PLTW Engineering | 131 Complete Questions and
Answers 100% Correct | Latest Update 2025
Problem Identification - 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
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
Answers 100% Correct | Latest Update 2025
Problem Identification - 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
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
