The 7 C's
Class Modules
Prototyping!
Systems Thinking
Hey, can I tell you something...
WE ARE, WE ARE, WE ARE THE ENGINEERS!
200
The 7 C's are so important, you know? When I think about my future career, I just keep thinking how important they are going to be. Because the thing about communication is that it is part of everything, and I think the 7 C's really help me understand how to communicate, which is a really critical skill. Oops, I may have violated the C of ________ when I made this clue, though.
What is concise?
200
Ken Fraser uses _______ _______ to help him interface with everyday objects, meaning good engineering can help him with daily life.
What are adaptive devices?
200
Rapid prototyping methods can be very different, but they all share this important characteristic.
What is using CAD files?
200
CLD's are used to analyze this type of system, such as Stockholm's traffic patterns.
What is a complex system?
200
This type of communication, commonly used within a company, typically seeks to inform or recommend.
What is a technical memo?
200
UBC engineers are not technically "engineers", but rather this classification.
What are engineering students?
400
Addressing an email to Dr. Pete "Yo Mr. Clash Royale Goat" might earn a laugh, but it certainly violates this C.
What is courteous?
400
A cardboard chair which used more than 2400 square inches of cardboard would receive a score of 0 for cardboard usage. This design specification is best described as a ___________.
What is an evaluation criteria?
400
SLS 3D printing often produces better strength, finer detail, smoother surface finish, and greater accuracy than FDM printing, but FDM carries this one, often paramount advantage.
What is cost?
400
We cannot assign numbers to CLD relationships, rather they are used for this type of analysis.
What is qualitative?
400
The most important aspect of audience-purpose-context you still need in order to prepare after receiving this email from Dr. Pete:
What is context?
400
This engineering discipline includes sub-disciplines of hydrotechnical, materials engineering, and transportation engineering.
What is civil engineering?
600
Ironically, in this incorrect list of the 7 C's, it is not the C that is missing from this list that is violated by the omission, but rather _________.
Concrete, Considerate, Correct, Concise, Courteous, Clear.
What is correct?
600
A power bank design for hiking has the following specifications, including ____ evaluation criteria and ____ requirements: Must weigh less than 500g with lighter being better, must provide both USB-C and USB-A connectivity, must provide at least 10,000 mAh with higher being better, and must meet an IP67 waterproofing rating.
What are 2 and 4?
600
This device in the UBC machine shop would be useful for rapid prototyping of a flat sheet part, such as Nick's aluminum sprocket.
What is a waterjet?
600
In a CLD, a variable which connects back to itself with three negative relationships along the path represents this.
What is a balancing loop?
600
Feedback, especially critical or negative feedback, should prioritize this C in hopes of not upsetting the recipient.
What is considerate?
600
Engineering work in Canada must be certified, which occurs when a __________ approves the work by _______ it.
What is a professional engineer and stamping?
800
At only 30 seconds long, an elevator pitch should focus on four main C's: clear, concise, courteous, and this one which ensures the audience knows what is expected of them.
What is complete?
800
An engineering team completes a WDM for three potential cardboard chair. After a sensitivity analysis, these are the results. Moving forward, the team should ________.
What is move forward with either design A or B.
800
Prototypes should be used in _______ stage(s) of the design process.
What is all?
800
Following a violent student riot over the limited selection of food at UBC dining halls, three UBC senate members offer three solutions, spanning these different scales:
Changing the offering at food stations one extra time per day. Doubling the amount of total meal options in rotation. Purchasing higher quality ingredients to improve the quality of the current food.
What is temporal and organizational?
800
The guidelines of this principle would recommend talking to a cheating groupmate before emailing the professor of the course, even if this other ethical framework does not. (two responses)
What are gradual escalation and duty ethics?
800
An engineering student on a co-op does not yet get to call themself this title, which comes only after graduation from an accredited engineering program.
What is an Engineer-In-Training (EIT)?
1000
The 7'Cs tend to overlap in practice. Notable pairs include courteous and considerate, concise and clear, and this pair.
What are complete and concrete?
1000
During consultations for a new bike lane project, a city councilman who works on the appropriations committee for infrastructure tells your team that one potential bike lane location would block a right turn that is critical to his daily commute, and tells you that if you agree not to recommend this option, he will ensure your recommendation is funded. Your team should classify him as a ________ stakeholder and ________ the location in question.
What is primary and fairly evaluate?
1000
A 2D sheet of wood is cut to scale and used to visualize the footprint for a component of the finished product. This prototype would best be described as ________ and _______, likely showing up _______ in the design process.
What are focused, partially physical, and late?
1000
In this CLD about Stockholm's traffic patterns, the introduction of a congestion tax should be connected to _________ with a _________ relationship.
What is cost of driving and positive?
1000
The three main categories of written feedback.
What are evaluation, appreciation, and coaching?
1000
The history of the iron ring stretches back to 1922, when it was implemented to remind Canadian engineers of their responsibility after this 1907 tragedy.
What is the Quebec Bridge collapse?