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Chapter 25 Exercises (Design Step 5)
Note: There are no unique solutions to many of these exercises. You can also
use these exercises for class room discussion.
Preparing an Oral Defense
1) A team of students prepared an oral defense for their design project contained only the
following items: a statement of the problem and the final detailed design. What else
should they have included?
2) When you are called upon in class to make an oral defense for your design project, you
suddenly realize that you do not have your presentation slides with you. What can you do
to make a successful oral defense without them?
3) While making their oral defense, a student group begins by telling a joke and showing a
cartoon slide. This approach is often effective for certain types of presentations; do you
think it is appropriate for a design project oral defense? Why or why not?
4) When you are making your oral defense your instructor does not want you to use notes of
any kind (3 by 5 cards, etc.). What is the best way to move through your defense without
5) One of the tips in Table 25.2 is to look at the audience. Some students are shy and find
this very difficult to do. How can you look like you are looking at the audience without
