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Engineering and Design

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What is the First Step of the Engineering Design Process

a)

Testing Solutions

b)

Designing Solutions

c)

Identifying the Problem

d)

Planning Solutions

2.
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. 
3.
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
4.
When generating a solution, a designer creates either a model or a ________________.
a)
drawing
b)
report
c)
design brief
d)
prototype
5.
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
6.

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

a)

Identify Problem, Plan Solutions, Create Model, Test Model, Reflect and Redesign

b)

Imagine, Ask, Plan, Improve, Create, Communicate

c)

Ask, Plan, Create, Imagine, Improve, Communicate

d)

Ask, Improve, Communicate, Brainstorm, Create, Plan

7.

You begin to create a prototype of your design only to find that your solution isn't working at all. What should you do?

a)

Add more tape

b)

Go back to an earlier stage and choose another solution

c)

Blame your partner

d)

Keep going and hope it will be ok

8.
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)
Conduct research on features for a new drill
b)
Determine the materials needed to build the new drill
c)
Build a prototype of the new drill
9.
A design team built a prototype robot that is a vacuum cleaner. Their goal is for the robot to be able to vacuum people’s homes on its own with no human supervision. How will the team know if the robot prototype works after it is completed?
a)
Place it in someone’s home, and see if it can vacuum the carpets on its own.
b)
They should go ahead and build a prototype of this design.
c)
Place it in a grassy field, and observe to see if it can vacuum up dirt and sand.
10.
Your group plans to build a model plant. When should you decide upon the criteria you will use to test your technological design?
a)
After the model is built
b)
after the model is tested
c)
 Before the model is built
11.

The first step in the research process is...

a)

Create a research question

b)

Generate a list of topics

c)

Identify relevant sources

d)

Reading and taking notes

12.

True or False: Everything I read on the Internet is correct.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Paraphrasing is...

a)

Copying the text

b)

Saying whatever I want after reading

c)

Putting information I read into my own words

d)

A water activity

14.

What is research?

a)

When you are given the answers

b)

When you use resources to find information

c)

When you copy someone else's work

d)

All of the above

15.

Why should you cite your resources?

a)

To give credit to the people created it

b)

To copy another person's work

c)

To use it as our own

d)

None of the above

16.

A drawing or list of steps.

a)

prototype

b)

beginning

c)

plan

d)

competition

17.
Rube Goldberg was a cartoonist, author and _________. He believed there were two ways to do things: the simple way and the HARD way!
a)
doctor
b)
engineer
c)
teacher
d)
chef
18.

Select all the steps of the Engineering Design Process.

a)

Print out a copy of the rules.

b)

Identify the problem.

c)

Create your design.

d)

Do it at home.

e)

Make it better.

19.

Did you turn in your Daily Learning Log today?

a)

Yes I did!

b)

Oops I forgot, I will turn it in after class. I promise!

c)

What is a Daily Learning Log?

20.

Did you turn in your Work Sample/Reflection in on Google Classroom today?

a)

Yes I did!

b)

Oops I forgot, I will turn it in right after class. I promise!

c)

What art you talking about?