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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.
Negative results and design failures
Data
effectively communicate
Chemistry

2. Agricultural engineers are involved in the large scale production of...
Data
Food
Implementers
Co- workers

3. During brainstorming sessions one should ___ be cautious about putting forth ideas that are not carefully thought through.
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
Not
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles

4. 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
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Decision - makers
Analysis alone
Design alone

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

6. Groups of people probably only interested in the big picture
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
Decision - makers
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?

7. Electrical engineers are predominantly involved in the use and control of...
Electricity
Design alone
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
All

8. Which of the following groups of people is probably most interested in methodolgy?
Data
Salaries of the personnel
Chemistry
Advisors

9. Which of these sequences shows the correct order of steps in a design cycle?
effectively communicate
All building related works
Physics
Define - first cut - build - document - revise

10. Should be mentioned in technical reports; not only report the successes.
Food
Negative results and design failures
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
After all the ideas have been discussed

11. The proper method of correcting a logbook error is...
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Relates to
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it
effectively communicate

12. Which of the following is not an engineering field
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Co- workers
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it
Physics

13. 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
Chemistry
Advisors
Define - first cut - build - document - revise

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

15. The relationships among data is known as...
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb
Information
All building related works
Not

16. A project timeline accomplishes the following
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
Salaries of the personnel
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Physics

17. Describes engineering knowledge
Analysis alone
document
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
Relates to

18. 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?
All
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?
Chemistry

19. The five elements of team building include
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
Negative results and design failures
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order

20. An organizational chart usually does not contain the following
Salaries of the personnel
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
Electricity
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error

21. Groups of people probably most interested in clear instructions?
Physics
Implementers
Information
document

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
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb
Analysis alone
Implementers
All building related works

23. Legitimate questions to ask to determine Does the Product Work?
Decision - makers
Analysis alone
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?
Information

24. Civil engineers are involved in the design and construction of...
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
document
All building related works
effectively communicate

25. Industrial engineers are concerned with _____ aspect of a product
All
Chemistry
Implementers
effectively communicate

26. Chemical engineers apply the principles of which subject to the design of manufacturing and production systems
All building related works
effectively communicate
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it
Chemistry

27. It is important that each team member understand how his or her task ______ the responsibilities of the team as a whole.
Food
Relates to
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
Physics

28. 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.
Not
After all the ideas have been discussed
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Design and reproduction

29. In the first year of your job who will most likely be your primary audience of written material?
Co- workers
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
After all the ideas have been discussed
Negative results and design failures

30. One person should not take over and be responsible for _______ on a project.
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb
effectively communicate
All the documentation

31. One of a professional engineer s responsibilities to his or her employer is to ______ his or her work.
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?
document
Design alone
Decision - makers

32. Describes the engineering experience
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb
Not
Analysis alone
effectively communicate

33. A brainstorming session should end
After all the ideas have been discussed
Salaries of the personnel
Advisors
Analysis alone