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Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 46mins
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?
destroy the old airplane and start from scratch
change the design and test it again
use a different color paper
Which step of the design process would you brainstorm ideas on possible solutions or products?
Evaluate Solutions
Imagine
Plan
Define the Problem
Which step of the design process would you build the prototype?
Experiment
Present Solution
Create
Generate Concepts
Which step of the design process would you determine if the product solved the problem?
Define the Problem
Design Solution
Present Solution
Experiment
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?
Build a new type of laptop battery
Research current laptop technology
Build a prototype computer
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?
Build a prototype
Define the Problem
Choose the best Solution
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?
Find out features the drill will need by asking questions
Determine the materials needed to build the new drill
Build a prototype of the new drill
What is the First Step of the Engineering Design Process
Build and Test
Designing Solutions
Define the Problem
Present Solutions
Which is not part of the decision matrix?
Cost Efficient
Aerodynamic
Imagination
Stability
Which step of the Design Process involves communicating the results of your tests
Evaluate Solution
Define the Problem
Generate Concepts
Present Solutions
What order do the steps of the Design Process go in?
Define the Problem, Brainstorm Solution, Choose the best Solution, Build the Prototype, Test It, Present Solution/Redesign
Brainstorm Solution, Build the Prototype, Define the Problem, Test It, Present Solution/Redesign, Choose the Best Solution
Define the Problem, Choose the Best Solution, Test it, Brainstorm Solution, Build the Prototype, Present Solution/Redesign
In which step do you compare the ideas and select the best approach?
Ask
Imagine
Planning
Create
What's a a prototype?
An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.
A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentatio
A full or small scale working model used to test a design concept by making actual observations and necessary adjustments.
A tangible artifact produced by means of either human or mechanical work, or by biological or chemical process.
