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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 904 · 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 ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) follow the plan to build (d) list the materials
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) define the problem
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  14. 14.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) list the materials
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  21. 21.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create

Answer key

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

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