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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 350 · 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 ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  4. 4.True or false: to define the problem is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  7. 7.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) check it against goals (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  9. 9.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  11. 11.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) pick the build order (c) follow the plan to build (d) ask who will use it
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) redesign after testing (c) dream up possible fixes (d) think of wild ideas
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) dream up possible fixes (c) define the problem (d) draw a labelled diagram
  16. 16.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  19. 19.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  20. 20.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) build the model (c) make it better, retest (d) pick the build order
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) measure its performance (d) ask who will use it
  27. 27.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  29. 29.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make it better, retest (d) think of wild ideas
  31. 31.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) pick the build order (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  34. 34.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) redesign after testing (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) list the materials
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) check it against goals
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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