Principles Eng Vocab 1

A restriction on the degree of freedom one has in providing a solution to a problem or challenge.

• code

• constraint

• iterative

• requirement

The portion of the engineering design process that involves collecting information from patents

• brainstorming

• prosthetic

• research

• targeting

The model of a product that is used for testing before it is manufactured

• engineering drawing

• initial design

• prototype

• standard

Characterized by or involving repetition. The steps of the design loop are ____________ (not rigid or linear).

• constrained

• iterative

• interactive

• static

A device that substitutes for or assists a missing or defective body part.

• balsa wood

• iteration

• prototype

• prosthetic

The process of selecting criteria that are important for design consideration (i.e. safety, durability, appearance, etc). The process involves ranking each criteria compared to another and then calculating the relative priority value as a proportion of a total that equals 1.

• brainstorming

• evaluating

• prototyping

• normalizing

The breaking down of an object, system or problem, into its basic parts to understand its essential features and their relationships to each other and to outside elements.

• dynamic analysis

• engineering analysis

• brainstorming

• rapid prototyping

What a particular product or service should do. It is a statement that identifies a necessary attribute, capability, characteristic or quality.

• model

• patent

• requirement

• target

An official document given by a state or government that allows exclusive right or privilege to an inventor for a specified period of time.

• model

• patent

• standard

• target

An identified population, clients or subjects intended to be served by a particular program.

• code

• customer

• machinist

• target