WorksheetsDM Energy and Power Quiz 11/20/2024
Total questions: 32
Worksheet time: 16mins
Energy cannot be created or destroyed, but it can be:
communicated
Converted
Optimized
Synthesized
Its major forms include thermal, radiant, electrical, mechanical, chemical, and nuclear. What is it?
Energy
Force
Power
Resistance
It depicts how energy moves through a system:
Flow diagram
Bar chart
Sankey diagram
Spreadsheet
Which of the following energy resources is not considered a renewable resource?
(a)
In a conventional coal-fired electrical power plant, the turbine turning the generator is an example of what energy form conversion?
Chemical to nuclear
Mechanical to electrical
Radiant to mechanical
Thermal to chemical
Materials are classified as:
Metal, plastic, and leather
Metal, synthetic, and leather
Natural, plastic, and leather
Natural, synthetic, and mixed
Which of the answers below lists actual material properties?
Mechanical, radiant, and nuclear
Mechanical, thermal, and electrical
Thermal, radiant, and electrical
Thermal, radiant, and nuclear
Manufacturing production systems can be classified as:
Customized, batch, and continuous
Customized, batch, and natural
Customized, synthetic, and continuous
Natural, batch, and continuous
The effectiveness of the manufacturing process was increased by the introduction of:
Batch production methods
Custom made parts
Interchangeable parts
Natural materials
When designing and/or engineering solutions to problems, which of the following is taken into account?
Engineering principles
Primary manufacturing processes
Properties of materials
Scientific laws
Part of a community’s infrastructure that helps to support the functioning of a school are:
Police and fire departments
Public transportation systems
Public utilities
Safety administration
Construction is a systematic process; which of the selections below is in the proper sequence?
Site preparation, setting foundation, building the framework
Enclosing the structure, finishing the interior, installing utilities
Completing the site, installing utilities, building the framework
Building the framework, installing utilities, enclosing the structure
Building a framework includes putting up wall studs and
Framing the roof
Installing utilities
Landscaping the outside
Pouring concrete for the foundation
Homes are built with materials that are readily available. In the eastern United States, wood is most often used. What available material could be used in the desert southwest?
Adobe
Rock/stone
Steel frame
Straw bale
Structural insulated panels have the ability to insulate as well as
Act as a concrete form
Collect rainwater for reuse
Conduct electricity
Support weight
In the Universal Systems model, when a student is speaking to a friend on a mobile phone, the mobile phone is part of the:
Feedback
Input
Output
Process
In a systems model of input, process, output, and feedback, when a student is speaking to a friend on a mobile phone and the friend responds to a question, the response is part of the
Feedback
Input
Output
Process
A student using a radio controller to communicate with a small robot is an example of what type of communication?
Human to human and human to machine
Human to machine and machine to machine
Machine to human and human to machine
Machine to machine and human to machine
As part of a communication system, what kind of device is a computer keyboard?
Decoder
Encoder
Storage device
Transmitter
As part of a communication system, what kind of device is a computer hard drive?
Decoder
Encoder
Storage device
Transmitter
Software that allows students to receive email is what type?
Decoder
Encoder
Storage device
Transmitter
Agricultural products include:
Buildings, food, fiber, and fuel
Food, fiber, fuel, and chemicals
Fiber, food, chemicals, and clothing
Buildings, clothing, food, and fuel
Agricultural businesses must do three things:
Produce, process, and market
Process, manufacture, market
Manufacture, distribute, and market
Produce, process, and distribute
The role of transportation in industries such as agriculture is:
Vital
Very important
Somewhat important
Not important
When designing solutions to technological problems, engineers use the:
(a)
Crops grown on a farm are considered what type of resource?
Exhaustible
Renewable
Nonrenewable
Reusable
Agriculture can help the transportation industry reduce its dependency on foreign energy sources by
Hiring cowboys to herd cattle to the stockyards
Not shipping produce cross country
Providing more milk to transport to the creamery
Producing grain for biofuels
Telemedicine is the use of medical information exchanged from one site to another via:
Written communication
Verbal communication
Print communication
Electronic communication
Which of the following situations is not considered part of telemedicine?
Videoconferencing
Word processing
Transmission of still images
Remote monitoring of vital signs
Telemedicine allows hospitals to optimize the use of their personnel by:
Allowing outside specialists to view patient x-rays
Cross training doctors, nurses, and maintenance workers
Allowing doctors and nurses to take more vacation days
Making medical-related images and simulations available to educate patients is an example of:
Nursing call centers
Remote monitoring of vital signs
Videoconferencing
Continuing medical education
Healthcare workers in remote areas of the world can communicate with specialists using webcams and ____________.
Network security systems
Fiber optics
Satellites
Electrocardiograms
