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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 358 · 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 try it out? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  8. 8.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  10. 10.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  19. 19.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  23. 23.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part

Answer key

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

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