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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 706 · 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 of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  3. 3.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) try it out (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  11. 11.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  16. 16.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  17. 17.True or false: to make a prototype is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) check it against goals
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  23. 23.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  26. 26.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  30. 30.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) check it against goals
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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