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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 177 · 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) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) yes, only once
  2. 2.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) check it against goals (c) try it out (d) follow the plan to build
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) measure its performance
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  14. 14.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) define the problem (c) make a prototype (d) list the materials
  18. 18.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) pick the build order (d) make a prototype
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) find the limits (b) fix the weak part (c) redesign after testing (d) list the materials
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) measure its performance
  24. 24.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  27. 27.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  30. 30.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) brainstorm many ideas
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. no, it repeats
  2. False
  3. Ask
  4. Create
  5. make it better, retest
  6. Ask
  7. fix the weak part
  8. Ask
  9. Plan
  10. dream up possible fixes
  11. Plan
  12. Ask
  13. Plan
  14. Ask
  15. Improve
  16. Create
  17. define the problem
  18. False
  19. pick the build order
  20. Improve
  21. False
  22. list the materials
  23. measure its performance
  24. True
  25. Plan
  26. Imagine
  27. False
  28. Create
  29. Create
  30. True
  31. False
  32. Imagine
  33. Plan
  34. brainstorm many ideas
  35. Test
  36. Plan
  37. True
  38. Test
  39. Ask
  40. False

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