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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 408 · 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.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  2. 2.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  3. 3.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  4. 4.True or false: to list the materials is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  5. 5.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  6. 6.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  9. 9.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  10. 10.True or false: to measure its performance is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) Plan
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to fix the weak part? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Create (d) Improve
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) ask who will use it (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) think of wild ideas
  15. 15.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.True or false: to pick the build order is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) redesign after testing (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) define the problem
  19. 19.🔄 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
  20. 20.True or false: to define the problem is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  21. 21.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) fix the weak part (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) list the materials
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  25. 25.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  27. 27.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) define the problem (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) list the materials
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) make a prototype (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  32. 32.True or false: to follow the plan to build is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  34. 34.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Improve (b) Plan (c) Test (d) Ask
  35. 35.True or false: to define the problem is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Create
  37. 37.True or false: to list the materials is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) measure its performance (b) list the materials (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask

Answer key

  1. Ask
  2. Plan
  3. False
  4. False
  5. Improve
  6. False
  7. Imagine
  8. Ask
  9. Ask
  10. False
  11. Improve
  12. Improve
  13. Improve
  14. think of wild ideas
  15. True
  16. False
  17. False
  18. redesign after testing
  19. no, it repeats
  20. True
  21. True
  22. Improve
  23. ask who will use it
  24. Ask
  25. True
  26. Ask
  27. Plan
  28. try it out
  29. Create
  30. draw a labelled diagram
  31. Ask
  32. False
  33. Plan
  34. Improve
  35. False
  36. Create
  37. False
  38. False
  39. brainstorm many ideas
  40. Imagine

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