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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 291 · 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 brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) make a prototype
  16. 16.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Plan
  3. Improve
  4. False
  5. Ask
  6. no, it repeats
  7. Plan
  8. False
  9. measure its performance
  10. Plan
  11. Ask
  12. False
  13. False
  14. Imagine
  15. brainstorm many ideas
  16. False
  17. Improve
  18. Plan
  19. Create
  20. Ask
  21. False
  22. Plan
  23. True
  24. True
  25. define the problem
  26. Improve
  27. Imagine
  28. True
  29. False
  30. True
  31. Plan
  32. Imagine
  33. Ask
  34. draw a labelled diagram
  35. False
  36. redesign after testing
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Create
  40. False

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