Engineering and Society Quiz

Which statement describes the work of engineers and the work of scientists?

• Engineers analyze data, and scientists do not.

• Scientists often work in teams, and engineers do not.

• Both are interested in understanding the natural world.

• Both follow a series of steps to find solutions to problems.

How are models used in the engineering design process?

• Models are lists of needs to be addressed.

• Models are things that can be tested and analyzed.

• Models are the final products sold to consumers.

• Models are tables of data that can be sorted and analyzed.

When you brainstorm, you collect as many different ideas as you can, no matter how good you think they are.

• true

• false

Criteria is an absolute limit on acceptable solutions.

• true

• false

Budget and time are examples of constraints.

• true

• false

Both scientists and engineers plan and carry out fair tests.

• true

• false

Technology are basically the things that are man-made.

• true

• false

Birds and trees are not technology because they are natural.

• true

• false

After the identifying of problems the next phase in the engineering process is improve and test.

• true

• false

In the Make and Test phase, a prototype is built for the testing.

• true

• false