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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 318 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) yes, only once
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  3. 3.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) build the model
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to find the limits is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) follow the plan to build
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Create
  14. 14.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) dream up possible fixes
  16. 16.True or false: to measure its performance is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  19. 19.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  22. 22.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.True or false: to build the model is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  33. 33.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Improve
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test

Answer key

  1. no, it repeats
  2. Imagine
  3. False
  4. Test
  5. build the model
  6. Improve
  7. Ask
  8. False
  9. Ask
  10. Test
  11. pick the build order
  12. Imagine
  13. Plan
  14. True
  15. dream up possible fixes
  16. False
  17. Improve
  18. Create
  19. False
  20. False
  21. Create
  22. True
  23. Imagine
  24. Plan
  25. False
  26. Create
  27. Plan
  28. make it better, retest
  29. Improve
  30. Imagine
  31. Plan
  32. Plan
  33. False
  34. Create
  35. draw a labelled diagram
  36. Test
  37. Create
  38. Ask
  39. Ask
  40. Improve

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