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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 951 · 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 follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) fix the weak part (c) list the materials (d) follow the plan to build
  7. 7.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) ask who will use it (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  14. 14.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  22. 22.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) think of wild ideas (d) check it against goals
  28. 28.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  33. 33.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  36. 36.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  37. 37.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test

Answer key

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

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