PHYSICS FOR ENGINEERS 1

1. It is made of base unit for example, density. [DERIVED UNITS]

2. It is The Internationally recognized standard metric system.

[INTERNATIONAL SYSTEM OF UNITS]

3. What is the acronym of NPL? [NATIONAL PHYSICAL LABORATORY]

4. There are only two types of SI units, based and derived units. [TRUE]

5. Laws to regulate measurement were originally developed to prevent

fraud [TRUE]

6. It is decimalized system of measurement based on the metre and the

gram. [METRIC SYSTEM]

7. A millimeter is about the thickness of a dime. [TRUE]

8. What is the boiling point of water at sea level? [100 CENTIGRADE]

9. The main advantages of the metric system is that it has many base unit
for each physical quantity. [FALSE]
10. In practice, every three calendar years will have 365 days, and every
fourth year is a “leap year”, which has 366 days, to make up for the extra
quarter day over four years. [TRUE]

11. The word measurement is derived from the Greek word 

______________. [METRON]

12. Types of Si units which is the simple measurement for time, length,
mass, temperature, amount of substance, electric current, and light
intensity [BASE UNIT]

13. What is Friends language name of International System of Unit

[Systeme International d' Unites]

14. It is the world’s most widely used system of units, both in everyday
commerce and in science. [SI UNITS]

15. Standard unit of mass in metric system. [GRAM]

16. standard unit of volume in metric system. [LITER]

17. What is the acronym of NIST? [National Institute of Standards and

Technology]

18. Standard unit of length in metric system. [NONE OF THE CHOICES]

19. Freezing point of water at sea level [0 CENTIGRADE]

20. In the United States, the National Physical Laboratory (NPL), a division
of United States Department of Commerce, regulates commercial
measurements. [FALSE]
21. One atmosphere is equivalent to 14.7 pounds per square inch. [TRUE]

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