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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 364 · 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.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Imagine
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) think of wild ideas
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  5. 5.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  6. 6.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) measure its performance (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  8. 8.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Imagine
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Create
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) think of wild ideas (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  12. 12.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) build the model (b) check it against goals (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) ask who will use it (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make it better, retest (d) build the model
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) check it against goals (b) follow the plan to build (c) pick the build order (d) think of wild ideas
  22. 22.True or false: to list the materials is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Test
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  28. 28.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only for big jobs (b) no, it repeats (c) yes, only once (d) only on Sundays
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) fix the weak part (b) make a prototype (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Plan
  34. 34.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) list the materials (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  35. 35.True or false: to make a prototype is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) make it better, retest (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  40. 40.True or false: to check it against goals is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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