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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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