PLTW ENGINEERING ESSENTIALS EXAM NEWEST
2024 ACTUAL EXAM COMPLETE 150 QUESTIONS
AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS (VERIFIED
ANSWERS
What is the Design Process? - (answers)1. Define Problem
2. Generate Concepts
3. Develop a Solution
4. Construct and Test Prototype
5. Evaluate Solution
6. Present Solution
What is a Design Process? - (answers)A systematic problem-solving strategy, with
criteria and constraints, used to develop many possible solutions to solve or satisfy
human needs or wants and to narrow down the possible solutions to one final
choice.
What is a Design Brief? - (answers)A written plan that identifies a problem to be
solved, its criteria and its constraints.
What is a Decision Matrix? - (answers)A tool used to compare design solutions
against one another using specific criteria.
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What are technical drawings? - (answers)Drawings that provide technical
information necessary to produce a product. They include information such as
material, size shape, and assembly, of necessary.
What is a test report? - (answers)A report that includes the data and analysis of the
prototype testing.
What are project recommendations? - (answers)A list of recommendations to
optimize or redesign the solution.
What is a project portfolio? - (answers)A collection of documents selected for a
specific purpose.
What is an isometric pictorial? - (answers)A type of technical sketch that appears
three dimensional because it shows three sides on an object and is proportional to
the real object being drawn.
What is engineering? - (answers)Engineering is the application of mathematics and
scientific principles to better or improve life.
Different types of pictorals - (answers)Isometric, Oblique, and Perspective
What is a cavalier oblique pictorial? - (answers)An oblique pictorial in which the
height, width, and depth are represented at full scale.
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What is a cabinet oblique pictorial? - (answers)An oblique pictorial in which depth
is represented as half scale compared the the height and width scale.
What is an oblique pictorial? - (answers)A type of technical sketch in which the
width dimension is horizontal.
What is an isometric pictorial? - (answers)A type of technical sketch in which the
width dimension is not horizontal and it shows all three sides "equally". Three
adjacent faces share a single point.
What is the box method? - (answers)A technique used in sketching to maintain
proportionality. Starts with a sketcher envisioning an object contained within an
imaginary box.
What is a multiview drawing? - (answers)A drawing that shows two or more two-
dimensional views of a three-dimensional object.
Width - (answers)The measure of an object from side to side.
Height - (answers)The measure of an object from top to bottom.
Depth - (answers)The measure of an object from the front to the back.