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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 530 · 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 of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) try it out (d) dream up possible fixes
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) make it better, retest
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  9. 9.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  13. 13.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  27. 27.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. make a prototype
  2. list the materials
  3. no, it repeats
  4. Plan
  5. False
  6. Ask
  7. Plan
  8. make it better, retest
  9. True
  10. False
  11. measure its performance
  12. Plan
  13. True
  14. False
  15. follow the plan to build
  16. Ask
  17. Create
  18. Imagine
  19. check it against goals
  20. dream up possible fixes
  21. Create
  22. False
  23. True
  24. Test
  25. Improve
  26. Ask
  27. True
  28. Imagine
  29. Test
  30. False
  31. Improve
  32. Imagine
  33. True
  34. think of wild ideas
  35. Ask
  36. Improve
  37. False
  38. Ask
  39. Plan
  40. False

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