Safety
General
Mechanical
Electrical
Aerospace
100

What do you do when there's a fire?

What is STOP-DROP-ROLL?

100

What should you do, as an engineer, when offered $10,000,000 to create something to bomb a foreign country?

What is NO! Absolutely not! Run away now?

100

Why does the actual mechanical advantage differ from the ideal mechanical advantage?

What is no situation is ever perfect?

100

What is the focal particle of electrical engineering? Hint: it's the same for chemistry

What is an electron?

100

The force that is caused by gravity

What is weight?

200

What must you wear at all times in the shop?

What is eye protection?

200

Which of the following is not a viable job with an engineering degree?

a) Astronaut, b) Academic Researcher, c) Mechanical Engineer, d) Comedian

Trick question! You can be whatever you wanna be with whatever degree you get

200

What is a device that uses mechanical advantage to multiply force?

What is a simple machine?

200

What is this following language called?

01101001 01101100 01111001

What is binary?

200

The force that propels aircraft forward

What is thrust?

300

What should you do when you're finished using a tool?

What is unplug and put it away?

300

If you were making a mug, what material would you choose?

a) wood, b) metal, c) ceramics, d) polymers

What is c) ceramics?

300

Name all the SI prefixes in "King Henry Died Drinking Chocolate Milk"

What is Kilo, Hecto, -x-, Deci, Centi, Milli?

300

Which of these should you NEVER do?

a) Create a circuit to light up an LED with a 12V battery and a 10kΩ resistor

b) Plug a wire from power to ground

c) Use white wires when coming from power, and red wires leading to ground

What is b) Plug a wire from power to ground?

300

If we doubled every linear dimension of a soaring bird, would it still be able to fly?

What is no?
400

What should you do if you get chemicals on your skin?

What is rinse with water and send someone to notify Ms.Baruzzini?

400

What is a branch of physics concerned with heat and temperature and their relation to energy and work?

What is thermodynamics?

400

What simple machine is used to pull up pails of water from a well?

What is a pulley?

400

If we created a circuit with 2 buttons leading up to an AND gate + LED, how many buttons need to be pressed for it to light up?

What is two (2)?

400

Two objects have the same mass but different shapes. When thrown, which would stay in the air for longer: a small wiffle ball or a giant origami elephant?

What is the origami elephant?

500

How many emergency shutoffs do we have?

What is five (5)?

500

What are the five best practices of brainstorming? (100 pts per correct answer)

1. withhold judgement of ideas

2. encourage wild and exaggerated ideas

3. quantity of idea counts--- not quality

4. build on the ideas put forward by others

5. every person and every idea has equal worth

500

There are forces acting on you right now! But why aren't you being pulled left and right or down to the Earth's core?

What is the forces are balanced?

500

What language do we code in for the Arduino (what we use in the shop)?

What is C?

500

Which of the following is not a propulsion system?

a) Ions, b) Ramjets, c) Airplanes, d) Rockets

What is c) Airplanes?