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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 709 · 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 follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  9. 9.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  23. 23.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  26. 26.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  36. 36.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build

Answer key

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

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