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Test Bank for Engineering Economics Financial Decision Making for Engineers Canadian 6th
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by Niall M. Fraser
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Engineering Decision Making
Chapter 2 Time Value of Money
Chapter 3 Cash Flow Analysis
Chapter 4 Comparison Methods: Part I
Chapter 5 Comparison Methods: Part II
Chapter 6 Financial Accounting and Business Plans
Chapter 7 Replacement Decisions
Chapter 8 Taxes
Chapter 9 Inflation
Chapter 10 Public Sector Decision Making
Chapter 11 Project Management
Chapter 12 Dealing with Uncertainty and Risk
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,Chapter 1 Engineering Decision Making
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Evaluation of an engineering project involves the following constraints
A) financial, environmental, social and political constraints.
B) technical and financial constraints.
C) technological and social constraints.
D) time and money constraints.
E) budget and time
constraints.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.1. Engineering decision
making Skill: Recall
Type: Qualitative
2) Engineering economics is
A) a body of knowledge to determine which of several alternative is technically best.
B) a collection of techniques for quantitative analysis to select a preferable alternative
from several technically viable ones.
C) a set of tools to calculate an engineering project's costs.
D) a set of rules to evaluate an engineering project.
E) a set of methods to determine an engineering project's costs in terms of time value of
money.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.2. What is engineering economics
Skill: Recall
Type: Qualitative
3) From an economic standpoint, any engineering project can be thought of in terms of
A) its costs and benefits over time.
B) its constraints.
C) its receipts and disbursements.
D) its revenues and profits over time.
E) its investment and costs over
time.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.2. What is engineering economics
Skill: Recall
Type: Qualitative
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, 4) In the context of your textbook, abstraction means
A) a study.
B) a method.
C) a methodology.
D) a model.
E) an
approach.
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 6
Topic: 1.4. Dealing with
abstractions Skill: Recall
Type: Qualitative
5) When an engineer prepares a feasibility study, what economic information must she
possess in order to do it correctly?
A) engineering specification
B) expert opinion about this project
C) macroeconomic situation in the world
D) potential future costs and benefits of the project
E) the level of
uncertainty
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 6
Topic: 1.4. Dealing with
abstractions Skill: Applied
Type: Qualitative
6) In which of the following problems do you need engineering economics?
A) to choose a course in your program
B) to chose the right textbook
C) to decide whether to borrow money from parents or from a bank
D) to decide whether or not to buy a car
E) to decide where to spend summer
vacation
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 6-8
Topic: 1.4. Dealing with
abstractions Skill: Applied
Type: Qualitative
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Test Bank for Engineering Economics Financial Decision Making for Engineers Canadian 6th
Edition
by Niall M. Fraser
|All chapters| Expert Verified Answers |Graded A+
1|Page
, TESTBANKS BY TESTBANKSNERD
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Chapter 1 Engineering Decision Making
Chapter 2 Time Value of Money
Chapter 3 Cash Flow Analysis
Chapter 4 Comparison Methods: Part I
Chapter 5 Comparison Methods: Part II
Chapter 6 Financial Accounting and Business Plans
Chapter 7 Replacement Decisions
Chapter 8 Taxes
Chapter 9 Inflation
Chapter 10 Public Sector Decision Making
Chapter 11 Project Management
Chapter 12 Dealing with Uncertainty and Risk
2|Page
,Chapter 1 Engineering Decision Making
1.1 Multiple Choice Questions
1) Evaluation of an engineering project involves the following constraints
A) financial, environmental, social and political constraints.
B) technical and financial constraints.
C) technological and social constraints.
D) time and money constraints.
E) budget and time
constraints.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.1. Engineering decision
making Skill: Recall
Type: Qualitative
2) Engineering economics is
A) a body of knowledge to determine which of several alternative is technically best.
B) a collection of techniques for quantitative analysis to select a preferable alternative
from several technically viable ones.
C) a set of tools to calculate an engineering project's costs.
D) a set of rules to evaluate an engineering project.
E) a set of methods to determine an engineering project's costs in terms of time value of
money.
Answer: B
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.2. What is engineering economics
Skill: Recall
Type: Qualitative
3) From an economic standpoint, any engineering project can be thought of in terms of
A) its costs and benefits over time.
B) its constraints.
C) its receipts and disbursements.
D) its revenues and profits over time.
E) its investment and costs over
time.
Answer: A
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 3
Topic: 1.2. What is engineering economics
Skill: Recall
Type: Qualitative
1
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, 4) In the context of your textbook, abstraction means
A) a study.
B) a method.
C) a methodology.
D) a model.
E) an
approach.
Answer: D
Diff: 1 Type: MC Page Ref: 6
Topic: 1.4. Dealing with
abstractions Skill: Recall
Type: Qualitative
5) When an engineer prepares a feasibility study, what economic information must she
possess in order to do it correctly?
A) engineering specification
B) expert opinion about this project
C) macroeconomic situation in the world
D) potential future costs and benefits of the project
E) the level of
uncertainty
Answer: D
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 6
Topic: 1.4. Dealing with
abstractions Skill: Applied
Type: Qualitative
6) In which of the following problems do you need engineering economics?
A) to choose a course in your program
B) to chose the right textbook
C) to decide whether to borrow money from parents or from a bank
D) to decide whether or not to buy a car
E) to decide where to spend summer
vacation
Answer: C
Diff: 2 Type: MC Page Ref: 6-8
Topic: 1.4. Dealing with
abstractions Skill: Applied
Type: Qualitative
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