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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 702 · 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 build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  4. 4.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) think of wild ideas (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  8. 8.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  10. 10.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) define the problem (d) make it better, retest
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) measure its performance
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  35. 35.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. Ask
  3. Imagine
  4. False
  5. Create
  6. Test
  7. measure its performance
  8. False
  9. pick the build order
  10. False
  11. no, it repeats
  12. Test
  13. Ask
  14. fix the weak part
  15. make a prototype
  16. define the problem
  17. Plan
  18. Plan
  19. Imagine
  20. Plan
  21. False
  22. Improve
  23. build the model
  24. find the limits
  25. Ask
  26. Ask
  27. Imagine
  28. Improve
  29. make it better, retest
  30. Create
  31. True
  32. Create
  33. Plan
  34. Ask
  35. False
  36. True
  37. False
  38. False
  39. False
  40. Improve

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