TE12 1.03 Understand Research, Design, and Development

What are the four steps in the technological design process?

• Investigate, design, make, and market

• Investigate, design, mass-produce, and evaluate

• Investigate, design, make, and evaluate

• Design, redesign, make, and evaluate

Design is a:

• static process.

• manufacturing process.

• structured process.

• dynamic process.

Engineering design does not include:

• resourcefulness.

• visualizing.

• creativity.

• capital.

Engineering design is influenced by personal characteristics, such as:

• the design process that eliminates the bias of personal opinion.

• cost containment that must be considered for the sake of consistency.

• troubleshooting and testing continuously to identify problems.

• creativity, resourcefulness, and the ability to visualize and think abstractly.

If a designer constructs a small display-table-sized replica of a building in order to demonstrate the design, the replica is called a/an:

• visualization model.

• abstraction model.

• economic model.

• mathematical model.

Since every problem is unique, engineers and designers approach the design process:

• in different ways.

• with uncertainty.

• with discouragement.

• in exactly the same way.

The first step in the design process is to:

• communicate results.

• build a model.

• define the problem.

• generate ideas.

A set of management disciplines that allows organizations to manage their technological fundamentals to create competitive advantages is:

• project management.

• technology management.

• property management.

• applied engineering.

What inspires the creation of most technological devices?

• The changes in technological innovation

• The changes in the atmosphere

• The need/want in a specific area to be able to do a job

• The will to create something better

Engineering innovations are a result of:

• natural resources.

• specific research.

• trial and error.

• random research.