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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 169 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) yes, only once
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) build the model (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) measure its performance
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) ask who will use it
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) make it better, retest
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) list the materials (d) fix the weak part
  27. 27.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) make it better, retest (d) ask who will use it
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  39. 39.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance

Answer key

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

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