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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 433 · 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 Plan step? (a) list the materials (b) ask who will use it (c) try it out (d) fix the weak part
  2. 2.True or false: to brainstorm many ideas is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  3. 3.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Ask (b) give up (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  4. 4.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Create
  5. 5.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make it better, retest? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Ask
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Plan
  8. 8.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Improve”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Imagine (b) Plan (c) Ask (d) Improve
  10. 10.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Improve
  11. 11.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  12. 12.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Improve (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  13. 13.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  14. 14.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) list the materials (b) define the problem (c) measure its performance (d) brainstorm many ideas
  15. 15.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  16. 16.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  18. 18.True or false: to pick the build order is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Plan
  20. 20.🔄 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
  21. 21.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Improve
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Create (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Plan”? (a) Create (b) Plan
  24. 24.🔄 Which design-process step is it to list the materials? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  25. 25.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Create (b) Imagine (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Test
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) define the problem (b) ask who will use it (c) pick the build order (d) try it out
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) measure its performance (b) ask who will use it (c) follow the plan to build (d) find the limits
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) dream up possible fixes (d) try it out
  30. 30.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Plan
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to brainstorm many ideas? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Ask
  32. 32.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Test (d) Imagine
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to redesign after testing? (a) Plan (b) Create (c) Improve (d) Imagine
  34. 34.True or false: to draw a labelled diagram is the Plan 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 Imagine step? (a) try it out (b) make it better, retest (c) ask who will use it (d) brainstorm many ideas
  37. 37.True or false: to build the model is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to dream up possible fixes is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  39. 39.True or false: to list the materials is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  40. 40.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Imagine”? (a) Test (b) Imagine

Answer key

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

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