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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 242 · 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 “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) try it out
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  18. 18.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  24. 24.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make a prototype (c) fix the weak part (d) find the limits
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  28. 28.True or false: to pick the build order is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) find the limits (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) measure its performance
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  33. 33.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) pick the build order (d) redesign after testing
  36. 36.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  38. 38.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  39. 39.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create

Answer key

  1. Imagine
  2. Plan
  3. Plan
  4. Test
  5. make a prototype
  6. Ask
  7. try it out
  8. Improve
  9. Ask
  10. Imagine
  11. Improve
  12. follow the plan to build
  13. Plan
  14. Improve
  15. Test
  16. no, it repeats
  17. draw a labelled diagram
  18. True
  19. Imagine
  20. Ask
  21. Ask
  22. True
  23. Improve
  24. False
  25. Test
  26. find the limits
  27. Imagine
  28. False
  29. True
  30. dream up possible fixes
  31. brainstorm many ideas
  32. Plan
  33. False
  34. Ask
  35. pick the build order
  36. True
  37. Plan
  38. Ask
  39. True
  40. Create

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