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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 288 · 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 “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  3. 3.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Test (d) Plan
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) make it better, retest (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) dream up possible fixes (c) redesign after testing (d) build the model
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) define the problem (c) try it out (d) find the limits
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) redesign after testing
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  19. 19.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) try it out
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) check it against goals
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  26. 26.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) dream up possible fixes
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) find the limits (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to make a prototype is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) make it better, retest (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  34. 34.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.🔄 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
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) make it better, retest (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) think of wild ideas
  38. 38.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask

Answer key

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

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