What is Engineering?

All engineers

• solve problems

• work with bridges

• work with computers

• invent new technology

Which of the following is an engineer?

• someone who designs books for publication

• someone who designs apps for smartphones

• someone who takes care of plants in a city park

• someone who designs clothing for a fashion label

Which type of engineer would design a new water system for a city?

• civil engineer

• software engineer

• electrical engineer

• mechanical engineer

Which type of engineer develops computer programs

• civil engineer

• software engineer

• electrical engineer

• mechanical engineer

Which of these would a mechanical engineer do?

• design a train station for a city

• help clean up an oil spill in the ocean

• build an escalator for the department store

• troubleshoot problems with a new computer model

Who would help come up with ways to restore a coastline of a beach?

• environmental engineer

• electrical engineer

• mechanical engineer

• software engineer

The process engineers use is called the

• engineering steps

• mathematical method

• engineering criteria project

• engineering design process

NASA engineers are designing a robot to test the soil on Mars. Which of these describes a constraint?

• the engineers test many prototypes

• Mars is closer to the Sun than Earth

• the robot takes rock samples from Mars

• the spacecraft can only carry 100 pounds of extra weight

What would be considered a Fair Test of a prototype?

• doing a lot of research to help solve a problem

• changing one thing about a prototype after doing a test

• designing an entirely different prototype after doing a test

• designing two prototypes and testing them at the same time

Which of these describes an iteration?

• knowing the constraints before starting to design a solution

• identifying all aspects of a problem before starting to find solutions

• coming up with several possible solutions before making a prototype

• testing a prototype, making one change, then making an improved prototype