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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 366 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  2. 2.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) define the problem (b) redesign after testing (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) make it better, retest
  8. 8.True or false: to make a prototype is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) check it against goals
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Test
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) think of wild ideas (d) build the model
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  16. 16.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  19. 19.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  23. 23.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  24. 24.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) make a prototype (c) build the model (d) check it against goals
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  32. 32.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) fix the weak part (c) build the model (d) check it against goals
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) find the limits (c) build the model (d) fix the weak part
  34. 34.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) yes, only once (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) check it against goals (d) make a prototype
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  37. 37.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) redesign after testing
  40. 40.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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