BME 350 QUIZ 1 QUESTIONS WITH VERIFIED
ANSWERS
Stone Age - Answers - 2.5 mil y/a, use of stone tools
Bronze Age - Answers - 2000-1000 bc, foundations of metallurgy
"Copper Age" - Answers - 4000-3000 bc
Iron Age - Answers - 1000-1 bc, iron alloys replace bronze by 500 bc
What are the 6 materials? - Answers - Metals
Ceramics
Glass
Polymers
Composites
Semiconductors
Properties of metals - Answers - Strong
Ductile
Metallic luster
Good conductor
Metallic family of elements - Answers - Fe, Al, Mg, Ti, Ni, Zn, Cu
Advantages of ceramics (ex. Al2O3) over metal - Answers - (1) more chemically stable
in variety of environments (metal rusts)
(2) has a higher melting point (makes for good temp-resistant material)
Most limiting property of ceramics - Answers - Brittleness
T or F: it's been said that at the heart of every engineering problem there exists a
materials challenge. - Answers - True
Choose the best answer: "Materials engineering involves ______________"
a. Something tangible that goes into the makeup of a physical object
b. Investigating the relationships that exist bt structure and properties of materials
c. Designing or engineering the structure of a material to produce a predetermined set
of properties
d. None of the above - Answers - c.
, Choose the best answer: "Why is BME 350 required in the undergrad BS in BmE
curriculum?"
a. Materials engineering is important
b. All engineering disciplines need to understand materials
c. Materials are an integral part of the innovations underlying healthcare tech
d. Faculty needed to add courses to "fill" the curriculum to achieve 128 credit hours
e. ABET evaluators score highly programs that require materials engineering in the
curriculum - Answers - c.
Christian Thomsen said there are "quanta" of materials tech that enabled "leaps" in
societal advances. Choose all the "quanta" that Thomsen referred to in his 1836
publication
a. Wood age
b. Bronze Age
c. Stone Age
d Iron Age
e. Silicon Age
f. Nanomaterial Age
g. Ceramic Age
h. Age of Aquarius - Answers - b, c, d **
Which of the three ages cited by Thomsen in 1836 endured for the longest duration?
a. Bronze Age
b. Iron Age
c. Stone Age
d. Wood age
e. Silicon age - Answers - c.
Choose all materials potentially used by inhabitants of the longest enduring epoch of
materials, i.e. the Stone Age
a. Stone
b. Clay
c. Wood
d. Fur
e. Animal skins
f. Bone
g. Tendons & ligaments
h. Hair
i. Pizza crust
j. Pasta
k. Beer cans
l. Glass for smart phones - Answers - a - h
ANSWERS
Stone Age - Answers - 2.5 mil y/a, use of stone tools
Bronze Age - Answers - 2000-1000 bc, foundations of metallurgy
"Copper Age" - Answers - 4000-3000 bc
Iron Age - Answers - 1000-1 bc, iron alloys replace bronze by 500 bc
What are the 6 materials? - Answers - Metals
Ceramics
Glass
Polymers
Composites
Semiconductors
Properties of metals - Answers - Strong
Ductile
Metallic luster
Good conductor
Metallic family of elements - Answers - Fe, Al, Mg, Ti, Ni, Zn, Cu
Advantages of ceramics (ex. Al2O3) over metal - Answers - (1) more chemically stable
in variety of environments (metal rusts)
(2) has a higher melting point (makes for good temp-resistant material)
Most limiting property of ceramics - Answers - Brittleness
T or F: it's been said that at the heart of every engineering problem there exists a
materials challenge. - Answers - True
Choose the best answer: "Materials engineering involves ______________"
a. Something tangible that goes into the makeup of a physical object
b. Investigating the relationships that exist bt structure and properties of materials
c. Designing or engineering the structure of a material to produce a predetermined set
of properties
d. None of the above - Answers - c.
, Choose the best answer: "Why is BME 350 required in the undergrad BS in BmE
curriculum?"
a. Materials engineering is important
b. All engineering disciplines need to understand materials
c. Materials are an integral part of the innovations underlying healthcare tech
d. Faculty needed to add courses to "fill" the curriculum to achieve 128 credit hours
e. ABET evaluators score highly programs that require materials engineering in the
curriculum - Answers - c.
Christian Thomsen said there are "quanta" of materials tech that enabled "leaps" in
societal advances. Choose all the "quanta" that Thomsen referred to in his 1836
publication
a. Wood age
b. Bronze Age
c. Stone Age
d Iron Age
e. Silicon Age
f. Nanomaterial Age
g. Ceramic Age
h. Age of Aquarius - Answers - b, c, d **
Which of the three ages cited by Thomsen in 1836 endured for the longest duration?
a. Bronze Age
b. Iron Age
c. Stone Age
d. Wood age
e. Silicon age - Answers - c.
Choose all materials potentially used by inhabitants of the longest enduring epoch of
materials, i.e. the Stone Age
a. Stone
b. Clay
c. Wood
d. Fur
e. Animal skins
f. Bone
g. Tendons & ligaments
h. Hair
i. Pizza crust
j. Pasta
k. Beer cans
l. Glass for smart phones - Answers - a - h
