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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

  1. make a prototype
  2. Imagine
  3. False
  4. Improve
  5. Ask
  6. Plan
  7. build the model
  8. Ask
  9. Test
  10. Improve
  11. Ask
  12. True
  13. Plan
  14. dream up possible fixes
  15. Test
  16. check it against goals
  17. False
  18. no, it repeats
  19. Plan
  20. Plan
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. Improve
  24. True
  25. Improve
  26. False
  27. Plan
  28. Plan
  29. True
  30. Create
  31. ask who will use it
  32. list the materials
  33. True
  34. False
  35. False
  36. think of wild ideas
  37. False
  38. Test
  39. Test
  40. Create

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