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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 359 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  4. 4.True or false: to measure its performance is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  8. 8.True or false: to check it against goals is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Create
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) measure its performance (c) fix the weak part (d) dream up possible fixes
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) make it better, retest
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) build the model
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) try it out (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) pick the build order
  19. 19.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) fix the weak part
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) fix the weak part (d) define the problem
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) fix the weak part (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) ask who will use it (d) make a prototype
  23. 23.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Ask
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) find the limits
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 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
  29. 29.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) follow the plan to build (c) list the materials (d) check it against goals
  32. 32.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) make a prototype
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask

Answer key

  1. Plan
  2. Create
  3. Improve
  4. True
  5. Improve
  6. Improve
  7. Ask
  8. False
  9. Improve
  10. Improve
  11. Improve
  12. measure its performance
  13. draw a labelled diagram
  14. Plan
  15. make it better, retest
  16. Ask
  17. Create
  18. pick the build order
  19. Ask
  20. build the model
  21. fix the weak part
  22. make a prototype
  23. False
  24. Ask
  25. find the limits
  26. Imagine
  27. Ask
  28. no, it repeats
  29. True
  30. Ask
  31. define the problem
  32. False
  33. False
  34. True
  35. Ask
  36. try it out
  37. Ask
  38. Plan
  39. Create
  40. Ask

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