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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 271 · 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, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Test (b) Create
  2. 2.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  5. 5.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  6. 6.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) give up (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 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
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) find the limits (d) redesign after testing
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) measure its performance (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) pick the build order (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  30. 30.True or false: to try it out is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  36. 36.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve

Answer key

  1. Create
  2. False
  3. draw a labelled diagram
  4. Ask
  5. True
  6. True
  7. Plan
  8. Plan
  9. Improve
  10. no, it repeats
  11. redesign after testing
  12. Create
  13. Ask
  14. define the problem
  15. Create
  16. Test
  17. Improve
  18. Imagine
  19. Imagine
  20. Ask
  21. Ask
  22. Plan
  23. Improve
  24. Ask
  25. False
  26. Improve
  27. make a prototype
  28. Ask
  29. check it against goals
  30. False
  31. Improve
  32. True
  33. False
  34. think of wild ideas
  35. try it out
  36. False
  37. Imagine
  38. Create
  39. Test
  40. Plan

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