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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 639 · 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 make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) find the limits
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) 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 Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) measure its performance
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  21. 21.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) follow the plan to build (d) make it better, retest
  23. 23.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  25. 25.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) fix the weak part
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) define the problem
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create

Answer key

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

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