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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 969 · 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 Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  2. 2.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to find the limits is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  12. 12.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) check it against goals
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) make it better, retest (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) make it better, retest (d) define the problem
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 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
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  35. 35.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) draw a labelled diagram
  39. 39.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. find the limits
  2. Improve
  3. Test
  4. True
  5. Improve
  6. Create
  7. Plan
  8. Test
  9. False
  10. Improve
  11. Plan
  12. False
  13. Create
  14. follow the plan to build
  15. Ask
  16. Ask
  17. Ask
  18. Plan
  19. Improve
  20. Ask
  21. list the materials
  22. Plan
  23. Imagine
  24. Ask
  25. dream up possible fixes
  26. Create
  27. check it against goals
  28. Ask
  29. Ask
  30. True
  31. Plan
  32. no, it repeats
  33. Test
  34. Improve
  35. True
  36. Ask
  37. build the model
  38. ask who will use it
  39. True
  40. False

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