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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 88 · 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) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  2. 2.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) pick the build order (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to build the model is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) make it better, retest
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) think of wild ideas
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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