Engineering Design Process Concepts

What is the engineering design process used for?

• To make dreams a reality by developing products and processes.

• To learn from past mistakes.

• To create art projects.

• To build houses quickly.

What qualities does the engineering design process help engineers develop?

• Empathy, learning from failure, and creative problem-solving.

• Speed, strength, and agility.

• Artistic talent and musical ability.

• Cooking skills and gardening knowledge.

When the video says the engineering design process is "iterative," what does that mean?

• Engineers only go through the process once.

• Engineers repeat the process multiple times to find the best solution.

• Engineers work alone on each step.

• Engineers always get the perfect solution on the first try.

What is the very first step in the engineering design process?

• Building a prototype.

• Defining the problem and its limits.

• Brainstorming ideas.

• Testing the product.

What do engineers do during the "Research" step of the design process?

• They build their first prototype.

• They talk to clients and find experts for information.

• They draw pictures of their ideas.

• They sell their finished product.

What is the main goal when engineers brainstorm solutions?

• To find only one perfect idea.

• To come up with many creative ideas, even if they seem unrealistic at first.

• To choose the cheapest solution.

• To finish the project as quickly as possible.

After brainstorming many ideas, what is the next step for engineers?

• They immediately build all the ideas.

• They choose one promising idea and start planning it.

• They ask their friends to pick the best idea.

• They stop working on the project.

What do engineers do with prototypes during the "Create" and "Test" steps?

• They only build one prototype and never change it.

• They build, test, and check many different prototypes.

• They give their prototypes away as gifts.

• They keep their prototypes a secret.

If a prototype fails during testing, what do engineers do?

• They give up on the project.

• They learn from the failure and go back to earlier steps to improve the design.

• They pretend it didn't fail.

• They start a completely new project.

How do engineers help shape the future?

• By only working on easy problems.

• By using design thinking to solve difficult problems.

• By waiting for others to solve problems.

• By only building things that are already invented.