Q&A UNIT 1 - 8

Unit 1

Lesson A

1. What subjects are the most important for people who want to be engineers?

Creative. Creative is most important subject for people who want to be engineers. "Engineering" is based on creative character. If you want to be a good engineer, you need to think a new idea.

2. What skills do engineers need for their job?

Math, physics are required skills of engineers. If you want to study with engineering, you could to train on a math and physics. It's all important.

3. How many types of engineering can you name?

Mechanical Engineering Degree, Aerospace Engineering Degree, Biomedical Engineering Degree, Bio mechanical Engineering Degree, Automotive Engineering Degree, Civil Engineering Degree, Structural Engineering Degree. A lot of types of engineering is there. I can name only few.

Lesson B

1. What are good qualities for engineers to have?

Fast thinking, create a good algorithm is a good quality for engineers to have. As I said before, "Engineering" is based on creative idea. 

2. How can these qualities be developed?

If you don't have any of these, you should train yourself for this. Learn from other people, train yourself. It's only way of develop.

Unit 2

Lesson A

1. What kinds of materials do people use to build structures?

I think most people use brick or block to build structures. I know there is a lot of materials, but I only know about a these two.

2. Why are some materials better for projects than others?

Choosing materials is important. You should choose materials for what you do. All materials have a advantageous.

Unit 3

Lesson A

1. How do shapes relate to engineering?

Engineering is based on canvas. Good calculate + Good drawing = Good engineering. It's one of good qualities of engineers. Engineers must be to calculate.

2. What different shapes do engineers use to construct buildings?

There is a lot of shapes of engineering. I can't name all of them. But triangle, square is simple shapes of engineers use to construct buildings.

Lesson B

1. What kind of drawings do engineers make?

Drawing and canvasing is other things. In drawing, you will think about art, or Mona Lisa. Canvasing is plan of engineers what them doing. Plan is important.

2. What is the purpose of engineers' drawing

As I said it's plan of what are you doing. Making new things without a plan is bad. You can't be that.

Unit 4

Lesson A

1. What jobs do different tools do?

Every jobs use different tools. But there is a simple tools to most jobs use. Hammer, chisel, flat is simple tools of engineering and others.

2. Why is it important to have the right tools?

It's very important. Example: If you use a hammer for cutting wood it's never will happen. Choosing right tools is save your work and time.

Lesson B

1. What are some simple machines?

Inclined plane, wedge, screw, lever, pulley. It's all are some of simple machines. They can save your and our work.

2. How do simple machines make work easier?

Example: If you want to lift heavy some things you can't lift it with only hand. If you use pulley it will be so much easy.

Unit 5

Lesson A

1. What types of energy are there?

Kinetic, Chemical, Elastic, Nuclear energy is only type of I know. For sure, there is so much types of energy. But I called simple ones of them. 

2. How do engineers make cars safer?

They calculates kinetic energy and potential energy. And uses seat belts. Stretching seat belts increase distance of the passenger's stopping distance. It's making it more safer.

Unit 6

Lesson A

1. What types of measurement systems are there?

Meters, inches, pounds, kilograms, gallons, feet, centimeters is named types of measurement in this text. There is a lot of types of measurements in the world. But at this we talking about only these.

2. Why do engineers label all measurements?

Engineers use only SI metric system. In America, they suggest to use imperial measurements. You should to convert your project's measurements if you going send it to someone who lives in USA.

Lesson B

1. What types of measurement are you familiar with?

In Mongolia, we all use SI metric system. It's includes meter not inches, kilograms not pounds, kilometer not feet. Only USA people uses imperial metric system.

2. What can you measure with the SI system of units?

I can measure all objects with the SI system of units. Kilogram for weight, kilometer and meter for distance, centimeter for long or short. SI system can measure all objects.

Unit 7

Lesson A

1. What are some types of numbers?

Natural Numbers, Whole Numbers, Integers, Rational Numbers, Irrational Numbers, Real Numbers. They are types of numbers. 

2. What is meant by squaring, or cubing, a number?

In mathematics, a square number or perfect square is an integer that is the square of an integer; in other words, it is the product of some integer with itself. For example, 9 is a square number, since it can be written as 3 × 3.

Lesson B

1. When do engineers work with numbers?

It's bad question. All engineers work with numbers. If you not working with number you can't call this engineering. It's impossible to work without number who studying with engineering.

2. How do you avoid making mistakes with numbers?

Base knowledge of numbers is making me avoid from mistakes with numbers. You could check your mistakes yourself If you want to avoid from making mistakes.

Unit 8


Lesson A

1. When do people use the scientific method?

Life is based on scientific method. You can't change this. People use scientific method for everyday.

2. Why is the scientific method important?

As I said before, life and world is based on scientific method. You guys can't change this. Just compatible with it.

Future of ICT

I think ICT (Information and communications technology) is based on a engineering. It's all about a save people's work or consumption. It's hard to imagine our life without a Information technology now. Everyone uses computer, internet, smart devices, mobile phones in everyday. 21th century is an era of ICT.

Let's back to early of 2000. In 2000, only required people uses hand phone or internet. If you want to call to someone you need to go telephone cabins, if you want to visit any website you need to go internet cafe or something. ICT wasn't consumption of all people. It's good to imagine all people not using mobile phone, internet or any devices. Because people don't waste a time for this thing. They was do other things. Watching TV, training in some sports, plays with a family in the garden. And now we all using a things of ICT. It's good, it's efficient. If we call to someone it's easy, just get your smart phone and touch some of screen. But from other side, we're wasting our time so much for this. We need to control our time for waste.

In last 10 years so much things changed. You know, I'm talking about your smart phone, devices. But I can't image how much things get will change in next 10 years? how much new technologies, how much sectors of ICT will get. It's so hard to imagine next 10 - 20 years.