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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 407 · 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.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) only on Sundays (b) only for big jobs (c) yes, only once (d) no, it repeats
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Create
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) make a prototype (b) redesign after testing (c) follow the plan to build (d) define the problem
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  5. 5.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Create
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) define the problem (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  9. 9.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  10. 10.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) make a prototype (b) check it against goals (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) redesign after testing
  13. 13.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  16. 16.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  17. 17.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  21. 21.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) redesign after testing (c) check it against goals (d) define the problem
  25. 25.True or false: to define the problem is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) redesign after testing (d) find the limits
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Plan
  28. 28.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  31. 31.True or false: to check it against goals is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  33. 33.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) ask who will use it (b) pick the build order (c) make it better, retest (d) dream up possible fixes
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  35. 35.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  37. 37.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) fix the weak part (d) build the model
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Create
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve

Answer key

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

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