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WorksheetsFoundations of Engineering Final Spring 2025
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 33mins
What is the First Step of the Engineering Design Process?
Testing Solutions
Designing Solutions
Identifying the Problem
Planning Solutions
What determines whether or not engineering solutions are successful?
If it stays within the constraints and meets the criteria
If it looks cool
If it makes the most money
if it uses the most technology
It is important to build a ___________ so that you can perform tests to see if it works before building your final design.
drawing
report
design brief
prototype
Which two answers best describes criteria?
how the model could fail
the limits of the model
what the model must look like
what the model must do
Which of the following is a model that allows you to test your design?
solution
design
prototype
failure point
What is the main goal of the design process?
To write reports
To make things
To make charts and graphs
To find solutions to problems
Technology ____________
is any device people use to meet their needs
doesn't help people
is useless
is always expensive
This term is central to the process of invention and innovation. All technological products and systems first existed in the human imagination.
Creativity
Close-minded ideas
Fixing
Innovating
An improvement to an existing technological system, or method of doing something.
Innovation
Invention
System
Design
An improvement to an existing technological system, or method of doing something.
Innovation
Invention
System
Design
Which of the following factors can affect engineering and design?
All of these answers
Environmental Impacts
Ethical Considerations
How mush a technology will cost to produce
The practice of using computer software to represent the geometry of designed objects
CAD
CAM
CAE
CNC
Group discussion to produce ideas or solve problems
brainstorming
lecturing
debating
interviewing
The imparting or exchanging of information or news
communication
transportation
meditation
celebration
Develop new materials, improve traditional materials and produce materials that are economical and reliable through synthesis and processing.
Mechanical
Chemical
Materials Science
Structural
A series of parts or procedures that work together to achieve a goal
system
energy
capital
Each vertex in a 3D model contains information on the:
X, Y, and Z coordinates
X and Y coordinates only
Z coordinate only
X coordinate only
What is the correct name for the tube shape?
Cylinder
Box
Circle
Cube
Engineers are responsible to ______________, Employers and Clients, and to other engineers.
Society
Environment
The government
What is a drone?
A type of bird
A type of fish
A type of car
An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that is remotely controlled or flies autonomously.
What are the main components of a drone?
camera, GPS, transmitter, receiver
wings, landing gear, camera gimbal, antenna
sensors, circuit board, propeller guards, charger
frame, motors, propellers, flight controller, battery, and remote control
What is the purpose of a flight controller in a drone?
To communicate with other drones.
To capture aerial photographs.
To manage and control the flight operations
To provide power to the drone.
What is the difference between a quadcopter and a hexacopter?
Size of the drone.
Number of rotors
Maximum flight time.
Type of battery used.
What is the difference between a camera drone and a racing drone?
A camera drone is smaller in size compared to a racing drone.
A camera drone has longer flight time than a racing drone.
A camera drone is more expensive than a racing drone.
A camera drone is designed for capturing aerial photos and videos, while a racing drone is built for high-speed racing and agility.
What is the role of the propellers in a drone?
To provide lift and thrust to the drone.
To capture aerial photographs.
To communicate with other drones.
To provide power to the drone.
Which one is a Drone?
How many motors does a drone normally have?
3
5
2
4
Can you control a Drone from your phone?
Yes
No
Consumer and commercial drone production has grown drastically in the past few years due to continuing advancements ____________.
By irresponsible drone pilots flying over crowded beaches and nearby homes
Of deploying military-type surveillance drones in the U.S.
In miniaturization and GPS
All of the choices are correct
The _______ of an aircraft is its hardware structure
ESC
Airframe
Payload
Propellors
Just like wings on an airplane, propellers are actually
A constant
Windings
Airfoils
Electric motors
According to Newton's 1st Law of Motion, _________.
Any object has a tendency to continue what it is doing until some external force acts on it
As the velocity of a fluid (such as air) increases, its pressure decreases
An airfoil pattern causes a downward flow of air behind the wing called downwash
Acceleration is produced when an unbalanced force acts on an object
__________ is the force on an object caused by the downward pull of gravity.
Lift
Weight
Drag
Thrust
_________ is a force which acts opposite the direction of flight, opposes the forward-acting component of thrust and limits the forward speed of the airplane.
Lift
Drag
Thrust
Weight
A drone must have the same number of clockwise motors as they do counter-clockwise motors to assure balanced flight.
True
False
Lift is the force created by the effect of airflow as it passes over and under an airfoil shape such as the wing on an airplane
True
False
