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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 136 · 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 follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  12. 12.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) build the model (d) measure its performance
  14. 14.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Improve
  3. Test
  4. Plan
  5. list the materials
  6. Ask
  7. check it against goals
  8. Plan
  9. Plan
  10. Improve
  11. define the problem
  12. False
  13. measure its performance
  14. True
  15. True
  16. Imagine
  17. Ask
  18. Create
  19. Create
  20. Ask
  21. no, it repeats
  22. Test
  23. Plan
  24. Ask
  25. dream up possible fixes
  26. Ask
  27. True
  28. Improve
  29. True
  30. draw a labelled diagram
  31. True
  32. follow the plan to build
  33. True
  34. find the limits
  35. make a prototype
  36. True
  37. build the model
  38. False
  39. Ask
  40. Improve

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