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WorksheetsPrinciples of Engineering Semester Exam
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 36mins
What kind of process do engineers use to design and create solutions to problems?
Engineering design process
Scientific method
Trade-off process
Trial-and-error process
Which of the following are examples of engineering disciplines?
Aerospace engineering, manufacturing engineering, and chemical engineering
Materials engineering, electrical engineering, and civil engineering
Mechanical engineering, biotechnical engineering, and computer engineering
All of the above
Engineers often work in teams and must be able to communicate and get along in order to work together successfully.
True
False
____________________ engineering is considered the oldest of the engineering fields, as its principles have been used for thousands of years.
Mechanical
Aerospace
Electrical
Civil
____________________ have had a major impact on humans affecting our environment, our financial system, and our society.
Computers
Highways
Spacecraft
Air Conditioning
The first step in solving a problem is ____________________ the problem.
Determining the origin of
Creating a solution for the problem
Testing and analyzing
Defining
Who is isaac newton?
Artist
Mathematician
singer
musician
Manufacturing engineering focuses on designing and testing new materials and finding new ways to use existing materials.
True
False
Engineering at its fundamental level is _________________
math
science
problem solving
art
What does STEM stand for?
selective, touching, environmental, mechanical
science, technology, engineering, math
social, training, economical, mode
seeing, touching, evaluating, manipulation
The process of repeating the design process over and over again in known as:
iteration
refining
repetition
An Engineering Notebook is:
a record of the design process
a loose leaf binder with engineering notes
an electric document detailing the design process
a collection of records, loose leaf binders and electronic documents of the design process
One of the first moving assembly lines was constructed at the Ford Motor Company in 1913.
True
False
Ideation is the generation of concepts or ideas to solve design problems.
True
False
Dimensions should always go inside of the sketches.
True
False
Each feature should by dimensioned only once.
True
False
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
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
What is the First Step of the Engineering Design Process
Build and Test
Designing Solutions
Define the Problem
Present Solutions
The design process is....
a systematic way to rule out group ideas
a ranking system where a score is given for categories
a systematic method used by engineers to solve problems
When you build your prototype it is really important to do this...
Rebuild it
Test it many times
Present it
When designing a solution you should also create this:
A built selected model
An assessment of your model
A technical drawing
Presenting your solution is like:
Looking for flaws
Pitching your sales idea
Brainstorming
What are the "Must-Haves" in a project or challenge called?
Criteria
Constraints
Brainstorming
Which step is most likely represented here?
Define Problem
Design A Solution
Build and Test
In which step of the Engineering Design Process do you learn from your mistakes and make your design better?
ASK
IMPROVE
IMAGE
CREATE
A person who designs, builds, or maintains engines, machines or public works is a(n) ______________.
client
designer
engineer
builder
It must travel 3 meters
It must drive in a straight line and stay in the 24" wide lane.
You can only use materials given
You have two days to build
How do you rotate view?
Hold left mouse button.
Hold right mouse button.
Hold shift key.
Scroll wheel.
How do you pan the view? (move view without rotating)
Hold left mouse button.
Hold right mouse button.
Click scroll wheel.
Scroll up/down.
How do you zoom in/out?
Scroll wheel up/down.
Hold left mouse button.
Hold right mouse button.
Up/down arrow keys.
What is the name of the floor in Tinkercad?
The ground.
The square.
The workplane.
The surface.
What button do you use to join or combine objects together?
Ungroup
Join
Combine
Group
What tool would you use to center objects perfectly?
Group
Mirror
Align
Undo
How do you get to your saved designs/dashboard?
Click the TinkerCAD logo
Refresh the page
Ctrl+H
Hit the back button
What is located directly to the right of the workplane?
Toolbar
Shapes panel
Navigation buttons
Google Chrome buttons
What button do you use on the mouse to orbit the workplane?
Left Click
Right Click
Middle Click
Spacebar
What does the Workplane most look like?
looseleaf paper
graph paper
construction paper
mirror
How can you zoom in and out your design?
Select the object and press the shift key
Use + or - buttons or mouse scroll wheel
Select the object and press the ctrl key
Select the object and move around with the mouse
How do you to start a design?
Click "Create" in the home page
Select an existing design twice
Click "Tinker this"
After logging in, click "Create New design"
