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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 132 · 40 questions
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Engineer's tip (Ask, imagine, plan, create, test, improve): Ask (problem, users, limits) → Imagine (many ideas) → Plan (diagram, materials). Create (build a prototype) → Test (measure) → Improve (fix and retest). It is a loop: after Improve, test again.

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  1. 1.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  23. 23.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) list the materials

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Improve
  3. Test
  4. False
  5. define the problem
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. no, it repeats
  9. make it better, retest
  10. Improve
  11. False
  12. Test
  13. Plan
  14. Ask
  15. True
  16. True
  17. False
  18. brainstorm many ideas
  19. make a prototype
  20. Plan
  21. Improve
  22. Imagine
  23. False
  24. Improve
  25. follow the plan to build
  26. True
  27. Create
  28. False
  29. False
  30. False
  31. check it against goals
  32. redesign after testing
  33. True
  34. list the materials
  35. Create
  36. Plan
  37. Test
  38. Plan
  39. Ask
  40. build the model

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