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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 417 · 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 find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  6. 6.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  16. 16.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) think of wild ideas
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) find the limits
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  26. 26.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) find the limits
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Create
  3. True
  4. Plan
  5. Ask
  6. True
  7. Create
  8. Ask
  9. False
  10. Improve
  11. Ask
  12. False
  13. Ask
  14. no, it repeats
  15. draw a labelled diagram
  16. True
  17. Ask
  18. Improve
  19. redesign after testing
  20. make it better, retest
  21. False
  22. think of wild ideas
  23. Test
  24. make a prototype
  25. Plan
  26. True
  27. Plan
  28. Create
  29. Test
  30. Create
  31. Improve
  32. False
  33. Imagine
  34. True
  35. Create
  36. list the materials
  37. Imagine
  38. False
  39. ask who will use it
  40. False

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