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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 977 · 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 check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  4. 4.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  7. 7.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) think of wild ideas (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  10. 10.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  14. 14.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  29. 29.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  35. 35.True or false: to try it out is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) draw a labelled diagram
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) ask who will use it (d) build the model

Answer key

  1. True
  2. Plan
  3. Ask
  4. Improve
  5. Create
  6. Test
  7. False
  8. no, it repeats
  9. define the problem
  10. False
  11. Ask
  12. Imagine
  13. Create
  14. False
  15. check it against goals
  16. Improve
  17. Improve
  18. Create
  19. try it out
  20. Improve
  21. Ask
  22. Plan
  23. Ask
  24. False
  25. True
  26. Plan
  27. False
  28. Plan
  29. False
  30. Test
  31. dream up possible fixes
  32. Ask
  33. Ask
  34. Create
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. make a prototype
  39. pick the build order
  40. fix the weak part

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