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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 797 · 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 measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) try it out
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  27. 27.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  37. 37.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. False
  2. False
  3. Plan
  4. pick the build order
  5. Improve
  6. Imagine
  7. measure its performance
  8. Plan
  9. False
  10. True
  11. Ask
  12. Improve
  13. Create
  14. no, it repeats
  15. check it against goals
  16. Ask
  17. Ask
  18. Improve
  19. False
  20. Test
  21. Imagine
  22. Improve
  23. Create
  24. Imagine
  25. Ask
  26. Ask
  27. False
  28. build the model
  29. Plan
  30. Test
  31. define the problem
  32. Ask
  33. True
  34. Create
  35. Plan
  36. Plan
  37. False
  38. follow the plan to build
  39. try it out
  40. Imagine

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