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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 469 · 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 comes first: “Test” or “Improve”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  2. 2.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) list the materials (b) draw a labelled diagram (c) make a prototype (d) redesign after testing
  3. 3.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Test
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) list the materials (b) try it out (c) define the problem (d) think of wild ideas
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) define the problem (d) pick the build order
  6. 6.True or false: to build the model is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  7. 7.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Ask (d) Improve
  8. 8.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) False (b) True
  9. 9.True or false: to make it better, retest is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Create (d) Test
  11. 11.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Ask
  12. 12.True or false: to find the limits is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  13. 13.🔄 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
  14. 14.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Plan”? (a) Plan (b) Ask
  16. 16.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Improve (d) give up
  17. 17.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask (c) Create (d) Test
  18. 18.🔄 What is the FIRST step of the engineering design process? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  19. 19.🔄 Which design-process step is it to build the model? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Create
  20. 20.🔄 Which design-process step is it to measure its performance? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Test
  21. 21.True or false: to define the problem is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  22. 22.🔄 Which design-process step is it to define the problem? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  23. 23.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Test”? (a) Create (b) Test
  24. 24.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Plan (b) Test (c) Imagine (d) Ask
  25. 25.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Plan (b) Ask (c) Test (d) Improve
  26. 26.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Test (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) check it against goals (b) build the model (c) think of wild ideas (d) list the materials
  28. 28.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) find the limits (c) fix the weak part (d) brainstorm many ideas
  29. 29.🔄 Which design-process step is it to pick the build order? (a) Test (b) Imagine (c) Plan (d) Ask
  30. 30.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  31. 31.True or false: to find the limits is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Create”? (a) Imagine (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Improve
  33. 33.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  34. 34.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to draw a labelled diagram? (a) Create (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Plan
  36. 36.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Test”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine (c) Ask (d) Plan
  37. 37.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  38. 38.🔄 Which design-process step is it to dream up possible fixes? (a) Create (b) Ask (c) Plan (d) Imagine
  39. 39.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  40. 40.True or false: to pick the build order is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False

Answer key

  1. Test
  2. make a prototype
  3. Plan
  4. think of wild ideas
  5. pick the build order
  6. False
  7. Plan
  8. False
  9. True
  10. Improve
  11. Ask
  12. True
  13. no, it repeats
  14. True
  15. Ask
  16. Improve
  17. Create
  18. Ask
  19. Create
  20. Test
  21. False
  22. Ask
  23. Create
  24. Ask
  25. Test
  26. Create
  27. list the materials
  28. find the limits
  29. Plan
  30. False
  31. False
  32. Test
  33. Plan
  34. False
  35. Plan
  36. Improve
  37. Imagine
  38. Imagine
  39. Ask
  40. False

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