Design and Modeling Final Exam (remote learning 20/21)

A design team is working on creating a new energy-efficient light. They have completed the following steps:

Ÿ They asked questions, did research, and determined the design requirements for their solution.

Ÿ They brainstormed, sketched their ideas, compared them, and identified the best possible solution to pursue.

Ÿ They created detailed technical drawings, including CAD drawings, to use to produce their solution.

What is the next step of the design process that they should complete?

• Develop and test a solution

• Present the solution

• Evaluate the solution

• Design a solution

Which of the following behaviors can negatively impact team success?

• Group members listen to each other and everyone’s ideas are heard

• Group members feel free to disagree, but all feedback given is helpful

• Group members focus on the ideas of those with the best grades in the class

• Group members understand their tasks and help each other achieve the goals

Which of the following best describes why sketching is an effective communication tool?

• Designers can color parts of a sketch to show texture and communicate an object’s appearance

• Sketching allows designers to accurately communicate details of their ideas with lots of information at once

• Using sketches to communicate ideas makes the design neat and pleasing to the eye

• Sketching tells a story about the design, such as how it might be used or where it will be made

Why is a decision matrix an important tool to use in the design process?

• A decision matrix is used to identify the criteria, constraints, and deliverables

• A decision matrix organizes your sketches, models, and brainstorming

• A decision matrix determines the best solution by comparing design ideas to the criteria and constraints

• A decision matrix is a contract between the client and the designer

Read the passage below to answer the following question.

Some students are finding 7th grade a challenging year academically. The teachers have noticed that students spend too much time at their lockers looking for what they need, and as a result, they are coming to class late and unprepared—without their homework, calculator, or writing utensils. The teachers recommended that better organizational skills would help them be more successful. You have decided to team up with a couple of your classmates to design a locker organizer for your lockers. You will work together to solve the issues you find and develop a new organizer that will be innovative and allow students to maximize the organization and cleanliness of their lockers.

Which of the following statements would make a good problem statement for this scenario?

• Design, build, and test an organizer system for student lockers that will enable students to stay more organized and keep their lockers neater.

• Design, build, and test a toy for students to play with during class to keep them from fidgeting in their seats.

• Design, build, and test a backpack to carry all supplies to and from classrooms and home that students can trade with other students.

• Design, build, and test an organizer to keep at home where students will store their homework, folder, books for school, as well as games to play when bored.

Read the passage below to answer the following question.

Some students are finding 7th grade a challenging year academically. The teachers have noticed that students spend too much time at their lockers looking for what they need, and as a result, they are coming to class late and unprepared—without their homework, calculator, or writing utensils. The teachers recommended that better organizational skills would help them be more successful. You have decided to team up with a couple of your classmates to design a locker organizer for your lockers. You will work together to solve the issues you find and develop a new organizer that will be innovative and allow students to maximize the organization and cleanliness of their lockers.

Which of the following would NOT be a good criteria or constraint for this project?

• Pockets for organizing

• Sized appropriately to fit in locker

• Strong enough to hold books

• Fun to play with when bored between classes

• Cost effective

Which is NOT a strategy to use when generating concepts and deciding on a solution?

• Brainstorming

• Research

• Sketching

• Decision Matrix

• Presenting the Solution

Students designed, created, and tested their prototype made from fabric and found that when the organizer pockets were full, the fabric would fold in due to the weight. Which of the following would not be a good option going forward?

• Do more research

• Provide more support to the structure.

• Design a backpack instead

• Redesign the shape of the organizer

• Create more criteria and constraints

Based on the logic presented in the decision matrix, which is the best design idea for modeling a puzzle cube?

• dice

• linking cubes

• sugar cubes

• foam blocks

A local school is building a video recording studio to be used by their media classes. They want to mount a camera to the ceiling so that they can capture video from that angle. They purchased a camera mounting kit that is meant to attach the camera to the ceiling.

However, they find that they are unable to attach their camera to the mount. They ask their engineering students to help them design a solution to this problem. The steps that the engineering students took to design a solution are documented below, but they are out of order.

Name the design step:

Showed and described their solution to the group in charge of building the studio. They explained the process they followed to arrive at their solution.

• Present the Solution

• Evaluate the Solution

• Design the Solution

• Define a Problem

• Build and Test a Solution