Engineering Discipline Quiz

There are numerous engineering disciplines. This quiz will help you find out which engineering could be best for you. This quiz matches personal interests with career and employment conditions. Put a number in the blank space next to each statement that indicates how much you agree with that statement. A number 5 means total agreement and a number zero means total disagreement. Use other numbers 1, 2, 3, or 4 depending upon the degree of agreement. After responding to each item, refer to the table below and total up your responses in the manner indicated.

Item

Statement

Number

1

I like to work outdoors.

 

2

I like making maps and orientering.

 

3

I'd like to work independently.

 

4

I would like to work designing human health aides.

 

5

I am interested in helping to protect our environment.

 

6

I would like to understand how processing systems are controlled.

 

7

I'd like to help make products such as gasoline, paper, cosmetics, ethical drugs, and plastics cheaper for use by people.

 

8

I'd like to be the "go to" person in charge of a production system.

 

9

I would be interested in designing, operating, and managing processes that alter materials and upgrade products so that they are more useful for mankind.

 

10

I like building things with leggos.

 

11

I would like to work with optics and lasers.

 

12

Designing acoustical and amplification devices for buildings would be fun

 

13

I'd think it would be fun to work with NASCAR to reduce drag and increase traction.

 

14

I would like to design advanced materials and structures to meet the demands of supersonic and hypersonic space travel

 

15

The design of components for electrical power plants such as reactors, pressure piping, heat exchangers, etc. would be interesting.

 

16

Designing mechanical devices ranging from airplanes to fishing reels would be great.

 

17

I'd prefer a job that requires me to perform my work at many different customer facilities rather than at a fixed desk job

 

18

I'd like to supervise electricians performing troubleshooting and installation

 

19

I would like to manage a construction project.

 

20

I would like to build a camp.

 

21

Working with Robotics would be fun

 

22

I would like to help development new energy and energy transmission means

 

23

I would like to work at the forefront of genetic engineering.

 

24

The development of new memory chips would be interesting

 

25

I would like to work on solving hardware and software problems.

 

26

I like working with computers.

 

27

I like working in machine shop,

 

28

I like building mechanical things at shop or home.

 

29

I like auto shop.

 

30

I might enjoy designing creative new ways of interacting with information technologies to achieve practical results.

 

31

I might enjoy interacting with other scientists, artists, and engineers in designing new ways to visualize information.

 

 

Tabulate your results in the table provided. Add up the numbers and compare the totals. The highest totals should indicate your most compatible academic major and career discipline.

Add the numbers associated with these items

Total

Compatible Academic Major

4, 5, 6

 

Biological Engineering

7, 8, 9

 

Chemical Engineering

3, 5, 10

 

Civil & Environmental Engineering

24, 25, 26

 

Computer Engineering

21, 22, 23

 

Electrical Engineering

11, 12, 13

 

Engineering Physics

14, 15, 16

 

Mechanical Engineering

26, 30, 31

 

Information Systems Engineering

School of Engineering Technology

1, 19, 20

 

Construction Management Technology

8, 17, 18

 

Electrical Engineering Technology

27, 28, 29

 

Mechanical Engineering Technology

1, 2, 3

 

Surveying Engineering Technology

 

For additional information on Engineering contact:
John McDonough, Associate Dean
College of Engineering
101 Barrows Hall
Orono, Maine 04469
207-581- 2217