Engineering Design Quiz

The testing and evaluation step of the EDP helps to

• Finalize the design of the solution
• Identify problems still remaining in the solution
• end the Design Process
• none of these

Which of the following is a benefit of teamwork?

• More minds, more idea
• Strengths help eliminate weaknesses
• Divide and conquer to save time
• All of the above

If your initial design doesn't fully solve the problem or meet the challenge, you must go back and revise your plan. This is part of which step in the Design Process?

• Create
• Improve
• Ask 
• Imagine

What is the step in the Engineering Design Process where you identify a problem or need that exists?

• Ask
• Imagine
• Plan
• Create

During which step of the  Engineering Design Process do you experiment with the prototype under controlled conditions and collect /record data?

• Test and Evaluate
• Imagine
• Improve
• Share Results

 During which step of the  Engineering Design Process would the specific constraints or requirements of the challenge be identified?

• Ask
• Plan
• Create
• Improve

An emergency-equipment company makes warning-signal flares. The company wants to redesign  a flare so that it produces light for a longer period of time. 
After the company thinks of ideas, what is the next step in the design process?

• Build a prototype
• Define the problem
• Decide on the best solution

What is the purpose of building a prototype?

• to test the product and make sure that it is the best solution to the problem
• to make sure that the product is in compliance with government regulations
• to determine the design constraints for the product

Where do engineers store all their ideas? 

• In their brain! 
• In their Engineering Notebook
• On a napkin
• On a computer

When finding a solution to the design problem there is/are usually

• only one possible solution
• a very limited number of solutions
• many possible solutions