NOCTI GA Engineering & Technology
Study Guide question with answers
CAD - -computer aided drafting
-plot plan - -diagram showing everything at the project site at a set scale
-floor plan - -diagram showing arrangement of rooms and furniture at a set scale
-elevation plan - -diagram showing the external face of a building showing height at
a set scale
-foundation plan - -diagram showing the plane view of a structure at a set scale
-specification sheets - -a document describing the specifications a product or
property
-Brainstorm - -A group technique for solving problems, generating ideas,
stimulating creative thinking, etc. by unrestrained spontaneous participation in
discussion.
-Client - -A person using the services of a professional person or organization.
-Creativity - -The ability to make or bring a new concept or idea into existence;
marked by the ability or power to create.
-Criteria - -A means of judging. A standard, rule, or test by which something can be
judged.
-Constraint - -1. A limit to a design process. Constraints may be such things as
appearance, funding, space, materials, and human capabilities. 2. A limitation or
restriction.
-Design - -1. An iterative decision-making process that produces plans by which
resources are converted into products or systems that meet human needs and
wants or solve problems. 2. A plan or drawing produced to show the look and
function or workings of something before it is built or made. 3. A decorative pattern.
-Design Brief - -A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its criteria, and
its constraints. Encourage thinking of all aspects of a problem before attempting a
solution.
-Design Process - -A systematic problem-solving strategy, with criteria and
constraints, used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem or satisfy
human needs and wants and to winnow (narrow) down the possible solutions to one
final choice.
, -Design Statement - -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 identifies the degree to which the solution must be executed.
-Designer - -A person who designs any of 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 - -A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific
knowledge to solve practical problems.
-Engineering Notebook - -A book in which an engineer will formally document, in
chronological order, all of his/her work that is associated with a specific design
project.
-Innovation - -An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or
method of doing something.
-Invention - -A new product, system, or process that has never existed before,
created by study and experimentation.
-Iterative - -A process that repeats a series of steps over and over until the desired
outcome is obtained.
-Valid - -Well-founded on evidence and corresponds accurately to the real world.
-open-looped - -a system that has to have input each time the system is used
-feedback - -fourth step of a system
-closed-looped - -a system that has feedback
-process - -second step of a system
-output - -third step of a system
-subsystem - -smaller systems intergrated into a larger system
-What are some important resources for engineering and technology? - -
People,Energy, Capital(Money), Information,Tools, Machines, Materials, and Time
-What is a system? - -a set or group of parts that all work together, all of them
include input, a process and an output
-What is a subsystem - -a system that operates as part of another system
-What does constraint mean? - -a limit, such as appearance, budget, space,
materials, or human capital in the design process.
-ISO - -International Standards Organization
Study Guide question with answers
CAD - -computer aided drafting
-plot plan - -diagram showing everything at the project site at a set scale
-floor plan - -diagram showing arrangement of rooms and furniture at a set scale
-elevation plan - -diagram showing the external face of a building showing height at
a set scale
-foundation plan - -diagram showing the plane view of a structure at a set scale
-specification sheets - -a document describing the specifications a product or
property
-Brainstorm - -A group technique for solving problems, generating ideas,
stimulating creative thinking, etc. by unrestrained spontaneous participation in
discussion.
-Client - -A person using the services of a professional person or organization.
-Creativity - -The ability to make or bring a new concept or idea into existence;
marked by the ability or power to create.
-Criteria - -A means of judging. A standard, rule, or test by which something can be
judged.
-Constraint - -1. A limit to a design process. Constraints may be such things as
appearance, funding, space, materials, and human capabilities. 2. A limitation or
restriction.
-Design - -1. An iterative decision-making process that produces plans by which
resources are converted into products or systems that meet human needs and
wants or solve problems. 2. A plan or drawing produced to show the look and
function or workings of something before it is built or made. 3. A decorative pattern.
-Design Brief - -A written plan that identifies a problem to be solved, its criteria, and
its constraints. Encourage thinking of all aspects of a problem before attempting a
solution.
-Design Process - -A systematic problem-solving strategy, with criteria and
constraints, used to develop many possible solutions to solve a problem or satisfy
human needs and wants and to winnow (narrow) down the possible solutions to one
final choice.
, -Design Statement - -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 identifies the degree to which the solution must be executed.
-Designer - -A person who designs any of 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 - -A person who is trained in and uses technological and scientific
knowledge to solve practical problems.
-Engineering Notebook - -A book in which an engineer will formally document, in
chronological order, all of his/her work that is associated with a specific design
project.
-Innovation - -An improvement of an existing technological product, system, or
method of doing something.
-Invention - -A new product, system, or process that has never existed before,
created by study and experimentation.
-Iterative - -A process that repeats a series of steps over and over until the desired
outcome is obtained.
-Valid - -Well-founded on evidence and corresponds accurately to the real world.
-open-looped - -a system that has to have input each time the system is used
-feedback - -fourth step of a system
-closed-looped - -a system that has feedback
-process - -second step of a system
-output - -third step of a system
-subsystem - -smaller systems intergrated into a larger system
-What are some important resources for engineering and technology? - -
People,Energy, Capital(Money), Information,Tools, Machines, Materials, and Time
-What is a system? - -a set or group of parts that all work together, all of them
include input, a process and an output
-What is a subsystem - -a system that operates as part of another system
-What does constraint mean? - -a limit, such as appearance, budget, space,
materials, or human capital in the design process.
-ISO - -International Standards Organization
