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WorksheetsEngineering Design Process
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 3hrs 19mins
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?
Design a new type of laptop battery
Research the structure of existing laptops
Build a prototype computer and test it
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.
According to the engineering design process, after the company generates ideas based on their research, what should they do next?
Build a prototype
Define the problem
Choose an idea
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?
Conduct research on features for a new drill
Determine the materials needed to build the new drill
Build a prototype of the new drill so it can be tested
to test the product and make sure that it is the best solution to the problem
to make sure that the product is in compliance with government regulations
to determine the design constraints for the product
analyzing the problems that people have using standard keyboards
asking people their opinions of how they like standard keyboards
comparing the speeds at which people type on each style of keyboard
Place it in someone’s home, and see if it can vacuum the carpets on its own.
They should go ahead and build a prototype of this design.
Place it in a grassy field, and observe to see if it can vacuum up dirt and sand.
Your group plans to build a model water treatment plant. When should you decide upon the criteria you will use to test your technological design?
After the model is built
after the model is tested
Before the model is built
A factory produced a new type of refrigerator designed to use less electricity. The machine was manufactured and sold to the public at Target, Wal-Mart, and K-Mart. After several months, reports showed that this refrigerator was not working correctly.
Which choice below is the most likely cause?
The proper cost analysis was not performed.
The designers did not test other types of machines.
They did not rigorously test and modify the prototype
What is the First Step of the Engineering Design Process?
Build and Test
Design Solutions
Identify the Problem
Plan the Prototype
What two things determine whether or not engineering solutions are successful?
If it stays within the constraints
If it looks cool
If everyone voted it to be the best
If it meets the criteria
During which step of the Design Process do you experiment with the prototype under controlled conditions and collect /record data?
Test the Prototype
Construct a Prototype
Identify Failure Points
Reflect and Redesign
Which word best describes a constraint?
criteria
justification
limitation
goal
When solving an engineering problem, there is/are usually
only one possible correct solution
two or three possible correct solutions
many possible correct solutions
What is the main goal of the design process?
To produce impressive reports
To do hands-on activities
To make charts and graphs
To find solutions to problems
A working model used to test a design is called a
patent
prototype
trade-off
product
