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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 932 · 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 define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) brainstorm many ideas
  8. 8.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) measure its performance (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  14. 14.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) define the problem (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  23. 23.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  24. 24.True or false: to make a prototype is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  29. 29.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. Test
  4. Plan
  5. True
  6. make it better, retest
  7. make a prototype
  8. True
  9. Imagine
  10. Improve
  11. Ask
  12. define the problem
  13. measure its performance
  14. False
  15. True
  16. no, it repeats
  17. Ask
  18. Create
  19. Improve
  20. brainstorm many ideas
  21. draw a labelled diagram
  22. Improve
  23. Ask
  24. False
  25. Plan
  26. Imagine
  27. Ask
  28. Imagine
  29. False
  30. check it against goals
  31. find the limits
  32. Ask
  33. build the model
  34. Plan
  35. False
  36. pick the build order
  37. Improve
  38. Create
  39. False
  40. Improve

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