Engineering Technology Foundations Sample

What type of software should be used to communicate key points to the client during a meeting?

• spreadsheet

• word processor

• presentation

• database

Pascal's law states that a force is equal to _____ multiplied times its area.

• force

• pressure

• volume

• density

What is the Fahrenheit equivalent to 35 degrees Celsius?

• 90 F

• 95 F

• 100 F

• 85 F

Recognizing the strength of others is required for: ensuring popularity with the employees, getting everyone on the team to agree, being a good team leader, becoming a technical expert in your field

• ensuring popularity with the employees

• getting everyone on the team to agree

• being a good team leader

• becoming a technical expert in your field

Respiratory PPE is most important when:

• sanding down surfaces

• painting walls

• cleaning windows

• installing flooring

In their profession, each individual engineer is responsible for: the choices of their employer, the decisions of the National Society of Professional Engineers, their own ethical conduct, the actions of their client

• the choices of their employer

• the decisions of the National Society of Professional Engineers

• their own ethical conduct

• the actions of their client

By using a spreadsheet for reporting data, an engineer can produce:

• tables, charts, graphs, visual formats

• only tables and charts

• simple text reports

• static images

An occupation that deals with the design, construction, and maintenance of the naturally built environment including public works such as bridges, canals, roads, dams, airports, sewage systems, structural components of buildings and railways is called:

• civil engineering

• mechanical engineering

• architectural design

• environmental science

The manufacturing process called "casting" is achieved by:

• pouring molten metal into a mold

• heating metal until it becomes a gas

• shaping metal using a hammer

• cutting metal into pieces

Meeting customer needs is the ____ of any project.

• top priority

• least concern

• optional task

• secondary goal