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Engineering Module 2 Quiz.

This document provides a quiz on engineering topics. It contains 33 multiple choice questions covering areas like the importance of communication skills for engineers, fields that engineering degrees provide background for, where engineering work is performed, the teams engineers work with, how engineering has specialized over time, and emerging areas of engineering like nanotechnology. It also defines key engineering terms like consultant, electronics, global economy, and rapid prototyping.

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Engineering Module 2 Quiz.

This document provides a quiz on engineering topics. It contains 33 multiple choice questions covering areas like the importance of communication skills for engineers, fields that engineering degrees provide background for, where engineering work is performed, the teams engineers work with, how engineering has specialized over time, and emerging areas of engineering like nanotechnology. It also defines key engineering terms like consultant, electronics, global economy, and rapid prototyping.

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Engineer

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1. Communication skills? A.are as important for engineers as technical


skills.
C.will help you manage your team.

2. An engineering degree? B.provides technical background for careers in


many fields.
C.allows you to work in a variety of settings and
around the world.
D.provides both a general technical background
and a specialization.

3. Engineering work is per- B.in countries around the world.


formed? D.by teams of engineers distributed in many
countries.

4. Engineers? B.have many interests outside of engineering.

5. Engineers often work A. other engineers


closely with? B. business people

6. In the past 200 years, en- C. knowledge of science and technology has in-
gineers have specialized creased.
because?

7. If you were an aircraft A. Structural


manufacturer which en- B. Electrical
gineers would you need C. Aerospace
to hire? D. Material

8. An engineering skill is? B. the ability to use certain kinds of instruments

9. Engineering experience D. internships


can be gained by?

10. Engineers use their com- B. make presentations


munication skills to? C. interact with customers

11. Engineers keep a note- A. data to gain a patent


book to document their C. information to review their designs when prob-
work so that they have? lems occur
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12. Engineers work? D. in one or more teams

13. Engineering teams con- A. responsibilities


sist of engineers with dif- B. skills
ferent?

14. Engineering problems C. more than one solution


have?

15. Engineering programs D. ABET


are accredited by an or-
ganization called?

16. Students in engineering A. an understanding of professional and ethical B.


programs must have? responsibility
C. knowledge of contemporary issues
a broad education
D. ability to engage in lifelong learning

17. Most engineering soci- B. have a strong educational component


eties?

18. A well-prepared student D. four to five years to complete a degree


who studies engineering
full time will take?

19. Calculus is important B. should take calculus in their first year of college
to engineering. Students
who do not take calculus
in high school?

20. Courses in an engineer- A. calculus


ing major may include? B. physics
C. chemistry
D.biology

21. An emerging area of engi- A. nanotechnology


neering is?

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22. Electrification is? A. generating and distributing electricity to many
different users
C. powering machinery, instruments, and appli-
ances with electricity

23. The automobile and jet A. provide us with entertainment


airliner? B. control machines

24. Computers? A. provide us with entertainment


B. control machines
C. perform complex computations
D. store vast amounts of information

25. Air-conditioning? B. contributed to damage of the Earth's ozone


layer
D. makes life comfortable in the southern United
States

26. The future of engineering B. determined by engineers trying to design


is? things to fulfill peoples wants and needs
C. tied to energy production

27. Consultant A person who gives professional or expert advice.

28. Electronics The development and application of devices and


systems involving electricity.

29. Global economy The international spread of trade and commerce


across national boundaries with minimal restric-
tions from governments.

30. Microelectronics The design, development, and construction of


electronic systems from extremely small compo-
nents.

31. Mortality rate A measure of the number of deaths in a popula-


tion during a given time period in general or due
to a specific cause.

32. Patent
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The exclusive rights granted by a government
to an inventor to manufacture, use, or sell an
invention for a certain number of years.

33. Rapid prototyping (RP) The automated construction of physical objects


under computer control using specialized equip-
ment.

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