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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 135 · 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 ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) measure its performance (d) fix the weak part
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 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
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) follow the plan to build (c) define the problem (d) redesign after testing
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) give up
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) redesign after testing
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) fix the weak part (c) check it against goals (d) build the model
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  31. 31.True or false: to try it out is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) follow the plan to build (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  38. 38.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan

Answer key

  1. True
  2. pick the build order
  3. Plan
  4. True
  5. Imagine
  6. no, it repeats
  7. Imagine
  8. Ask
  9. Ask
  10. Ask
  11. define the problem
  12. Imagine
  13. Improve
  14. Imagine
  15. Test
  16. Create
  17. Improve
  18. Create
  19. Improve
  20. Improve
  21. Plan
  22. Ask
  23. Test
  24. draw a labelled diagram
  25. Plan
  26. try it out
  27. fix the weak part
  28. Imagine
  29. Test
  30. Ask
  31. False
  32. True
  33. False
  34. Plan
  35. Ask
  36. list the materials
  37. Imagine
  38. False
  39. Test
  40. Plan

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