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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 352 · 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 define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) build the model
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) build the model
  8. 8.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  22. 22.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  29. 29.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  31. 31.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  32. 32.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  36. 36.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Ask
  3. False
  4. True
  5. fix the weak part
  6. Improve
  7. ask who will use it
  8. False
  9. False
  10. Create
  11. pick the build order
  12. Create
  13. Ask
  14. find the limits
  15. Create
  16. Improve
  17. Imagine
  18. Ask
  19. Improve
  20. Imagine
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. True
  24. False
  25. Ask
  26. Plan
  27. Plan
  28. Ask
  29. False
  30. Test
  31. no, it repeats
  32. False
  33. follow the plan to build
  34. define the problem
  35. build the model
  36. False
  37. False
  38. True
  39. Ask
  40. Plan

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