STEM 1

Why is it important to follow the steps of the design process?

• The design process gives you answers.

• The design process will help guarantee a good result, it walks you through the steps of creating a working product.

• It makes the project take less time

• Who needs the design process just build

Why do engineers work in teams when solving design problems?

• To reduce workload.

• To provide opportunities for leadership.

• To generate more ideas and greater creativity.

• All of the above.

Engineering is_____________________________.

• Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.

• An improvement of an existing technological product, system or method of doing something.

• The science and technology of building devices, such as electronic circuits, from single atoms and molecules.

• A human made product.

The purpose of the design process is to _________.

• Make a problem more complicated.

• Make sure an engineer is using their notebook correctly.

• Make an appropriate strategy for solving a problem.

• Slow down an engineer's work

____________ are limits to the design process. They may be such things as appearance, funding, space, materials, and human capabilities.

• Criteria

• Constraints

• Clients

• All of the above

What knowledge does an engineer not use to design solutions?

• Knowledge of Science

• Knowledge of Math

• Knowledge of Technology

• Knowledge of Geography

Which step of the design process is collecting and recording data?

• Define the Problem.

• Research

• Test and Evaluate

• Build Prototype

If an engineer is testing a new product and notices that it does not always perform well the engineer should:

• Ignore the results and continue to the next step of the design process.

• Go back to an earlier step and change the design to fix the product then test again documenting their steps.

• Quit, only bad engineers have products that do not work.

• Fix the problem but do not record any changes to your design.

Which of the following best describe the research steps of the design process.

• Looking things up on the computer.

• Going to the library.

• Asking your friends

• Taking to professionals, looking up current products online, looking at and researching materials that you have to work with, and learning about any part of the product you do not understand.

In the design process what step follows research?

• Create a prototype

• Develop possible solutions that fit the criteria

• Test the product

• Redesign the product