Biology Homework 1.4

Imagine that you are an engineer who designed a prototype for a client. After testing the prototype, you discover it does not address the client's needs. What might be a possible next step in the process? Select all correct answers.

• Continue testing the design anyway.

• Conduct additional research into the problem presented by the client.

• Implement the solution as it is.

• Brainstorm additional solutions.

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-2

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

You and a partner have brainstormed a design for an implanted device to help keep insulin levels in check for a person who is diabetic. What should be the next step in the design process?

• test on a patient

• build a prototype

• revise the design

• evaluate the design

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

Which of the following technologies would likely involve a bioengineer to design and build? Select all correct answers.

• artificial heart valve

• automobile engine

• artificial hip joint

• surgical robot

• global positioning system

A biomedical engineer is developing a portable medical imaging machine designed to be used in remote areas or in situations where a natural disaster has made access to local imaging facilities difficult. She made a list of criteria and constraints for the new device. Which of these should be classified as criteria? Select all correct answers.

• transmits information wirelessly to base medical facility

• one person can carry it without assistance

• uses a rechargeable battery

• case made of high-impact plastic

• generates high-definition CT scans

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3

One of the ways in which society impacts technology is through government regulation. Which of the following government regulation can have both positive and negative impacts on technology?

• Encourage technology

• Require the development of technologies designed to improve public and/or environmental health and welfare

• Prevent research designed to improve public and/or environmental health and welfare

• All of the above

Tags

NGSS.HS-ETS1-1

NGSS.HS-ETS1-3