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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 427 · 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.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  2. 2.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  4. 4.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  5. 5.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  7. 7.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) check it against goals (c) draw a labelled diagram (d) dream up possible fixes
  8. 8.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) define the problem (c) find the limits (d) dream up possible fixes
  9. 9.🔄 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
  10. 10.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Ask
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  12. 12.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.🔄 Which design-process step is it to think of wild ideas? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Create (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  15. 15.True or false: to pick the build order is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  16. 16.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) fix the weak part (c) try it out (d) define the problem
  17. 17.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) find the limits (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) list the materials
  18. 18.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) measure its performance (c) think of wild ideas (d) draw a labelled diagram
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Create
  20. 20.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Test
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Test (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Ask
  22. 22.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  23. 23.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  24. 24.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) pick the build order (b) measure its performance (c) list the materials (d) draw a labelled diagram
  25. 25.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Improve
  27. 27.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  28. 28.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) find the limits (b) check it against goals (c) redesign after testing (d) think of wild ideas
  30. 30.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) brainstorm many ideas (b) fix the weak part (c) pick the build order (d) ask who will use it
  31. 31.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Test (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Test
  33. 33.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) Imagine (c) Improve (d) give up
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Ask (b) Imagine
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  36. 36.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  37. 37.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  38. 38.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Test
  40. 40.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

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

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