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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 760 · 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 ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 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
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) give up
  5. 5.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  23. 23.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  33. 33.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  38. 38.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test

Answer key

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

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