LE1 (terminologies)

Question 1

It is the movement of people / goods from one point to another.

Answer 1

Transportation

Question 2

It is derivative demand of everyday human activity.

Answer 2

Transportation

Question 3

Application of science and technology to design and build structures efficiently and economically.

Answer 3

Engineering

Question 4

The application of science and technology to the planning, functional design, operation and management of transportation facilities in order to provide safe, efficient, rapid, comfortable, convenient, economical, and environmentally compatible movement of the people and goods.

Answer 4

Transportation Engineering

Question 5

It is the application of principles of engineering, planning, analysis, and design to the disciplines comprising transportation: its vehicles, its physical infrastructure, safety in travel, environmental impacts, and energy usage.

Answer 5

Transportation Engineering

Question 6

It involves “hard” physical sciences and “soft” sciences.

Answer 6

Transportation Engineering

Question 7

Covering all modes of transport, air, land, and sea for both passenger and freight.

Answer 7

Multi-modal

Question 8

Encompassing the problems and viewpoints of government, private industry, and public.

Answer 8

Multi-sector

Question 9

Ranging across a spectrum of issues that includes national and international policy, planning of regional system, the location and design of specific facilities, carrier management issued, regulatory, institutional and financial policies.

Answer 9

Multi-problem