CPE1 – COMPUTER ENGINEERING AS A DISCIPLINE

QUIZ NO.1

Name: ____________________________ Block:_______ Date: _________ Score: ________

TEST I. TRUE OR FALSE

_______1. Engineers are problem makers.
_______2. Good engineers are analytical, detailed oriented, and creative.
_______3. Good engineers have time-management skills that enable them to not work
productively and efficiently.
_______4. Good engineers have good “people skills” that allow them to interact and
communicate effectively only with the people in their organization.
_______5. Engineers are inexpert at using computers in many different ways to model
analyse various practical problems.
_______6. Good engineers have a firm grasp of the fundamental principles of engineering,
which they can use to solve many different problems.
_______7. Successful engineers possess good communication skills and are team players.
_______8. Today’s world economy is static.
_______9. By the time of graduation, student of the program, Bachelor of Science in
Computer Engineering shall have the ability to function on multidisciplinary teams.
_______10. The Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (BSCpE) is a program that
embodies the science and technology of design, development, implementation,
maintenance and integration of hardware components in modern computing systems and
computer-controlled equipment.
_______11. As an engineer you will apply physical and chemical laws and principles and
mathematics to design various products and services.
_______12. Because of ongoing change and emerging technologies, new jobs are created
and others are eliminated.
_______13. Because of the rapid pace of change in the computing field, computer engineers
must be slothful learners to maintain their knowledge and skills within their chosen
discipline.
_______14. Computer Engineering graduate shall have a breadth of knowledge in
mathematics and engineering sciences, associated with the broader scope of engineering
and beyond that narrowly required for the field.
_______15. Engineering is the work of designing and creating large structure or new products
of systems by not using scientific methods.

TEST II. ESSAY (5 points each)

1. Engineering work is all around you. Explain.
2. Why are engineers needed? Explain.
3. Engineers consider important factors such as cost, efficiency, reliability, and safety when
designing products. Why?

“I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have.” -Thomas Jefferson-