IED Unit 1 Key Terms

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___________ is a group technique for solving problems, generating ideas, stimulating creative thinking

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Brainstorming

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_______________ means capable of being shown as reasonable or merited according to accepted standards

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Justifiable

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A systematic problem-solving strategy, with criteria and constraints, used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem is known as ______________

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Design process

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A standard, rule, or test by which something can be judged is known as _________

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Criteria

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A limitation or restriction is also is a __________

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Constraint

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An ______________ is an improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method of doing something

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Innovation

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A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created by study and experimentation is an ________________

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Invention

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A ______________ is a person who designs any of a variety of things. This usually implies the task of creating drawings or in some ways uses visual cues to organize his or her work

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Designer

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A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems is known as ______________

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Engineer

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A process that repeats a series of steps over and over until the desired outcome is obtained is a(n) _____________ process

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Iterative