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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 410 · 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 Test step? (a) make a prototype (b) ask who will use it (c) redesign after testing (d) measure its performance
  2. 2.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Imagine
  3. 3.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) no, it repeats (c) only on Sundays (d) only for big jobs
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  7. 7.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Create
  8. 8.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  10. 10.True or false: to make a prototype is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  11. 11.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  12. 12.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) check it against goals (b) measure its performance (c) build the model (d) define the problem
  13. 13.True or false: to check it against goals is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  14. 14.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) give up (c) Ask (d) Improve
  15. 15.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) measure its performance (c) define the problem (d) brainstorm many ideas
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) follow the plan to build (b) pick the build order (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) find the limits
  17. 17.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) Test
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) measure its performance (d) build the model
  19. 19.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) ask who will use it
  20. 20.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to check it against goals is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Improve
  23. 23.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Improve”? (a) Improve (b) Plan
  27. 27.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Create
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) pick the build order (b) define the problem (c) redesign after testing (d) ask who will use it
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Improve
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.True or false: to build the model is the Create step. (a) True (b) False
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Improve
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  35. 35.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Test
  37. 37.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Improve
  40. 40.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True

Answer key

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

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