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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 711 · 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 define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) fix the weak part
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) ask who will use it (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) redesign after testing (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  10. 10.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  15. 15.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) brainstorm many ideas
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) find the limits (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  24. 24.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  33. 33.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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