Engineering Design Process Part 1 Review

Which is NOT one of the Engineering Design Process stages?

• Ask

• Create

• Conduct

• Improve

When an object enters water, the downward force that acts upon it is called what?

• gravity

• erosion

• bounty

• boyounce

Another name for a model is ___.

• Design

• Create

• Prototype

• Project

When following the engineering design process, in which order do the steps occur?

• clockwise

• counter-clockwise

• any directions

When an object enters water, the upward force that acts upon it is called what?

• buoyance

• gravity

• erosion

• bounty

Which statement best describes the problem in the scenario? Read the following scenario: Your aunt Laura, the “candy connoisseur” and “part-time scientist” has innovated a new way to make candy that has different flavors. For example, she has discovered a way to make candy that tastes like chocolate ice cream, hot dogs with ketchup, and peanut butter and jelly. She would like to share her new type of candy with the public by offering them free samples in stores. She hopes that by offering free samples, they will like them so much that they will go out and buy them by the jars and make her rich and famous. However, she needs someone to “invent” for her a candy dispenser.

• Your candy dispenser must be made with at least seven different items.

• Aunt Laura has made several different flavors of candy.

• Your Aunt Laura needs someone to invent a candy dispenser for her.

• none of these

Someone who wants to know how and why things work. They also design and build things.

• Scientists

• Engineers

• Mathematicians

• Artists

Limitations on a design are called ___.

• Identify

• Criteria

• Constraints

• Engineers

What is the downward force that acts on an airplane in flight?

• lift

• thrust

• drag

• gravity

Which of the following is part of the testing and evaluation stage of designing a cell phone?

• writing an advertisement for the cell phone

• defining the specifications for the cell phone

• finding a new material for the cell phone case

• trying to see if cell phone is waterproof