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WorksheetsCyber Foundations Exam
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 48mins
A person who designs and builds things to solve specific problems is an
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Someone who designs and constructs buildings, roads, and bridges
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Someone who designs circuits, computer chips, and microwave ovens
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Whats does CAD stand for?
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What are some possible answers or solutions?
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Make a prototype and test it out. Then evaluate its performance or results.
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Conduct research, draw a diagram, and make a materials list
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What question are you trying to answer?
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Test out different solutions
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What worked? What didn't work?
Make improvements
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A transportation engineer involved in designing a traffic light system for an intersection is most likely to conduct a vehicle count at the intersection during which of the following stages of the engineering design process?
Generating multiple solutions
Gathering information
Choosing an appropriate solution
Analyzing the solution
The students in a class would like to make 20 paper sailboats for a race. The students will select one design and collect the materials they need to construct the boats. Which of the following is the best way for the students to be sure the paper sailboats will float without tipping over in the water?
Build a prototype of a boat and conduct testing
Test the strength of each material used to build the boats
Determine the total amount of weight each boat can carry
Calculate the total mass of all the finished boats
Mike and his team have been chosen to build a wind turbine at a local mountain. The turbine needs to generate electrical energy and withstand the harsh winter alpine environment. Mike and his team have done their research on the problem. What would be the next step?
Create a prototype of the wind turbine
Test the wind turbine on the mountain
Redesign a new solution for the wind turbine
Develop possible solutions for the wind turbine
Limitations the engineer is facing during the design process
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When solving a problem, the characteristics the solution should have
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someone that solves problems involving tools, engines, and machines
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someone who would work on computers and other products that use software to write programs
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Someone who would design and construct planes and spacecraft
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Someone who works to improve recycling, waste disposal, public health, and water and air pollution control
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An engineer's job at its most basic level
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In a bridge, which two forces act in direct opposition to one another?
________ and ______
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Which shape would you fin din a truss that supports a beam bridge
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If you applied compression to an empty cardboard box, what would you be doing
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How does a suspension bridge transfer the forces at work on the deck of the bridge?
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This is an action that twists material
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This is a force that causes parts of a material to slide past one another in opposite directions
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This is an action that twists material
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The weight of the object on the structure is called the
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Which bridge has great natural strength
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Most suspension bridges have what type of system beneath the roadway to resist bending and twisting
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What caused the Tacoma Narrows Bridge to sway back and forth
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What was the nickname of the 1940's Tacoma Narrows Bridge
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A force that squeezes material together
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A force that stretches a material apart
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Which of the following is most likely part of the testing and evaluation stage of designing a smart phone?
Trying the smart phone with a range of voltages to determine when it will fail.
Defining the specifications for the smart phone
Finding the plasticity of a new alloy to be used for the smart phone case
Writing an advertisement for the smart phone
What is the major difference between all types of bridges
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Compression is
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What is the major difference between all types of bridges
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Tension is
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