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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 205 · 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 Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  16. 16.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  18. 18.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  28. 28.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  30. 30.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  40. 40.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. try it out
  2. Test
  3. Ask
  4. Plan
  5. Ask
  6. brainstorm many ideas
  7. Ask
  8. Ask
  9. Imagine
  10. Ask
  11. True
  12. False
  13. Ask
  14. Improve
  15. Ask
  16. False
  17. no, it repeats
  18. True
  19. Plan
  20. Improve
  21. Test
  22. Ask
  23. Improve
  24. ask who will use it
  25. True
  26. False
  27. fix the weak part
  28. True
  29. check it against goals
  30. True
  31. True
  32. build the model
  33. True
  34. Ask
  35. True
  36. Plan
  37. Imagine
  38. Create
  39. pick the build order
  40. True

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