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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 898 · 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 Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  2. 2.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) pick the build order (c) make a prototype (d) build the model
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  6. 6.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  11. 11.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) only on Sundays
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  15. 15.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) fix the weak part (c) make a prototype (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  26. 26.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  32. 32.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) find the limits

Answer key

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

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