PLTW Engineering Exam Questions
And Answers. Verified And Updated.
Problem Indentification - answer✔✔The recognition of an unwelcome or harmful matter
needing to be dealt with
Piling-On - answer✔✔An idea that produces a similar idea or an enhanced idea
Assess - answer✔✔to thoroughly and methodically analyze accomplishment against specific
goals and criteria
Constraint - answer✔✔A limit to the design process, appearance, funding, space, materials, and
human capabilities
Criteria - answer✔✔A means of judging; standards, rules, or tests by which something must be
judged
Design Statement - answer✔✔A part of a design brief that challenges the designer, describes
what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem, and identified
what degree to which the solution must be executed
Invention - answer✔✔A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created
by study and experimentation
Research - answer✔✔A systematic study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and
reach out to new conclusions
Brainstorming - answer✔✔A group technique for solving problems without restraint
Engineering Notebook - answer✔✔a book in which an engineer will formally document, in
chronological order all of his/her work
Design - answer✔✔An iterative decision-making process that produces plans; a plan or drawing
produced to show the look and function or workings of something before it is built or made
Prototype - answer✔✔A full scale, working model used to test a design concept by making
actual observations and necessary adjustments
Design Brief - answer✔✔A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, criteria, and
constraints- encourages thinking about the problem
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 25, 2024 1:06 PM
, Innovation - answer✔✔an improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method
Assessment - answer✔✔An evaluation technique for technology that requires analyzing benefits
and risks, understanding trade-offs, and determining the best action to take
Product - answer✔✔A tangible artifact produced by means of either human or mechanical work,
or by biological or chemical process
Creativity - answer✔✔The ability to make or bring a new concept or idea into existence
Designer - answer✔✔A person who designs 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
Engineer - answer✔✔A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific
knowledge to solve practical problems
Client - answer✔✔A person using the services of a professional person or organization
Design Process - answer✔✔A systematic problem-solving strategy, with criteria and constraints,
used to develop many possible solutions and to winnow down those solutions
Define the Problem - answer✔✔Identify the Problem
Validate the Problem
Justify the Problem
Create design requirements
"Is Problem Valid and Justifiable"
Generate Concepts - answer✔✔Research
Brainstorm
Consider additional design goals
Apply STEM principles
Select an approach
"Needed technology exists?"
Then "Scientific Research is Needed"
Develop a Solution - answer✔✔Create a detailed design
Justify the solution path
Technical Drawings
"Is solution valid?"
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 25, 2024 1:06 PM
And Answers. Verified And Updated.
Problem Indentification - answer✔✔The recognition of an unwelcome or harmful matter
needing to be dealt with
Piling-On - answer✔✔An idea that produces a similar idea or an enhanced idea
Assess - answer✔✔to thoroughly and methodically analyze accomplishment against specific
goals and criteria
Constraint - answer✔✔A limit to the design process, appearance, funding, space, materials, and
human capabilities
Criteria - answer✔✔A means of judging; standards, rules, or tests by which something must be
judged
Design Statement - answer✔✔A part of a design brief that challenges the designer, describes
what a design solution should do without describing how to solve the problem, and identified
what degree to which the solution must be executed
Invention - answer✔✔A new product, system, or process that has never existed before, created
by study and experimentation
Research - answer✔✔A systematic study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and
reach out to new conclusions
Brainstorming - answer✔✔A group technique for solving problems without restraint
Engineering Notebook - answer✔✔a book in which an engineer will formally document, in
chronological order all of his/her work
Design - answer✔✔An iterative decision-making process that produces plans; a plan or drawing
produced to show the look and function or workings of something before it is built or made
Prototype - answer✔✔A full scale, working model used to test a design concept by making
actual observations and necessary adjustments
Design Brief - answer✔✔A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, criteria, and
constraints- encourages thinking about the problem
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 25, 2024 1:06 PM
, Innovation - answer✔✔an improvement of an existing technological product, system, or method
Assessment - answer✔✔An evaluation technique for technology that requires analyzing benefits
and risks, understanding trade-offs, and determining the best action to take
Product - answer✔✔A tangible artifact produced by means of either human or mechanical work,
or by biological or chemical process
Creativity - answer✔✔The ability to make or bring a new concept or idea into existence
Designer - answer✔✔A person who designs 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
Engineer - answer✔✔A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific
knowledge to solve practical problems
Client - answer✔✔A person using the services of a professional person or organization
Design Process - answer✔✔A systematic problem-solving strategy, with criteria and constraints,
used to develop many possible solutions and to winnow down those solutions
Define the Problem - answer✔✔Identify the Problem
Validate the Problem
Justify the Problem
Create design requirements
"Is Problem Valid and Justifiable"
Generate Concepts - answer✔✔Research
Brainstorm
Consider additional design goals
Apply STEM principles
Select an approach
"Needed technology exists?"
Then "Scientific Research is Needed"
Develop a Solution - answer✔✔Create a detailed design
Justify the solution path
Technical Drawings
"Is solution valid?"
EXAM STUDY MATERIALS July 25, 2024 1:06 PM
