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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 231 · 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 design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  4. 4.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) dream up possible fixes
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) ask who will use it (d) draw a labelled diagram
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) measure its performance (c) pick the build order (d) brainstorm many ideas
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  19. 19.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  23. 23.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  25. 25.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  32. 32.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) dream up possible fixes
  37. 37.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) redesign after testing (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) measure its performance
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) follow the plan to build (d) measure its performance

Answer key

  1. Improve
  2. Ask
  3. build the model
  4. True
  5. Test
  6. Improve
  7. Plan
  8. Ask
  9. Ask
  10. dream up possible fixes
  11. Imagine
  12. False
  13. Create
  14. True
  15. Plan
  16. ask who will use it
  17. make a prototype
  18. try it out
  19. False
  20. True
  21. Imagine
  22. Ask
  23. False
  24. Ask
  25. True
  26. Plan
  27. no, it repeats
  28. Ask
  29. Imagine
  30. Improve
  31. Imagine
  32. False
  33. Plan
  34. Imagine
  35. define the problem
  36. find the limits
  37. True
  38. redesign after testing
  39. Improve
  40. measure its performance

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