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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 494 · 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) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  7. 7.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  20. 20.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  23. 23.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  24. 24.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  29. 29.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) ask who will use it
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) fix the weak part (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) list the materials (d) define the problem

Answer key

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

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