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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 241 · 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.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  5. 5.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) find the limits (d) try it out
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  15. 15.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  17. 17.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) pick the build order
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) follow the plan to build (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  22. 22.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) try it out (c) build the model (d) pick the build order
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) check it against goals (c) define the problem (d) follow the plan to build
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Test
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  31. 31.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) think of wild ideas (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas

Answer key

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

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