ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Principle of Transmissibility - CORRECT ANSWER a force may be applied anywhere along its
line of action without changing its effect
Engineering Design Process - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Understand the problem
2. Develop Solution Concepts
3. Evaluate and select a solution
4. Prototype and test the solution
5. Iterate and refine the solution
Characteristics of Team Diversity - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Prior experience w/ subject
2. Technical/academic background
3. Different personalities
4. Demographics
5. Geographic location
6. Attitude
Ways to understand customer needs - CORRECT ANSWER 1. Interviews
2. Focus group
3. Survey
4. Observation studies
5. Product benchmarking
Concurrent Force System - CORRECT ANSWER all forces are acting on one point of an
object; results in TRANSLATION; solved with 2-D particle equilibrium
Non-concurrent Force System - CORRECT ANSWER forces are not acting on an object at one
point; results in translation or rotation; solved via rigid body equilibrium