Review

Question 1

Your team has been assigned a project to design a new product. The most effective first step in completing the project would be

Answer 1

Assign a team member or the leader conduct a design brief

Question 2

When referring to the Political impact of technology on society, one is referring to

Answer 2

What regulations, laws, and policies would have to be created if the technology enters society

Question 3

Which is not an important characteristic of an Engineering Design Journal

Answer 3

An EDJ should have other information in it such as passwords, account numbers, and personal phone calls

Question 4

Which of the following would be a criteria for a project:

Answer 4

The machine must operate in hot and cold temperatures

Question 5

Which of the following are effective techniques when creating a slide for a presentation. SELECT ALL THAT APPLY

Answer 5

Use contrasting dark and bright colors for the slide background and font
Make the font as large as possible but not allow a word from a bullet to move to a second line
Use color, bolding on some words to increase emphasis on the bullet
Do not use periods at the end of bullets
Spread the bullets out on the slide from top to bottom
Keep bullets to no more than about 5 words
Only put 3 to 4 bullets per slide

Question 6

Finding the Root Cause of a problem means finding the source of the problem by asking a lot of “Why” questions

Answer 6

True

Question 7

When using the techniques for Defining the Problem, one must use all the techniques learned together

Answer 7

False

Question 8

During the development of any technology, their are always constraints associated with the development. Which of the following would not be considered a constraint

Answer 8

All answers are constraints

Question 9

The primary purpose of a team charter is to

Answer 9

Outline the roles, responsibilities, and how members of a team will work together

Question 10

You are requested to design a new device for a person with severe eye-seeing problems. You are trying to define the problem the person has. You do the following as shown in the picture below. This would be an example of?

Answer 10

Bodystorming

Question 11

The way a technology looks, functions, and meets certain guidelines would best be known as

Answer 11

Criteria

Question 12

Professionalism only applies when in Engineering classes

Answer 12

False

Question 13

When conducting the Painstorming technique for defining the problem, one primarily conducts this action

Answer 13

Mostly observing and taking notes

Question 14

Which of the following is not an impact technology has had on society

Answer 14

Experimental

Question 15

You just came up with what you consider a great invention. In order to protect your invention, it would be best to file a

Answer 15

patent

Question 16

Technology is considered evolutionary, which means

Answer 16

the technology develops over time through a series of improvements and refinements

Question 17

Empathetic listening is part of “asking a lot of questions” in the define the problem step of the EDP. When you listen with empathy, you are attempting to place yourself in the other person’s shoes or seeing the problem from their perspective.

Answer 17

True

Question 18

A prototype can be a small scale sample or model of a real-life object or can be a practice demonstration of a process

Answer 18

True

Question 19

When a Engineering Design Journal is complete, a colleague or mentor should

Answer 19

Review the entries and then sign and date the page

Question 20

You have been asked to design a new technology for a military member who lost a hand. What “Define the Problem” techniques would be most effective in this situation

Answer 20

Bodystorming and Ask a Lot of Questions

Question 21

Defining the Problem or Identifying the Real problem is the most important step of the EDP

Answer 21

True

Question 22

Part of the Engineering Design Process is the ability to iterate. Iterate means

Answer 22

If your solution does not work, you can go back in the EDP steps and try again

Question 23

The primary purpose of a team charter is to

Answer 23

Outline the roles, responsibilities,and how members of a team will work together

Question 24

Which of the following would not be correct about and Engineering Design Journal

Answer 24

Pages from the notebook may be removed for certain important reasons

Question 25

The 5 Whys method is part of what Define the Problem technique

Answer 25

Find the Root Cause

Question 26

You are allowed to attach or place other documents in the Engineering Design Journal only if attached with glue, tape or staples and one signs over the corner of the document such that the signature is partly on the document and the EDJ page

Answer 26

False