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Unit 2 Lesson 1 Engineering - Past, Present & Future Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which engineering sector makes forestry machinery?

a)

Aerospace

b)

Marine

c)

Agricultural

d)

Automotive

2.

Which engineering sector creates interfaces for human interaction with technology?

a)

Defence

b)

Control

c)

Logistics

d)

Manufacturing

3.

What does AI stand for?

a)

Actual intelligence

b)

Actual interaction

c)

Artificial intelligence

d)

Artificial interaction

4.

What does AR stand for?

a)

Augmented reality

b)

Additional reality

c)

Automated reasoning

d)

Augmented reasoning

5.

What does IoT stand for?

a)

Internalisation of things

b)

Internet of thinking

c)

Internalisation of thought

d)

Internet of things

6.

Which statement best describes distributed energy?

a)

Small generation units being more productive

b)

Small generation units near to where they are needed

c)

Provides guidance to meet energy requirements

d)

Provides ways of creating large amounts of energy

7.

Which of these energy resources is non-renewable?

a)

Solar

b)

Water

c)

Coal

d)

Geothermal

8.

What does biomass consist of?

a)

Coal and oil

b)

Coal and plants

c)

Plants and animal waste

d)

Wood and diesel fuel

9.

Which statement best describes a product’s life cycle?

a)

How a product is made

b)

The stages of a product’s ‘evolution’

c)

How a product is assembled

d)

The stages of a product’s disposal

10.

What was the first practical electric light?

a)

Light bulb

b)

Electric candle

c)

Arc lamp

d)

LED

11.

What type of molecules do polymers have?

a)

Single small chain

b)

Repeating small chain

c)

Repeating long chain

d)

Single long chain

12.

Which statement best defines autonomous systems?

a)

Self-controlling with human intervention

b)

Able to carry out a small number of actions

c)

Self-controlling with no human intervention

d)

Able to carry out a large number of actions

13.

Drones use GPS. What does GPS stand for?

a)

Global pointing system

b)

General positioning system

c)

Global positioning system

d)

General pointing system

14.

Which statement best defines robotics?

a)

Machines that replicate human actions

b)

Machines that work with humans

c)

Machines that work independently

d)

Machines that replicate movement

15.

What does VR stand for?

a)

Virtual recording

b)

Visual reality

c)

Virtual reality

d)

Visual recording

16.

Which statement best defines hybrid technologies?

a)

Combination of two or more technologies

b)

Technologies that are more effective

c)

Combination of materials in a product

d)

Technologies that are more expensive

17.

Which of these describes access to internet applications from anywhere in the world?

a)

Global computing

b)

Modem support

c)

Search engine

d)

Cloud computing

18.

Which of these describes the conversion of text or sound which is then processed by a computer?

a)

Digital

b)

Data collection

c)

Scanning

d)

Digitalisation

19.

What does LED stand for?

a)

Light energy diode

b)

Light-emitting design

c)

Light-emitting diode

d)

Light energy design

20.

What does the O stand for in OLED?

a)

Ordinary

b)

Organic

c)

Organism

d)

Open