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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 400 · 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 ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  2. 2.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Plan
  3. 3.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  4. 4.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) give up
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Improve
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Improve”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  10. 10.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) pick the build order (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  11. 11.True or false: to measure its performance is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only for big jobs (c) only on Sundays (d) no, it repeats
  13. 13.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Plan
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Create
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  20. 20.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) fix the weak part (b) measure its performance (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  21. 21.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  22. 22.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) make a prototype (d) define the problem
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) build the model (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  29. 29.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Test
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  34. 34.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  35. 35.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  36. 36.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) make it better, retest (b) pick the build order (c) define the problem (d) try it out
  37. 37.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  38. 38.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Create
  3. Imagine
  4. False
  5. Improve
  6. Plan
  7. Plan
  8. Ask
  9. Improve
  10. check it against goals
  11. False
  12. no, it repeats
  13. True
  14. False
  15. Imagine
  16. Improve
  17. Ask
  18. Create
  19. Ask
  20. measure its performance
  21. Plan
  22. define the problem
  23. Imagine
  24. Ask
  25. Plan
  26. Improve
  27. build the model
  28. Imagine
  29. Ask
  30. True
  31. Create
  32. Test
  33. Ask
  34. False
  35. True
  36. pick the build order
  37. Ask
  38. Test
  39. Imagine
  40. Ask

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