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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 457 · 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 ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  6. 6.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  12. 12.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  15. 15.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) measure its performance
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) follow the plan to build
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  26. 26.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) think of wild ideas (d) define the problem
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. try it out
  3. measure its performance
  4. make a prototype
  5. Plan
  6. True
  7. Ask
  8. Test
  9. Improve
  10. True
  11. Plan
  12. False
  13. False
  14. Ask
  15. True
  16. False
  17. define the problem
  18. find the limits
  19. ask who will use it
  20. Plan
  21. Plan
  22. Plan
  23. True
  24. True
  25. make it better, retest
  26. False
  27. False
  28. redesign after testing
  29. Plan
  30. True
  31. Imagine
  32. True
  33. no, it repeats
  34. Create
  35. Ask
  36. Ask
  37. Improve
  38. Imagine
  39. Create
  40. Test

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