QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, 2024/2025
UPDATE
1. Which of the following is not an engineering function?
Consulting, Teaching, Development, Electronic, None of the
above: Electronic
2. Which of the following is not an engineering branch?
Electrical, Mining, Operations, Chemical, None of the Above:
Operations
3. Which of the following is not an engineering function? Sales,
Customer
Support, Management, Systems, None of the Above:
Management
4. The "R" in "R and D" stands for: Research
5. The engineering branch most closely affiliated with business
principles is industrial engineering. (True or False): True
6. My function, as your professor, is as a consultant: False
7. Most engineering branches have some aspect which overlap
into other engineering branches. (True/FaIse): True
8. An engineer involved in designing and/or installing
refrigeration, heating and air conditioning system would most
likely be a mechanical engineer. (true/false): True
9. A marine engineer is focused mainly on boat and ship design.
(true/false): True
10.Highway design is a subset of civil engineering. (true/false):
True
1 1. Signal processing is a subset of electrical engineering.
(true/false): True
12. Which branch of engineering deals with the design of
hardware, as opposed to software? Computer Engineering
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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS, 2024/2025
UPDATE
13. Which branch develops Kevlar, Mylar Rayon, fiberglass,
other plastics, carbon fiber, and high strength steals?
Materials Engineering
14. Which brand is involved in cleaning up toxic wastes, and
rehabilitating abandoned gas-station tanks? Environmental
Engineering
15. Common employers of which brand might include Boeing,
Airbus, Rockwell, Lockheed-Martin, and NASA? Aerospace
Engineering 16. Which branch would design a process which
accelerates the ripening of grapes used in the wine industry?
Agricultural Engineering
17. Which Branch is involved in the design of artificial human
joints, such as knees, elbows, and shoulders? Biomedical
Engineering
18. Which branch would most likely be involved in designing
housing foundations, and retaining walls used on hillside homes?
Geotechnical Engineering 19. Which branch creates new
methods and tools for computer microchip assembly lines to
perform their job easier, faster, and more efficiently?
Manufacturing Engineers
20. Which Engineering organization student chapter are several
of us trying to start on this campus? Society of Women Engineers
21. A general rule is that it takes how many hours of study
outside the classroom for every hour of class lecture? 2 hours
22. Which of the following was NOT cited in the textbook as a key
to effectiveness to succeed academically?