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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 363 · 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 think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) try it out (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  5. 5.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 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
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  18. 18.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) try it out

Answer key

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

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