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Design Process

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 46mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

After building a paper airplane, you throw it and it immediately crashes. You realize that there is a major flaw in your design. What should be the next step?

a)

destroy the old airplane and start from scratch

b)

change the design and test it again

c)

use a different color paper

2.

Which step of the design process would you brainstorm ideas on possible solutions or products?

a)

Evaluate Solutions

b)

Generate Concepts

c)

Present Solutions

d)

Define the Problem

3.

Which step of the design process would you create the prototype?

a)

Evaluate Solution

b)

Present Solution

c)

Build and Test

d)

Generate Concepts

4.

Which step of the design process would you determine if the product solved the problem?

a)

Define the Problem

b)

Design Solution

c)

Present Solution

d)

Evaluation Solution

5.

A technology company has identified the need for a smaller laptop computer that weighs less, but they do not have enough knowledge about how to build it.

What would be the next logical step engineers would take to design and produce this laptop computer?

a)

Build a new type of laptop battery

b)

Research current laptop technology

c)

Build a prototype computer

6.

An emergency-equipment company makes warning-signal flares. The company wants to redesign a flare so that it produces light for a longer period of time.

After the company thinks of ideas, what is the next step in the design process?

a)

Build a prototype

b)

Define the Problem

c)

Design Solution

7.

Engineers plan on developing a new drill for use on oil rigs. What should the engineers do first in order to develop the new drill?

a)

Find out features the drill will need by asking questions

b)

Determine the materials needed to build the new drill

c)

Build a prototype of the new drill

8.
What is the purpose of building a prototype?
a)
to test the product and make sure that it is the best solution to the problem
b)
to make sure that the product is in compliance with government regulations
c)
to determine the design constraints for the product
9.

What is the First Step of the Engineering Design Process

a)

Build and Test

b)

Designing Solutions

c)

Define the Problem

d)

Present Solutions

10.
An engineer has designed and built a prototype to improve the brake system of a car. What is the next step that the engineer should take in the process?
a)
Test the prototype.
b)
Make sketches of the prototype.
c)
Identify constraints.
d)
Collect and analyze the test results. 
11.
Which word best describes a constraint?
a)
option
b)
opportunity
c)
limitation
d)
goal
12.
When finding the solution to an engineering problem, there is/are usually 
a)
only one possible correct solution
b)
a very limited number of possible correct solutions
c)
many possible correct solutions
13.

Which step of the Design Process involves communicating the results of your tests

a)

Evaluate Solution

b)

Define the Problem

c)

Generate Concepts

d)

Present Solutions

14.
What is the main goal of the design process?
a)
To write reports
b)
To make things
c)
To make charts and graphs
d)
To find solutions to problems
15.

What order do the steps of the Design Process go in?

a)

Define the Problem, Generate Concepts, Design Solution, Build and Test, Evaluate Solution, Present Solution

b)

Generate Concepts, Design Solutions, Define the Problem, Build and Test, Present Solution, Evaluate Solution

c)

Define the Problem, Build and Test, Generate Concepts, Evaluate Solution, Design Solution, Present Solution

16.

In which step do you compare the ideas and select the best approach?

a)

Define the Problem

b)

Evaluate the Solution

c)

Design Solution

d)

Present Solution

17.
What's a a prototype?
a)
An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.
b)
A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentatio
c)
A full-scale working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments.
d)
A tangible artifact produced by means of either human or mechanical work, or by biological or chemical process.
18.
A legal document and book in which an engineer will formally document, in chronological order, all of his/her work that is associated with a specific design project.
a)
Engineering Notebook
b)
Design Brief
c)
Justifiable
d)
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