ENGINEERING DISCIPLINES QUIZ
NAME: ____________________
Directions: Match the engineering discipline with its career description
___1. Agricultural
Engineering
___2. Aerospace
Engineering
___3. Bioengineering
___4. Chemical
Engineering
___5. Civil Engineering
___6. Computer
Engineering
___7. Electrical
Engineering
___8. Environmental
Engineering
___9. Genetic Engineering
___10. Manufacturing
Engineering
___11. Materials Science
Engineering
___12. Mechanical
Engineering
___13. Nuclear
Engineering
___14. Robotics and
A. Design and build computer-related hardware products for many
applications, such as personal computers, cell phones,
automobiles, and even washing machines
B. The application of engineering principles to biological systems
C. Create safer structures and fit more people and objects per
square inch into these structures
D. Responsible for the design, development, testing, and
supervision of the manufacturing of electrical equipment, such as
household appliances or guidance systems for satellites
E. Study nuclear energy, radiation, and their beneficial uses
F. Concerned with the production and processing of agricultural
products, which are critical to our ability to feed the ever-expanding
world population
G. Develop new materials, improve traditional materials, and
produce materials that are economical and reliable through
synthesis and processing
H. Applies science and math to the design, development, and
implementation of manufacturing systems (i.e. they produce goods)
I. Design, develop, test, and help manufacture aircraft, missiles,
and spacecraft
J. Design, produce, operate, and service machines and mechanical
devices
K. Apply engineering principles in order to improve and maintain the
environment
L. Designing and supervising the construction of roads, buildings,
airports, tunnels, bridges, and water and sewage systems
M. Concerned with programming robots and systems to perform
tasks autonomously
N. Take what chemists do in a laboratory, apply fundamental
Automated Systems
engineering, chemistry, and physics principles, and design and
Engineering
develop processes to produce products for use in our society
___15. Structural
Engineering
O. Use science to research genes found in the cells of plants and
animals to develop better products
Answer Key
1. F
2. I
3. B
4. N
5. L
6. A
7. D
8. K
9. O
10. H
11. G
12. J
13. E
14. M
15. C