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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 234 · 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) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) check it against goals (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) list the materials (c) follow the plan to build (d) check it against goals
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Create
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  18. 18.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make a prototype (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  20. 20.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  21. 21.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  26. 26.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) pick the build order (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) find the limits (c) think of wild ideas (d) ask who will use it
  38. 38.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  40. 40.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Ask
  3. Imagine
  4. Improve
  5. Improve
  6. Imagine
  7. Plan
  8. find the limits
  9. Ask
  10. Imagine
  11. Ask
  12. Create
  13. Test
  14. follow the plan to build
  15. list the materials
  16. Test
  17. Create
  18. False
  19. redesign after testing
  20. no, it repeats
  21. False
  22. Plan
  23. Test
  24. Improve
  25. ask who will use it
  26. Ask
  27. Plan
  28. Plan
  29. Ask
  30. Plan
  31. Improve
  32. make a prototype
  33. True
  34. True
  35. define the problem
  36. True
  37. think of wild ideas
  38. True
  39. Improve
  40. False

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