WorksheetsIntro to Engineering NEGH
Total questions: 71
Worksheet time: 41mins
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: Select one:
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 next day
All of these are correct
To help keep things in perspective Select one:
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? Select one:
Writing down goals
Establishing weekly goals
Examining long-term goals after the semester
All of these are correct
How can you make class effective? Select one:
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 of information may cause confusion within the audience. What is a general rule to follow in creating slides? Select one:
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: Select one:
Keep It Simple
Communication Is Supportive
Keep It Short
None of these are correct
Information in presentations should pertain to __ - __ points. Select one:
2-6
1-3
3-5
To maximize visual impact with figures and numbers: Select one:
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 slide to be sufficient, but have one more valid point to make pertaining to the topic. What should you do? Select one:
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: Select one:
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 to 30 seconds of an oral presentation: Select one:
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? Select one:
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? Select one:
Writer
Supervisor
Audience
None of these are correct
A thumbnail sketch. Select one:
is based on rules and standards
is a quick way of getting an idea on paper
is drawn as it would appear in a camera
requires two vanishing points
These lines are used in sketching a working drawing. Select one:
center lines
hidden lines
dimension lines
All of these are correct
________________ is the key to writing instructions. Select one:
Brevity
Simplicity
Clarity
Reading Level
A Golden Rule of Communication for Engineers states: Select one:
Brevity is to brief
Technical words work best
Short, simple words preferred
All of these are correct
The best presentation qualities are those that: Select one:
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 result
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 many 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 is the largest masonry structure ever built?
The Great Pyramid of Khufu
Stepped Pyramid in Sakkara
Channel between France and England
Roman Aqueducts
Petronas Towers 1 & 2– Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Early applications of this material were building materials and containers. Select one:
Composites
Ceramics
Polymers
Metals
What are thermosetting plastics? Select one:
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? Select one:
Resin use
Matrix time
Going off
Pot life
New materials are designed based on: Select one:
Need
Competition
Uses
Recyclability
The ability to resist effects of tension, compression, and torsion forces is called: Select one:
Strength
Hardness
Ductility
Elasticity
The ability to return to original shape after deformation is called: Select one:
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
Contain 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 has 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 procure materials and to create marketing strategies, devise tooling, begin 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
liters
grams
seconds
Convert 8 inches into centimeters.
30.48
20.32
8.00
15.24
A _______________ is highly accurate when making linear measurements.
micrometer
ruler
tape measure
caliper
The most accurate graduate size is _______________.
64th
32nd
16th
8th
The dial on a caliper makes one revolution for each ______ of an inch.
hundredth
tenth
thousandth
quarter
Most circuits have a ________ connected to two terminals.
load
switch
resistor
capacitor
If you add another light (resistor) to a parallel circuit:
A fuse is used to:
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 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
All of these are correct
Individual brainstorming
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
All of these are correct
Last chance to make revisions and/or terminate the project
Time when the team decides what information is needed
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 it what customers want?
When will production occur?
