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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 218 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  3. 3.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  9. 9.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  10. 10.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) give up (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  13. 13.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  20. 20.🔄 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
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Test
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) find the limits (d) list the materials
  35. 35.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  38. 38.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Ask
  3. True
  4. Test
  5. Create
  6. Imagine
  7. make it better, retest
  8. Ask
  9. True
  10. Improve
  11. Test
  12. Plan
  13. True
  14. Create
  15. Improve
  16. Imagine
  17. think of wild ideas
  18. Imagine
  19. brainstorm many ideas
  20. no, it repeats
  21. Ask
  22. False
  23. False
  24. True
  25. Improve
  26. Create
  27. False
  28. Ask
  29. Test
  30. Improve
  31. Plan
  32. draw a labelled diagram
  33. Ask
  34. find the limits
  35. True
  36. Ask
  37. check it against goals
  38. True
  39. True
  40. Ask

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