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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 703 · 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) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  9. 9.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  20. 20.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) measure its performance (d) make a prototype
  30. 30.True or false: to try it out is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) measure its performance
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  36. 36.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  37. 37.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) list the materials
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. False
  3. Plan
  4. Ask
  5. Ask
  6. True
  7. Imagine
  8. build the model
  9. False
  10. no, it repeats
  11. Improve
  12. True
  13. Create
  14. Create
  15. False
  16. Improve
  17. Create
  18. define the problem
  19. measure its performance
  20. True
  21. Improve
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Imagine
  26. False
  27. fix the weak part
  28. Ask
  29. ask who will use it
  30. False
  31. follow the plan to build
  32. False
  33. make it better, retest
  34. Imagine
  35. Create
  36. Ask
  37. False
  38. False
  39. dream up possible fixes
  40. Test

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