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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 294 · 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 follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  7. 7.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  8. 8.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) redesign after testing (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  13. 13.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) pick the build order (b) list the materials (c) think of wild ideas (d) fix the weak part
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) give up (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) think of wild ideas
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) try it out (b) follow the plan to build (c) ask who will use it (d) measure its performance
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  22. 22.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) think of wild ideas
  27. 27.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  31. 31.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) draw a labelled diagram
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) draw a labelled diagram
  37. 37.True or false: to measure its performance is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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