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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 644 · 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 Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  2. 2.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) find the limits
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  5. 5.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) check it against goals (d) brainstorm many ideas
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  13. 13.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) make a prototype
  17. 17.🔄 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
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  37. 37.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask

Answer key

  1. measure its performance
  2. True
  3. build the model
  4. Ask
  5. True
  6. Imagine
  7. Imagine
  8. brainstorm many ideas
  9. Test
  10. follow the plan to build
  11. Imagine
  12. Ask
  13. True
  14. False
  15. Plan
  16. think of wild ideas
  17. no, it repeats
  18. Ask
  19. Improve
  20. Test
  21. False
  22. False
  23. Plan
  24. Improve
  25. find the limits
  26. define the problem
  27. Ask
  28. Improve
  29. Create
  30. Plan
  31. Imagine
  32. True
  33. Ask
  34. fix the weak part
  35. False
  36. Create
  37. True
  38. Improve
  39. False
  40. Ask

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