Engineers
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Dimensional Analysis
Assessments
Newton
100
This is what engineers do with problems.
What is solve problems?
100
This is abbreviated ABET.
What is the Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology?
100
There are this many centimeters in an inch.
What is 2.54?
100
This answers the question "does it work?"
What is technical feasibility?
100
Three
What is the number of Newton's Laws of Motion?
200
This is doing the most with the least.
What is optimization?
200
This involves transformation of chemicals to form useful products or processes.
What is chemical engineering?
200
2.2
What is the number of pounds in a kilogram?
200
This addresses whether the project benefits outweigh the project costs.
What is economic feasibility?
200
F=ma
What is Newton's Second Law of Motion?
300
This is abbreviated as "PE" and shows at the end of a licensed engineer's name.
What is "professional engineer?"
300
This examines the transmission and use of electrons and photons.
What is electrical engineering?
300
454
What is the number of grams in a pound?
300
This measures whether sufficient funds can be generated to build the project.
What is fiscal feasibility?
300
Newton's First Law
What is an object at rest will remain at rest and an object in motion will remain in motion at constant speed, unless either object is acted upon by an unbalanced force?
400
This is what Jim Lovell said when reporting the explosion aboard Apollo 13.
What is "Houston, we have a problem"
400
These people analyze, design and construct public works.
Who are civil engineers?
400
0.946
What is the number of liters in a quart?
400
This would help determine if a proposed project has sufficient backing by the local government.
What is a political feasibility assessment?
400
For every force, there is an equal and opposite force.
What is Newton's Third Law of Motion?
500
These are professionals who apply science and mathematics to useful ends, solve problems creatively, optimize, and make reasoned choices.
What are engineers?
500
These people develop, design, and manufacture machines.
Who are mechanical engineers?
500
88 feet
What is the distance a 60 MPH car travels in one second?
500
This is abbreviated DEQ.
What is Virginia's Department of Environmental Quality?
500
This is the rate of change of velocity.
What is acceleration?