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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 741 · 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 list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  7. 7.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) dream up possible fixes (c) build the model (d) make it better, retest
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) build the model (d) find the limits
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  12. 12.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 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
  22. 22.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) try it out (d) ask who will use it
  25. 25.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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