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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 653 · 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 pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  20. 20.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) pick the build order (d) make it better, retest
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) pick the build order
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  29. 29.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  32. 32.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  36. 36.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  38. 38.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  39. 39.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask

Answer key

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

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