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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 346 · 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.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  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 brainstorm many ideas? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Plan
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) try it out (d) build the model
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) make a prototype (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) brainstorm many ideas
  8. 8.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) measure its performance
  10. 10.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) redesign after testing (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  12. 12.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Test
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) give up (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) think of wild ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make it better, retest
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) check it against goals (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  18. 18.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) redesign after testing (c) make a prototype (d) check it against goals
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  21. 21.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) build the model (b) ask who will use it (c) dream up possible fixes (d) brainstorm many ideas
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to build the model is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  28. 28.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Create (d) Plan
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) follow the plan to build (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  34. 34.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Test
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  38. 38.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) define the problem (c) dream up possible fixes (d) pick the build order
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) make it better, retest (c) dream up possible fixes (d) follow the plan to build

Answer key

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

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