Final Exam Material

Question 1

Saliency Model and who is involved

Answer 1

Urgency, legitimacy, and Power; Primary, Secondary, Tertiary Stakeholders

Question 2

For the three types of stakeholders, how many attributes do they have?

Answer 2

Primary: all attributes; Secondary; two of the attributes; Tertiary: only one

Question 3

what is urgency?

Answer 3

wants a say

Question 4

what is legitimacy

Answer 4

has a right to say

Question 5

what is utilitarianism?

Answer 5

greatest benefit/ least consequence for the greatest amount of people.

Question 5

what is power?

Answer 5

ability to influence

Question 6

duty- based ethics

Answer 6

universal principles that everyone should follow, like being honest, fair, respect human lives, etc.

Question 7

rights-based ethics

Answer 7

respect other people’s rights such as rights of life, liberty, and dignity.

Question 8

scoring

Answer 8

analyzing the most promising ideas typically when we use WDM

Question 9

ranking

Answer 9

uses evaluation criteria based on “better” or “worse” performance

Question 10

screening

Answer 10

uses the requirements and disregards any concepts that don’t meet requirements

Question 11

Under Prototyping, what is Solid works Model considered as

Answer 11

part focused/ part comprehensive virtual

Question 12

what is a rights holder?

Answer 12

anyone whose legal or human rights could be impacted by the project

Question 13

what is scale?

Answer 13

collection of multiple parts and helps engineers consider everyone and all the impacts

Question 14

what are the different types of scales

Answer 14

spatial, temporal, governmental, organizational

Question 15

temporal scale

Answer 15

Temporal scale is a measure of change over time

Question 16

spatial scale

Answer 16

spatial scale is a measure of change across space

Question 17

governmental scale

Answer 17

provincial, regional, federal, global

Question 18

threshold needs

Answer 18

unsaid, important needs; if it wasn’t there people would riot

Question 19

expressed needs

Answer 19

vocalized needs

Question 20

latent needs

Answer 20

something a stakeholder may not know they need

Question 21

actual cost vs cost committed

Answer 21

costs, effort, money and resources currently spent; impact on the costs that may be needed later in the process (material costs, manufacturers, bad design, etc.)

Question 22

target design specifications

Answer 22

basically the requirements and evaluation criteria

Question 23

sensitivity analysis

Answer 23

switching around the weights for the EC to see the robustness of the concept

Question 24

validation

Answer 24

ensuring target design specs meet the stakeholders needs

Question 25

simple system

Answer 25

closed and predictable; deterministic

Question 26

complicated system

Answer 26

made up of a lot of simple systems; like a car; many elements and deterministic

Question 27

complex system

Answer 27

hard to predict and control; not deterministic

Question 28

verification

Answer 28

makes sure the final product meets target design specs

Question 29

audience

Answer 29

who are we presenting for, what do they know/ don't know, tone and vocab

Question 30

purpose

Answer 30

goals and wants for presentation; whether informing or persuading; the outcome of communication

Question 31

context

Answer 31

why, where, what do we have available to us, how much time do we have to prep; what led us to do this

Question 32

what is sustainability?

Answer 32

evolves the environment, society, and the economy

Question 33

bearable

Answer 33

overlap of society and environment; things like shoreline cleanup, urban green spaces

Question 34

environment

Answer 34

how can we better our earth; lowering carbon emissions, biodiversity, etc.

Question 35

viable

Answer 35

overlap of economy and environment; renewable energy, source efficiency, etc.

Question 36

economy

Answer 36

how does this help with employment, prosperity, trade, businesses, innovation, etc.

Question 37

equitable

Answer 37

job creation, skill enhancement, tax reductions

Question 38

society

Answer 38

health, safety, human rights, education, opportunity

Question 38

cable will permanently deform if...

Answer 38

stress> yield strength (o > o_y)

Question 38

part begins to break if...

Answer 38

stress > ultimate tensile stress (o > o_ut)

Question 38

to avoid permanent deformity

Answer 38

stress must be equal or less than yield strength

Question 38

what are the 7 C's

Answer 38

clear, concise, complete, concrete, courteous, considerate, correct

Question 38

water jet pros and cons

Answer 38

best for flat 2D materials; wastes material, can't control depth of cut, can only cut certain materials (cardboard, stuff that can't get wet)

Question 38

laser cutting

Answer 38

good for etching or engraving

Question 38

SLS printing