1) True or False

This following statement is an example of the present state I want to earn acceptable grades on both my Intro to Engineering Design Project and my English paper.

2) True or False

This following statement is an example of the Desired state I am not sufficiently prepared for my upcoming English paper and I also need to work on my Engineering Design project.

3) When an engineer is not confronted with a totally new project but instead must improve an existing project, which of the following methods would be used? (Circle the best answer)

1. Statement-Restatement technique
2. Why-Why Diagram
3. The Revision Method
4. Kepner-Tregoe Situation Analysis

4) Which of the following questions is probably NOT used to determine the design objectives or design attributes?

1. When do you need that by?
2. Why do you want that?
3. Are there aspects/circumstances that you want to avoid?
4. What features or behaviors would you want the product to do?

5) When first structuring the search for an engineering design problem, it is most important to do which of the following?

Focus on Efficiency

Focus on Cost

Focus on Materials

Focus on Function

6) Constraints, as described in the presentation on Assessing Needs, are

1. Negative feedback from the client
2. Disagreements among the design team
3. Limits or Restrictions on the designs or the products attributes
4. Ways or methods to make the function of the design happen

7) Which of the following is NOT an example of a Statement Restatement technique?

1. Varying emphasis on certain words
2. Making the statement softer and then making the statement louder
3. Changing positive terms to negatives and vice-versa
4. Substituting explicit definitions of words

8) When an initial statement is presented it may be difficult to decipher the correct solution because the initial statement may be which of the following conditions (more than one answer is possible)

1. Too short and not detailed enough
2. Clearly presented with sufficient details
3. Too detailed and may include errors
4. All of the correct measurements are fully presented

9) Which of the following statements is true about formulating the real problem?

1. Problems should be presented with as much detail as is possible
2. Problems should always be stated in the form of a question
3. Problems should be defined as functional objectives instead of a solution
4. Problems should be asked in the first person format

10) True or False

Although implied solutions may offer insight in to the clients or stakeholders thinking, they may also restrict the possibilities for the designer.

1) True or False

This following statement is an example of the present state I want to earn acceptable grades on both my Intro to Engineering Design Project and my English paper.

2) True or False

This following statement is an example of the Desired state I am not sufficiently prepared for my upcoming English paper and I also need to work on my Engineering Design project.

3) When an engineer is not confronted with a totally new project but instead must improve an existing project, which of the following methods would be used? (Circle the best answer)

1. Statement-Restatement technique
2. Why-Why Diagram
3. The Revision Method
4. Kepner-Tregoe Situation Analysis

4) Which of the following questions is probably NOT used to determine the design objectives or design attributes?

1. When do you need that by?
2. Why do you want that?
3. Are there aspects/circumstances that you want to avoid?
4. What features or behaviors would you want the product to do?

5) When first structuring the search for an engineering design problem, it is most important to do which of the following?

Focus on Efficiency

Focus on Cost

Focus on Materials

Focus on Function

6) Constraints, as described in the presentation on Assessing Needs, are

1. Negative feedback from the client
2. Disagreements among the design team
3. Limits or Restrictions on the designs or the products attributes
4. Ways or methods to make the function of the design happen

7) Which of the following is NOT an example of a Statement Restatement technique?

1. Varying emphasis on certain words
2. Making the statement softer and then making the statement louder
3. Changing positive terms to negatives and vice-versa
4. Substituting explicit definitions of words

8) When an initial statement is presented it may be difficult to decipher the correct solution because the initial statement may be which of the following conditions (more than one answer is possible)

1. Too short and not detailed enough
2. Clearly presented with sufficient details
3. Too detailed and may include errors
4. All of the correct measurements are fully presented

9) Which of the following statements is true about formulating the real problem?

1. Problems should be presented with as much detail as is possible
2. Problems should always be stated in the form of a question
3. Problems should be defined as functional objectives instead of a solution
4. Problems should be asked in the first person format

10) True or False

Although implied solutions may offer insight in to the clients or stakeholders thinking, they may also restrict the possibilities for the designer.