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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 101 · 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 think of wild ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) pick the build order (d) find the limits
  7. 7.🔄 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
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) find the limits (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  15. 15.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  20. 20.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) find the limits (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) make a prototype
  27. 27.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  30. 30.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  35. 35.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) think of wild ideas
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test

Answer key

  1. False
  2. Improve
  3. Ask
  4. Plan
  5. Imagine
  6. pick the build order
  7. no, it repeats
  8. Imagine
  9. build the model
  10. Imagine
  11. Improve
  12. Imagine
  13. Create
  14. Plan
  15. True
  16. Test
  17. Test
  18. Test
  19. draw a labelled diagram
  20. False
  21. Plan
  22. False
  23. dream up possible fixes
  24. Create
  25. True
  26. make a prototype
  27. True
  28. False
  29. find the limits
  30. True
  31. Ask
  32. Improve
  33. Improve
  34. redesign after testing
  35. False
  36. False
  37. Ask
  38. Plan
  39. define the problem
  40. Test

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