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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 281 · 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: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) yes, only once (c) no, it repeats (d) only on Sundays
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  6. 6.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  14. 14.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) brainstorm many ideas
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to measure its performance is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) list the materials
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  28. 28.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  35. 35.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. fix the weak part
  3. no, it repeats
  4. Plan
  5. Create
  6. Ask
  7. Improve
  8. Ask
  9. Test
  10. Imagine
  11. ask who will use it
  12. Imagine
  13. Imagine
  14. Plan
  15. Improve
  16. Create
  17. list the materials
  18. Ask
  19. True
  20. False
  21. False
  22. define the problem
  23. check it against goals
  24. Improve
  25. brainstorm many ideas
  26. Imagine
  27. Test
  28. False
  29. Ask
  30. draw a labelled diagram
  31. Improve
  32. Test
  33. False
  34. build the model
  35. True
  36. Ask
  37. Test
  38. Test
  39. True
  40. Ask

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