wayground logo

Free Printable Worksheets

Font size

S
M
L
XL
Worksheets

Unit 3

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 21mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Notifying one's employer or client and appropriate authority in the case of an engineers' judgement being overruled resulting in danger to the life, health, welfare, or property of the public is known as:

a)

Whistleblowing

b)

Clean hands rule

c)

Full Disclosure

d)

Risk benefit analysis

2.

General ethics is primarily concerned with:

a)

Standards, rules, or guidelines for socially approved conduct

b)

Acting in the best interest of society

c)

Being honest and trustworthy

d)

All of these

3.

While performing services, the engineer's foremost responsibility is to:

a)

Safeguard the profession

b)

The public welfare

c)

Advance one's own career

d)

None of these

4.

If an engineer feels the need to criticize another engineer, (s)he should:

a)

Have the conversation "off the record"

b)

Attempt to harm the reputation of him or her

c)

Do so cautiously and objectively with respect

d)

All of these

5.

Contracts are valid in writing and also ___________.

a)

Verbally

b)

Understood

c)

Assumed

6.

When it comes to personal conflicts with ethical standards:

a)

Do what is best for oneself

b)

Ethical standards must be suppressed in favor of personal

c)

Must suppress personal standards to resolve in favor of ethical

d)

None of these are correct

7.

The ability to resist effects of tension, compression, and torsion forces is called:

a)

Strength

b)

Hardness

c)

Ductility

d)

Elasticity

8.

How may a breach of contract occur after a contract is completed?

a)

Item is specified part supplied after a deadline

b)

Item supplied does not meet the specifications

c)

Both answers are correct

d)

Neither answers are correct

9.

Which of the following does not represent a problem with an incorrect BOM?

a)

Inaccurate inventory levels maintained

b)

Potential product liability claims

c)

Insufficient time to complete the project plan

d)

Incorrect costing of the project

10.

The ability to return to the original shape after deformation is called:

a)

Strength

b)

Elasticity

c)

Hardness

d)

Thermal Conductivity

11.

Which of the following is a potential use for a BOM at a company?

a)

to determine the items to draw out of stock

b)

to determine the quantities of each part to order

c)

All of these are correct

d)

to do costing on the assemblies and on the project

12.

The ability to resist indentation and wear is called:

a)

Ductility

b)

Strength

c)

Elasticity

d)

Hardness

13.

When should you look for discounted pricing?

a)

Always

b)

When on is building a product

c)

When one is building small quantities of a product

d)

When one is building large quantities of a product

14.

New materials are designed based on:

a)

Need

b)

Competition

c)

Uses

d)

Recyclability

15.

"Dividing the process into steps allows you to break a large, complex problem into simpler problems where your various skills can be used" is a good description of:

a)

Creative Problem Solving

b)

Analytic Problem Solving

c)

Non of these are correct

d)

All of these are correct

16.

A material having the ability to transport heat would be described as having good:

a)

Electrical Conductivity

b)

Brittleness

c)

Thermal Conductivity

d)

Hardness

17.

The ability to be shaped without fracturing is called:

a)

Elasticity

b)

Ductility

c)

Hardness

d)

Brittleness

18.

Engineers avoiding business ventures or permission for the use of their or their firm's names which engages in dishonest, fraudulent or illegal business practice is know as:

a)

Clean hands rule

b)

Conflicts of interest

c)

Full disclosure

d)

Whistleblowing

19.

True or False: In a contract, both parties must be receiving something of value.

a)

True

b)

False

20.

Generating as many potential solutions as possible without judging any of them is a goal for:

a)

Implementing the solution

b)

Identifying the Problem

c)

All Brainstorming

d)

Reflecting

21.

The convergent part of the process at each Creative Problem Solving stage involves:

a)

Using analytical and evaluative tools to narrow results

b)

Finding the best possibility and continuing

c)

Focusing on the quality of solutions

d)

All of these are correct

22.

When an epoxy is hardening, it is:

a)

"going off"

b)

"going to town"

c)

"going shopping"

d)

"going beyond the call"

23.

What is the term used to describe the amount of time an epoxy can spend in the container?

a)

Resin use

b)

Matrix time

c)

Going off

d)

Pot life

24.

Professional ___________ states that engineers shall not take assignments for which they are not certified.

a)

Judgement

b)

Competence

c)

Experience

d)

Engineering

25.

True or False: Ethics includes your actions outside the workplace as well.

a)

True

b)

False

26.

Administration at an engineering firm is knowledgeable of some members that conducting themselves in unethical manners and decides to terminate their employment. This is an example of:

a)

Clean Hands Rule

b)

Clean your own House

c)

Confidentiality

d)

Whistleblowing

27.

A combination of two or more materials bonded together to achieve better characteristics than the materials individually is described as:

a)

Metal

b)

Ceramic

c)

Polymer

d)

Composite

28.

An engineer tells a potential employer that he currently works for a certain company during his interview. The engineer is following what code?

a)

Confidentiality

b)

Clean Hands

c)

Welfare

d)

Full Disclosure

29.

True or False: Composites are well know for being in sports equipment and aerospace vehicles like space shuttles and the International Space Station.

a)

True

b)

False

30.

True or False: Engineers contributing to a company are forbidden in any manner.

a)

True

b)

False

31.

Which of the following is not a risk within a risk-benefit analysis.

a)

Privacy

b)

Psychological

c)

Strategy

d)

Economic

32.

Select the best combination for a decision:

a)

Low Effort

b)

High Effort

c)

Low Impact

d)

High Impact

33.

Client A asks an engineer about Client B's business plan to assist with their business model. The engineer declines due to the ethics code focusing on:

a)

Whistleblowing

b)

Full Disclosure

c)

Confidentiality

d)

Clean Hands Rule

34.

An engineer is weighing out the initial price of a project and how much profit he can gain. He is conducting a:

a)

Risk-Benefit Analysis

b)

Tax Form Analysis

c)

Cost-Benefit Analysis

d)

Orchestra

35.

A brainstorming tool used to come up with ideas is called:

a)

Shrimp Scampi

b)

SCAMPER

c)

CAMPER

d)

I ran out of ideas, but not this one

36.

Select the two components of a composite

a)

Matrix

b)

Polymer

c)

Water

d)

Reinforcement

37.

What is the process of making a composite called:

a)

Epoxy

b)

Lay up

c)

Reinforcing

d)

Going Off

38.

The engineering design process always starts with what?

a)

Brainstorming

b)

Identifying the Problem

c)

Reflection

d)

Teambuilding

39.

The divergent part of brainstorming is

a)

working for quantity

b)

working for quality

c)

a terrible movie that tried to be like hunger games and failed

40.

The first and number one rule in brainstorming is:

a)

Freewheeling is allowed

b)

No criticism

c)

Braindrain