Specific Competencies and Skills Tested in this Assessment:
Engineering Career Awareness
- Describe engineering fields
- Identify job functions in engineering
- Describe ethics related to engineering
Safety
- Explain and demonstrate the proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Discuss engineering safety
Teamwork
- Identify the roles and responsibilities of engineering design team members
- Identify characteristics of an effective design team
Materials
- Select the correct materials and components for specific functions
- Test materials for specific characteristics
Production Process
- Explain quality control
- Identify engineering measurement tools and instruments
- Identify statistical process controls
Software
- Discuss word processing and presentation software
- Describe and demonstrate the process for using CAD in a design solution
- Identify and interpret spreadsheet data for engineering applications
Engineering Principles
- Describe statics principles in engineering
- Describe mechanical systems principles
- Describe electricity principles
- Identify components and applications of fluid power principles
- Describe principles and applications of thermodynamics
Design Process
- Identify the components of the design process
- Identify the elements of a well-written problem statement
- Describe the process of brainstorming
- Build a prototype from working drawings using appropriate materials
- Test prototype to defined criteria
Written Assessment:
Administration Time: 2 hours
Number of Questions: 82
Areas Covered:
- 10% Engineering Career Awareness
- 6% Safety
- 5% Teamwork
- 7% Materials
- 10% Production Process
- 16% Software
- 29% Engineering Principles
- 17% Design Process
Sample Questions:
An engineer who deals with surveying is called a/an _____ engineer.
A. mechanical
B. electrical
C. industrial
D. civil
The amount that a dimension may vary is called
A. leeway
B. clearance
C. tolerance
D. variability
To double the size of an object in a CAD drawing, use the ____ command.
A. query
B. scale
C. find
D. search
The AC voltage wave form is called a _____ wave.
A. cosine
B. full
C. half
D. sine
The original sample of a product or process used in research and development is called the
A. originator
B. prototype
C. instigator
D. pattern