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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 259 · 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.True or false: to try it out is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) try it out (c) list the materials (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) try it out
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  12. 12.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) follow the plan to build
  14. 14.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) find the limits
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  20. 20.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) ask who will use it (d) check it against goals
  23. 23.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  25. 25.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Imagine
  27. 27.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) think of wild ideas (d) redesign after testing
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  30. 30.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) make it better, retest (c) measure its performance (d) dream up possible fixes
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) find the limits (b) think of wild ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) follow the plan to build
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  39. 39.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine

Answer key

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

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