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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 416 · 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.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) make a prototype
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  11. 11.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) define the problem
  13. 13.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) think of wild ideas
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  19. 19.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) pick the build order
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Plan
  3. Ask
  4. find the limits
  5. no, it repeats
  6. Plan
  7. Ask
  8. ask who will use it
  9. Create
  10. Imagine
  11. True
  12. measure its performance
  13. True
  14. Imagine
  15. draw a labelled diagram
  16. brainstorm many ideas
  17. Improve
  18. Plan
  19. True
  20. Ask
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. Create
  24. dream up possible fixes
  25. Ask
  26. follow the plan to build
  27. redesign after testing
  28. True
  29. False
  30. define the problem
  31. Ask
  32. Imagine
  33. True
  34. Imagine
  35. Plan
  36. Test
  37. True
  38. make a prototype
  39. True
  40. False

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