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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

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

Answer key

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

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