MAE 400 Exam 1
Engineering - correct answer-Engineering is the Art of Rearranging
the Forces and Materials of Nature
for the Good of Society
1st Industrial Revolution - correct answer-Occurred in Britain in 1760-1820
2nd Industrial Revolution - correct answer-In the United States from 1870-1914.
U.S. Constitution - Article I - Section 8 - correct answer-The Congress shall have power ...
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors
and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - correct answer-(1880) To Create scientific
standards
To Emphasize ethics and social responsibility
To make engineering an accepted profession
Benefit of Assumption - correct answer-No evidence needed to support claim (ie. using basic
math or high school physics equations).
Unrebuttable Presumption - correct answer-An assumption that is taken to be true unless
someone comes forward to contest
it and prove otherwise.
Conclusive Presumption - correct answer-cannot be rebutted by contrary evidence
Project - correct answer-A temporary endeavor, undertaken to create a new product, service,
or result.
3 MAJOR ASPECTS: Scope, Time, Cost.
Project Management - correct answer-Is the application of tools and techniques to project
activities to meet the project requirements.
Project management processes can be grouped in five
categories or "process groups" - correct answer-1. Initiation 2. Planning 3. Executing
4.Monitoring and Controlling 5. Closing
Project Management Plan - correct answer-A document that describes how and when the
benefits of the project will be delivered, and describes the mechanisms that should be in
place to measure those benefits.
Project Charter - correct answer-Formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides
the project manager with the
authority to apply organizational resources to
Engineering - correct answer-Engineering is the Art of Rearranging
the Forces and Materials of Nature
for the Good of Society
1st Industrial Revolution - correct answer-Occurred in Britain in 1760-1820
2nd Industrial Revolution - correct answer-In the United States from 1870-1914.
U.S. Constitution - Article I - Section 8 - correct answer-The Congress shall have power ...
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors
and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - correct answer-(1880) To Create scientific
standards
To Emphasize ethics and social responsibility
To make engineering an accepted profession
Benefit of Assumption - correct answer-No evidence needed to support claim (ie. using basic
math or high school physics equations).
Unrebuttable Presumption - correct answer-An assumption that is taken to be true unless
someone comes forward to contest
it and prove otherwise.
Conclusive Presumption - correct answer-cannot be rebutted by contrary evidence
Project - correct answer-A temporary endeavor, undertaken to create a new product, service,
or result.
3 MAJOR ASPECTS: Scope, Time, Cost.
Project Management - correct answer-Is the application of tools and techniques to project
activities to meet the project requirements.
Project management processes can be grouped in five
categories or "process groups" - correct answer-1. Initiation 2. Planning 3. Executing
4.Monitoring and Controlling 5. Closing
Project Management Plan - correct answer-A document that describes how and when the
benefits of the project will be delivered, and describes the mechanisms that should be in
place to measure those benefits.
Project Charter - correct answer-Formally authorizes the existence of a project and provides
the project manager with the
authority to apply organizational resources to
