Engineering Contributions and Sustainable Development: Historical Impacts and Future Goals

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Which of the following engineering feats was a significant contribution by the Romans?
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What was adopted by all United Nations Member States in 2015 as a shared blueprint for peace and prosperity?
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What term refers to a description of whether the objectives are accomplished?
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Who believed that management and labor had a common interest in increasing productivity and based his system on production-line time studies?
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How many Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are there?
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Which specific function of an engineer involves being directly in charge of production personnel or assuming responsibility for the product?
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Which function of an engineer involves assisting the company's customers to meet their needs, especially those requiring technical expertise?
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What type of engineering organization requires a moderate degree of engineering jobs, such as transportation firms?
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Which profession applies knowledge of mathematical and natural sciences to develop ways to utilize materials and forces of nature for the benefit of mankind?
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What refers to the creative problem-solving process of planning, organizing, leading, and controlling an organization's resources to achieve its mission and objectives?
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What combines technical knowledge with the ability to organize and coordinate worker power, materials, machinery, and money?
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Which management level manages through other managers and makes intermediate range plans for the organization, including roles like Chief engineers and division heads?
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What is regarded as the most important 'M' in an organization?
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Which of the 5S principles means to eliminate whatever is not needed by separating needed tools, parts, and instructions from unneeded materials?
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What style of leadership delegation involves quickly passing on a project without clearly defining expectations, scope, deadlines, or authority?
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What style of leadership delegation involves delegating one task at a time without letting the individual understand the big picture or feel valued as part of a team?
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What refers to the equipment that converts raw materials into finished or semi-finished products by augmenting or replacing human effort to increase efficiency and effectiveness?
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Which management theory is the systematic study of relationships between people and tasks for the purpose of redesigning the work process to increase efficiency?
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Which management theory focuses on how managers should personally behave to motivate employees and encourage high performance and commitment to organizational goals?
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Who developed the charting system for production scheduling?
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Who suggested that workers should be selected scientifically and developed a reward system for employees who worked harder?
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What are formal written instructions that specify proper actions to be taken under different circumstances to achieve specific goals?
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Which of Fayol's principles of management states that an employee should receive orders from only one superior?
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Which of Fayol's principles of management refers to the system that managers use to reward employees equitably for both employees and the organization?
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An engineer is required to finish a job in 20 days. He is said to be _____ if he finishes the job within the required period.
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Which branch of Management Science theory focuses on analyzing an organization's input, conversion, and output activities to increase product quality?
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Which recent approach to management science views the organization as a united, directed system of interrelated parts?
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In an Open system view, what stage involves acquiring resources such as raw materials, money, and skilled workers to produce goods and services?
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What is the finding that a manager's behavior or leadership approach can affect workers' level of performance?
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Which of Fayol's principles of management refers to the concentration of power in the hands of the authority and following a top-bottom approach?
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Which of the following 5S principles means discipline?
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According to Kreitner, which of the following is NOT a precondition for achieving lasting success as a manager?
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Management is considered to be which of the following?
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What is defined as an organized method of providing past, present, and projected information on internal operations and external intelligence for use in decision-making?
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Which of Fayol's principles of management refers to the idea that managers should allow employees to be innovative and creative?
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