Deck 2: The Process of Design

Question 1

____________________ is the act of repeating a set of procedures until a specified condition is met.

Answer 1

Iteration

Question 2

A design ____________________ is a written plan that identifies a problem to be solved and its criteria and constraints.

Answer 2

brief

Question 3

The ____ Robotics Competition gives high school students real-world experience working with professional engineers to develop a robot.

A) FIRST
B) DARPA
C) Polya
D) IBot

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The DARPA Grand Challenge is a prize competition for ____________________ (driverless and completely self-controlled)vehicles.

Question 5

____ is an evaluation technique that requires analyzing benefits and risks,understanding the trade-offs,and then determining the best action to take to ensure that the desired positive outcomes outweigh any negative outcomes.

A) Assessment
B) Iteration
C) Order
D) Brainstorming

Question 6

The design ____________________ should include documents that specify all (i)materials, (ii)dimensions,and (iii)processes used in the construction.

Question 7

There are two general categories of production: (i)mass production and (ii)____ production.

A) computer
B) sequential
C) refined
D) custom

Question 8

Polya's four problem-solving steps are not sequential.

Question 9

A(n)____ process lets the designer jump backward and forward to more effectively develop a solution.

A) ordered
B) sequential
C) Polya
D) nonsequential

Question 10

A design brief encourages thinking about only one aspect of a problem before attempting a solution.

Question 11

The documentation,called a design proposal,can consist of ____ design (CAD)drawings.

A) conventional architectural
B) computer-actuated
C) computer-aided
D) conventional assessment

Question 12

____ lasers are at the heart of fiber-optics.

A) Semiconductor
B) Carbon dioxide
C) Metal
D) Water-based

Question 13

____ are principles or standards by which something may be judged or decided.

A) Constraints
B) Criteria
C) Assessments
D) Necessities

Question 14

Throughout the design process,managing project ____ will drive the team's most important decisions.

A) profit
B) iteration
C) risk
D) order

Question 15

A proposal is a full-scale working model of a design intended to have complete,or almost complete,form,fit,and function of the intended design.

Question 16

Having a project budget of $1,575 or only being given a one-half bottle of glue would typically be referred to as a ____.

A) specification
B) criterion
C) constraint
D) requirement

Question 17

Innovation can start at the problem-defining phase.

Question 18

____________________ of a design,or design project,can also be referred to as criteria,constraints,specifications,or requirements.

Question 19

Once the problem is well-defined,the design team collaborates.This is a process called ____.

A) evaluation
B) brainstorming
C) generation
D) constraint

Question 20

Clearly defining limitations accurately describes,and effectively solves,problems.

Question 21

What is the importance of an engineering notebook?

Question 22

What role does the leader of a brainstorming session have?

Question 23

What are some of the most important considerations for the test and evaluation phase?