Engineering Process Quiz

What is the first step in the engineering process?

• Develop a solution

• Build a prototype

• Define the problem

• Evaluate the solutions

Who invented the telephone as a solution to the problem of expensive and time-consuming long-distance communication?

• Nikola Tesla

• Alexander Graham Bell

• Thomas Edison

• Guglielmo Marconi

What did Alfred Nobel invent to solve the problem of needing a safer explosive for miners and other workers?

• TNT

• Gunpowder

• Dynamite

• Nitroglycerin

What is the purpose of building a prototype in the engineering process?

• To evaluate the solutions

• To finalize the design

• To test the solution

• To define the problem

Who designed the famous Eiffel Tower in France?

• Frank Gehry

• Antoni Gaudí

• Gustave Eiffel

• Le Corbusier

What is the last step in the engineering process?

• Build a prototype

• Evaluate the solutions

• Develop a solution

• Define the problem

Why is the engineering process important for engineers?

• To ignore the research

• To stick to the original idea

• To experiment and fail

• To avoid failure

What did Willis Carrier invent after testing prototypes for years?

• Eiffel Tower

• Telephone

• Dynamite

• Air conditioning

What did Alexander Graham Bell identify as the problem he wanted to solve?

• Expensive and time-consuming long-distance communication

• Unsafe explosives for miners

• Lack of air conditioning

• Inefficient telegraph system

What did engineers learn from failures in the engineering process?

• To ignore the research

• To improve the original idea

• To avoid experimenting

• To give up on the original idea