The fundamental aim of an engineer is to discover physical laws.
True or False? - ANSWER False.
If a laptop developed today has 2.5 million transistors, using Moore's law,
predict how many transistors would be in a laptop developed 3 years from
today.
a. 7.5 million
b. 2.5 million
c. 5 million
d. 10 million - ANSWER d. 10 million
Which of the following titles is the least related to mechanical engineering?
a. Manufacturing Engineer
b. Product engineer
c. Electrical engineer
d. Design engineer - ANSWER c. Electrical engineer
Which of the following skills does ABET not require engineering graduates to
have?
a. An ability to start a technology company.
b. An ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,
economic, environmental, and societal context.
c. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
d. An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
e. An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and
interpret data. - ANSWER a. An ability to start a technology company.
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is the
premier professional organization representing mechanical engineers in the
United States and internationally.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER b. False
,Power generating and power consuming systems are primarily designed and
developed by ________.
a. industrial engineers
b. electrical engineers
c. structural engineers
d. mechanical engineers - ANSWER d. mechanical engineers
What is the purpose of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
(ABET)?
a. To provide patents for all engineering developments.
b. To represent mechanical engineers in the United States and internationally.
c. To discover new cutting edge technologies.
d. To endorse and certify college and university engineering programs. -
ANSWER d. To endorse and certify college and university engineering
programs.
Which of the following are required of engineers?
a. To understand professional and ethical responsibility and be able to resolve
conflicts with honesty and integrity.
b. To design safe products that meet the standards of organizations such as the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Underwriters Laboratories, and the
American Society of Testing and Materials
c. To communicate calculations, computations, measurement results, and
designs effectively in both written and verbal forms.
d. To adhere to the codes and standards that are necessary to specify the
physical characteristics of mechanical parts so that others can clearly understand
their structure and operation.
e. All of the above. - ANSWER e. All of the above.
What mechanical engineering development is regarded as the profession's most
significant achievement in the twentieth century?
a. The Large Hadron Collider
b. The space shuttle
c. The automobile
d. The iPad - ANSWER c. The automobile
Which discipline links traditional engineering fields with the life sciences and
medicine?
, a. Mechatronics
b. Bioengineering
c. Biochemistry
d. Aerospace engineering - ANSWER b. Bioengineering
The process of reconstructing the life cycle of a product to understand the
decisions that led to its development is known as ________.
a. product archaeology
b. detailed design
c. conceptual design
d. rapid prototyping - ANSWER a. product archaeology
Patenting an invention enables the owner to ________.
a. become a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME)
b. obtain government funding
c. keep others from replicating the product
d. own new technology as long as they live - ANSWER c. keep others from
replicating the product
Typically standardized parts are normally produced by mass production.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER a. True
Manufacturing processes are a set of processes which add ________ to
________ by converting them into useful ________.
a. technology; customers; consumers
b. innovation; products; raw materials
c. virtual prototypes; products; models
d. value; raw materials; products - ANSWER d. value; raw materials; products
If a single prototype of a product is required much faster than conventional
methods can produce, which of the following would make a suitable
alternative?
a. Casting
b. Mass production
c. Rapid prototyping
d. Forming - ANSWER c. Rapid prototyping
True or False? - ANSWER False.
If a laptop developed today has 2.5 million transistors, using Moore's law,
predict how many transistors would be in a laptop developed 3 years from
today.
a. 7.5 million
b. 2.5 million
c. 5 million
d. 10 million - ANSWER d. 10 million
Which of the following titles is the least related to mechanical engineering?
a. Manufacturing Engineer
b. Product engineer
c. Electrical engineer
d. Design engineer - ANSWER c. Electrical engineer
Which of the following skills does ABET not require engineering graduates to
have?
a. An ability to start a technology company.
b. An ability to understand the impact of engineering solutions in a global,
economic, environmental, and societal context.
c. An ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
d. An ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
e. An ability to design and conduct experiments, as well as to analyze and
interpret data. - ANSWER a. An ability to start a technology company.
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) is the
premier professional organization representing mechanical engineers in the
United States and internationally.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER b. False
,Power generating and power consuming systems are primarily designed and
developed by ________.
a. industrial engineers
b. electrical engineers
c. structural engineers
d. mechanical engineers - ANSWER d. mechanical engineers
What is the purpose of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
(ABET)?
a. To provide patents for all engineering developments.
b. To represent mechanical engineers in the United States and internationally.
c. To discover new cutting edge technologies.
d. To endorse and certify college and university engineering programs. -
ANSWER d. To endorse and certify college and university engineering
programs.
Which of the following are required of engineers?
a. To understand professional and ethical responsibility and be able to resolve
conflicts with honesty and integrity.
b. To design safe products that meet the standards of organizations such as the
American Society of Mechanical Engineers, Underwriters Laboratories, and the
American Society of Testing and Materials
c. To communicate calculations, computations, measurement results, and
designs effectively in both written and verbal forms.
d. To adhere to the codes and standards that are necessary to specify the
physical characteristics of mechanical parts so that others can clearly understand
their structure and operation.
e. All of the above. - ANSWER e. All of the above.
What mechanical engineering development is regarded as the profession's most
significant achievement in the twentieth century?
a. The Large Hadron Collider
b. The space shuttle
c. The automobile
d. The iPad - ANSWER c. The automobile
Which discipline links traditional engineering fields with the life sciences and
medicine?
, a. Mechatronics
b. Bioengineering
c. Biochemistry
d. Aerospace engineering - ANSWER b. Bioengineering
The process of reconstructing the life cycle of a product to understand the
decisions that led to its development is known as ________.
a. product archaeology
b. detailed design
c. conceptual design
d. rapid prototyping - ANSWER a. product archaeology
Patenting an invention enables the owner to ________.
a. become a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers
(ASME)
b. obtain government funding
c. keep others from replicating the product
d. own new technology as long as they live - ANSWER c. keep others from
replicating the product
Typically standardized parts are normally produced by mass production.
a. True
b. False - ANSWER a. True
Manufacturing processes are a set of processes which add ________ to
________ by converting them into useful ________.
a. technology; customers; consumers
b. innovation; products; raw materials
c. virtual prototypes; products; models
d. value; raw materials; products - ANSWER d. value; raw materials; products
If a single prototype of a product is required much faster than conventional
methods can produce, which of the following would make a suitable
alternative?
a. Casting
b. Mass production
c. Rapid prototyping
d. Forming - ANSWER c. Rapid prototyping
