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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 401 · 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 of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  5. 5.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  17. 17.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  23. 23.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) list the materials (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  40. 40.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. build the model
  2. True
  3. Improve
  4. Plan
  5. True
  6. True
  7. Ask
  8. Plan
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Ask
  12. Imagine
  13. Imagine
  14. False
  15. False
  16. measure its performance
  17. True
  18. Create
  19. Ask
  20. False
  21. fix the weak part
  22. follow the plan to build
  23. True
  24. True
  25. Test
  26. Plan
  27. no, it repeats
  28. make a prototype
  29. Imagine
  30. False
  31. Improve
  32. Ask
  33. Plan
  34. Create
  35. brainstorm many ideas
  36. Improve
  37. True
  38. try it out
  39. dream up possible fixes
  40. True

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