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Introduction To Engineering - 6

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Answer 33 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Salaries of the personnel
Design alone
Electricity
Food

2. Groups of people probably most interested in clear instructions?
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
Implementers
Electricity
Relates to

3. Which of these characteristics pertain to a good engineer?
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
All
Design alone

4. Civil engineers are involved in the design and construction of...
All building related works
Negative results and design failures
Design alone
Advisors

5. Which of these questions would NOT be reasonable to ask in choosing a design strategy?
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
Relates to
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?
Salaries of the personnel

6. Should be mentioned in technical reports; not only report the successes.
Negative results and design failures
Co- workers
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error

7. Groups of people probably only interested in the big picture
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
Decision - makers
Electricity

8. The five elements of team building include
Design and reproduction
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
All
All building related works

9. An organizational chart usually does not contain the following
Salaries of the personnel
Implementers
Food
All the documentation

10. Industrial engineers are concerned with _____ aspect of a product
All
Design alone
Analysis alone
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?

11. A project timeline accomplishes the following
document
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Data

12. Electrical engineers are predominantly involved in the use and control of...
Is never content to arrive at a set of design parameters solely by trial and error
All the documentation
Electricity
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?

13. Which of these sequences shows the correct order of steps in a design cycle?
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
Define - first cut - build - document - revise
Relates to
Data

14. 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.
Analysis alone
document
All building related works
Design and reproduction

15. A brainstorming session should end
Implementers
After all the ideas have been discussed
Co- workers
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order

16. Agricultural engineers are involved in the large scale production of...
Food
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Chemistry
Define - first cut - build - document - revise

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

18. Legitimate questions to ask to determine Does the Product Work?
document
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools

19. It is necessary to _______ in order to be a good engineer.
Design alone
effectively communicate
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
Decision - makers

20. Which of the following is not an engineering field
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
Physics
Implementers

21. During brainstorming sessions one should ___ be cautious about putting forth ideas that are not carefully thought through.
All
Not
Negative results and design failures
Physics

22. Which of the following groups of people is probably most interested in methodolgy?
Advisors
Co- workers
Shows the dates of the important milestones in chronological order
Design and reproduction

23. The proper method of correcting a logbook error is...
All
After all the ideas have been discussed
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it
Define - first cut - build - document - revise

24. The relationships among data is known as...
document
Advisors
Negative results and design failures
Information

25. It is important that each team member understand how his or her task ______ the responsibilities of the team as a whole.
Data
Relates to
Chemistry
Information

26. One person should not take over and be responsible for _______ on a project.
Do I like the task of defining the overall objectives?
Chemistry
All building related works
All the documentation

27. 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 facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
All building related works
Draw a line through the incorrect entry - date it and initial or sign it
Analysis alone

28. Describes engineering knowledge
The body of facts - scientific principles and mathematical tools
Decision - makers
Relates to
All the documentation

29. 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?
effectively communicate
Data
Were all features tested when a new feature was added to be sure that all features interacted properly?

30. Chemical engineers apply the principles of which subject to the design of manufacturing and production systems
Physics
Co- workers
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?
Chemistry

31. In the first year of your job who will most likely be your primary audience of written material?
Data
Analysis alone
Co- workers
effectively communicate

32. Describes the engineering experience
After all the ideas have been discussed
The body of methods - procedures - techniques and rules of thumb
Data
Which features are critical and which are only desirable?

33. Raw facts and numbers are known as...
Data
Decision - makers
Defining clear roles - agreeing upon goals - defining procedures - developing effective interpersonal relationships - defining leadership roles
All