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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 700 · 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 redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  22. 22.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  32. 32.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) try it out

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Ask
  4. Improve
  5. build the model
  6. Plan
  7. define the problem
  8. Ask
  9. Ask
  10. Plan
  11. Create
  12. Ask
  13. think of wild ideas
  14. Ask
  15. True
  16. Test
  17. Improve
  18. try it out
  19. Plan
  20. Ask
  21. Ask
  22. True
  23. Ask
  24. Improve
  25. False
  26. Test
  27. False
  28. Imagine
  29. Test
  30. Create
  31. Imagine
  32. True
  33. Ask
  34. ask who will use it
  35. fix the weak part
  36. False
  37. Create
  38. True
  39. dream up possible fixes
  40. redesign after testing

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