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COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

FINAL EXAMINATION - Novembe r ZOLZ

CERTIFICATE LEVEL - Stage ll

GE20O2 - Engineering in Context

DURATION:3 Hours
TIME:
DATE:

any flve (51 questions' No marks

will be given for anY answers
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Question 1
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a). Who is an engineer:?

,,Dynamic Engineer,, and ,,Transactional Engineer,,.

b). Write down the difference
between (15

c). Assume that You a reaProfessionalEngineerinareputedengineeringfirminSriLanka.Briefly

themaincharacteristicsofaprofessionalengineerandbenefitswhichyoushouldobtainby
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a). List out the major challenges in engineering you have to face as an engineer
in the future.
(30 marks)

b). 'The systems for capturing carbon dioxide produced by burning fossil fuel
should be
developed by engineers to address the environmental problems today',. Discuss
in brief
your suggestions to reduce the carbon dioxide level in atmosphere. (70 marks)

Question 3

a). What is a risk? (10 marks)

b). write down the factors which could be considered in risk analysis.
{20 marks)
c). Assume that you are the Senior Professional Engineer in one of the reputed
construction
firms, and you intend to address a gathering of junior engineers in your firm
to enhance their
awareness about risk. Briefly discuss the principles you could use to guide and motivate
engineers to eliminate the risk. (70 marks)

Question 4

a). What is meant by "Environmental tmpact Assessment (ElA),,? (10 marks)

b)' write down the purposes of Environmental lmpact Assessment. (20 marks)
c). Under the present development activities, Sri Lankan government has proposed to
commission the express railway line parallel to the Southe-rn highway. Assuming
that you
represent the environmental engineering seetion in the EIA team identify positive
the and
negative impacts of the proposed project and the alternatives for the project. (70 marks)

Question 5

a). What are the negotiation techniques you could apply to benefit all involved,in
a discussion.
(30 marks)

b). Write down the characteristics of an effective team. (20 marks)

c). Assume that you are the head of a team of engineers in a leading software
firm. you
ldentlfled that your team has falled to meet the target dates of the assignments
due to lack
of commitment, and several disputes among team members. Discuss in brief the steps you
could adopt to build the better teamwork in your firm to meet the deadlines of
assignments.
(50 marks)

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a). Wr:ite down four fundamental principles that should guide an engineer in achieving the ideal

professional life. (20 marks)

b). Engineer must perform professional behavior that require the highest principles of ethical
conduct. Briefly discuss the rule of practice, which engineer should follow in fulfillment of
their professional duties. (4O marks)

c). ldentify the ethical issues in this case study. (40 marks) t
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"Don Hayword is employed as a chemical engineer at ABC Monufocturing. Although he does i

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not work with hot metals himself, he supervises workers who are exposed to hot metols eight I
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f-r hours a doy, five days a week. Don becomes concerned when severol wo*erc develop trl
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respiratory problems ond complain about "those bad smetling fumes from the hot metals".
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When Don asks his superior, Cal Brundoge, about air quality in the workplace, the reply is that I
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the workploce is in full compliance with Operation Safety ond Heolth Associqtion (OSHA)
guidelines. However, Don olso leorns that OSHA guidelines do not apply to chemicals that

hove not been tested. A relotively smoll percentage of chemicals in the workploce hove
actually been tested. This is olso the case with the vast maiority of chemicol wa*erc who are
exposed to at ABC.

Don goes to ABC's science library, talks to the reference librarian about his concems, and does

o literature seorch to see if he can ftnd anything that might be hetpful in determining why the

workers have developed respiratory problems. He finds the title of an article that looks
promising and asks the reference librorian to send for o copy. The librorion tells Don thot the r; ,ii'
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formol request must have the signed opproval of Cal Brundoge.
Don fitls out the request form ond sends it to Cal's office for opproval. One month later the
article has stilt not arrived. Don asks Cal about the request. Col replies thot he doesn't recall
ever seeing it. He tells Don thot it must have gotten 'lost in the shuffle." Don fills out onother

form ond this time personolly hands it to Col. Cal soys he will send it to the reference librorian
right away.
Another monthposses by and the article hos not arrived. Don mentions his frustration to the
reference librarion. He replies that he never received a request from Cal.

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a). What is meant by..Sustainable Development,,?

(25 marks)

b)' "Efficient use of available resources is very important in present

day context as natural
resources are depleting at an alarming rate by over burdening
available resources,,.
By considering above statement briefly discuss the key factors
you should consider when
designing a sustainable building design.
(75 marks)

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"Engineeing is a great professron.

There is the fascination of
watching a figment of the imagination
emerges through the aid of science
to a plan on paper. Then moves it
to rearization in stone or
metal or enerw. Then it brings jobs
and homes to men. Then it
,,rrr*r
rur- rnlor*, of riving,
and adds to the comfofts of tife. That
is the engineers high pivirege ,i,
engineer compiared to men af
n*rui,ru,,o, of the
otherprofessrbns is that his
works are iutin n, oprn *nro,tt ,rn
see then' Hris acfs' step by step, are in hardsu0sfance. He cannot bury hismafakes
like the dactors' He cannot argue the in grave
then into thin airor blame the
iudge tikethe lawyers.He cannot,
like the architects' cover his failure
with trees and vines. He cannot,
tike thepritician,screen hrb
shortcomings by hlaming his
opponents and hope that the peopre
wiil foryet. The engineer sinpty
cannot deny hat he did it. rf his
wo*s do nat wa*, he is danned
torr*r... tioor* o ar., lggg.
C am bridge u n ivercity p
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' Discuss in brief how efiects of work on hearth and

how efiects of hearth on
work.
b)' Assume th4 you are a site engineer in North East (corombo
Highways' Porb and shippingln Kandy) Expressway pro,ect
of Ministry of
sri Lanka. nwo*ing giro or30
assistants' technicians, labourers emproyees'incruding engineering
and several others ,rL ,no*, your
c.mmencement of tre project command and confor. Before
activities, it is a requirementthat
issues of safety, you make your emproyees auare
healtry individual's *o*prrr.. about
and communities.
lf you are entusted to educate your
work group and enhance. workers,
physriral'
chemhal' nechanical ano psychosocial knowledge specially about
hazards of work in expressway
constuction project,
[:T,:rffi::ss
in detailthe areas,ni ipmlnrfi;;iliou.'
in a rainins prosramme orsanized

Question 4

National water supply

& Drainage Board (NWSDB) in
sewerage featnent plant
sri Lanka has undertaken a project
in a location situated at soysapura, to set up a
contain effiuents of entire range,
and fecal materials produced
rr,r*ru*. ffi.l,i;ire
,rat ,. which may
waterwill be used for inigation purpoies, by dweilers in corombo city, The feated
whereas the sorid wastemateriars
forcomposting.
a) lf you are the.environmental engineer
hired by cenfar.Environmentar
nutnorii to conduct
environmental impact ttttttttniof this pr.;..i orienyliscuss the po.Nr.
an
,.0 negative impacts

b) suggest alternative methods for

waste water disposal in colombo
city to manage wastes.

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Question 5

Write down short notes on each of the following:

a). Team work in professional engineering practices

b). Mitigating visual pollution in built environment

c). Poverty alleviation through innovative technologies

d). Communication skills of professional engineer

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a). What is risk assessment?

manage risks of any proiect to protect the

b). 'Role and responsibilities of professional engineers is to
society and environment.'

firms in the counfy, prepare

Assuming that you are a senior engineer in one of the reputed engineering
risk management in professional practices'
a handout to guide the junior engineers of your firm about

Question 7

Answer the following questions.

a). Who is an engineer?

b). Write down key characteristics of a professional engineer'

population cunenfly consumes these finite

c). "The earth is a planet of finite resources, and its growing
resources at a rate that cannot be sustained".
in 21s century are
Considering this statement discuss in detail grand challenges trat tre engineers
confronted with.

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certificate Level - stage ll Examinati on 2or4

GE2002 - Engineering in Context
Duration: Three {O3f hours
Date: 18 January 2OtS

lnstructions to Candidates:

1'. This question paper has seven (07) questims.

Answer onty five (05) questions.

2' All questions carry equal marks and the marlcs

allocated to parts of a question are given
against such parts.

Use neatly drawn sketcfies to make your

arEwers ctear, where appropriate. legibte hand
writins is important

start answering a nw question frqn a frestr page,

and write the question number at the top
of the relevant page.

It is important that the question nun6ers to which

the answers are provided be written on
the cover page ofthe answer boolc

Marks will be deducted if the above instructions

are not adhered to.

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 Question 6 ,l
a) What is rneant by each of the foltowing?
(30 marks)
i) Risk '..,;ll

ii) Hazard

lRisk is an important consi'deration in all eqineering

activities., Briefly discuss six principles I

that help engineers to ftrlfil theirr proftssional obligations.

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"lf we focus our effort on dre important Grand challenges of our

age, we can hugely improve the
future'" The Grand challerges are a call to actlon and serve as
a focal point foe society,s attention to
opportunities and challerges affecting our quality of life. I

critically evaluate issues dand discuss 'Grand challenges of Engineering in 21st century remaining
to be addressed bythe engineer. (1oo marks|
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