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Manufacturing Basics

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 14mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the best definition for manufacturing?

a)

Creating raw materials from finished products

b)

Changing materials into structures

c)

Changing raw materials into finished products

d)

Things that are made in a factory

2.

What is the first step in the Design Process?

a)

Identify and understand the problem

b)

Construct a Prototype

c)

Develop Possible Solutions

d)

Optimize

3.

A small group of people start sharing ideas. Some ideas may seem silly, but all suggestions are written down for further consideration. This activity is part of which step of the Design Process?

a)

Choose the Best Solution

b)

Gathering information

c)

Defining the problem.

d)

Communicate Results

4.

During which step of the Design Process do you experiment with the prototype under controlled conditions and collect /record data?

a)

Test and select best solution

b)

Create alternative solutions

c)

Optimize

d)

Analyze Results

5.
Which word best describes a constraint?
a)
option
b)
opportunity
c)
limitation
d)
goal
6.
A prototype is a model that
a)
functions like the final solution would
b)
is made of the same materials as the final product
c)
is made after the final product is made
d)
has to be 3D
7.

If your initial design doesn't fully solve the problem or meet the challenge, you must go back and revise your design. This is part of which step in the Design Process?

a)

Construct a Prototype

b)

Evaluate and loop back if needed

c)

Identify the Need

d)

Develop Possible Solutions

8.

In order to develop ideas for a basketball shoe, a design team visits three different shoe stores. What part of the design process is this?

a)

Create a Prototype

b)

Gather information

c)

Select the Most Promising Solution

d)

Redesign

9.
It is important when brainstorming to:
a)
Limit your ideas to what is "real"
b)
Come up with as many ideas as possible
c)
Gravitate to a few ideas
d)
Keep it brief in time
10.

If you say, "I didn't get what the teacher wanted", you did not:

a)

Gather information

b)

Understand and Identify the problem

c)

Test and select the best solution

d)

Evaluate

11.

Changing raw materials into industrial materials is:

a)

primary construction

b)

primary manufacturing

c)

secondary machining

d)

secondary manufacturing

12.

Select the best definition for a system.

a)

A continuous chain of events that accomplishes a task.

b)

A large group components that are connected.

c)

A related group of parts working together toward a common goal.

d)

A process with highly functioning parts.

13.

What words would you use to describe an input?

a)

Data and Processes

b)

Resources and Technical means.

c)

Results and Feedback

d)

Effort and Work

14.

All systems must have these 4 parts.

a)

Links, variables, ties, and results.

b)

Controllers, graphics, connectors, and links.

c)

Switches, cables, links, and partitions.

d)

Inputs, outputs, process, and feedback

15.

A product that is "one of a kind" was made using _____________ manufacturing.

a)

Continuous

b)

Single

c)

Custom

d)

High Tech

16.

What is another word for output in a system?

a)

work

b)

goal

c)

variable

d)

result

17.

What part of a system are "actions taken to use resources"?

a)

Process

b)

Inputs

c)

Outputs

d)

Feedback

18.

Another name for the six steps to solving a problem is:

a)

The Analysis Table

b)

The Engineering Sequence

c)

The Design Loop

d)

The Smith Effect

19.

What is the best Definition for a "System"?

a)

Technology and Science coming together to create solutions.

b)

Multiple solutions to a problem.

c)

A related group of parts working together toward a common goal.

d)

Different parts making one solution.

20.

What is the word used to describe alternate or interchangeable manufacturing?

a)

Intermittent

b)

Continous

c)

Custom

d)

Contributary