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Engineering and Technology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

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Class

Date

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?

Test the prototype.

Make sketches of the prototype.

Identify constraints.

Collect and analyze the test results.

What is the first step in the Design Process?

Identify the Problem

Construct a Prototype

Develop Possible Solutions

Optimize

A prototype is a model that

functions like the final solution would

is made of the same materials as the final product

is made after the final product is made

has to be 3D

A person who uses his or her creativity and understanding of materials, tools, mathematics, and science to design things that solve problems.

Engineering Design Process

Engineer

Teamwork

Technology

Ana bought a new speaker for her computer. What type of device is a speaker?

Input

Output

Storage

A keyboard in an __________________device.

Input

Output

Science is the study of the ____________ world?

Man-made

living

natural

plant

Technology is the study of the ______________ world?

Natural

Manufacturing

Man-made

Digital

The ultimate purpose of engineering is to ____________?

Solve problems

Fix things

Build new things

10.

Technology is designed to...

Meet a want or need

Meet a deadline

Meet a budget

11.

Jerry made a prototype of his design solution to solve the problem of his bike falling over. What should he do next?

Identify the problem

Share his solution

Test the prototype

12.

Lucy brainstormed possible solutions with her classmates to solve the problem of everyone being late to class. What should they do next?

Identify the problem

Share the solution

Design their solution

13.

Collecting as many ideas as you can, however good you think they are.

tradeoff

brainstorming

criteria

contraint

14.

The process of giving up one quality or feature of a design to gain a different quality or feature.

idea

constraint

tradeoff

criteria

15.

Cameron is shopping for a new desk. He wants to make sure the desk will fit in the corner of his room. When Cameron shops for the new desk, which of the following will best help him make sure that the desk will fit?

a picture showing the carpet in his room

a diagram of the measurements of his room

a drawing showing how to put a desk together

a list of tools he needs to put the desk together

16.

The students in an engineering class built a robot that stacks wooden blocks. A built-in computer controls the movement of the robot. The computer in the robot performs a function most similar to which part of the human body?

lungs

heart

brain

arms

17.

The steps that engineers use to guide them to find a solution to a problem

Engineering

Scientific Investigations

Engineering Design Process

Constraints

18.

A sample product that is used to represent the real product

Constraints

Trade-off

Engineering Design Process

Prototype

19.

What is the development of an entire new technology, never heard or seen before?

Innovation

Invention

Engineering

20.

Improvements on an invention are described as: (choose the best answer)

Innovations

Technology

Enginneering

100 %

Engineering and Technology

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 16mins

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