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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 987 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  8. 8.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  13. 13.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  19. 19.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) ask who will use it
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  26. 26.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) pick the build order (d) build the model
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  33. 33.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) fix the weak part
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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