TEST 1 BEE10202 – Engineers and Society (S1 & S2)
Date/Time/Venue: 24 Aug 2010/2.00 – 3.00/BK-B7
Answer the all questions. (100 Marks)
Q1 Define engineer. (5 marks)
Q2 In your opinion, how does a scientist differ from an engineer? (5 marks)
Q3 List two (2) engineering society in Malaysia (10 marks)
Q4 List two (2) factors why did the industrial revolution first take place in Britain? (10 marks)
Q5 List some of the most significant contribution on achievements of engineering in the 20th century for computer and electronic fields. (10 marks)
Q6 With the current and future worlds demand and supply of energy, why do you think renewable energy sources are important? (10 marks)
Q7 List three (3) weaknesses of the renewable energy sources. (15 marks)
Q8 List five (5) renewable energy sources in Malaysia. (15 marks)
Q9 Describe the three indicators of science and technology development according to WIPO (the World Intellectual Property Organization. (15 marks)
Q10 What is sustainable development as defined by the United Nations World Commission on Environment and Development? (5 marks)
The Essay on Energy Development and Electricity Usage
Electricity consumption is something we do out of habit and unintentionally. We develop our habits based on our needs, hobbies, works, entertainment and enjoyments. We never really aware of how much we use daily and how much the source of energy is left in this world. We are named as screen generation, it means we all depending on electronic stuffs to complete and help us out in our daily life. We ...
Q1 Answer: (5 marks)
• An engineer is a person professionally engaged in a field of engineering
• A vocation (profession) whose principal duty is to serve mankind
• Applying knowledge to create practical devices, structures and processes
Q2 Answer: (5 marks)
A scientist aims to seek knowledge while an engineer aims to apply the knowledge
Q3 Answer: (10 marks)
• The Institution of Engineers, Malaysia (IEM) was founded in 1959. IEM is a learned society for engineers, and it also performs accreditation for engineering degree programs.
• The Board of Engineers, Malaysia (BEM), on the other hand, is responsible for registering engineers.
Q4 Answer: (10 marks)
o Britain was rich in coal and iron ore, resources to fuel the industries
o Several broad and far-reaching changes in Britain’s traditionally agrarian society and a change in demographic composition hastened the industrial revolution
Q5 Answer: (10 marks)
Computer: by various groups and people around the time of world war II
Electronics: including miniaturization, the transistor, ICs, FET
Q6 Answer: (10 marks)
Any energy resource that is naturally regenerated over a short time scale and derived directly from the sun (such as thermal, photochemical, and photoelectric), indirectly from the sun (such as wind, hydropower, and photosynthetic energy stored in biomass), or from other natural movements and mechanisms of the environment (such as geothermal and tidal energy)
Q7 Answer: (15 marks)
Renewable energy does not include
▪ Energy resources derived from fossil fuels
▪ Waste products from fossil fuels sources
▪ Waste products from inorganic sources
Q8 Answer: (15 marks)
Solar cell, wind, hydropower, biomass, bio diesel, tidal energy
Q9 Answer: (15 marks)
o Human Resource: Number of scientist & engineers per million populations
o Funding: Annual R&D funding, percent of GNP expended for R&D, per capita expenditure for R&D
The Essay on Fossil Fuels And Alternative Energy Resource Worksheet
Using the textbooks, the University Library, or other resources, answer each of the following questions in 150 to 200 words. 1.Select a fossil fuel. How is this fossil fuel used? What are the adverse effects on the environment? The fossil fuel I would like to use and is the most popular fossil fuel would be oil. Oil is used into things like gasoline, which is used for very much all of our ...
o Intellectual Property: Patents applied for, patents granted, marks (as in trademarks), industrial designs, copyrights
Q10 Answer: (5 marks)
Sustainable development is development meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs