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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 151 · 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.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) define the problem
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  3. 3.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  4. 4.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  5. 5.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  7. 7.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  11. 11.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) build the model (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) try it out (d) make a prototype
  15. 15.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  16. 16.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) define the problem (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  24. 24.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) fix the weak part (d) try it out
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  34. 34.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) redesign after testing

Answer key

  1. pick the build order
  2. Ask
  3. True
  4. Plan
  5. True
  6. Ask
  7. False
  8. no, it repeats
  9. follow the plan to build
  10. Improve
  11. False
  12. True
  13. make it better, retest
  14. try it out
  15. False
  16. True
  17. Improve
  18. Improve
  19. check it against goals
  20. Imagine
  21. Test
  22. Test
  23. Plan
  24. False
  25. Imagine
  26. Ask
  27. Ask
  28. Ask
  29. True
  30. Imagine
  31. fix the weak part
  32. Improve
  33. Create
  34. False
  35. False
  36. make a prototype
  37. Improve
  38. list the materials
  39. Ask
  40. redesign after testing

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