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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 694 · 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 measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  2. 2.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) list the materials (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  32. 32.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) check it against goals
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  37. 37.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test

Answer key

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

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