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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 622 · 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 pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  3. 3.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) ask who will use it (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  7. 7.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 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
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  35. 35.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. try it out
  3. False
  4. Create
  5. fix the weak part
  6. Plan
  7. True
  8. False
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. Ask
  12. dream up possible fixes
  13. Imagine
  14. no, it repeats
  15. Create
  16. Improve
  17. build the model
  18. Ask
  19. Imagine
  20. Test
  21. True
  22. Plan
  23. True
  24. list the materials
  25. Create
  26. check it against goals
  27. Create
  28. True
  29. measure its performance
  30. False
  31. True
  32. Improve
  33. False
  34. Create
  35. False
  36. Test
  37. Ask
  38. True
  39. Create
  40. False

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