Engineering Design Process Quiz

The Engineering Design Process follows:

• a. a defined circular path

• b. a defined linear path

• c. an iterative path

• d. a non-repetitive path

When documenting the engineering design process, design portfolios, design journals, sketches and schematics are all used to:

• a. evaluate

• b. communicate

• c. test

• d. optimize

The process of collecting, organizing and analyzing data is called:

• a. calculus

• b. geometry

• c. algebra

• d. statistics

The average number in a data set is the:

• mean

• mode

• median

• range

Engineers, architects and others who engage in design to solve practical problems, use:

• mathematical applications and intuition

• scientific knowledge and intuition

• intuition and parental advice

• scientific knowledge and mathematical applications

Engineering design principles are used to evaluate designs according to flexibility, balance, function and:

• proportion

• ethics

• economics

• historical significance

Identified limitations to the design of a product or system are the:

• efficiency

• constraints

• trade-offs

• criteria

When designers make compromises during the engineering design process, the result is often:

• additional criteria

• more constraints

• increased efficiency

• a trade-off

Mock-ups and prototypes are different types of:

• psychological models

• conceptual models

• physical models

• mathematical models

Mathematical modeling aids in technological design by simulating how:

• a solution should be designed

• a proposed system might behave

• physical models should be built

• designs should be used