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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 106 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  3. 3.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  10. 10.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) check it against goals
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  15. 15.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  18. 18.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  26. 26.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  28. 28.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) find the limits (c) redesign after testing (d) try it out
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) make a prototype
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  34. 34.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  38. 38.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) measure its performance (d) list the materials
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. Create
  3. False
  4. Test
  5. True
  6. no, it repeats
  7. Imagine
  8. fix the weak part
  9. Test
  10. True
  11. Create
  12. dream up possible fixes
  13. Ask
  14. Test
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Imagine
  18. Plan
  19. Test
  20. Plan
  21. pick the build order
  22. Plan
  23. Plan
  24. follow the plan to build
  25. Ask
  26. True
  27. Improve
  28. False
  29. try it out
  30. Improve
  31. Ask
  32. make a prototype
  33. draw a labelled diagram
  34. True
  35. think of wild ideas
  36. Improve
  37. ask who will use it
  38. Improve
  39. find the limits
  40. False

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