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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 303 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  5. 5.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) dream up possible fixes (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  17. 17.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  23. 23.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) build the model (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  40. 40.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Test
  3. Plan
  4. fix the weak part
  5. True
  6. Plan
  7. brainstorm many ideas
  8. Ask
  9. False
  10. Plan
  11. dream up possible fixes
  12. Create
  13. Ask
  14. False
  15. Improve
  16. define the problem
  17. False
  18. Create
  19. True
  20. Test
  21. Ask
  22. try it out
  23. False
  24. True
  25. False
  26. redesign after testing
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. Improve
  30. draw a labelled diagram
  31. think of wild ideas
  32. Plan
  33. True
  34. Imagine
  35. True
  36. Plan
  37. True
  38. build the model
  39. Create
  40. no, it repeats

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