ECE 481 Attendance Quiz

October 11, 2007

"List products of ECE that involve safety or risk."

--------------------------------------- automobiles (general) (39)
------------------------------ avionics (30)
------------------------ power plants/generation (general) (24)
---------------------- hospital/medical equipment (e.g., defibrillators, x-ray) (22)
----------------- power distribution/transmission/grids/maintenance (17)
----------------- brakes (e.g., ABS) (17)
--------------- batteries and power supplies (e.g., for computers) (15)
--------------- appliances (15)
-------------- water treatment (14)
------------ fire alarms (12)
----------- waste management/sanitation (11)
---------- traffic management (e.g., lights, monitoring cameras) (10)
---------- air bags (10)
-------- weapons (general, offensive and defensive) (8)
-------- factory/manufacturing systems (e.g., PLC) (8)
------- power plants/generation (nuclear) (7)
------- home security (7)
------- everything (7)
------ telephone and data infrastructure (including wireless) (6)
------ aerospace (e.g., shuttles and space suits) (6)
----- ground transportation infrastructure (e.g., roads, bridges) (5)
--- open air/environment management (e.g., pollution scrubbers) (3)
--- elevators (3)
--- computer operating systems (3)
--- alternators/generators (e.g., back-up power for hospitals) (3)
-- toys (2)
-- power train (e.g., automobile transmission) (2)
-- home wiring (2)
-- dams (2)
-- construction (2)
-- computer networking (2)
-- boats (2)
-- automobiles (hybrid/electric) (2)
-- airplane engines (e.g., turbines, scramjet) (2)
-- air traffic control (2)
-- air management (e.g., HVAC) (2)
-- Radar (2)
- weather monitoring (1)
- weapons (nuclear) (1)
- utilities (1)
- trains (1)
- roller coasters (1)
- power tools (1)
- power steering (1)
- oil refineries (1)
- national security technology (1)
- lighting (1)
- lawn mowers (1)
- inventory management/tracking (e.g., pharmaceutical shipments) (1)
- information protection (e.g., encryption) (1)
- ground-fault interrupters (GFI) (1)
- fuel lines (1)
- exercise equipment (1)
- cell phones (1)
- audio systems (1)
- GPS (1)
- BattleBots (1)
- ASIMO (1)