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UNIVERSITY OF VOCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY

Faculty of Industrial & Vocational Technology
Bachelor of Technology in Mechatronics Technology 2014/2015(B2)
Bachelor of Technology in Manufacturing Technology - 2014/2015(B2)
Bachelor of Technology in Building Services Technology - 2014/2015(B2)

Year II – Semester - II Examination - - November 2016

Presentation of Engineering Information EE40481

Instructions :
• This paper has six(6) Questions in 5 pages
• You are required to answer only Five (5) questions. Question-1 (Q1) is Compulsory
• Tentative Marks allocated for each question is indicated in square brackets for guidance only
• This paper contributes to 60% of the final subject marks
• Clarity of presentation, briefness of answers and the correct use of language will be considered during marking

Duration : 3 hours.

Q1.

a) List five areas of technology degrees offered by UNIVOTEC. [ 5 Marks]

b) Abbreviations are used for ease of communication. Give the most common application areas for following
abbreviations. [5 Marks]

(i) WWW (ii) AAA (iii) CCTV (iv) 4G (v) CAM

c) Logos of five Sri Lankan companies and government establishments are shown below. Give their names and
the major business areas. [5 Marks]

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

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d) What is the correct representation for the frequency of 3X 10 Hertz? [5 Marks]
(i) 3 gHz (ii) 3 GHZ (iii) 3 GhZ (iv) 3 GHz (v) 3 Ghz

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e) Symbols are used to convey information effectively. Identify the meanings of following symbols.
[5 Marks]

(i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v)

f) Name five eminent Sri Lankan engineers together with their contribution to the society. [5 Marks]

g) What are the major functions performed by following agencies? [5 Marks]

(i) NSF (ii) SLSEA (iii) UNIVOTEC (iv) IESL (v) IIESL

h) List the four most important areas of technical communication. What is the most important of the four
areas? [5 Marks]

i) Give the engineering and technology disciplines involved in mechatronics technology. [5 Marks]

j) Engineers and engineering technologists encounter following during their practice.

(i) Materials (ii) Devices (iii) Products (iv) Processes (v) Systems
Give an example to represent each of these. [5 Marks]

Q2.
a) Engineering profession involve engineers, engineering technologists and engineering technicians. In order to
generate the required human resources the formal engineering and technical education system operate
education programs at three levels. Internationally there are three agreements (Accords) to cover the quality
of education programs in these three areas. Give a brief description about these accords and the education
programs they accredit. [6 Marks]

b) Explain briefly the major differences between the contents of Bachelors programs in Engineering and in
Engineering technology. [8 Marks]

c) What are the accrediting agencies of engineering & technology education programs in Sri Lanka and what
are their current limitations? [6 Marks]

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Q3.
A biography of late Vidya Jyothi Dr. Ray Wijewardene, a legend in Engineering and a former Chancellor of UOM,
is given in pages 4 & 5. It was extracted from Wikipedia. Read it carefully & answer the following questions.
a) Dr. Ray was a multi-talented person. What were his major fields of interest? [3 Marks]
b) Who were Dr. Ray’s parents and what were they? [3 Marks]
c) Where did he study engineering and what were the fields? [2 Marks]

d) What are the government agencies where he held top positions? [3 Marks]
e) What was Dr. Ray’s landmark invention and what was the company which commercialized it?
[2 Marks]
f) What were his lifelong interests? [3 Marks]
g) Dr. Ray was involved in Sports. What were his involvements? [2 Marks]
h) What was his relationship to ex-president J.R. Jayawardene? [2 Marks]

Q4.
Prepare an article to be published in a Sri Lankan daily english newspaper on “Proposed Engineering Council for
Sri Lanka and the concerns of UNIVOTEC students”. Word count shall be between 300-400 words.
[20 Marks]

Q5.
a) Give a flow chart to indicate the engineering design process. [6 Marks]

b) List the major steps involved in the preparation of

(i) A good engineering and technology lab report [6 Marks]
(ii) A good engineering design report

c) What are the steps to be followed when delivering an effective oral presentation? [8 Marks]

Q6.
a) Freehand sketching and computer aided drawing are vital for presenting engineering information. Comment
briefly on the importance, applications and available tools for the two methods. [6 Marks]

b) Statistics is used to understand information contained in large amounts of data. Descriptive statistics involve
pictographs such as pie charts, bar charts and other diagrams to highlight specific features of data. When
interpreting statistics, parameters such as mean,mode, median, variance etc. are used. Define
(i) Mean (ii) Mode (iii) Median (iv) Variance

Find the mean and the median associated with the data set 3,4,4,5,6,8,8,9.
Draw a pie chart and a bar chart to display the following highway breakdown data observed over one year.
Run out of fuel (200), Electrical problems (400), Tyre problems (300), Engine problems (300)
[10 Marks]
c) Sketch a commonly available paper puncture and label its functional parts and materials.
[4 Marks]

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