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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 751 · 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 dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 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
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) build the model
  16. 16.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) follow the plan to build (d) draw a labelled diagram
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  20. 20.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  22. 22.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram

Answer key

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

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