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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 209 · 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 “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  4. 4.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) check it against goals (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  13. 13.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make it better, retest (c) follow the plan to build (d) pick the build order
  16. 16.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make a prototype (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) draw a labelled diagram
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) dream up possible fixes
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) think of wild ideas (c) make a prototype (d) measure its performance
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) try it out (c) check it against goals (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create

Answer key

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

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