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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 592 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) try it out (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  38. 38.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Plan
  3. True
  4. Create
  5. Improve
  6. no, it repeats
  7. Imagine
  8. Plan
  9. Improve
  10. True
  11. Plan
  12. Test
  13. Ask
  14. follow the plan to build
  15. Imagine
  16. True
  17. list the materials
  18. Plan
  19. Ask
  20. make it better, retest
  21. check it against goals
  22. Plan
  23. Improve
  24. False
  25. brainstorm many ideas
  26. Ask
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. measure its performance
  30. Imagine
  31. Imagine
  32. True
  33. find the limits
  34. draw a labelled diagram
  35. redesign after testing
  36. Plan
  37. Improve
  38. True
  39. Create
  40. False

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