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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 758 · 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 fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) build the model (d) list the materials
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  5. 5.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) fix the weak part
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) dream up possible fixes
  17. 17.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  21. 21.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) pick the build order
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) ask who will use it (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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