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Introduction To Engineering - 6

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Answer 33 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. It is necessary to _______ in order to be a good engineer.
effectively communicate
Design alone
Advisors
Co- workers

2. Describes the engineering experience
effectively communicate
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb
All the documentation
document

3. Which of these questions would NOT be reasonable to ask in choosing a design strategy?
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
Information
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error

4. Which of the following is not an engineering field
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Physics
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it
effectively communicate

5. Should be mentioned in technical reports; not only report the successes.
Negative results and design failures
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
Physics
Advisors

6. During brainstorming sessions one should ___ be cautious about putting forth ideas that are not carefully thought through.
Analysis alone
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
All the documentation
Not

7. Which of these characteristics pertain to a good engineer?
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Analysis alone
Relates to
Design and reproduction

8. Raw facts and numbers are known as...
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Data
Information
Negative results and design failures

9. Which of the following groups of people is probably most interested in methodolgy?
Design and reproduction
Design alone
After all the ideas have been discussed
Advisors

10. Describes engineering knowledge
Information
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
Physics

11. Agricultural engineers are involved in the large scale production of...
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
Relates to
Food
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles

12. The relationships among data is known as...
Electricity
Negative results and design failures
Decision - makers
Information

13. An organizational chart usually does not contain the following
Salaries of the personnel
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error

14. Electrical engineers are predominantly involved in the use and control of...
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it
Physics
Electricity
document

15. Civil engineers are involved in the design and construction of...
All
All building related works
Electricity
Implementers

16. One of a professional engineer s responsibilities to his or her employer is to ______ his or her work.
document
Design alone
All building related works
Chemistry

17. The proper method of correcting a logbook error is...
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it
All

18. Groups of people probably most interested in clear instructions?
effectively communicate
Analysis alone
Decision - makers
Implementers

19. Determine whether the following task involves analysis - design or reproduction: Find a way to prevent people from burning their hands while removing a bagel from a toaster oven
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Food
All building related works
Design alone

20. A project timeline accomplishes the following
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
All
Decision - makers
Not

21. One person should not take over and be responsible for _______ on a project.
Design alone
All the documentation
Salaries of the personnel
Advisors

22. Determine whether the following task involves analysis - design or reproduction: Find the best dimensions of a 16- oz soup can so that a packing box for 24 cans has the smallest volume
document
Physics
Analysis alone
Design alone

23. In the first year of your job who will most likely be your primary audience of written material?
Implementers
Design alone
Analysis alone
Co- workers

24. Legitimate questions to ask to determine Does the Product Work?
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?
Co- workers
Design and reproduction
All the documentation

25. Which of these sequences shows the correct order of steps in a design cycle?
Salaries of the personnel
Define - first cut - build - document - revise
Decision - makers
Data

26. Groups of people probably only interested in the big picture
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Decision - makers
Advisors
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?

27. It is important that each team member understand how his or her task ______ the responsibilities of the team as a whole.
Relates to
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
Salaries of the personnel
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools

28. Chemical engineers apply the principles of which subject to the design of manufacturing and production systems
Relates to
effectively communicate
All the documentation
Chemistry

29. Industrial engineers are concerned with _____ aspect of a product
Salaries of the personnel
Implementers
All
Data

30. A Questions that would NOT be reasonable to ask in defining the overall objectives of a project
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Decision - makers
All
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error

31. Determine whether the following task involves analysis - design or reproduction: Find a way to produce bar- coded badges that can be handed out to the attendees of a technical conference.
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it
Design and reproduction
Relates to
Define - first cut - build - document - revise

32. A brainstorming session should end
After all the ideas have been discussed
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Data

33. The five elements of team building include
Not
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?
All
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles