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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 681 · 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 define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  4. 4.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) build the model
  10. 10.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  12. 12.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make it better, retest (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) check it against goals
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Plan
  3. Ask
  4. False
  5. Test
  6. Imagine
  7. Ask
  8. False
  9. define the problem
  10. True
  11. list the materials
  12. True
  13. Ask
  14. Ask
  15. True
  16. Test
  17. Improve
  18. ask who will use it
  19. brainstorm many ideas
  20. Create
  21. Plan
  22. True
  23. False
  24. Imagine
  25. Imagine
  26. Test
  27. make it better, retest
  28. True
  29. False
  30. Ask
  31. make a prototype
  32. Improve
  33. False
  34. Ask
  35. True
  36. fix the weak part
  37. Test
  38. Imagine
  39. check it against goals
  40. Imagine

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