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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 302 · 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 fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  5. 5.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) dream up possible fixes (d) fix the weak part
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  17. 17.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  23. 23.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) list the materials
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) make it better, retest
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make a prototype
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype

Answer key

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

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