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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 772 · 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.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) measure its performance
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  26. 26.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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