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Engineering Design Process Worksheet

Engineering lesson 3: The engineering design process · Set 493 · 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.🔄 In which step do engineers draw a labelled diagram? (a) Ask (b) Plan (c) Improve (d) Test
  2. 2.🔄 Is the engineering design process done only once? (a) yes, only once (b) only on Sundays (c) only for big jobs (d) no, it repeats
  3. 3.Which of these happens in the Improve step? (a) measure its performance (b) try it out (c) fix the weak part (d) list the materials
  4. 4.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) pick the build order (b) check it against goals (c) make it better, retest (d) try it out
  5. 5.Which of these happens in the Create step? (a) think of wild ideas (b) build the model (c) ask who will use it (d) make it better, retest
  6. 6.🔄 Which design-process step is it to check it against goals? (a) Ask (b) Create (c) Plan (d) Test
  7. 7.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Plan
  8. 8.True or false: to think of wild ideas is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  9. 9.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the FIRST step? (a) Ask (b) Improve (c) Imagine (d) Plan
  10. 10.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Ask”? (a) Imagine (b) Improve (c) Plan (d) Test
  11. 11.True or false: to try it out is the Test step. (a) False (b) True
  12. 12.🔄 After testing, a design does not work well. What comes next? (a) give up (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  13. 13.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which is the LAST step? (a) Plan (b) Improve (c) Ask (d) Imagine
  14. 14.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Plan” or “Create”? (a) Plan (b) Create
  15. 15.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Improve
  16. 16.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Test”? (a) Test (b) Improve
  17. 17.🔄 Which design-process step is it to find the limits? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Improve
  18. 18.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Improve” or “Imagine”? (a) Improve (b) Imagine
  19. 19.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Create” or “Ask”? (a) Ask (b) Create
  20. 20.True or false: to find the limits is the Plan step. (a) True (b) False
  21. 21.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Improve step. (a) False (b) True
  22. 22.True or false: to pick the build order is the Plan step. (a) False (b) True
  23. 23.Which of these happens in the Ask step? (a) draw a labelled diagram (b) follow the plan to build (c) brainstorm many ideas (d) define the problem
  24. 24.True or false: to ask who will use it is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  25. 25.True or false: to check it against goals is the Imagine step. (a) False (b) True
  26. 26.Which of these happens in the Imagine step? (a) build the model (b) think of wild ideas (c) check it against goals (d) fix the weak part
  27. 27.Which of these happens in the Plan step? (a) dream up possible fixes (b) define the problem (c) make it better, retest (d) draw a labelled diagram
  28. 28.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, what comes right after “Plan”? (a) Test (b) Improve (c) Create (d) Ask
  29. 29.Which of these happens in the Test step? (a) redesign after testing (b) make a prototype (c) pick the build order (d) measure its performance
  30. 30.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Imagine” or “Create”? (a) Create (b) Imagine
  31. 31.🔄 Which design-process step is it to ask who will use it? (a) Test (b) Ask (c) Imagine (d) Create
  32. 32.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Ask” or “Imagine”? (a) Imagine (b) Ask
  33. 33.🔄 Which design-process step is it to follow the plan to build? (a) Ask (b) Test (c) Improve (d) Create
  34. 34.🔢 To follow the engineering design process, which comes first: “Test” or “Ask”? (a) Test (b) Ask
  35. 35.🔄 Which design-process step is it to make a prototype? (a) Imagine (b) Create (c) Ask (d) Test
  36. 36.True or false: to fix the weak part is the Create step. (a) False (b) True
  37. 37.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Improve step. (a) True (b) False
  38. 38.True or false: to list the materials is the Test step. (a) True (b) False
  39. 39.True or false: to redesign after testing is the Ask step. (a) True (b) False
  40. 40.🔄 Which design-process step is it to try it out? (a) Improve (b) Test (c) Plan (d) Create

Answer key

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

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