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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 270 · 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.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  20. 20.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) make it better, retest
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) fix the weak part
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  37. 37.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. Improve
  4. Ask
  5. False
  6. no, it repeats
  7. Plan
  8. Ask
  9. Imagine
  10. Ask
  11. follow the plan to build
  12. Improve
  13. Improve
  14. False
  15. Imagine
  16. brainstorm many ideas
  17. check it against goals
  18. False
  19. measure its performance
  20. True
  21. Improve
  22. True
  23. False
  24. Plan
  25. Plan
  26. Test
  27. define the problem
  28. find the limits
  29. Ask
  30. Imagine
  31. Imagine
  32. Test
  33. Create
  34. Ask
  35. Plan
  36. make it better, retest
  37. False
  38. Create
  39. Plan
  40. False

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