ENGT 1000 Midterm Studyguide Questions and
Comprehensive Answers Graded A 2024-2025
Career decisions are based on - ✔️✔️Occupational satisfaction, Availability of
Employment, and Salary Potential
ABET stands for - ✔️✔️Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Who did Francis Cabot Lowell employ - ✔️✔️young, unmarried women
What kind of power did Francis Cabot Lowell's mill rely on? - ✔️✔️water power
What system did Francis Cabot Lowell make? - ✔️✔️Waltham Lowell system
According to Billington, innovation comes from what 3 sources? - ✔️✔️Individual genius
(James Watt)
Applies science (Robert Fulton)
Social Processes (Thomas Telford)
What was Napolean's opinion of Robert Fulton: - ✔️✔️he was a fraud
7 fundemental units - ✔️✔️Luminosity
Temperature
Distance/ length
Mass (not weight; weight is mass times gravitational acceleration)
Time
Current
Amount of a substance (moles)
five roles in the modern industrial team - ✔️✔️Scientist
Engineer
Technologist
Technician
Skilled worker
the interior of the Pantheon is unique because a particular shape can be inscribed
within in. What is that shape? - ✔️✔️perfect sphere
Of the original five branches of engineering, which is the largest? - ✔️✔️Electrical
Of the original five branches of engineering, which is the newest? - ✔️✔️Electrical
, Of the original five branches of engineering, which involves the extraction of minerals
from the ground as well as the study of the physical and chemical behavior of metallic
elements? - ✔️✔️Mining and Metallurgical
Of the original five branches of engineering, which involves the conversion of raw
materials into useful commodities? - ✔️✔️Chemical
Of the original five branches of engineering, which category would Manufacturing
Engineering fall into? - ✔️✔️Mechanical
What are the original 5 branches of engineering - ✔️✔️Mechanical, chemical, mining and
metallurgical, civil, electrical
Of the original five branches of engineering, which involves the construction of
civilizations' infrastructure? - ✔️✔️Civil
Of the original five branches of engineering, which is the oldest? - ✔️✔️Civil
Which pivotal event highlighted the need for Technicians and Technologists? - ✔️✔️The
launch of Sputnik 1
The 3 roles of technicians and technologists? - ✔️✔️Communicators, Implementors, and
Calibrator/ Testers
Scientist - ✔️✔️hypothesizes and verifies laws of nature (90% theory/ 10% applied)
Engineer - ✔️✔️designs and creates hardware and software from scientific ideas and
laws of nature (70% theory/ 30% applied)
Technologists - ✔️✔️Makes design prototypes, suggests redesigns or modifications, acts
as Manufacturing Engineer (60% theory/ 40% applied)
Technician - ✔️✔️Makes physical model of prototypes, test and troubleshoots prototypes
and hardware/ software in actual production use, acts as Manufacturing Supervisor
(50% theory/ 50% applied)
Skilled worker - ✔️✔️Produces parts from completed designs, installs and runs (20%
theory/ 80% applied)
Scientist - ✔️✔️five to seven years of higher education (M.S. or Ph.D.)
Engineer - ✔️✔️four to five years of higher education (B.S. or M.S.)
Technologist - ✔️✔️Four to five years of higher education (B.S.E.T)
Comprehensive Answers Graded A 2024-2025
Career decisions are based on - ✔️✔️Occupational satisfaction, Availability of
Employment, and Salary Potential
ABET stands for - ✔️✔️Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
Who did Francis Cabot Lowell employ - ✔️✔️young, unmarried women
What kind of power did Francis Cabot Lowell's mill rely on? - ✔️✔️water power
What system did Francis Cabot Lowell make? - ✔️✔️Waltham Lowell system
According to Billington, innovation comes from what 3 sources? - ✔️✔️Individual genius
(James Watt)
Applies science (Robert Fulton)
Social Processes (Thomas Telford)
What was Napolean's opinion of Robert Fulton: - ✔️✔️he was a fraud
7 fundemental units - ✔️✔️Luminosity
Temperature
Distance/ length
Mass (not weight; weight is mass times gravitational acceleration)
Time
Current
Amount of a substance (moles)
five roles in the modern industrial team - ✔️✔️Scientist
Engineer
Technologist
Technician
Skilled worker
the interior of the Pantheon is unique because a particular shape can be inscribed
within in. What is that shape? - ✔️✔️perfect sphere
Of the original five branches of engineering, which is the largest? - ✔️✔️Electrical
Of the original five branches of engineering, which is the newest? - ✔️✔️Electrical
, Of the original five branches of engineering, which involves the extraction of minerals
from the ground as well as the study of the physical and chemical behavior of metallic
elements? - ✔️✔️Mining and Metallurgical
Of the original five branches of engineering, which involves the conversion of raw
materials into useful commodities? - ✔️✔️Chemical
Of the original five branches of engineering, which category would Manufacturing
Engineering fall into? - ✔️✔️Mechanical
What are the original 5 branches of engineering - ✔️✔️Mechanical, chemical, mining and
metallurgical, civil, electrical
Of the original five branches of engineering, which involves the construction of
civilizations' infrastructure? - ✔️✔️Civil
Of the original five branches of engineering, which is the oldest? - ✔️✔️Civil
Which pivotal event highlighted the need for Technicians and Technologists? - ✔️✔️The
launch of Sputnik 1
The 3 roles of technicians and technologists? - ✔️✔️Communicators, Implementors, and
Calibrator/ Testers
Scientist - ✔️✔️hypothesizes and verifies laws of nature (90% theory/ 10% applied)
Engineer - ✔️✔️designs and creates hardware and software from scientific ideas and
laws of nature (70% theory/ 30% applied)
Technologists - ✔️✔️Makes design prototypes, suggests redesigns or modifications, acts
as Manufacturing Engineer (60% theory/ 40% applied)
Technician - ✔️✔️Makes physical model of prototypes, test and troubleshoots prototypes
and hardware/ software in actual production use, acts as Manufacturing Supervisor
(50% theory/ 50% applied)
Skilled worker - ✔️✔️Produces parts from completed designs, installs and runs (20%
theory/ 80% applied)
Scientist - ✔️✔️five to seven years of higher education (M.S. or Ph.D.)
Engineer - ✔️✔️four to five years of higher education (B.S. or M.S.)
Technologist - ✔️✔️Four to five years of higher education (B.S.E.T)
