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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 890 · 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 build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) try it out
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  17. 17.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  19. 19.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) build the model
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) check it against goals (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  27. 27.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) fix the weak part
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  32. 32.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  35. 35.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) make a prototype (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test

Answer key

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

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