Engineering Design Process Quiz

This is the division of the manufacturing corporation where the product is mass-produced.

• Research & Development

• Production

• Quality Control

• Distribution

• Marketing

A _______ is a plan for the simple and direct solution to a technical problem.

• Design
• Sketch
• Working drawing
• Detail drawing

Drawings are sometimes the best way for us to share our ideas, especially in steps 2-4 of the Engineering Design Process (EDP), before we construct our prototype.

• True

• False

This is a term economists use to describe products being mass-produced in general. They call them:

• Sprockets

• Cogs

• Widgets

• Wallabies

A surface model is easier to visualize than a CAD-generated wireframe model.

• True

• False

Why make a mockup instead of skipping to the prototype?

• It would be too expensive.

• • It would be too large.

• • It would be too small.

• It would be too awkward.

Mass-produced products are unique and high in quality. Design changes are easy to make.

• True

• False

Do models and mockups work? Can we test and evaluate them?

• No, Yes

• Yes, Yes

• Yes, No

• No, No

This is a full-size, three-dimensional representation of a product that does not work.

• Model

• Mockup

• Prototype

• Copy

The science of controlling matter at a very small scale is called:

• Nanometer

• Pollutant

• Atom

• Nanotechnology