Technology Interactions © 2007

Chapter 1: Design and Engineering

Self-Check Quiz

1.
To satisfy needs and wants, humans long ago began to develop
A)methodologies.
B)legal systems.
C)technology.
D)brainpower.
2.
The Agricultural Age and Industrial Age have been succeeded by the
A)Age of Reason.
B)Bronze Age.
C)International Age.
D)Information Age.
3.
Two crucial considerations in any design process are
A)reservations and criteria.
B)transportation and production.
C)modeling and packaging.
D)criteria and constraints.
4.
In the design process, brainstorming is useful as a way to
A)create ideas that may lead to a solution.
B)gather customer feedback.
C)model the solution.
D)share a new technology.
5.
Which phrase best describes evaluating a design solution?
A)negotiating with manufacturers to produce a product
B)checking if a functional model works as predicted
C)brainstorming ideas for a new product
D)modeling different solutions
6.
Which phrase best describes an invention?
A)a product that reaches the market
B)a product that has been improved
C)a product that is entirely new
D)a product in the modeling phase
7.
Which is not the end result of one or more design processes?
A)an automobile
B)the International Space Station
C)discovery of a new subatomic particle
D)a computer program
8.
The end result of a manufacturing engineer’s efforts would most likely be
A)advancement of software capabilities.
B)inventions of new products.
C)innovations to existing products.
D)improved productivity in factories.
9.
A term that means about the same as mock-up, prototype, or test product is
A)model.
B)design strategy.
C)technology.
D)constraint.
10.
Which model neither demonstrates function nor details working parts?
A)prototype
B)functional model
C)3D model
D)appearance model
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