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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 286 · 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 make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 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
  7. 7.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  14. 14.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  24. 24.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  40. 40.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Improve
  3. Ask
  4. Improve
  5. Create
  6. no, it repeats
  7. True
  8. Create
  9. Plan
  10. Imagine
  11. Imagine
  12. False
  13. measure its performance
  14. False
  15. Improve
  16. Plan
  17. False
  18. Ask
  19. Ask
  20. Imagine
  21. False
  22. Test
  23. dream up possible fixes
  24. False
  25. Plan
  26. Imagine
  27. Plan
  28. False
  29. find the limits
  30. Plan
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. False
  35. define the problem
  36. think of wild ideas
  37. Test
  38. make a prototype
  39. Test
  40. False

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