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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 851 · 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 build the model? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) make a prototype
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) define the problem
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  8. 8.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  15. 15.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) fix the weak part (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  30. 30.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine 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 draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  33. 33.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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