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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 207 · 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 ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  4. 4.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  17. 17.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  29. 29.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  33. 33.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it

Answer key

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

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