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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 63 · 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) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  9. 9.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  18. 18.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  36. 36.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create

Answer key

  1. build the model
  2. Improve
  3. Ask
  4. False
  5. Improve
  6. Ask
  7. True
  8. Imagine
  9. False
  10. no, it repeats
  11. Ask
  12. False
  13. Create
  14. Ask
  15. pick the build order
  16. Plan
  17. Create
  18. False
  19. list the materials
  20. Improve
  21. Create
  22. Improve
  23. Create
  24. Plan
  25. Plan
  26. try it out
  27. Improve
  28. Plan
  29. Plan
  30. False
  31. Imagine
  32. False
  33. True
  34. brainstorm many ideas
  35. measure its performance
  36. True
  37. True
  38. False
  39. Ask
  40. Ask

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