Engineering chapter 1

____________________ engineering is divided into two main categories⎯aeronautics and astronautics

Aerospace

28. The design, construction, analysis, and troubleshooting of components in aircraft, spacecraft, missiles, and high-altitude vehicles.

Aerospace engineering

Engineering requires a strong background in various types of mathematics, such as using. _________ to determine the relationship between two variables in a system.

Algebra

Which of the following are examples of engineering disciplines?

All of the above

33. A field that uses biological organisms and tools to help humans and other species live.

Bioengineering

List three products or systems that engineers design.

Bridges, automobiles, and computer software.

____________________ engineering is considered the oldest of the engineering fields, as its principles have been used for thousands of years.

Civil

32. The engineering of both the structures that we build and the use and control of natural resources, especially water; the design and construction of public works projects or other large construction projects.

Civil engineering

What is the design, development, and testing of various aspects of computer systems?

Computer engineering

Which of the following engineering students disciplines is the newest.

Computer engineering

35. The limitations of the design, such as materials, cost, size, and time.

Constraints

What is the term for the design and construction of electrical and electronic components and devices?

Electrical engineering

34. A highly trained professional who uses both knowledge and skills to solve problems.

Engineer

41. The use of mathematics, science, and technology to create products and systems that improve the world.

Engineering

39. A specific set of steps that lead the engineer from a problem statement to a final solution.

Engineering design process

What kind of process do engineers use to design and create solutions?

Engineering design process

36. The people who carry out technical work of engineers by using more technology and less scientific and mathematical knowledge.

Engineering technician

To solve problems ________________ combine their knowledge of math and science with the use of materials and natural forces.

Engineers

43. The designing and maintaining of systems that reduce air and water pollution and erosion.

Environmental engineering

What type of engineers work to reduce the impact humans have on the world?

Environmental engineering

True or false? It is usually easy to meet all the specifications of a design while staying within the constraints.

False

True or false? Manufacturing engineering focuses on designing and testing new materials and finding new ways to use existing materials.

False

True or false? The two main subfields of bioengineering are biomedical engineering and structural engineering.

False

True or false? Early Americans were the first civilization to build structures that used engineering design principles.

False.

Which important time period saw great improvements to the steam engine, the discovery of magnetic induction, and the development of the cotton gin?

Industrial Revolution

30. The design of machines, tools, and processes used to manufacture goods.

Manufacturing engineering

______ is the design and coordination of all aspects of the production of products.

Manufacturing engineering

40. The understanding and modification of the structure and properties of materials to improve the performance and processing of the material.

Materials engineering

What are the three types of knowledge on which all engineers rely?

Mathematical knowledge, scientific knowledge, and technical knowledge.

29. The designing, building, and maintaining of mechanical and fluid systems.

Mechanical engineering

Engineers in the ___________ discipline must understand concepts such as pneumatics, hydraulics, power transmission, gear rations, and efficiency.

Mechanical engineering

Petroleum and ____________________ engineers find new ways to extract raw materials from the earth that are safe and economical.

Mining

Which of the following involves the development and manipulation of products at a microscopic level?

Nanotechnology

37. The process of creating the most optimal solution within the specifications and constraints.

Optimization

List three skills or traits that engineers need to have.

Problem-solving skills, detail-oriented, and analytical.

31. The design requirements of an engineered solution.

Specifications

Which of the following are examples of scientific knowledge sometimes needed in engineering?

Statics, Ohm's law, and thermodynamics

38. Something an engineer gives up in order to meet specifications while staying within the constraints; the consideration that gaining one positive quality in a design means you lose one other quality.

Trade-off

42. Workers who create the design products.

Tradespeople

As part of the engineering team, the ____________________ are those people who have specific technical knowledge and skills in material processing or construction and who follow the plans made by the rest of the team.

Tradespeople

True or false? Chemical engineering is the branch of engineering that deals with the research, development, and design, involved in the large-scale production of chemical products.

True

True or false? The work of engineers often requires technical knowledge in the form of the use of tools.

True

Electrical engineers developed the radio, television, computer, electronics, satellite technology, and the infrastructure to support these technologies all in the ____________________ century.

Twentieth