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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 984 · 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 make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) pick the build order (d) check it against goals
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  13. 13.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  20. 20.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  23. 23.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) build the model (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.True or false: to find the limits is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  31. 31.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  32. 32.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  34. 34.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. False
  2. True
  3. Improve
  4. Ask
  5. Create
  6. True
  7. check it against goals
  8. Test
  9. Imagine
  10. True
  11. False
  12. follow the plan to build
  13. False
  14. Imagine
  15. Improve
  16. Imagine
  17. no, it repeats
  18. Improve
  19. Plan
  20. True
  21. Imagine
  22. Imagine
  23. False
  24. Test
  25. Ask
  26. Plan
  27. draw a labelled diagram
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Test
  31. Plan
  32. Ask
  33. Plan
  34. True
  35. Create
  36. Ask
  37. Ask
  38. Create
  39. Create
  40. Plan

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