Technology Vocabulary: Design Process

When designing, engineers must make informed choices based upon which of the following?

• knowledge about the design problem
• revising the choices at any point in the process
• restraints like time and money
• all of these affect the choice an informed engineer must make

Examples of requirements for a design include?

• specifications by the customer
• constraints like money or time
• extra people who have specialized skills
• all are examples that might require a trade-off

Which profession uses the informed design process?

• engineers
• architects
• craftspeople (artists)
• all of the above

The first step of the design process is...

• the designer describes the problem
• artists describe the problem
• engineer describes the problem
• All of the above may use the design process so they will all describe the problem with the design process

After the problem is described the SECOND step of the design process is...

• to generate alternative designs

• research and investigate existing solutions

• choose and justify the best solution

After the design is identified, research on possible solutions have been investigated, the THIRD step is which of the following?

• Research further to determine what materials are needed

• Brainstorm alternate or other design solutions

• create a model

After brainstorming (step 3) a possible design based upon research the next step is to?

• Choose one and give a reason why it is the best

• Test your design

• Develop a prototype (model)

When you have chosen the best solution it would be necessary to show what the solution might look like, this model is called what?

• Opinion

• Prototype

• Spec

After much research, selecting a solution, and developing a prototype an engineer must now determine how good the design will solve the problem. This process is which of the following?

• Step 6

• Test and evaluation step

• Both

Just because a design is chosen does not mean it will be accepted. There might be constraints. Which word best describes the word constraint?

• Limits
• Features
• Values