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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 845 · 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 design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  3. 3.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) check it against goals
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  14. 14.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  16. 16.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  18. 18.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  19. 19.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) pick the build order (c) try it out (d) think of wild ideas
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  29. 29.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  32. 32.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) build the model (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) fix the weak part (d) think of wild ideas
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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