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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 765 · 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 Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) dream up possible fixes
  10. 10.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) list the materials (d) try it out
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  29. 29.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) make it better, retest
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) fix the weak part
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. True
  2. False
  3. Ask
  4. False
  5. no, it repeats
  6. Improve
  7. follow the plan to build
  8. Ask
  9. list the materials
  10. False
  11. Create
  12. Plan
  13. Create
  14. False
  15. Create
  16. try it out
  17. fix the weak part
  18. Test
  19. Test
  20. build the model
  21. Imagine
  22. Plan
  23. Ask
  24. True
  25. Ask
  26. Plan
  27. False
  28. Imagine
  29. False
  30. False
  31. False
  32. False
  33. True
  34. dream up possible fixes
  35. make a prototype
  36. Improve
  37. Create
  38. find the limits
  39. False
  40. False

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