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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 536 · 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 redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  4. 4.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  6. 6.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  17. 17.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) dream up possible fixes (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype

Answer key

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

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