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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 175 · 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 design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  6. 6.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  18. 18.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  25. 25.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  31. 31.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  33. 33.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan

Answer key

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

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