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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 89 · 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 brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) dream up possible fixes (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  6. 6.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  14. 14.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  16. 16.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  19. 19.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  21. 21.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) define the problem
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  26. 26.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) pick the build order (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) follow the plan to build
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) follow the plan to build
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  40. 40.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. False
  2. measure its performance
  3. Imagine
  4. Test
  5. Plan
  6. True
  7. Improve
  8. Create
  9. True
  10. Ask
  11. Imagine
  12. Imagine
  13. find the limits
  14. no, it repeats
  15. Ask
  16. True
  17. Test
  18. Plan
  19. False
  20. Plan
  21. False
  22. draw a labelled diagram
  23. Plan
  24. list the materials
  25. Create
  26. True
  27. Ask
  28. False
  29. Improve
  30. False
  31. Improve
  32. try it out
  33. follow the plan to build
  34. Ask
  35. Improve
  36. fix the weak part
  37. build the model
  38. think of wild ideas
  39. redesign after testing
  40. False

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