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Final Exam Review Spring 2022

Total questions: 100

Worksheet time: 58mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following describes a role science played in the creation of the pencil?

a)

Designing a device with graphite insert, exterior holder, and attached eraser

b)

Discovery of graphite and the fact that rubber (eraser) will remove graphite

c)

Creating a writing device that doesn’t use ink

d)

Calculating the optimal length, diameter, or shape for the device

2.

Which of the following describes a role math played in the creation of the pencil?

a)

Designing a device with graphite insert, exterior holder, and attached eraser

b)

Discovery of graphite and the fact that rubber (eraser) will remove graphite

c)

Creating a writing device that doesn’t use ink

d)

Calculating the optimal length, diameter, or shape for the device

3.

Which of the following is a psychological need?

a)

family

b)

talking with family

c)

seeing friends

d)

none of the above

4.

Which of the following is a biological need?

a)

water

b)

fresh water

c)

shelter

d)

none of the above

5.

Which of the following is a biological want?

a)

water

b)

fresh water

c)

shelter

d)

none of these

6.

Which of the following is a physical want?

a)

nice home

b)

fresh water

c)

shelter

d)

all of these

7.

Which of the following is something that an engineer might do?

a)

create

b)

innovate

c)

improve

d)

all of these

8.

Which of the following is an example of an innovation?

a)

the steam engine

b)

the printing press

c)

an iPhone

d)

all of these

9.

Which of the following is an example of an invention?

a)

a Tesla

b)

the printing press

c)

an iPhone

d)

all of these

10.

The design process is _____________. It consists of steps that we can return to at any point in the process. They can be repeated many times before you finish creating a new product.

a)

iterative

b)

complicated

c)

complex

d)

all of these

11.

This step in the design process includes researching past solutions and brainstorming possible new solutions. During this step, you will also select an approach using a decision matrix.

a)

design the solution

b)

generating concepts

c)

define the problem

d)

evaluating the solution

12.

Identifying the criteria and constraints are important during which step of the design process?

a)

generating concepts

b)

define the problem

c)

evaluate the solution

d)

design the solutin

13.

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 does research, brainstormed and compared their ideas, and has determined their requirements, what is the next step in the design process?

a)

Construct and Test a Prototype

b)

Define the Problem

c)

Develop a Solution

d)

Evaluate the Solution

14.

Often times creating a Design Brief takes place during which of the following steps?

a)

Design solution

b)

Build/Test prototype

c)

Define Problem

15.

This step in the design process includes evaluating the solution's effectiveness, reflecting on design, making recommendation for improvements/modifications to the design, and revising design documents.

a)

develop solution

b)

evaluate solution

c)

define the problem

d)

valid

e)

prototype

16.

Which of the following lists the steps of the design process in the correct order?

a)

1. Define the Problem

2. Generate Concepts

3. Develop a solution

4. Construct and Test a Prototype

5. Evaluate the Solution

6. Present the Solution

b)

1. Define the Problem

2. Generate Concepts

3. Develop a solution

4. Evaluate the Solution

5. Construct and Test the Prototype

6. Present the Solution

c)

1. Develop a Solution

2. Generate Concepts

3. Define the Problem

4. Construct and Test a Prototype

5. Evaluate the Solution

6. Present the Solution

d)

1. Define the Problem

2. Present the Problem

3. Develop a solution

4. Construct and Test a Prototype

5. Evaluate the Solution

6. Generate Concepts

17.

This type of statement identifies the problem as it is presented by the client. It explains the existing issue.

a)

design statement

b)

client statement

c)

problem statement

d)

written statement

18.

In the decision matrix, which of the following would be an example of a constraint?

a)

cost

b)

self-adhering

c)

colorful

d)

model resilience

19.

Which of the following would be the BEST design idea according to the decision matrix?

a)

dice

b)

linking cubes

c)

sugar cubes

d)

foam blocks

20.

A local office furniture company throws away tens of thousands of scrap hardwood cubes from the result of their manufacturing process. This previous sentence is the beginning of the _______________________.

a)

design statement

b)

client statement

c)

constraint statement

d)

problem statement

21.

This type of statement transforms (changes) the problem into a clearly defined challenge for the engineer to take action to address the need and to solve the problem.

a)

design statement

b)

client statement

c)

problem statement

d)

written statement

22.

You and your design team at Designers Inc. have been hired by the Fine Office Furniture Company to create a stackable locker organizer for Carson Middle School students. Who is the client in the scenario?

a)

You and your design team

b)

Carson Middle School students

c)

Fine Office Furniture Company

d)

Designers Inc.

23.

Human activities used to create, invent, design, transform, produce, control, maintain, and use products or systems.

a)

technology

b)

process

c)

science

d)

engineering

24.

An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something.

a)

innovations

b)

invention

c)

technology

d)

science

25.

A group of interacting, interrelated, or interdependent elements or parts that function together as a whole to accomplish a goal.

a)

process

b)

science

c)

technology

d)

system

26.

Time, budget and safety are almost always considered to be____________

a)

trade-offs

b)

constraints

c)

criteria

d)

efficiency

27.

Why is a decision matrix an important tool to use in the design process?

a)

identify the criteria, constraints, and deliverable

b)

organizes your sketches, models, and brainstorming

c)

determines the best choice by using the criteria/constraints

d)

contract between the client and the designer

28.

What is a constraint?

a)

A limit or restriction

b)

A reaction

c)

A guess

d)

A sketch

29.
Which design process step includes creating technical drawings?
a)
Design a Solution
b)
Define the Problem
c)
Generate Concepts
d)
Evaluate the Solution
30.

Which idea would be modeled with a prototype based on this Decision Matrix?

a)

Idea #2

b)

Idea #3

c)

Idea #4

d)

Idea #5

e)

Idea #6

31.
Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.
a)
Engineering
b)
Artifact
c)
Transportation
d)
Math
32.
The study of our natural world through observation, identification, description, experimental investigation, and theoretical explanations
a)
Science
b)
Technology
c)
Engineering
d)
Math
33.
What step of the design process does one use the decision matrix?
a)
Develop a Solution
b)
Generate Concepts
c)
Define the Problem
d)
Evaluate the Solution
34.

What two particles are in the nucleus of an atom?

a)

protons and electrons

b)

electrons and neutrons

c)

protons and neutrons

35.
Which of these is the electron?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
36.
Which of these is the electron?
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
37.

Which of these is the neutron?

a)

A

b)

B

c)

C

d)

D

38.

Developing chemicals or products for useful purposes isn't one of the roles of a chemical engineer.

a)

true

b)

false

39.

Studying atoms and how they join together is one of the roles of a chemist.

a)

true

b)

false

40.
During a phase change what happens to temperature?
a)
it increases
b)
it decreases
c)
depends; if being heated it increases, if being cooled it decreases
d)
stays constant
41.
All changes in the state of matter of a substance requires a change in 
a)
mass
b)
temperature
c)
permission
d)
energy
42.

A molecule that has a partial positive end and a partial negative end because of unequal sharing of electrons is a _______________.

a)

nonpolar molecule

b)

polar molecule

c)

ionic compound

d)

metalic compound

43.

Polar molecules have

a)

no charges.

b)

slight positive and negative charges on opposite ends of the molecules.

c)

only positive charges.

d)

either positive or negative charges, but not both.

44.

How did the salt affect the melting/freezing point of the solid ice?

a)

it increased

b)

it decreased

c)

it didn't affect it

d)

none of these

45.

How did the salt affect the melting/freezing point of the liquid water?

a)

it increased

b)

it decreased

c)

it didn't affect it

d)

none of these

46.

The freezing point depression is caused by an increase in _______________ in the solution resulting in a greater total amount of energy that must be lost in order for the water to freeze.

a)

temperature

b)

energy

c)

particles

d)

all of these

47.

The charged ions from the salt interrupt the polar water molecules from _________________. This is one reason why the temperature of the salt water solution during the ice cream lab was able to drop below the freezing point of water.

a)

freezing

b)

melting

c)

slowing down

d)

getting into fixed positions

48.

Describe COHESION.

a)

Water molecules attracted to other substances.

b)

Water molecules climbing upwards against the force of gravity.

c)

Water molecules dissolving many substances because of its polarity.

d)

Water molecules attracted to other water molecules.

49.
What word describes when water is attracted to other substances?
a)
cohesion
b)
adhesion
c)
capillary action
d)
surface tension
50.
molecule in which opposite ends have opposite electric charges
a)
cohesion
b)
polar molecule
c)
hydrogen bond
d)
solution
51.

Water's ability to stick to glass is

a)

adhesion

b)

cohesion

c)

surface tention

d)

capillary action

52.

In which of the following industries might an engineer MOST likely work?

a)

pharmaceuticals

b)

hospitality

c)

retail

d)

all of these

53.

Glass is an example of which kind of material?

a)

raw

b)

manufactured

c)

processed

d)

synthetic

54.

Oil sticks to the bodies and surfaces of birds, plants, fish, and other aquatic organisms because oil is ________ dense and ____________ water.

a)

more, floats on

b)

more, sinks below

c)

less, sinks below

d)

less, floats on

55.

Lumber is an example of which kind of material?

a)

raw

b)

manufactured

c)

processed

d)

synthetic

56.

What is the name of the "force" that helps hold glue to its bonded material?

a)

Van der Waal's force

b)

adhesion

c)

Van Wilder's force

d)

cohesion

57.

The technical name for superglue-type glue is

a)

epoxy.

b)

cyanoacrylate.

c)

polyvinyl acetate.

d)

all of these

58.

Which of the following is a subject than an engineer might study?

a)

physics

b)

political science

c)

mathematics

d)

all of these

59.

Which of the following is NOT an example of one of the earliest adhesive?

a)

tar

b)

bitumen

c)

casein

d)

beeswax

60.

A pure substance made of only one kind of atom.

a)

atom

b)

compound

c)

mixture

d)

element

61.

A group of atoms, chemically bonded together, representing the smallest fundamental unit of a compound.

a)

atom

b)

element

c)

compound

d)

molecule

62.

A substance made up of two or more elements.

a)

atom

b)

element

c)

compound

d)

molecule

63.

the smallest unit of a chemical element

a)

molecule

b)

atom

c)

cell

d)

quark

64.

What type of system doesn't have a monitoring system to change the input?

a)

Closed Loop System

b)

Open Loop System

c)

Reverse Loop System

d)

Monitoring Loop System

65.

What is the correct order or a technological system?

a)

Input, Output, Process

b)

Output, Process, Input

c)

Input, Process, Output

d)

Process, Resources, Output

66.

What type of system uses a monitoring system to change the input?

a)

Reverse Loop System

b)

Closed Loop System

c)

Monitor Loop System

d)

Open Loop System

67.

What type of Technological System does this example represent?

a)

Open Loop System

b)

Closed Loop System

68.

Glue remaining on only one side of a substrate indicates

a)

cohesive failure.

b)

adhesive failure.

c)

substrate/material failure

d)

all of these

69.

Glue remaining both sides of a substrate indicates

a)

cohesive failure.

b)

adhesive failure.

c)

substrate/material failure

d)

all of these

70.

Select all of the ways below that wildlife can be affected by an oil spill.

a)

They can die of hypothermia.

b)

It can affect their ability to reproduce successfully.

c)

Birds will have to fly even further south for the winter.

d)

They can suffer from poisoning.

71.

Select everything below that describes a step/part of the complex task of cleaning up an oil spill.

a)

The oil is cleaned up and wildlife is given assistance.

b)

Funds are obtained by legislators.

c)

Wildlife is released to a safe environment.

d)

The oil is contained.

72.

Which of the following is NOT one of the 7 technological resources?

a)

Internet

b)

Information

c)

Capital

d)

People

73.
Define a liquid.
a)
Indefinite shape, indefinite volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, indefinite shape
74.

Anything that has mass and takes up space is an example of

a)

energy

b)

matter

c)

chemical change

d)

temperature

75.
When molecules flow around each other, they are in this phase
a)
solid
b)
liquid
c)
gas
d)
plasma
76.

What happens to molecules when the temperature drops or lowers?

a)

The molecules get closer together

b)

The molecules start moving faster.

c)

The molecules stop moving.

d)

The molecules become smaller.

77.
All changes in the state of matter of a substance requires a change in 
a)
mass
b)
temperature
c)
permission
d)
energy
78.

Select all of the phase changes that require a loss of energy.

a)

melting

b)

freezing

c)

vaporizing

d)

condensing

e)

sublimating

79.

Select all of the phase changes that require a gain of energy.

a)

melting

b)

freezing

c)

vaporizing

d)

condensing

e)

sublimating

80.

Which of the following accurately describes intermolecular forces?

a)

weak attractions between molecules

b)

weak bonds that form new substances

c)

strong bonds that can not be broken

d)

any bond that shares electrons

81.

Select everything that occurs as temperature decreases.

a)

particles slow down

b)

intermolecular forces strengthen

c)

energy is lost

d)

energy is gained

e)

intermolecular forces weaken

82.

According to the Smithsonian website, which of the following was NOT listed as a way that deep-sea coral colonies were impacted by the BP oil spill?

a)

tissue damage

b)

lower survival rates

c)

it soaked into the ground and could resurface later

d)

all of these

83.

Select all of the methods for cleaning up oil from a shoreline that are listed below.

a)

vacuuming

b)

mechanical removal

c)

skimmers

d)

dispersants

e)

debris removal

84.
When a gas changes directly to a solid, the process is known as what?
a)
Sublimation
b)
Condensation
c)
Deposition
d)
Evaporation
85.
Define a liquid.
a)
Indefinite shape, indefinite volume
b)
Definite shape, definite volume
c)
Found in stars
d)
Definite volume, indefinite shape
86.
Which of the following terms identifies the change from a liquid to gas?
a)
Vaporization
b)
Condensation
c)
Deposition
d)
Sublimation
87.
If you have a liquid that changes to a gas, explain it's freedom of movement in both phases.
a)
molecules move away from each other, then around each other
b)
molecules move in place, then around each other
c)
molecules move around each other, then away from each other
d)
molecules move around each other, then in place
88.
Can Solids be compressed?
a)
No
b)
Yes
c)
Sometimes (it depends what it's made of)
d)
Generally no
89.

Which description best matches this particle model?

a)

Closely packed, vibrating in fixed positions.

b)

Particles are close together but can move a little.

c)

Particles have lots of energy and can move around.

90.

What happens to molecules when the temperature drops or lowers?

a)

The molecules get closer together

b)

The molecules start moving faster.

c)

The molecules stop moving.

d)

The molecules become smaller.

91.

Internet, satellites, GPS, and television are examples of

a)

information technology.

b)

bio-related technology.

c)

agricultural technology.

d)

none of these

92.

Which of the following is a deliverable that would be created when you define the problem?

a)

decision matrix

b)

design brief

c)

technical drawing

d)

project portfolio

93.

Which of the following is a deliverable that would be created when you present your solution?

a)

decision matrix

b)

design brief

c)

technical drawing

d)

project portfolio

94.

Using technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems.

a)

science

b)

technology

c)

math

d)

engineering

95.

The way people use resources to meet their wants and needs.

a)

science

b)

technology

c)

math

d)

engineering

96.

The science of patterns and order and the study of measurement, properties, and the relationships of quantities using numbers and symbols.

a)

science

b)

technology

c)

math

d)

engineering

97.

_____________________ is an iterative decision-making process that produces plans by which resources are converted into products or systems that meet human needs and wants or solve problems.

a)

process

b)

design

c)

design process

d)

engineering

98.
What takes place when a liquid changes to a gas?
a)
condensation
b)
melting
c)
evaporation
d)
freezing
99.
What takes place when a solid changes to a liquid?
a)
condensation
b)
melting
c)
evaporation
d)
freezing
100.
What takes place when a gas changes to a liquid?
a)
melting
b)
freezing
c)
evaporation
d)
condensation