Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following levers is used as a distance multiplier?
a. | A crowbar | c. | Scissors | b. | A bicycle pedal | d. | A baseball bat |
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Which type of mechanism is a wheel with a grooved rim attached to a loose
axle?
a. | Inclined plane | c. | Lever | b. | Screw | d. | Pulley |
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Which simple machine is an inclined plane wrapped on a round shaft?
a. | A wedge | c. | A lever | b. | A screw | d. | A pulley |
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What do we call the materials that need further processing to be useful?
a. | Finished products | c. | Industrial stock | b. | Manufactured goods | d. | Engineering
products |
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Which type of design is used to create plans for buildings, roads, tools,
machines, electrical systems, clothing, and television shows?
a. | Product design | c. | Engineering design | b. | Artistic design | d. | System design |
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Which of the following is not an aspect of form?
a. | Emotion | c. | Shape | b. | Color | d. | Rhythm |
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Which type of sketch is shaded and colored in full color?
a. | Rendering | c. | Rough sketch | b. | Detailed sketch | d. | Mechanical
drawing |
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Which of the following questions is addressed by the constraints for a
design?
a. | Who will use the device or system? | b. | What will the device or system
do? | c. | How well will the device or system work? | d. | How much will it
cost to make the device or system? |
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Which type of ships carry products and solid materials?
a. | Ferries | c. | Tankers | b. | Freighters | d. | Tugboats |
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True/False
Indicate whether the
statement is true or false.
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The earliest humans used metal and clay to make tools.
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Mechanisms are also known as complex machines.
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Natural resources are materials growing or found on the earth.
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In composite materials, each of the component materials retains its original
properties.
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Artistic design is the creation of products meeting human needs and
wants.
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A need is something people desire.
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Problems use new or existing products and systems in new ways.
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People who hire designers are called clients.
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The requirements of a design are called criteria.
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The wheel was invented in the early 1600s.
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Matching
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For the following questions, match each type of cutting tool with the
appropriate letter in the illustration.
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A shearing tool
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A sawing tool
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For the following questions, match each group of examples with the
appropriate type of engineering materials (A–D). a. | Ceramics | c. | Metals | b. | Composites | d. | Polymers |
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Aluminum, copper, and bronze
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Tiles, bricks, and glass
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Concrete, plywood, and fiberglass
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For the following questions, match each description to the appropriate step
of the design process (A–H). a. | Identifying the
problem | e. | Modeling the solution | b. | Researching the problem | f. | Testing the solution | c. | Creating
solutions | g. | Communicating
designs | d. | Selecting and refining solutions | h. | Improving
solutions |
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Involves making mock-ups and prototypes.
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Involves creating a design brief.
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Involves creating mechanical drawings.
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Involves redoing some steps of the design process.
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Involves learning as much as possible about the problem.
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Completion
Complete each
statement.
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A(n) ____________________ train is used when large quantities of a single
material are being hauled.
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