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WorksheetsIntroduction to Engineering Final Exam
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 36mins
This profession is concerned with issues such as cost, demand, and the impact on society and the environment.
Scientist
Engineer
Engineer Technologist
This profession seeks the answer "Why" to abstract and practical questions.
Engineer
Engineer Technologist
Scientist
Produces goods for society by working with existing technologies.
Engineer
Engineer Technologist
Scientist
This profession thinks about the application when asking why.
Scientist
Engineer Technologist
Engineer
Which of the following is NOT a component for success?
Attitude
Previous Success
Ability
Effort
Study spots
depend on your learning style and personality
do not exist, studying can be done anywhere
should have a television to help with background noise
are best in well-lit library study areas
To help stay effective
Save assignments for the end of the semester until the end
Accomplish important tasks when you are at your best
Stay up as late as you need to finish work for the best day
All of these are correct
To help keep things in perspective
Go to your professor and ask about extra credit
Stop and examine to figure what went wrong
Examine the real impact of the situation
All of these are correct
What will help you succeed in the classroom?
Writing down goals
Establishing weekly goals
Examining long-term goals after the semester
All of these are correct
How can you make class effective?
Writing down presentation word for word?
Sit where you will not be called upon
Rereading the information afterwards
Reading the chapter before class
Too much or too little information may cause confusion within the audience. What is a general rule to follow in creating slides?
Two ideas per slide maximum
Use slides as note cards
1 slide for 1 minute of speech
All of these are correct
KIS is an acronym for
Keep It Simple
Communication is Supportive
Keep it Short
None of these are correct
Information in presentations should pertain to __-__ points
2-6
1-3
3-5
To maximize visual impact with figures and numbers:
Fill the slide with figures and calculations
Use Tables to layout information
Graphs and charts can display information
All of these are correct
You have enough information on a side to be sufficient, but have one more valid point to make pertianing to the topic. What should you do?
Add topic onto slide, change font size
Split the information onto two slides
Discuss the topic without listing the item
None of these are correct
To maximize your auditory impact:
Use pauses to your advantage
Be enthusiastic about your topic
Read the audience, not your note cards
All of these are correct
Within the first 10-30 seconds of an oral presentation:
Scan over the audience silently looking for key members
Begin presenting immediately, time is against you
Establish some level of formality and rapport
None of these are correct
Considering your audience for a written piece is just as important as the information contained within. Therefore, what needs to be done when writing a formal or informal report?
Technical material must be clear and concise
Include graphs, charts, and tables to make points clear
Have everyone in mind when writing
None of these are correct
Who does a communication checklist benefit?
Writer
Supervisor
Audience
None of these are correct
A thumbnail sketch
is based on rules and standards
is a quick way of getting an idea on paper
is drawn as it would appear in a amera
requires two vanishing points
These lines are used in sketching a working drawing.
Center lines
Hidden lines
Dimension lines
All of these are correct
___ is the key to writing instructions.
Brevity.
Simplicity.
Clarity
Reading level
A Golden Rule of Communication for Engineers states:
Brevity is to brief
Technical words work best
Short, simple words preferred
All of these are correct
The best presentation qualities are those that:
Motivate and inspire audience to use
Give valuable information
Are in a form to be put into use immediately
All of these are correct
Identifying your purpose and the audience is important when preparing a presentation, which of the following IS NOT an important attribute to worry about.
Background of listeners
Number of people attending
Names of the listeners
What is known about a topic
Optimization simply stated is
Means of achieving a desired results
Blend of engineer's best practices
Problem solving and processes
Doing the most with least
This product does not meet the standards of a company and cannot be repaired in any manufacturing process
Reject
Rework
Accepted Part
None of these are correct
This product does not meet the standards of a company but can be repaired so that it will meet the company's standards
Accepted Part
Rework
Reject
None of these are correct
Outputs could be goods or services, products, structures, messages, or people moving from one location to another. What else do outputs include?
Saving money in the process
Unwanted outcomes
People, Data, and Time
Feedback for later use
Inputs fall into several categories and:
Are needed to avoid unwanted outputs
Are centralized to people, data, and time
Can be in may forms
None of these are correct
One of the forms of Inputs, Data, are described in the terms of systems as:
Ability to control own environment
Designed to safeguard a want or need
Most critical input an engineer has
All of these are correct
Systems have these following components:
Input, Process, Output, Feedback
Input, Process, Optimization, Outcomes
Input, Process, Output, Feedback, Optimization
Input, Output, Feedback
One of the most important components of processes has to be the:
Actions completed in a variety of methods
Design and development of machines
Communication and inputs involved
None of these are correct
What is a system?
Doing the most with least
Means of achieving a desired result
Blend of engineer's best practices
Problem solving and production
Describe the term routing as it pertains to systems:
Path an item will travel for assembly before manufacturing
Progress checks and quality control during manufacturing
Path an item travels during the assembly and manufacturing
Materials, workers, facilities, and machinery being used
What si the larges masonry structure ever built?
The Great Pyramid of Khufu
Stepped Pyramid in Sakkara
Chunnel between France and England
Roman Aqueducts
Petronas Towers 1 & 2- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Early applications of this material were building materials and containers
Composites
Ceramics
Polymers
Metals
What are thermosetting plastics?
Once the material sets, it cannot be changed
Recyclables
Once the material sets, heat can reform product
Synthetic Plastic
What is the term used to describe the amount of time an epoxy can spend in the container?
Resin use
Matrix time
Going off
Pot life
New materials are designed based on
Need
Competition
Uses
Recyclability
The ability to resist effects of tension, compression, and torsion forces is called:
Strength
Hardness
Ductility
Elasticity
The ability to return to original shape after deformation is called:
Strength
Elasticity
Hardness
Thermal Conductivity
The ability to resist indentation and wear is called:
Ductility
Strength
Elasticity
Hardness
The ability to be shaped without fracturing is called:
Elasticity
Ductility
Hardness
Brittleness
Non-Ferrous metals
Attract magnetic materials
Contains less than 50% iron
Have a low corrosion resistance
All of these are correct
Ceramics consist of
Clay products, abrasives, and refractories
Clay products and abrasives
Clay products and refractories
Clay products, abrasives, and glass
Clay products, abrasives, glass, and refractories
Refractories are
Used in high temperature applications
Factories where plastics are reformed
Extremely hard, pure compounds
None of these are correct
Leadership model in which a leader is positioned closely to all members of the team and had short, direct communication
Participative
Flat
Traditional
Consultant
Leadership model where a strong leader directs the actions:
Flat
Participative
Traditional
Consultant
The total time needed to plan, prototype, and produce materials ad to create marketing strategies, devise tooling, being production and bring new product to the market is the definition of:
Time to Market
Concurrent Engineering
Speed
All of these are correct
What should not be compromised when trying to meet standards and deadlines?
Speed
Quality
None of these are correct
All of these are correct
Everyone works together (parallel operation) with marketing, manufacturing, and procurement personnel involved from the design of a product:
Concurrent Engineering
International Tactics
Time to Market
Traditional Engineering Practice
Length can be measured in ___
Meters
Inches
Light Years
All of these are correct
Convert 8 inches into centimeters
30.48
20.32
8.00
15.24
A ___ is highly accurate when making linear measurements
vernier caliper
steel rule
micrometer
protractor
The most accurate graduate size is
64ths
32nds
16ths
8ths
The dial on a caliper makes one revolution for each ___ of an inch
millionth
thousandth
tenth
hundredth
Most circuits have a ___ connected to two terminals
10 amp fuse
CFCI
LED
load
If you add another light (resistor) to a parallel circuit:
the current in the circuit goes down when you add another path
the total resistance of the circuit stays the same
the total resistance of the circuit goes up
the total resistance of the circuit goes down
A fuse is used to:
break the connection and save the device or environment
add an additional path to the circuit
Increase the cost of a circuit
Monitors the amount of current flowing from the hot (small slot) to neutral (large slot)
In a parallel circuit, the current:
only takes one path
has at least one point where the current divides
takes only one path when there are other paths connected
Takes multiple paths called trees
The convergent part of the process at each Creative Problem-Solving stage involves:
Using analytical and evaluative tools to narrow results
Finding the best possibility and continuing
Focusing on the quality of the solutions
All of these are correct
Which of the following IS NOT a step in the Analytic Method
Evaluation and Ranking of Solutions
Verify Accuracy to Required Level
Simplify Assumptions
Apply Theory and Equations
Which of the following is a method of verification you could use to verify an answer?
Repeating
Estimation
Comparisons
All of these are correct
Generating as many potential solutions as possible without judging any of them is the goal for:
Group brainstorming
Individual brainstorming
All of these are correct
None of these are correct
Which of the following characteristics describes Analytic Problem Solving?
Critical decisions that may put the public at risk
"How you handle your tools"
See how a product may malfunction when misapplied
All of these are correct
"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:
Analytic Problem Solving
Creative Problem Solving
None of these are correct
All of these are correct
The process of designing a system, component, or process to meet a desired need is the definition of:
Working Criteria
Product Innovation
Brainstorming
Engineering Design
The Communication and Specification Stage is the:
Termination of the team due to completion of the project
Perfect opportunity to implement brainstorming strategies
Last chance to make revisions and/or terminate the project
Time when the team decides what information is needed
All of these are correct
Checkpoints for progress are called the
Process Goals
Post-Implementation Review
Engineering Design
Working Criteria
Of the following questions, which IS NOT an example of a Working Criteria?
All of these are correct
How much will it cost?
Will it be difficult to produce?
Is is what customers want?
When will production occur?
