Engineering History Part 1 & 2

Question 1

what is computing

Answer 1

the automation of thought

Question 2

what is the first step to automation

Answer 2

formalization

Question 3

what is formalization

Answer 3

basic set of instructions

Question 4

what is syllogism

Answer 4

rational thoughts

Question 5

what does euclid formalize geometry as?

Answer 5

summaries geometry as a set of rules

Question 6

Who is Euclid

Answer 6

Greek mathematician (the father of geometry)

Question 7

who is the “first experimental scientist”

Answer 7

Roger Bacon

Question 8

what idea did copernicus proposed

Answer 8

Proposed Earth revolved around the sun

Question 9

Who founded the royal society

Answer 9

Francis Bacon

Question 10

what did francis bacon propose

Answer 10

to seek new knowledge

Question 11

what accelerated the industrial revolution

Answer 11

the invention of the steam engine

Question 12

who are the luddites

Answer 12

a group of people that reject technology/machinery

Question 13

what did England’s Enclosure act do to people

Answer 13

used to force more workers to factories

Question 14

what is the triode valve

Answer 14

The ancestor of transistor

Question 15

what is the colossus

Answer 15

Valve -based computer built at Bletchley Park to crack the Enigma

Question 16

what is the cavity magnetron

Answer 16

Is an early version of the radar system

Question 17

What is Engineering?

Answer 17

the systematic application of scientific knowledge to the betterment of the human condition

Question 18

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Answer 18

Attribute 1: Knowledge base for Engineering

Attribute 2: Problem Analysis

Attribute 3: Investigation

Attribute 4: Design

Attribute 5: Use of Engineering Tools

Attribute 6: Individual and Team Work

Attribute 7: Communication Skills

Attribute 8: Professionalism

Attribute 9: Impact of Engineering on Society and the environment

Attribute 10: Ethics and Equity

Attribute 11: Economics and Project Management

Attribute 12: Life-long Learning

Question 19

The Latin word `ingenium’ means

Answer 19

A machine for throwing large rocks at besieged cities.

Question 20

Henry Hollerith adapted the punched card to store information about

Answer 20

the 1890 US population.

Question 21

The introduction of gunpowder to the battlefields of Fourteenth-Century Europe

Answer 21

initially played only a minor role in deciding the outcome of a battle.

Question 22

One of the first researchers to challenge the authority of Aristotle was

Answer 22

Abū al-Rayhān Muhammad ibn Ahmad al-Bīrūnī

Question 23

who said knowledge is power

Answer 23

Sir Francis Bacon

Question 24

What is the conventional technological S-curve?

Answer 24

a useful framework describing the substitution of new for old technologies at the industry level.

Question 25

Henry Noll is best known for

Answer 25

his theories of scientific management.