicated that a number is negative; it simply moves the decimal point to the left.
 

 

 5. 

The ___________ of scientific notation is in addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division of very small or very large numbers.
 

 

 6. 

_____________ notation is similar to scientific notation.
 

 

 7. 

Engineering notation is useful in electrical and electronic calculations that use _____ prefixes.
 

 

 8. 

Metric prefixes are used in conjunction with engineering notation as a “___________” for the certain powers of ten that commonly are used.
 

 

 9. 

Letter __________ are used in electronics to represent both quantities and their units.
 

 

 10. 

In engineering notation _________      _________ represent each of the commonly used powers of ten.
 

 

 11. 

Moving the decimal point in the number of appropriate ________ of places to the left or to the right, depending on the particular conversion, results in a metric unit conversion.
 

 

 12. 

When converting from a larger unit to a smaller unit, move the decimal point to the ______.
 

 

 13. 

When converting from a smaller unit to a larger unit, move the decimal point to the _______.
 

 

 14. 

In order to properly report measured data, the _______ associated with the measurement should be taken into account.
 

 

 15. 

The difference between the true or best-accepted value of some quantity and the measured value is the _______.
 

 

 16. 

A measurement is said to be ________ if the error is small.
 

 

 17. 

___________ is an indication of the range of error in measurement.
 

 

 18. 

________ is a measure of the repeatability (or consistancy) of a measurement of some quantity.
 

 

 19. 

The digits in a measured number that are known to be correct are call __________ digits.
 

 

 20. 

__________ is a major concern when working with electricity.
 

 

 21. 

Current through your body, not the voltage, is the cause of electrical __________.
 

 

 22. 

The current path through the body determines which tissues and organs will be ________.
 

 

 23. 

____________ of the human body is typically between 10kV and 50kV and depends on the two points between which it is measured.
 

 

 24. 

You should inspect _______ for exposed wires and check equipment for missing covers or other potential safety problems.
 

 

 25. 

Many circuits are further protected with a special device called a ground-fault ________ interrupter.
 

 



 
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