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Introduction To Engineering - 6

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Answer 33 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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1. The relationships among data is known as...
Co- workers
Design and reproduction
Information
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order

2. Describes engineering knowledge
Electricity
Design alone
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
Co- workers

3. One person should not take over and be responsible for _______ on a project.
Electricity
Co- workers
Design alone
All the documentation

4. Which of these sequences shows the correct order of steps in a design cycle?
Analysis alone
Define - first cut - build - document - revise
effectively communicate
Chemistry

5. 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
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb
Analysis alone
Implementers
All

6. Groups of people probably most interested in clear instructions?
Implementers
Physics
Data
Decision - makers

7. A Questions that would NOT be reasonable to ask in defining the overall objectives of a project
Analysis alone
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Negative results and design failures
Chemistry

8. 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.
Design and reproduction
Decision - makers
After all the ideas have been discussed
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?

9. Which of these questions would NOT be reasonable to ask in choosing a design strategy?
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
All the documentation
Food
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?

10. The proper method of correcting a logbook error is...
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it
Advisors
Information
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?

11. Raw facts and numbers are known as...
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?
After all the ideas have been discussed
Physics
Data

12. Industrial engineers are concerned with _____ aspect of a product
All
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
Electricity
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb

13. It is important that each team member understand how his or her task ______ the responsibilities of the team as a whole.
Implementers
Relates to
Design and reproduction
Salaries of the personnel

14. 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
document
Analysis alone
Implementers
Design alone

15. Groups of people probably only interested in the big picture
Food
Decision - makers
Chemistry
Negative results and design failures

16. Electrical engineers are predominantly involved in the use and control of...
document
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Not
Electricity

17. One of a professional engineer s responsibilities to his or her employer is to ______ his or her work.
Advisors
Data
document
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error

18. Should be mentioned in technical reports; not only report the successes.
Food
All the documentation
Negative results and design failures
document

19. It is necessary to _______ in order to be a good engineer.
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Negative results and design failures
Not
effectively communicate

20. Which of the following is not an engineering field
Co- workers
Food
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Physics

21. The five elements of team building include
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
Not
Information

22. Describes the engineering experience
Negative results and design failures
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
Information
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb

23. Chemical engineers apply the principles of which subject to the design of manufacturing and production systems
Analysis alone
Not
Relates to
Chemistry

24. Agricultural engineers are involved in the large scale production of...
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
Food
Chemistry
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error

25. A project timeline accomplishes the following
Relates to
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order

26. A brainstorming session should end
Design alone
After all the ideas have been discussed
All building related works
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles

27. In the first year of your job who will most likely be your primary audience of written material?
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?
Co- workers
Define - first cut - build - document - revise
document

28. Which of these characteristics pertain to a good engineer?
Negative results and design failures
Implementers
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it

29. During brainstorming sessions one should ___ be cautious about putting forth ideas that are not carefully thought through.
Implementers
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
Data
Not

30. Civil engineers are involved in the design and construction of...
Implementers
Salaries of the personnel
All building related works
Design alone

31. An organizational chart usually does not contain the following
document
Salaries of the personnel
After all the ideas have been discussed
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools

32. Legitimate questions to ask to determine Does the Product Work?
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
Negative results and design failures
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?

33. Which of the following groups of people is probably most interested in methodolgy?
Advisors
Define - first cut - build - document - revise
Electricity
Food