What is Engineering?

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All engineers

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solve problems

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Which of the following is an engineer?
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someone who designs books for publication,
someone who designs apps for smartphones,
someone who takes care of plants in a city park,
someone who designs clothing for a fashion label

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someone who designs apps for smartphones

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Which type of engineer would design a new water system for a city?

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civil engineer

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Which type of engineer develops computer programs? Options: civil engineer, software engineer, electrical engineer, mechanical engineer

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software engineer

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Which of these would a mechanical engineer do?
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design a train station for a city,
help clean up an oil spill in the ocean,
build an escalator for the department store,
troubleshoot problems with a new computer model

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build an escalator for the department store

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Who would help come up with ways to restore a coastline of a beach?

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environmental engineer

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The process engineers use is called the

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engineering design process

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NASA engineers are designing a robot to test the soil on Mars. Which of these describes a constraint? Options: the engineers test many prototypes, Mars is closer to the Sun than Earth, the robot takes rock samples from Mars, the spacecraft can only carry 100 pounds of extra weight

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the spacecraft can only carry 100 pounds of extra weight

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What would be considered a Fair Test of a prototype? Options: doing a lot of research to help solve a problem, changing one thing about a prototype after doing a test, designing an entirely different prototype after doing a test, designing two prototypes and testing them at the same time

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changing one thing about a prototype after doing a test

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Which of these describes an iteration? knowing the constraints before starting to design a solution, identifying all aspects of a problem before starting to find solutions, coming up with several possible solutions before making a prototype, testing a prototype, making one change, then making an improved prototype

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testing a prototype, making one change, then making an improved prototype