PLTW Engineering Study Guide
Problem Indentification Correct Answer-The recognition of an
unwelcome or harmful matter needing to be dealt with
Piling-On Correct Answer-An idea that produces a similar idea or an
enhanced idea
Assess Correct Answer-to thoroughly and methodically analyze
accomplishment against specific goals and criteria
Constraint Correct Answer-A limit to the design process, appearance,
funding, space, materials, and human capabilities
Criteria Correct Answer-A means of judging; standards, rules, or tests
by which something must be judged
Design Statement Correct 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 Correct Answer-A new product, system, or process that has
never existed before, created by study and experimentation
Research Correct Answer-A systematic study of materials and sources in
order to establish facts and reach out to new conclusions
,Brainstorming Correct Answer-A group technique for solving problems
without restraint
Engineering Notebook Correct Answer-a book in which an engineer will
formally document, in chronological order all of his/her work
Design Correct 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 Correct Answer-A full scale, working model used to test a
design concept by making actual observations and necessary
adjustments
Design Brief Correct Answer-A written plan that identifies a problem to
be solved, criteria, and constraints- encourages thinking about the
problem
Innovation Correct Answer-an improvement of an existing technological
product, system, or method
Assessment Correct Answer-An evaluation technique for technology
that requires analyzing benefits and risks, understanding trade-offs, and
determining the best action to take
, Product Correct Answer-A tangible artifact produced by means of either
human or mechanical work, or by biological or chemical process
Creativity Correct Answer-The ability to make or bring a new concept or
idea into existence
Designer Correct 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 Correct Answer-A person who is trained in and uses
technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
Client Correct Answer-A person using the services of a professional
person or organization
Design Process Correct 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 Correct Answer-Identify the Problem
Validate the Problem
Justify the Problem
Create design requirements
"Is Problem Valid and Justifiable"
Problem Indentification Correct Answer-The recognition of an
unwelcome or harmful matter needing to be dealt with
Piling-On Correct Answer-An idea that produces a similar idea or an
enhanced idea
Assess Correct Answer-to thoroughly and methodically analyze
accomplishment against specific goals and criteria
Constraint Correct Answer-A limit to the design process, appearance,
funding, space, materials, and human capabilities
Criteria Correct Answer-A means of judging; standards, rules, or tests
by which something must be judged
Design Statement Correct 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 Correct Answer-A new product, system, or process that has
never existed before, created by study and experimentation
Research Correct Answer-A systematic study of materials and sources in
order to establish facts and reach out to new conclusions
,Brainstorming Correct Answer-A group technique for solving problems
without restraint
Engineering Notebook Correct Answer-a book in which an engineer will
formally document, in chronological order all of his/her work
Design Correct 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 Correct Answer-A full scale, working model used to test a
design concept by making actual observations and necessary
adjustments
Design Brief Correct Answer-A written plan that identifies a problem to
be solved, criteria, and constraints- encourages thinking about the
problem
Innovation Correct Answer-an improvement of an existing technological
product, system, or method
Assessment Correct Answer-An evaluation technique for technology
that requires analyzing benefits and risks, understanding trade-offs, and
determining the best action to take
, Product Correct Answer-A tangible artifact produced by means of either
human or mechanical work, or by biological or chemical process
Creativity Correct Answer-The ability to make or bring a new concept or
idea into existence
Designer Correct 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 Correct Answer-A person who is trained in and uses
technological and scientific knowledge to solve practical problems
Client Correct Answer-A person using the services of a professional
person or organization
Design Process Correct 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 Correct Answer-Identify the Problem
Validate the Problem
Justify the Problem
Create design requirements
"Is Problem Valid and Justifiable"
