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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 455 · 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 measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) pick the build order
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  14. 14.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) give up
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) fix the weak part
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  40. 40.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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