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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 443 · 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 build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  9. 9.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  13. 13.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test

Answer key

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

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