Careers in Engineering Final Exam

Technology that is used to improve or enhance the lives of people with disabilities or conditions that make daily tasks difficult.

• Adaptive or assistive devices

• Prosthetic devices

• Eyeglasses

• Grab bars

Artificial body parts that replace body parts that may have been lost because of accident, disease, or birth defect.

• Adaptive or assistive devices

• Prosthetic devices

• Eyeglasses

• Grab bars

The use of technology in the fields of biology and medicine

• Bioengineering

• Fossil fuels

• Genetically modified food

• Biofuels

Hydraulics is branch of science and engineering concerned with the use of liquids to perform___________

• Electrical task

• Magnetic task

• Mechanical task

• Electronic task

Which of the following sentence is true?

• Gases are easy to squish

• Liquids are easy to squish

Pneumatics is concerned with a system that uses:

• Oil

• Expanded air

• Compressed air

• Electricity

A programming language that lets users create programs using blocks or graphical programming elements, rather than text

• block-based

• text-based

• coding

• none of the above

Bones are one of the strongest organic materials with the ability to withstand strong amounts of force. Which of the following biomaterials would best meet the appropriate criteria to replace a bone?

• Plastics

• Metal Alloy

• Textiles

• Composites

Which of the following statements gives the best example of a biomaterial?

• Naturally occurring soil is a biomaterial because it comes from the earth.

• An engineered substance used for a medical purpose is an example of a biomaterial.

• Skin is a biomaterial because it is found on living things.

• Biodegradable plastic can be made into many shapes therefore it must be a biomaterial.

3. Which type of lever is this?

• First Class Lever
• Second Class Lever
• Third Class Lever