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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 386 · 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 of these happens in the Create step? (a) measure its performance (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) build the model
  2. 2.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) ask who will use it (b) brainstorm many ideas (c) dream up possible fixes (d) draw a labelled diagram
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make it better, retest (b) build the model (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) make a prototype
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) try it out (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  6. 6.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) no, it repeats (b) only on Sundays (c) yes, only once (d) only for big jobs
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  9. 9.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  12. 12.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) pick the build order (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  15. 15.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) think of wild ideas (c) redesign after testing (d) pick the build order
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  27. 27.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.True or false: to define the problem is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  32. 32.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Test
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  35. 35.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) follow the plan to build (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Test
  38. 38.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Plan
  39. 39.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. build the model
  2. Ask
  3. ask who will use it
  4. make it better, retest
  5. try it out
  6. no, it repeats
  7. Ask
  8. Plan
  9. True
  10. Create
  11. Ask
  12. True
  13. False
  14. brainstorm many ideas
  15. False
  16. Improve
  17. Plan
  18. Ask
  19. True
  20. Test
  21. Ask
  22. Imagine
  23. redesign after testing
  24. Plan
  25. Improve
  26. Test
  27. True
  28. False
  29. False
  30. Ask
  31. Imagine
  32. False
  33. Imagine
  34. Ask
  35. measure its performance
  36. Imagine
  37. Test
  38. Plan
  39. True
  40. Improve

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