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. What is the purpose of the 'effective length factor' K in the Euler column buckling formula? → To account for end boundary conditions affecting buckling length
5. In environmental impact assessment, a 'negative feedback loop' in a system: → Counteracts disturbances and stabilizes the system
6. Which modulation scheme achieves the highest spectral efficiency in a bandwidth-limited wireless channel? → 256-QAM
7. In gear design, the AGMA service factor Ks accounts for: → Size effects on material strength
8. In engineering risk analysis, risk is typically defined as: → The product of probability of occurrence and consequence severity
9. Total Dissolved Solids (TDS) in water quality refers to: → Inorganic salts, minerals, and organic matter dissolved in water
10. The 'learning curve effect' in engineering production management predicts that: → Unit labor costs decrease by a fixed percentage each time cumulative volume doubles
11. When calculating a project's Schedule Performance Index (SPI), an SPI of 0.85 indicates: → The project is progressing at 85% of the planned rate
12. The Nyquist-Shannon sampling theorem requires the sampling frequency fs for a signal with highest frequency fmax to satisfy: → fs ≥ 2fmax
13. Systems thinking in engineering design emphasizes: → Understanding interactions and emergent behavior of components within the whole system
14. The classification of locating devices is → graphic device
15. A Six Sigma project is in the 'Analyze' phase of DMAIC. The primary goal of this phase is to: → Identify and verify the root causes of the defect
16. What does the term 'process capability index Cpk' measure in statistical process control? → The degree to which a process is both centered and within specification limits
17. In CMOS logic design, which phenomenon causes dynamic power dissipation? → Charging and discharging of load capacitances
18. The name of the program that handles data entry, design, analysis, drafting, and manufacturing tasks is → application software
19. A product development team uses Quality Function Deployment (QFD). The 'House of Quality' primarily maps: → Customer requirements (WHATs) to engineering characteristics (HOWs)
20. A Monte Carlo simulation in project risk management is used to: → Generate a probability distribution of possible project outcomes
21. Gain margin is best defined as the additional open-loop gain that can be applied before the system becomes: → Marginally stable or unstable
22. Which of the following is more effective for creating complex shapes? → Powder metallurgy
23. Define the Agile Scrum technique. → project management that emphasizes incremental progress
24. In a heat exchanger, the LMTD method stands for: → Logarithmic Mean Temperature Difference
25. Which of the following components only experiences the bending moment when transferring torque? → Axle
26. In beam theory, the neutral axis is the location where: → Bending stress is zero
27. A 100 Hz AC signal will complete how many cycles in two seconds? → 200
28. Stokes' Law for drag on a small sphere at very low Reynolds number gives drag force as: → F_D = 3πμVD
29. What does 'Design for Manufacturability (DFM)' primarily aim to achieve? → Reducing production cost and defects by designing parts that are easier to manufacture
30. Engineering managers applying the Theory of Constraints (TOC) should focus improvement efforts on: → The system's bottleneck resource that limits throughput