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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 874 · 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 Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) brainstorm many ideas
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  6. 6.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  11. 11.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  13. 13.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  16. 16.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) pick the build order
  20. 20.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔄 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
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  35. 35.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  38. 38.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. define the problem
  2. measure its performance
  3. ask who will use it
  4. Improve
  5. Create
  6. True
  7. Imagine
  8. Test
  9. Imagine
  10. Create
  11. True
  12. Improve
  13. False
  14. True
  15. Create
  16. True
  17. Create
  18. Improve
  19. make a prototype
  20. True
  21. Improve
  22. no, it repeats
  23. Plan
  24. Ask
  25. Ask
  26. Plan
  27. redesign after testing
  28. follow the plan to build
  29. Plan
  30. False
  31. Imagine
  32. Imagine
  33. Ask
  34. Ask
  35. False
  36. Ask
  37. Ask
  38. True
  39. False
  40. Ask

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