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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 379 · 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 define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  3. 3.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Imagine (d) Create
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  8. 8.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  11. 11.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) fix the weak part (b) check it against goals (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) list the materials (d) build the model
  13. 13.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  14. 14.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) try it out (b) dream up possible fixes (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) build the model
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) check it against goals (b) list the materials (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) redesign after testing
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) check it against goals (c) build the model (d) brainstorm many ideas
  21. 21.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) list the materials (c) make it better, retest (d) make a prototype
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) ask who will use it (c) make it better, retest (d) redesign after testing
  23. 23.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) no, it repeats (d) only for big jobs
  25. 25.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) fix the weak part (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  28. 28.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Imagine
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to list the materials is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) make a prototype (b) think of wild ideas (c) find the limits (d) define the problem
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Improve (b) Ask
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Imagine
  3. False
  4. Ask
  5. Plan
  6. Imagine
  7. Test
  8. Improve
  9. Improve
  10. Improve
  11. draw a labelled diagram
  12. try it out
  13. Ask
  14. True
  15. build the model
  16. Plan
  17. Imagine
  18. check it against goals
  19. Create
  20. brainstorm many ideas
  21. list the materials
  22. ask who will use it
  23. False
  24. no, it repeats
  25. True
  26. Ask
  27. follow the plan to build
  28. Plan
  29. Imagine
  30. Improve
  31. Imagine
  32. Imagine
  33. Ask
  34. False
  35. make a prototype
  36. Test
  37. Ask
  38. Test
  39. False
  40. find the limits

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