Engineering in Society Quiz

Inventions and innovations result due to

• basic necessity, wealth, power, chance

• basic necessity, power, change, health

• basic necessity, wealth, health, power

• basic necessity, wealth, fun, power

Engineering is a profession that uses

• fun, honesty, safety and creativity

• cool math, fun, safety and creativity

• creativity, math, science and ergonomics

• ergonomics, math, science and safety

A Civil Engineer designs, builds and maintains dams, airports, drinking water systems, and bridges.

• True

• False

Technology is

• components or items that humans make that are used to make our lives easier

• the application of knowledge to solve a problem

• the application of human factors and creativity to make our lives easier

• the application of the building blocks to solve a practical problem

Jim is an engineer who is asked to design a super-sensitive cough detection device that would alert people when germs are in the air. This is an example of what type of solution?

• Environmental preservation

• Energy

• Utility

• Basic services

Chemical engineers apply the principles of chemistry, physics, biology, math and to solve practical problems involving the design, construction and maintenance of manufacturing and production processes.

• True

• False

Engineers find ___________ uses for _________ discoveries

• good /awesome

• practical/awesome

• scientific/practical

• practical/scientific

Engineering at the most basic level is

• problem creation

• problem statements

• problem solving

• problem seeking

An engineer wants to know______________ things work.

• how and why

• what and why

• when and why

• how and who