Engineering Design Process

The engineering design process can be used to:

• Design physical products

• Design processes

• Improve existing inventions

• All of the above

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What is the correct order for the first three steps of the engineering design process?

• Imagine, identify, plan

• Imagine, plan, identify

• Identify, imagine, plan

• Plan, identify, imagine

The invention of the railroad was the ___________ to the ______________ of slow long-distance travel.

• Obstacle; goal

• Solution; problem

• Question; answer

• Response; lack

Thomas Edison used the engineering design process to:

• Invent a safer alternative to candles

• Improve an existing light bulb design

• Demonstrate the danger of electric lamps

• Replace light bulbs with electric lamps

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Which image symbolizes the planning stage of the engineering design process?

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One ___________ of all rocket designs is the ability to withstand extreme heat.

• Criterion

• Constraint

• Prototype

• Iteration

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You need to design a clear water bottle that holds at least 16 ounces. What is an example of a constraint on the design?

• The bottle must hold at least 16 ounces

• The bottle must be made from clear material

• The bottle must cost less than 10 cents to produce

• The bottle can have any color label

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A prototype is best described as:

• A burst of inspiration

• An abstract design

• A work in progress

• A final product

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During which step of the engineering design process would you intentionally drop a helmet prototype?

• Imagine

• Plan

• Create

• Test

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A flawed prototype is considered a(n) ______________ the engineering design process.

• Failure of

• Rare occurrence in

• Argument against

• Normal part of

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