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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 96 · 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) False (b) True
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) think of wild ideas
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) fix the weak part
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) pick the build order
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) try it out (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  17. 17.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  27. 27.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  29. 29.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine

Answer key

  1. True
  2. think of wild ideas
  3. Ask
  4. Ask
  5. Create
  6. Plan
  7. True
  8. fix the weak part
  9. check it against goals
  10. Create
  11. Test
  12. Ask
  13. build the model
  14. Improve
  15. False
  16. Improve
  17. True
  18. True
  19. Ask
  20. Create
  21. Imagine
  22. False
  23. True
  24. Test
  25. Plan
  26. try it out
  27. True
  28. Create
  29. False
  30. False
  31. Test
  32. Imagine
  33. Imagine
  34. True
  35. True
  36. Improve
  37. Imagine
  38. True
  39. Plan
  40. Imagine

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