Design Process Study Guide

Design Process Study Guide

Multiple Choice

In order to brainstorm design solutions, one must be able to

• Refine the design

• Retest the design

• Understand the problem needing to be solved

• Create a prototype

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A prototype should be constructed

• In order to test a model of the design solution

• With model proportions that are the exact same size as they are in real life

• Using precise details and color

• Answers A. and B.

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3. If a prototype fails in a test run, the design should be refined and retested

• True

• False

Multiple Choice

Thinking up ideas and sketching them out on a piece of paper would be part of what process?

• Identifying the problem

• Brainstorming

• Testing a design

• Collecting data

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Which of the following would be an example of refining a boat design?

• Creating a proportional model of a boat

• Testing a model boat in a pool of water

• Adding a flat bottom and pontoons to an existing model boat to increase stability and buoyancy

• Floating a model boat in a pool of water with a fan blowing to provide wind current

Multiple Choice

What would be the least necessary in prototype design for a solar car?

• Incorporating a solar cell into the car design

• Creating a solar car prototype proportionate to the final car design

• Using the same materials in prototype design as the final design

• Painting the prototype using precise detail and color

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A prototype should be built to the actual size of the final design.

• TRUE

• FALSE

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All of the following are methods of brainstorming except:

• Sketching pictures on a piece of paper to share ideas

• Discussing ideas with a group of classmates

• Writing a list of ideas on a piece of paper

• Graphing data

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A prototype should be:

• Constructed with proportions as close as possible to what it represents

• Ideally constructed with the same materials that will be used in the final design

• Tested under various conditions in order to test strength and design

• All of the above

Open Ended

How can brainstorming help a team of engineers design a better product?

Open Ended

Why are prototypes essential to the engineering process?

Open Ended

Why is it important to refine and retest a design before releasing an engineered product to the public?

Multiple Choice

Evaluate/ Reflect means

• Determine the problem you are trying to solve

• Did your product or solution solve the problem you set out to solve

• Where the criteria and constraints are established

Multiple Choice

Build means ....

• Constructing the product, creating a solution to a problem

• Determine the problem you are trying to solve

• Report your finding to your audience

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Redesign/ Improve

• Make and improve your design

• Make a plan and gather supplies

• Ideate

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What steps follows define the problem?

• Identify

• Brainstorm

• Select

• Prototype

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Which step follows Test ...

• communicate

• Iterate - improve

• define the problem

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Which step follows iterate:

• Prototype

• Select

• Identify

• Communicate

Multiple Choice

Following Brainstorm

• Select

• Prototype

• Define the problem

• Communicate your solution

Multiple Choice

What are the "Must-Haves" in a project or challenge called?

• Criteria

• Constraints

• Brainstorming

Multiple Choice

What do we call limitations like "time, cost and/or materials" within a challenge?

• Complications

• Constraints

• Criteria

Multiple Choice

Asking things like "What is the issue we need to solve?", or "What are my criteria/constraints?"...would be which step?

• Design a solution

• Generate Concepts

• Define Problem

Multiple Choice

When you build your prototype it is really important to do this...

• Rebuild it

• Test it many times

• Present it

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An engineer has designed and built a prototype to improve the brake system of a car. What is the next step that the engineer should take in the process?

• Test the prototype.
• Make sketches of the prototype.
• Identify constraints.
• Collect and analyze the test results. 

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What is the First Step of the Engineering Design Process

• Build and Test

• Designing Solutions

• Define the Problem

• Present Solutions

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What is the purpose of building a prototype?

• to test the product and make sure that it is the best solution to the problem
• to make sure that the product is in compliance with government regulations
• to determine the design constraints for the product

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After building a paper airplane, you throw it and it immediately crashes. You realize that there is a major flaw in your design. What should be the next step?

• destroy the old airplane and start from scratch

• change the design and test it again

• use a different color paper

Multiple Choice

When applying design thinking to solve a problem, what sequence of steps should be used?

• Understand the problem, brainstorm, prototype, test, refine, repeat

• Brainstorm, understand the problem, prototype, test, refine, repeat

• Understand the problem, prototype, brainstorm, repeat, refine, test

• Test, brainstorm, understand the problem, repeat, test, refine

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6. A model bridge was constructed and tested under various conditions in order to test its strength and design. Therefore, the model bridge could be considered a ___________ .

• Refined design

• Final engineered product

• Prototype

• Technical diagram

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Plan

• Where steps to solve the problem is written

• Where we test out the solution

• Where you analyze the results of the test

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Brainstorm/ Research is when ....

• You collect data and analyze it

• You look at previous designs and come up with solutions

• When you run test