Engineering chapter 2

What is the designation for engineers who have completed licensure requirements, allowing them to approve, sign, and stamp plans and documents?

A professional engineer

2. Which of the following is not a criterion for a profession? code of ethics A regulating body A right to make a profit A specialized body of knowledge

A right to make a profit

3. Which aspect of our lives have computers influenced and changed? Our environment Our financial systems Our society All of the above

All of the above

Sets of guidelines that should be followed when engineers interact with the public, their employers, their clients, and other engineers.

Code of ethics

An engineer who plans, coordinates, and schedules for structures such as roads, bridges, and skyscrapers.

Construction engineer

1. Which of the following are designed by engineers? A. Cell phones B. Medicines C. Roads D. All of the above.

D. All of the above

5. What type of engineer uses an engineering design process to create a product that meets the needs of a client?

Design engineering

An engineer who is involved in the testing and analysis of ideas and products.

Development engineer

The effect on financial systems, such as the profit that is made for an engineering project.

Economic Impact

The effect engineered products have on human health and the world around us.

Environmental engineering

Most professions have developed codes of conduct or codes of ____________________ to help professionals make ethical decisions.

Ethics

The guidelines that we use to help us make decisions about our behavior.

Ethics

True or false? A type of design that focuses on creating products that are not harmful to the environment throughout their life cycles is societal design.

False

True or false? An engineer who uses an engineering design process to create a product that meets the needs of a client is an operations engineer.

False

True or false? Production engineers plan, coordinate, and schedule the manufacturing for structures such as roads, bridges, and skyscrapers.

False

A(n) ____________________ is a work experience in which a student works as an assistant in a company for several months under the guidance of a mentor.

Internship

An engineer who coordinates all of the engineering processes, including materials and human resources.

Management engineer

4. Which of the following types of impacts are almost always unforeseen, or unintended?

Negative impacts

The costs or effects that cause damage to people or the environment.

Negative impacts

An engineer who controls and maintains large systems, such as manufacturing facilities, railroad systems, and traffic systems.

Operations engineer

An exclusive right that is granted by a government to the creator of a new product or design so others cannot produce it without permission.

Patent

Engineers can protect their ideas and products so others cannot profit by them by obtaining a(n) ____________________.

Patent

The benefits of a product that the engineer was hoping for or expecting are the intended ____________________ impacts.

Positive

The benefits or successful solutions to engineering design problems.

Positive impacts

An engineer who plans, coordinates, and schedules the manufacturing of consumer goods.

Production engineer

Name three technologies that have had positive impacts.

Prosthetic hand, a new wing that reduces fuel use by 10%, and a medication.

What type of engineer works with scientists to find uses for scientific discoveries?

Research engineer

Engineers find out information about existing products or processes by ____________________ them.

Reverse engineering

A process that identifies and evaluates as many of the potential impacts of an engineered solution as possible.

Risk analysis

An engineer who works with clients to find products that meet their needs.

Sales engineer

The effects that engineered products have on the lives of groups of people, such as housing, safety, food, communication, and transportation.

Societal impacts

Name two important aspects of the future work of engineers.

Sustainability and renewable, clean energy.

Because engineers often have their own strengths and specialization areas, it is common for engineers to work in ____________________.

Teams

Why is it important for all engineers to have good teamwork skills?

To work together successfully with the team mates.

Many states and communities require a risk analysis to be completed on civil engineering projects such as highways, subdivisions, and large industrial facilities.

True

True or false? The organization that accredits high-quality engineering programs is the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET).

True