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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 662 · 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 Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) draw a labelled diagram
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  30. 30.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  36. 36.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Imagine
  3. False
  4. True
  5. Create
  6. Ask
  7. True
  8. True
  9. Plan
  10. False
  11. Ask
  12. True
  13. Imagine
  14. Ask
  15. False
  16. False
  17. True
  18. Imagine
  19. Ask
  20. Plan
  21. Ask
  22. Imagine
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. Plan
  26. Create
  27. think of wild ideas
  28. draw a labelled diagram
  29. find the limits
  30. True
  31. True
  32. False
  33. measure its performance
  34. follow the plan to build
  35. Plan
  36. False
  37. Create
  38. Test
  39. False
  40. False

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