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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 372 · 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) Create (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) define the problem
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Create
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Create
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Ask
  9. 9.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  11. 11.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Plan
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) find the limits (d) draw a labelled diagram
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Improve
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  16. 16.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) list the materials (b) dream up possible fixes (c) make a prototype (d) try it out
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) ask who will use it (c) measure its performance (d) list the materials
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  21. 21.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) pick the build order
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  25. 25.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) check it against goals (d) find the limits
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  27. 27.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) ask who will use it (b) follow the plan to build (c) think of wild ideas (d) pick the build order
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) make a prototype
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  31. 31.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) list the materials (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  33. 33.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Plan
  36. 36.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) brainstorm many ideas
  38. 38.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. redesign after testing
  3. Improve
  4. Create
  5. Improve
  6. Imagine
  7. Improve
  8. Improve
  9. False
  10. Ask
  11. Plan
  12. draw a labelled diagram
  13. Plan
  14. Improve
  15. Ask
  16. False
  17. Imagine
  18. try it out
  19. list the materials
  20. Ask
  21. Test
  22. Plan
  23. ask who will use it
  24. Plan
  25. find the limits
  26. Plan
  27. False
  28. pick the build order
  29. measure its performance
  30. Create
  31. fix the weak part
  32. Test
  33. False
  34. Create
  35. Plan
  36. False
  37. brainstorm many ideas
  38. True
  39. Imagine
  40. Imagine

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