Faculty of Engineering
2nd Semester and Technology
2017-2018 Course Code: HUMx25
Final Written Exam Course Level: 0
Date: 14 / 05/ 2018 Exam Hours: 2
Course Title: Engineering History & Introduction to Engineering Sciences
Number of Exam Questions: 5 Max Exam Grade: 60 marks
Course Offered By
UNV ENG STR ARC ENR MEC
Exam Instructions (plagiarized answers will receive zero marks)
1. Type of Exam: Closed-Book Open-Book Charts and Formula Sheets Only
2. Write your answers in: Same Booklet Separate Booklet Drawing Sheet
3. Attempt ALL questions
4. Write and Draw clearly and neatly ; Write units of measurements in your calculated answers
5. Use proper language in your answers ; Use proper labels and drawing scales
6. Show details and steps of your answers in an organized manner
7. Any missing data should be reasonably assumed based on your knowledge of subject
Question-1 (15 marks)
Select the Correct Answer:
1- The start of civilization is dated to the discovery of:
(a) Electricity
(b) Fire
(c) Iron
(d) Steam engine
2- The profession of Engineer was one of the great inventions of the:
(a) 20th century.
(b) Early 19th century
(c) Mid 18th century
(d) 17th century
3- The first Profession in Engineering was:
(a) Mechanical
(b) Electrical
(c) Civil
(d) Architectural
4- The first person to call himself an engineer was:
(a) James Watt
(b) Issac Newton
(c) Archimedes
(d) John Smeaton
5- The first engineering education institute "School of Bridges and Highways" started in:
(a) England
(b) France
(c) USA
(d) Italy
6- Energy at the beginning of the industrial revolution was drawn from:
(a) Muscles, water and wind.
(b) steam engine
(c) Electric batteries
(d) Internal combustion engines.
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Faculty of Engineering
2nd Semester and Technology
2017-2018 Course Code: HUMx25
Final Written Exam Course Level: 0
Date: 14 / 05/ 2018 Exam Hours: 2
7- The introduction of steam engines had a great effect on:
(a) Manufacturing
(b) Transportation
(c) Science
(d) All of the above
8- The Atomic Theory was put by:
(a) John Dalton
(b) Henry Cavendish
(c) Mendel
(d) Einstein
9- The built of the first prototype of electric motors and electric generators was achieved by:
(a).Edison
(b) Michael Faraday
(c) Andre'-Marie Ampere
(d) Maxwell
10- The first incandescent lamps were constructed by:
(a). James Watt
(b) Volta
(c) Edison and Joseph Swan
(d) Faraday
11- Clement Ader’s First Airplane “The Eole” In 1890 Was Powered By A:
(a) Steam Engine.
(b) Gasoline Engine.
(c) Diesel Engine.
(d) Turbojet Engine.
12- The Principle Stating That “A Body Immersed In A Fluid Would Displace Its Own Mass” was Discovered By:
(a) Archimedes.
(b) Newton
(c) Eulid
(d) Aristole
13- The Lighting of The City Streets, Houses And Factories at The Beginning of 19 th Century Was Achieved By:
(a) Batteries.
(b) Electricity.
(c) Gas produced during manufacturing of coke.
(d) Candles.
14- Plastic Materials Became Commercially Available During:
(a) The Beginning of the 19th Century.
(b) The First Half of the 20th Century.
(c) The 18th Century.
(d) The Islamic Civilization.
15- The Tallest Building in the World is:
(a) The Empire State in New York.
(b) The Sears Tower in Chicago.
(c) The Taipei Financial Centre in Taiwan.
(d) The Burj Dubai.
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Faculty of Engineering
2nd Semester and Technology
2017-2018 Course Code: HUMx25
Final Written Exam Course Level: 0
Date: 14 / 05/ 2018 Exam Hours: 2
Question-2 (16 marks)
(I) Match between the following inventors and inventions:
1- Heinrich Hert'z (a) Measuring the Velocity of Light (8)
2- J. Mayer, J. Joule, and H. Helmholtz (b) The Establishment of IBM Computer Company (4)
3- Einstein (c) The Periodic Table (9)
4- Herman Hollerith (d) Cathode Rays (6)
5- Karl Benz (e) Penicillin for Killing Bacteria (11)
6- Eugen Goldstein (f) Producing Good Vacuums (10)
7- John Atanasoff and Clifford Berry (g) The first Electronic Digital Computer (7)
8- Fizeau and Leon Foucault (h) The first Law of Thermodynamics (2)
9- Mendeleev (i) The First Automobile (5)
10- Heinrich Geissler (j) Radio Waves (1)
11- Alexander Fleming (h) The Theory of Relativity (3)
(II) Match between the following buildings and their location:
(a) The Taipei Financial Center 3 (1) New York USA
(b) The Sears Tower 4 (2) Kuala Lumper, Malaysia
(c) The Petronas Towers 2 (3) Taiwan
(d) The Purji Bubai 5 (4) Chicago, USA
(e) The Empire State Building 1 (5) United Arab Emeritus (U.A.E.)
Question-3 (10 marks)
Follow-up the progressive development in transportation of people and goods during:
(i) The 18th century
-Transportation showed remarkable progress on all fronts , except perhaps for highways.
-People and goods traveled largely by water, ralls, in horse drawn carriage , carriages drawn by
the Steam-Powered
locomotives , air in balloons and steam-powered railroads.
(ii) The 19th century.
-Balloon that had been invented was self propelled by steam.
-Bicycle has been steadily improved
Steamships of various types were used in Europe and the United States.
Promotion of Freight Shipments across land.
The development of the first internal-combustion engine by Jean Lenior
The driving of the first automobile by Karl Benz
The use of internal combustion engine in Aviation car, truck and tractor
Question-4 (14 marks)
Classify the Different Specializations of The Following Engineering Programs:
(a) Civil Engineering.
Structural Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering
Highway Engineering
Sanitary Engineering
Surveying Engineering
Irrigation and Hydraulics
(b) Mechanical Engineering.
Operating Engineering
Configuration Engineering
Industrial Engineering and Costs
Engineering Measurements and Quality Control
Mechanical Power Engineering
(c) Electrical Engineering
Power Engineering
Communications Engineering
Machines Engineering
Electronics Engineering
Computer Engineering
(d) Mechatronic Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Mechanical Engineering
Question-5 (15 marks)
For the Information Age:
1- State six of its general characteristics.
1-Decline of Traditional Manufacturing (Metal Working and Construction Relative to Communication and
Information Technology Industries).
2-Information and Information Processing are "New Products" in which has increased enormously in the last
two decades.
3-Developing New Technology(Based on Information Termed "Recombinant DNA" which resulted in creation
of new medicines and genetically modified crops.
4-New Developments in Data Storage and Retrieval.
5-The Internet and other means of communications, Display Techniques and Earth Satellite Capabilities.
6- Discovered that human immunity system is an information processing system, leading to:
1)Fighting Disease by transmitting information from cell to cell.
2)Successful Transplanting of Organs by suppressing the immune system.
3)Fighting Cancer by enhancement of immune system.
4)Making of monoclonal antibodies.
2- State some of the problems associated with it.
a) Limits to Information Processing
b) Threats of Terrorism
c) New threats to the environment
d)Decrease of development of Intellectual Capabililties.
e)Infringement on Personal Privacy.
3- Follow up Developments in Computer Software (Programs) and Hardware that Cause the Widespread and
Ease of Use of Personal Computers.
a)Hardware Development : First computers , Keyboard for data interface, the mouse and trackballs , touch
screen, devices that accept the stylized handwriting. Satellite Television. Cable Television . Digital Television
b)Software Development: 1)Voice Recognition 2)Graphic Programs 3)Search Engines 4)Data Mining
Software
4- Give six examples of the implementation of electronics in nowadays services and industrial applications.
5- Give 5 examples of laser applications and their impact on society.
a) Laser Scanners b)Reading Barcodes c)Laser Printers d)Scanning Tunneling Microscopes e)Atomic force
microscope
