Starter Activity-Week 2-L1

What is the First Step of the Engineering Design Process?

• Testing Solutions

• Designing Solutions

• Identifying the Problem

• Planning Solutions

An engineer has designed and built a prototype to improve the brake system of a car. What is the next step that the engineer should take in the process?

• Test the prototype.

• Make sketches of the prototype.

• Identify constraints.

• Collect and analyze the test results.

When finding the solution to an engineering problem, there is/are usually

• Only one possible correct solution

• A very limited number of possible correct solutions

• Many possible correct solutions

Which step of the Design Process involves communicating the results of your tests?

• Identify the Problems

• Plan Solutions

• Reflect and Redesign

• Identify Failure Points

You begin to create a prototype of your design only to find that your solution isn't working at all. What should you do?

• Add more tape

• Go back to an earlier stage and choose another solution

• Blame your partner

• Keep going and hope it will be ok

A technology company has identified the need for a smaller laptop computer that weighs less, but they do not have enough knowledge about how to build it.

What would be the next logical step engineers would take to design and produce this laptop computer?

• Build a new type of laptop battery

• Build a prototype computer

• Research current laptop technology